The best songs take flight in the mind. I can remember when I first heard Jeff Buckley’s Grace, and how it seemed to perfectly soundtrack the druggy, snowy night I was experiencing. Even now, the first few songs feel ethereal, and the title of that album embodies the essence of all the songs contained therein. [...]
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August 27, 2010
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Listen to Zach, Part 1
By gmeluski in The Missing PersonIt’s been at least fifteen years, right? You know what I’m talking about? Fifteen years since Rage Against the Machine first became a household name. And in the time since, I haven’t really heard anyone who writes biting social commentary the way Zach de La Rocha did. Ok, so Rage (and Zach) kind of disappeared [...]
August 23, 2010
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To the southland and back
By gmeluski in The Missing PersonA bit heartsick, I must admit. A whirlwind three days and on the cusp of returning home, only one thing makes the heart light: the thought of more adventures. Three days soaked in the sun, merciless upon its arrival in the morning, baking us in our tents until roused and mobile. The words to ‘oh [...]
August 17, 2010
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I was dreaming when I wrote this….
By gmeluski in The Missing PersonRecently someone mocked my musical sensibility when I mentioned that Prince was a great songwriter. Not exactly mocked, but scoffed at, with my manhood subliminally questioned. Ok, I get it, it’s generally uncool to admit being a fan of Prince when you’re talking metal / hardcore. So anyway, I decided to download 1999 and write [...]
August 15, 2010
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PHP buckets
By gmeluski in TechDatesSo I’ve been held back this week (mostly work stuff), but I wanted to address a technique that my was introduced to me by a neighbor at work. Essentially I had an object of array information, and had to group them together by date before outputting them visually. I had heard a couple things around [...]
August 13, 2010
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Why I would love it if Jay-Z was a FreeMason…
By gmeluski in The Missing Person…and other thoughts. There’s been some (not-widespread) speculation that Mr. H to the Izzo is a freemason, subliminally putting messages from the clandestine society in his songs. I call bullshit, especially on the further assessment that the 2009 VMAs was some public Freemason ceremony, primarily centered around Taylor Swift’s public humiliation and initiation into FM [...]
August 2, 2010
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Using Wordbooker
By gmeluski in TechDatesThis is so Meta… brah. Testing Wordbooker to see if it publishes blog posts to Facebook. If this works, Maybe I will write a tech review. MAYBE. Or go back to playing Tecmo Bowl.
August 1, 2010
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Head First Design Patterns… in PHP
By gmeluski in TechDatesSo I’ve had some experiments porting Design Patterns outlined in Java to PHP. As far as the usefulness, that remains to be seen. Today was some work in Chapter 6 of Head First Design Patterns, which essentially has the user building a ‘Universal Remote’ with 7 slots, each with an On and Off state. While [...]
July 26, 2010
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Amazing Phrasing
By gmeluski in The Missing PersonLike the way ODB and Luda phrase the first half of their verses and the chorus on this one.
July 25, 2010
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New .45
By gmeluski in The Missing PersonDaddy-in-law’s got a new .45…. and a gig at KINK.