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Yay for Science!

In the wee hours (EST) this morning, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider was turned on, and fired its first proton beams!

I can’t wait for this thing to start the actual collisions. I hear that should start happening in late October. All the end-of-the-world nutjobs will just have to wait to see if we’re all vaporized. It was interesting however, that my Twitter updates this morning telling me the beams were successful were followed almost immediately by Twitter updates about earthquakes in Iran, wildfires in Mozambique and Swaziland, and a predicted recession in the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain.

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Live DJ Set @ The Blue House 08/23/2008

Here’s a recording of my latest set, played at a friend’s birthday party in August. I haven’t listened through it so I make no guarantees as to its quality. Unfortunately the recording I normally do internally with Ableton Live did not work so I’m relying on the external recording that was done.

Tracklisting (I think):

Tripswitch - Shamanic Tea (Manasseh Remix)
Illy Noiz - Don’t Break My Heart (Backbone Remix)
Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Summertime (Hybrid Remix)
Matthew Adams - No More, Anymore! (Elusive Remix)
Illy Noiz - Viberreal
Akufen - Installation
Alexkid - Love We Have (w. Ian James Whitelaw)
Akufen - Deck The House
Akufen - Jeep Sex
Robag Wruhme- Wortkabular
Tiefschwarz - Benedict
Deadmau5 - 1981
Feist - My Man My Moon (Damage On The Backseat Remix)
Samantha James - Rise (Johnny Fiasco Mix)

(If you came over from some syndication point or other, please view the actual post with the player link here)

Sen. Obama’s Take on the RNC so far

“You wouldn’t know that this is such a critical election by watching the convention last night,” said Obama. “I know we had our week, and the Republicans deserve theirs, but it’s been amazing to me to watch over the last two nights.”

He continued: “You’re hearing a lot about John McCain, and he’s got a compelling biography as a prisoner of war. You’re hearing an awful lot about me, most of which is not true. What you’re not hearing is a lot about you.”

(via The Trail)

And another article from the same source, in its entirety because I couldn’t find a “best” part to clip out…

Continue reading ‘Sen. Obama’s Take on the RNC so far’

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This is why I’m a Dennis Kucinich fan

Rep. Dennis Kucinich addresses the DNC

(UPDATE: Apparently, this line was edited from Kucinich’s speech: “They’re asking for another four years — in a just world, they’d get 10 to 20.” — They should have left that in.)

The first actual animated, fired-up speech of the Convention so far. It has been mostly dull, though Michelle Obama gave a great speech and her and the Senator’s little girls stole the show last night.

Barry Schweitzer was great as well.

Sen. Clinton did very well, too and gained some ground as far as regaining my respect for her, but I don’t expect it to change anything regarding her supporters taking their ball and going home and not supporting Sen. Obama. I do think that she made every effort in this speech to persuade those who could be persuaded. As for the rest, well if they are willing to support Sen. McCain when he is directly opposed to everything their candidate stood for when she was in the race, then not even she can change their minds. The PUMA crowd is already hunting for non-existent signals in her speech tonight indicating that she really sides with them and wants them to keep fighting. It is pathetic.

I hope the MSM will now shut up about the “angry Clinton supporters” and let them fade away. Every comment made about percentages of her supports saying this or that, and every interview with someone willing to cut off their nose to spite their face on this issue only adds fuel to the fire.

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Must have been all the hot air

Or possibly the fact that bullshit is highly flammable…

FOX’s Skybox Flooded at the Pepsi Center

The Denver Fire Department, which has a crew stationed at the center all week, was able to respond quickly before 5 a.m. when the sprinkler went off.

The sprinkler was located on the club level in a skybox which had recently been renovated to host a news crew. It appears the skybox belongs to Fox.

After going off, the sprinkler released 50 to 100 gallons of water per minute and 9NEWS crews estimate it was on for around 5 minutes.

(via Crooks and Liars)

I know, I know. Two terrible puns in one post. I couldn’t help it.

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