http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress Defy the Zeitgeist Wed, 21 May 2008 23:16:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm an apostate chemist and have semi-actively been forgetting my chemistry knowledge. I last worked in the field in 1995, when I went to grad school for computer science. However I'm married to a PhD chemist who is also a college professor who pointed me to the most amusing video ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/21/chemistry-is-fun/ On a complete impulse buy, earlier today I picked up the install DVD for City of Heroes at Big Lots. At least one person on Twitter thought it was odd that I would be involved in such a thing when I've gone on record as being underwhelmed by things like ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/20/city-of-heroes/ I think the last of my issues from migrating web hosts is now done. I had a few DynDNS domains that I really only use to accept email. I had a Rube Goldberg style setup on Dreamhost that kept the mail flowing but it isn't possible to do with HostGator. ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/16/migration-remnants/ One of my favorite comic artists of all time is Gene Colan. He drew Iron Man, a classic run on Tomb of Dracula including creating the Blade character, a stretch on Doctor Strange that I loved, and even worked on Howard the Duck with the late Steve Gerber. In the ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/13/gene-colan-in-hard-times/ I am subscribed to the Large Hearted Boy music and literature blog. Today was a post about the PDX Pop Now festival. The thing that jumps out about that is that the band Jonny X and the Groadies are friends of mine. I've known Jonny for 10 years and on ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/13/groadies-i-have-known/ After the worthwhile insanity of CREATE South and then the less fun insanity of the day job and home repair, there has not been much blogging here in almost a month. Add to that the server woes of recent days, and everything has been underproductive and overdramatic. If you can ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/13/coffee-breaks-over-back-on-your-head/ I was warned about DreamHost and I didn't listen. After this blog being effectively down for the last 4 days, I have pulled the plug on DreamHost. At least the service took a dump for me a few days before my 97 day guarantee was up, not after. More later, ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/12/moving-again/ I've been thinking a lot about cyberpunk lately. No matter what its current fate in the literary fashion sweepstakes, I always had a great affinity for the genre and always will. No matter that its original young turks are now all too old and respectable to wield the crowbar with ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/09/cyberpunk-rumblings/ Reading the news yesterday of the Democratic Primary, an insight hit me. Even though there are ways Hillary Clinton could win the nomination there are none still in play that wouldn't taint the process, make it feel stolen and drive away all the new energized Democrats who have been signing ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/08/get-out-hillary-clinton/ I haven't really taken an interest in the Democratic primary since John Edwards dropped out. I don't believe the media talking point that this long primary is "hurting the Democratic party." I think the opposite is true and that it actually helps in the long run. Despite all that, I'm ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/06/primary/ We're out of town visiting my father-in-law in Goldsboro NC so I requested a side trip to the local comic store here for Free Comic Book Day. We got there about an hour before the store closed, so I don't know if the comics selection was depleted or if they ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/05/03/free-comic-book-day-3/ Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for April 9, 2008. I play a song from Alana Davis; I talk about our CREATE South conference and how it went, and our goals for the next year; I play a song by Chris Yale and then dance me ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/04/30/egc-clambake-for-april-29-2008-create-south-wrapup/ After his trip to CREATE South, Ed Cone and his wife came back the very next weekend. What's interesting about that post is the place they had lunch is in downtown Conway, walking distance from my house. This little joint is across the parking lot from the hardware store I ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/04/30/ed-cone-on-conway/ I'm not even going to pretend this story didn't make me cry. At Central Washington University, the women's softball team was playing Western Oregon. CWU really needed wins to make the NCAA playoffs. When Sara Tucholsky - a career .153 hitter - hit the only home run of her career, ... http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/04/30/the-way-you-play-the-game/ I have posted over on the CREATE South blog a big wrap up with lots of links to other posts and resources about the day. Check it out and relive or see what you missed. http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/04/29/create-south-wrap-up/