Douglas Dollars is Six Times AliveSometimes life gives you lemons, sometimes it gives you a pal who is a NASA/Google programmer and will make you a custom ukulele out of a cigar box.
I’ve said it before, friends. Let me know what your dream is, no matter what it is, and I will help it along. These sort of projects bring me so much joy.
It happened. A night of perfect sleep, and 8.75 glorious hours of it. New high score!
Recently I began taking Melatonin, and it seems to be helping. I’d been told by people I’d slept with in the past that I talk, sing*, or howl like a wolf in my sleep. I’d apologize and try to deflect it with humour, saying “I’m haunted in my dreams,” but it really made me feel bad to be causing them a rough night.
I have no idea if I’m still singing, but at least I’m probably on the right track.
*I’ve asked many times “What was I singing, do you remember any of the words?” and no one ever has. This might just be an elaborate joke people play on me. If so, pretty funny.
Doug Hoyer put on two fun shows tonight. I think you would have liked it.
Domestic acts require jazz. If doing dishes doesn’t mellow you out, no matter how gnarly the pile, I believe you’re doing them wrong.
I wonder if people will ever grow tired of paying money to watch one stranger pretend to seduce another (film)
My hands move over a keyboard like some idiot wizard casting spells to produce nothing but vague notions of “this is alright, right?” and shrugs.
Time to go back to reading about Edwardian architecture. See you in the morning, Tumblr.
Coming up tomorrow on this station: Shopping at the weekend market (I need produce, but mostly fruit and maybe some tomatoes) and an early evening concert where I will probably drink far too much, take photos, and then wonder why we don’t talk so much but it turns out you’ve just been busy and not purposely silent.
Facebook is the world’s largest social network site where I catalog the failings of my mind.
Melissa is an fourth degree expert in beards, so I believe that I’ve won two competitions today.
I would have won some more but no one bothered to show up to judge Best Cup of Tea1 and Best Extemporaneous Comment Said to An Absolute Stranger When Asked for the Time2
1: 20 oz. Earl Grey, 7PM tonight.
2: “Oh I sure hope it’s right now.”
Good job Doug 
Anyone who pre-ordered the new Xiu Xiu album, Always, got their download today. As with the last few albums, the production quality feels like it’s risen yet again.
Also, JS and co are now in Tumblr.
Following left, then right. Clicking any will make the image larger.
Documenting my day so you know I’m staying out of trouble. Whomever you are.
Coming soon! (then watch this)
(This is the dumbest thing I’ve made in a while but only lasts nine seconds)
“Relatively Prime will be an 8 episode audio podcast featuring stories from the world of mathematics. Tackling questions like: is it true that you are only 7 seven handshakes from the President, what exactly is a micromort, and how did 39 people commenting on a blog manage to prove a deep theorem.”
Tonight I listened to and gave feedback on what I believe to be the first episode of Sam’s Relatively Prime series. As Producer of the show, I think it’ll be great. As a longtime listener of Sam’s work, I also think it’ll be great.
In general, if I know you and you have a dream, I’m going to find a way to make your project a reality.
Pushing code to the public at work has its own ceremony. Multiple times a day.
In this video we discuss changing keys in analog samples and I’m totally right about Spinderella not aging.
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There are no words to fully describe the scope of my jealousy for your awesome work environment.
Thanks, Anne! We’ve hit a good pocket of having talent in a high-demand but also typically highly portable field, so we’re able to dictate most of our (ahem) “process details” as long as we keep delivering good products. It’s a good time, most of the time. If our minds or hands fail, we’re screwed.
Ssion - “Who’s Your Favorite, Baby?” (3:09)
So much of this week has been spent listening to dance music. Unfortunately for good taste, Ssion has returned as a minor obsession at work. High volume and the ability to clap on the beat are recommended.
Next week’s project has me working on a new Content Management System. As ever in the development world, if it’s an acronym, someone will make a dumb name for it. To do so is basically a Development standard.
The culture and habits of workplaces and work groups has caught my attention lately. Development (and Ruby in particular) have a strong beer culture that verges almost on tradition at times. We go through a lot of it, it’s fairly public, and we know people are more creative in their problem-solving when their brain has been loosened up from its default grooves.
Are there any traditions in the kind of work you do?
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