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21st century nagging

Matt Rose — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:29:30 -0400

I just got this message from my mom...

You're going to have to change your relationship status on your facebook!

Just teasing, Mom!

On growing up.

Matt Rose — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:45:59 -0400

They say, 30 is the new 20. I say 40 is the new 20, but I'm immature. I was reflecting on the fact, and writing this post, as I'm taking one of my far too many breaks from packing for burning man. The first time we went to burning man, Liz was the only one out of the 4 of use who went who had a job, I spent the last of my savings, and some money I borrowed from my parents, on renting the minivan, which we dubbed "Old Faithful". Liz had some gas money, and we had all of our food, but we were tight. I remember spending our last 7 bucks on a buy one get one free pack of Camels, in the liquor store across from the Zeitgeist in SF. We were, in a word, nuts. The only reason we ever got home was because of the generosity of Kim's parents, and the poor/good decision they made to give Kim their credit card, in case anything went wrong. Oh, it did. We were idiots. This year, I have one credit card which has more money available, than we ever had before on the way to Burning Man. Then I have another credit card that's virtually empty, then, in case we have to, say, buy a new car or something, we have a savings account... I'm not saying we could get a nice car, but we could get home... It's a comforting feeling. It may not be quite as much fun, in a weird "bet the farm" kinda way, but it's nice. I think that is what growing up is all about. It's not about mortgages, or kids, or responsibilities. It's the trade-offs you make so that you're sure, when you do something crazy, you're self-sufficient enough to get out of it on your own.

My little corner of NV

Matt Rose — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:19:00 -0400

For those of you who are curious about what I'm saying when I talk about my Storage Space in NV, here's a sattelite view of what I'm talking about

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wisdom from twitter

Matt Rose — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:51:54 -0400

_why the lucky stiff is the best.

Why's twitter

when you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create.

Shark Porn

Matt Rose — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:00:26 -0400

Liz has an unhealthy fascination with sharks, I don't think this'll ease her mind, but it should,

The single fatality resulting from an unprovoked attack in 2007 was recorded from New Caledonia. This is the fewest number of fatalities in two decades (the previous low was 0 in 1987). The mean number of unprovoked deaths from 2000-2007 is 5.0 per year. The number of serious attacks in the current decade, as measured by fatality rate (7.6%), has been lower than that of the 1990's (12.3%), continuing the downward trend of the twentieth century. This reduction in fatality rate is reflective of advances in beach safety practices and medical treatment, and increased public awareness of avoiding potentially dangerous situations.

iPod Touch minimalist

Matt Rose — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:05:09 -0400

I love my ipod touch. It's actually convinced me to buy an iphone. This guy has found a novel use for his

Vista is now officially one below XP

Matt Rose — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:28:11 -0400

From Neil Gaiman's latest blog entry

With the help of the webgoblin, I recently upgraded my Panasonic W7 from Windows Vista to Windows XP, and it now runs like a dream. It's nice not to have to wait for words to appear once more.

The funny part, is that nobody even considers it a "downgrade" anymore.

Woe betide my Credit Card

Matt Rose — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:23:32 -0400

I've finally done it. I've finally drunk the iTMS kool-aid. Back when I used to work in the Glebe, I would visit Compact Music at least twice a week. I would usually buy at least one or two items at least once a week. I listen to music constantly, at work, or at home when I'm sitting by myself. Somebody gave me a $20 itunes card for Christmas, which I found not that long ago. I used it to buy a couple of CDs. Then, a week or so later, I heard something on the radio, and bought that CD, then, "Old Man Luedecke" popped into my head, so I had to get his entire collection. Then somebody mentioned that they really liked the new Constantines CD, so I bought that.

This makes me sad on a lot of levels

Matt Rose — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:10:24 -0400

Number 1, and least consequential, it makes me feel old. When I lived in Somalia, they had an effective central Government. Not fair, not just, but effective. Number 2: WTF? The last time the Somalis had an effective government, the Cold War was still on. Younger folk (like K'Na'an, an amazing hiphop artist), don't even remember a time when Somalia had a government, and have lived their whole lives in conditions too atrocious to comprehend. My mother worked there a few years back, as a Red Cross hospital administrator. When she saw two people shot in a hospital Mogadishu, she asked what happened, and the local administrator said: "They were just walking down the street, and got caught in a gun battle, it happens every day" Every day. 17 years. Damnit. BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Pirates release French yacht crew

Somalia has not had an effective central government for more than 17 years and is plagued by insecurity.

I love John Hodgman

Matt Rose — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:34:27 -0400

Just watch