Here’s a reprint of a review I wrote for a [Sonic Heart](http://sonicheart.com), a new music magazine:
> Autechre is always ahead of their time. On the surface,
> Autechre’s latest release, Untilted, is the next chapter
> of their trademark
> sound - pseudo-chaotic uber-synthetic instrumental beats,
> glitchy abstract rhythmic compositions, dense compositional
> arrangements,
> dentist-drill aggression, and the […]
When [flickr](http://flickr.com) announced it had been purchased by yahoo, there was some talk about bonuses being given to Pro account holders. Today I got an email detailing the bonus:
> You may have heard on the grapevine
> that we planned to
> reward our dear Flickr members
> who bought a Pro Account in
> the early days. Well, […]
*Mesothelioma:* it’s all over the internet, showing up in spam and in google search results. But do you have any idea what it is?
From [Wikipedia](http://www.wikipedia.org/):
> Mesothelioma is an uncommon form of cancer, usually associated with previous exposure to
> asbestos, which affects the pleura, a sac which surrounds the lungs, the peritoneum, the lining
> of […]
[](http://symmetrylab.com/machine/)
[Marcelo](http://esteserhumano.blogspot.com/) sent me a link to [this cool little flash thingy](http://symmetrylab.com/machine/) at [symmetrylab.com](http://symmetrylab.com).
> [SymmetryLab’s Machine] enables you to use a variety of components, each with
> different simple functions, and put them together to construct a potentially complex
> machine which can operate in unpredictable ways.
See also: [SymmetryLab’s other projects](http://symmetrylab.com/)
So I needed to look something up, but am unable to access the [CVS Website](http://www.cvs.com/) because they apparently only support Internet Explorer and Netscape, and I am a big Opera user. From their site, after some browser-sniffing:
> We recently upgraded the architecture on our Web site to make it easier for you to
> use […]
I just finished reading a book called *The Math Instinct: Why You’re a Mathematical Genius (Along with Lobsters, Birds, Cats, and Dogs)* by Keith Devlin. Keith Devlin is [NPR’s](http://npr.org) “Math guy,” and so the book reads a lot like NPR in the sense that it doesn’t insult your intelligence, but is very accessible to […]
Last night my family and I went out for dinner at [Gargoyles on the Square](http://www.gargoylesonthesquare.com/) in Davis Square, Somerville.
The food was excellent. For apps we shared the homemade gnocchi & wild mushrooms served with shaved parmesan cheese & truffle oil ($9) , as well as a serving of oysters on the half […]
Jamie poses after a job well done.
Fellow Bostonians, do you remember:
* When you *weren’t* embarrassed to pick up a copy of the [Weekly Dig](http://www.weeklydig.com/)?
* When the cover didn’t show [a bunch of shithead eurotrash clubbers drinking martinis](http://www.weeklydig.com/images/710cover.gif)?
* When they actually reviewed music you hadn’t already heard of?
* When covers had things like of a picture of dead Rodney Dangerfield and Superman […]
On March 31st I attended a day-long course by [Edward Tufte](http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/) at the Copley Fairmont Hotel in Boston, as [mentioned](http://trainque.com/index.php/2005/03/11/attending-a-one-day-course-by-edward-tufte/) a few weeks back. Here I’ll jot down some followup thoughts.
I found the lecture rather interesting for a number of reasons. First, having been out of college for nearly 4 years, I […]
