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Wes Wilson's LiveJournal:
- I have a latex application workshop scheduled. I am interested in finding someone who can teach a hands-on workshop where pairs of people learn about latex applications and how to make them stay on you.
- I will be hosting another poetry slam, like at Frolicon. If you think you can write funny or compelling poetry to read out in public, please come armed to slam.
- I need DJs for a bizarre project called the Democratic Dance Off. I want to make a quadrant on the dance floor and have multiple DJs propose the future music being played. People would vote for the next music by dancing in particular places. This means I need four DJs with a way to merge their music. If I can't make it happen, I can't make it happen... but I think it's brilliant and will fit the weekend's theme.
- I want to have a "How to Play D&D 4.0" workshop. If anyone has any neat or fantastic ideas about how to make that interactive, let me know.
- The bill sunsets in December 2012, a mere one year earlier than the Senate bill and a presidential election year. Meaning that it is designed for another fight right when people are eager to make up their minds on our leadership. This is one of the most cynical paradoxes of the whole mess
- The bill does not include a prohibition on bulk collection. Meaning that TAPPING all the traffic in and out of the country is fine. It seems that sifting through it would be easier bureaucratically than getting permission to tap the line.
- The bill prohibits intentionally targeting a person outside the U.S. ...if “the purpose” is really to target someone ... in the U.S. ... but the guidelines are not subject to judicial review, and the bill does not ... require the government to obtain a court order whenever a significant purpose of the surveillance is to acquire the communications of an American. Meaning they can tap your phone, claim it was to catch someone else, and no one would be able to review that decision to say it was unwarrented.
- If the government goes forward with surveillance before obtaining court approval, and the court subsequently determines that the government’s surveillance violated the law, the government can nonetheless keep and use any information it obtained. Pay attention, folks. If they break the law obtaining information, they can still use that information against you. This goes against almost every domestic law that we have.
| Friday, April 29th, 2011 | ||||
| 2:25 pm | Happy 5 year anniversary, baby! | |||
| Friday, July 18th, 2008 | ||||
| 3:26 pm | Grrrr... endlessly distracted today... | |||
| 12:20 pm | A Gentleman's Duel | |||
| 10:30 am | Play On Con Coverage | |||
| Thursday, July 17th, 2008 | ||||
| 11:38 pm | Btw... If any of you are watching the TV show, The Mole, Brent and I have been doing a podcast about it... I think it's well worth listening to, especially as a prep for that night's episode.  http://www.deadworkers.com/cmgc | |||
| 11:32 pm | Wow... I got chills... The new Watchmen trailer is up... and I approve. I know I don't normally watch trailers, but I know this story pretty much by heart, so it doesn't feel the same. I love that they used Billy Corgan vocals on the trailer, and I'm really impressed with the general feel of the entire preview. Additionally, it doesn't tell you a damn thing about the story... which is magnificent. | |||
| Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 | ||||
| 11:53 am | one more... Oh, and here are the six creepiest comic book characters of all time.... | |||
| 11:50 am | HAHAHAHAHAH! Oh my... internet trollery has escaped the tubes! | |||
| Thursday, July 10th, 2008 | ||||
| 4:31 pm | Wine Tasting on Friday at The Wine Cellar 7/11/08 5-7pm
( More behind the cut... ) | |||
| 11:55 am | Gorbechev the Video! snagged from ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} tk0667:BE SURE TO CLiCK ON THE HIGH RES SYMBOL AND WATCH IT FULL SCREEN! GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO - BIGGER AND RUSSIANER from Tom Stern on Vimeo. | |||
| Friday, June 27th, 2008 | ||||
| 2:05 pm | EEK! I am totally short-circuiting. I have stuff I need to do for Play On Con and I keep changing windows and skimming trivia and foolishness. Focus... focus... focus...  | |||
| Thursday, June 26th, 2008 | ||||
| 6:23 pm | Tim Minchin Videos ( More behind the cut... ) | |||
| 5:55 pm | Both Obama and McCain skipped the cloture vote to end debating the text of the new FISA bill. This bill offers immunity to the telecoms for the wiretapping program following 9/11. At LEAST they have changed the immunity so that it doesn't extend to six months BEFORE 9/11, like the old immunity provision allowed. But I still stand by the argument that considering the president can pardon whoever he likes, retroactive immunity is pointless. This is a shameful abuse of power... and it makes me sick to my stomach. | |||
| 4:42 pm | Hrmmm... Shame on you, Barack Obama. Shame on you. | |||
| Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 | ||||
| 9:57 am | Wine Tasting Today at The Wine Cellar Featuring the Wines of Bourgeois Family Selections, Poured by Jean-Phillipe Bourgeois Bourgeois Family Selections is a highly specialized importing company that believes the heart and soul of France’s wine industry can be found in the small estates. They are the very pulse of its lifeblood, “le vin”. By putting the spotlight where it belongs, on the terroir that generations of the same family have toiled, the handpicked grapes, wine lovingly made with the knowledge handed down father to son, they help bring that nation’s rich wine heritage to the world. Jean-Philippe is a sixth generation legacy in the beer, wine and spirits industry in his native country. He has spent years traveling the wine regions and countless time scouring the back roads of Gaul for unique, hand selected, organic wines. His goal is to bring you what only a Frenchman can; the most exciting undiscovered gems of the old world; beautiful, passionately hand made wines, never before available in the US market.
( More wines behind the cut... ) | |||
| Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 | ||||
| 11:22 pm | ||||
| Monday, June 23rd, 2008 | ||||
| 10:41 pm | HALP! Ok... so my plans for Play On Con are still in high-flux gear. I have panels that I thought were going to be hosted that I currently have no one to handle them. If you know anyone who is attending Play On Con, or who might be interested in attending if they were on staff, and would help with the following programming, please let me know. | |||
| 12:51 pm | New FISA Bill Info So the FISA bill that I wrote my senator about is up for vote again. Previously, the House had rejected the Senate bill, but it appears the tables are turned. Now, the House bill is being sent to the Senate, and it includes, once again, the telecom immunity clause. Some info on the bill... Interesting Notes: This whole issue continue to make me sick to my stomach. Edit: I chopped some of the excess legalese out for my friends... if you doubt my ellipses, go to the Feingold document. | |||
| Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 | ||||
| 5:49 pm | ||||
| Friday, June 20th, 2008 | ||||
| 2:25 pm | Rich Text editing sucks ass. | |||
