I know I’m getting older. I know that I am dating myself with not caring about some popular things. Like Facebook — not only have I not bothered with it, I don’t much see the point in it. I’m not clear if I should say “I’m not on Facebook” or “I didn’t get a Facebook” or “I’m not plugged in to the Facebook” so I avoided the construction in the previous sentence entirely. This quite clearly separates me from teenagers. Fine.

But I draw the line at Twitter. Not only do I not see the point of it, but I am goddamned tired of people on TV making a big fuss about it. That slight pause, that very slight head turn, that just as slight smirk before saying “tweets”.

All of ‘em need to get off my goddamned lawn.

<Craig> awesome obit — http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=chuck-p-dimmick&pid=126515914
<SeanQ> gahaha craig
<Leth> beheheh nice obit
<Kyol> beheheh
<spinn> wow
<bob> heheh
<bob> they should’ve just said “in lieu of flowers, please take advantage of our 0.9% interest rate”
<SeanQ> “Boy, did this motherfucker like his NASCAR. And saving you money. Oh, yeah, apparently he had a kid, too.”
<SeanQ> “For the next seven days, get a complimentary “We’ll Miss You George” door stencil with any H3.”
<spinn> Come on down for our Lo-Fi for a Dead Guy event!
<bomberman> DEAD DEAD DEAD LOW LOW LOW
<spinn> blinking pictures alternate between a church, kids crying, and a new 2008 Hummer H2
<bob> Great Price! Slightly Used Cadillac, Only Driven Once
<Craig> WE’RE DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT NO MONEY DOWN ON A NEW ESCALADE
<SeanQ> “Speaking of stiffs, they’ve improved the handling and suspension on the new ‘09 H3…”
<SeanQ> “This weekend only, put just TWO CENTS DOWN on a new Cadillac. Place one on each of George’s eyes and within the hour, you’ll be driving away in your new El Dorado!”
<Leth> “You’ll love reaping the savings!”
<SeanQ> “For five days only, it’s our Life Is Short and So Are You Savings Event. Get $1,000 cash back on any qualified purchase if you are six feet or under!”

Got myself a bigass iMac; the 20″ would’ve been fine, screen-wise, but the 24″ had double hard drive and memory, so I got that. And man, if you’re not used to a 24″ monitor, this thing is like a wall of video on my desk. I’ve always given thought to what I name my computers — I dunno, geek thing, it’s an important piece of a computer to me somehow — and this one I named Stonehenge.

Got that and a new digital multitrack recorder, which is kinda neat and better than my last one, though it lacks an undo function which is pretty disappointing. Wish I’d considered that while I was fussing about what model I wanted to buy.

Anyway, with those things, my keyboard, and the PC I use for video games, suddenly I have a surprising amount of technology on my desk.

I tested out the recorder with a bit that’s been in my head for a while, it’s an a cappella bit based on Legion by VNV Nation. Unfortunately the sample clips I’ve been able to find don’t have that particular part in them, so if you haven’t heard it you’re lacking context, but oh well.

vnv bit (440k)

Q: What can you say about a Frenchman who pisses his money away?

A: He’s Euro-peein’.

[A] 22-year-old Maryland woman yesterday agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of other defendants in the death of her son under the condition that charges against her be dropped if the child rises from the dead.

Hm, seems like you get the subscription screen for that article if you click it, but you don’t if you copy the url and paste it into your browser. At least for me, anyway.

Yesterday, I stopped by a coworker’s cube. “Hey Andy, move zig for great justice, could you?” He said sure and went back to typing.

Later there’s a note on my whiteboard: “I took off every zig –Andy”

I stopped by and said, “Thanks for making your time.” He said sure.