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The Book Tour Begins

brianstorms·brian·about 1 month ago
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Yesterday the book tour began. The Friendly Orange Glow releases on November 14th, but the tour starts sooner. The full national schedule is online and will be updated as needed. The radio and media interviews have already begun and...

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Flamenco version of Achilles Last Stand

brianstorms·brian·about 1 month ago
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Hard to believe this track has only 113 listens on YouTube. Let's fix that. This is a great Flamenco guitar duo taking on Led Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand."

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Jaron Lanier on What Went Wrong With the Internet

brianstorms·brian·about 1 month ago
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What goes unsaid in this excellent Jaron Lanier interview about the pernicious state of the Internet is the role the curation of angels, VCs, limited partners, and boards have had in setting the direction of--guiding the evolution of--the Net and...

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A Different Kind of News

brianstorms·brian·about 1 month ago
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Imagine a media organization that only reports what the President of the United States and his administration does, and ignores what he and his administration says. The news would be completely different. Let's extend this to Congress as well. Only...

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You Don't Want Mark Zuckerberg In Your Dreams

brianstorms·brian·about 1 month ago
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Ever had a dream that skirts the boundaries of nightmare, wants to become a nightmare, but teases at skirting the boundary, just going on and on, with one of those really unpleasant antagonists who’s right out of some suspense thriller...

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I Don't Get Pearl Jam

brianstorms·brian·about 1 month ago
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I have never understood the allure of the band that calls itself Pearl Jam. I didn't get it in the 90s, I didn't get it in the 00s, and I still don't get it. Nothing they have ever done or performed has ever "reached" me.

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That time of year

brianstorms·brian·about 1 month ago
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Scientific American story: "The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change Isn't A Technology" https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-best-technology-for-fighting-climate-change-isnt-a-technology/ Speaking of which . . .…

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Top 25 Films Seen So Far in 2018

brianstorms·brian·about 1 month ago
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So far I've seen 103 movies this year in theatres. I figure I'll prolly see another 5 before the year's out. But we're far enough along in December I figured I could throw this list out there of my favorite...

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Cicadas in New Mexico: Who Knew?

brianstorms·brian·about 1 month ago
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Had no idea New Mexico had cicadas. They have been out in force for weeks, buzzing everywhere. They're all over our yard, though rarely seen, unlike my experience growing up in Maryland where the 17-year cicadas were so numerous, and...

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COVID-19 Vaccines Aplenty, Just No Takers

brianstorms·brian·about 1 month ago
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On Wednesday March 31st, my wife and I drove back to Amarillo TX (11 hours round trip again) to get our second Moderna vaccines. We'd gone out there on March 3rd for the first shots, after hearing that Amarillo was...

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