I just learned that skim milk actually makes better foam than whole because of a higher sugar content. Go figure. 37 and still learning. I also just accidentally jailbroke my iphone (no, seriously). Though I doubt it would hold up in the court of the ‘Genius Bar’ it is indeed what happened. Actually, I was trying to jailbreak my old iphone (now in my eldest son’s possession – at his request) and got them mixed up. Doh! Ah well, we’ll see how that turns out.

What else is new…

Found This cool article on 6 Insane Coincidences You won’t Believe . Actually, only the first 2 are that insane to me but they are really insane. I love this kind of stuff. Fort wrote about them extensively and a few of them are mentioned in the intro to Magnolia. These stories make me wonder about the nature of time, imagination & cause/effect. The first two are about authors whose books foretold future events. Were their sensitive imaginations picking up on ripples from future events? Is it possible their books actually somehow influenced events? Which is harder to swallow? Either way, it makes writing seem like a delicate operation. Be careful what you throw out there, right?

Over the years I have experienced a multitude of these synchronicities. So much so that I’ve stopped paying attention and merely accept them as a normal state of affairs (although perhaps secretly I take some satisfaction in them being a sort of reassurance of my life being ‘in sync’).

As for this blog, we shall see what happens. I’m going to try to keep some regular updates happening (for my won sanity, if nothing else) but it all really depends on how I decide to use my precious time. So many other ways to waste it… I am starting a new gig in march so hopefully I’ll be in a better state of mind about sharing what is happening. Stay tuned!

Hack for Free Starbucks wi-fi on your laptop (if you have an iPhone

I was a little confused by the digits that look like “ones” (11) but are actually supposed to be “elle’s” (ll). so, it would look like this:

sudo ifconfig en1 down lladdr 00:11:22:33:44:55
where the digits are replaced w/ the MAC address of your iphone.

Pretty sweet that this works. hope it continues to.

Ok gang here we go again. Still posting via email from the phone, which while having an element of spontaneous creation in the midst of life certainly has it’s limitations. Like typing only with your thumb (as in singular). Hopefully I will get the new wordpress iPhone app to stop crashing on launch when 1.1 comes out. For now I’ll deal and try to get the posts happening again.

More recently it occurred to me that the intersection of internet and outernet are fairly well woven in my current lifestyle situation. For me to get online requires much more than what most modern households require (a modem, a computer etc). You see, the cybernetic circuit requirs running a gas powered engine for about 30 minutes or so as well as processing a caffeine / carbohydrate mix through a biological organism (namely me). While on the surface this might seem inefficient or wasteful I have come to understand it as a more evolved means of information processing. Rather than merely pushing electrons around and wiggling my fingertips, my whole body is involved as well as loud, noxious machines that more assertively inform the environment HEY! I’M GETTING ON THE INTERNET!!!

The full implications of this have yet to be understood. What a paradox though, to drive 30 or 40 miles through real spacetime to get to a place to jack in to a realm of pure information.