Jun 11 2009

Midi Control of Keystrokes on my Mac

I got my Geek Fix today by enabling my Korg padKontrol to send keystrokes to my Mac using a piece of software called midiStroke. So far I’ve just set it up to do expose (F8) and spaces (number keys 1-4). I can however imagine a lot of possibilities and it is just something very cool in a grandiose geeky kinda way. I’ll post more information about the configuration as I develop it.

Korg padKontrol

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Jun 11 2009

I want to blog, dammit!

I have so many things going on all the time and so much to talk about that is of interest to at least a few people that I have always wanted to be consistent about posting to and maintaining a blog. If nothing else, just to remember all the things that I am working on and the path that lead me there.

I have not yet acquired the habit to share thoughts and ideas through writing on a regular basis. I want to. So I am trying again. Maybe this firefox extension for Tumblr will make the difference. I don’t want a huge amount of overhead. Just something quick and easy to gather materials. I often get way too caught up in the design and look of things. I just want to focus on content right now.

Let my design skills be put to use on our new project Watch Evansville. http://www.watchevansville.com

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Apr 08 2009
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Played: 8 times.

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Apr 05 2009

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Jan 21 2009
Agency, or free will as it is generally conceived, is not truly possible in a world constrained by biological and memetic evolution coupled as it is with constant cybernetic feedback. The memebearers, us flesh and blood humans acting as repositories for these abstract bodies, are never wholly free in our actions or in control of our world and our selves. What we find then is that free will is an omega point from which degrees of agency and control are divined in response to the question: To what degree does one have control of oneself given that the individual only exists in relation to a system? And secondly, to what degree can an individual control a larger system given that there are other controlling factors?
The Art of Memetics

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Dec 29 2008

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Nov 29 2008

‘Ten Precepts for Freedom of Thought’:

1.) Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
2.) Do not think it is worthwhile to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
3.) Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
4.) When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your partner or your children, endeavour to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
5.) Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.
6.) Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.
7.) Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
8.) Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.
9.) Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
10.) Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.

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Oct 23 2008
Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we’ve always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.

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Oct 13 2008
We plan ahead. That way we don’t do anything right now. Earl explained it to me.
Kevin Bacon in Tremors

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Oct 08 2008

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