Archives for September 2005
Democratization
29 September 2005 | Brett | Poems
In fifteen minutes I can Get Things Done or take an invigorating nap or learn about Sal Mineo’s sadness, Stephen Wolfram’s social gracelessness, what Mark E. Smith is actually saying on those records
The names for things, they’re there the word that describes the smell of foxing, the formula for the chemical reaction that unleashes it, entropy awaiting digitalization
Two Geniuses
21 September 2005 | Brett | Poems
Self-experimentation as a source of new ideas: Ten examples about sleep, mood, health, and weight is a heartbreaking work of staggering genius: Seth and Dave, drawing pictures, drawn to themselves and San Francisco, trying to be good and get noticed.
They remind me of everyone I know, just more willing to admit it, working honesty until like socks it loses its shape and slithers […]
Raising Perfection
19 September 2005 | Brett | Poems
Because she knew how to get things done she raised her children quickly and easily, almost 50% faster than her college roommate, whose children arrived at MIT late and overbudget
Greasemonkey
6 September 2005 | Brett | Poems
I thought it would be like soldering or Latin, worth knowing, but only just, this Greasemonkey another leveler here to change everything
On the computer it was six of one half, dozen of the other, clever for people who like clever
But in our car it was capable of transubstantiation 95 without billboards Deutschland’s HEMI® abominations turned to Yugo and Volga and Citroën […]
Game Theory
3 September 2005 | Brett | Poems
Coffee makes me paranoid, but she likes a fresh pot after the shower so I have adapted, learned about burr grinders purifying water, gold filters, quality beans
These scarabs with their unctuous shine Starbucks customers think their local news is informative but Peet’s is too indulgent and what about fair trade, song birds, organic farming, shade
I have been unfaithful and she knows […]