links for 2009-10-22

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Joe

@deezthugs alas my ol phone ain’t got the power… (in reply to this tweet)
(from @deezthugs) @JoeGermuska a video would be nice:) (in reply to this tweet)
Freestyle rap battle on Red Line
(from @msprolix) Chabon signed a book in memory of my previous, stolen copy of that book. Book’s epigraph is a Borges quote. I win at meta.
(from @robotwisdom) My 1st inkling of reggae was a letter to the NYTimes c1969 arguing that Paul was really singing “Happy as a rasta in the marketplace”
The Shadow Budget | Feature | Chicago Reader

“The Daley administration commands an off-the-books kitty of taxpayer money equivalent to a sixth of the official city budget. Now we’ve got documents that show what they want to do with it.”

(tags: chicago tif)
@mmcottrell smote instead of smited. smitten is past participle. (in reply to this tweet)
NYTimes After Effects Demo Reel 2009 on Vimeo

I love the US map with portraits of interview subjects on virtual stick pins.

(tags: nytimes video via:twitter=ryanmark)

(sources: Twitter user @ryanmark (Ryan Mark))
Getting It Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn: Scientific American

“People remember things better, longer, if they are given very challenging tests on the material, tests at which they are bound to fail. In a series of experiments, they showed that if students make an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve information before receiving an answer, they remember the information better than in a control condition in which they simply study the information.”

(tags: education learning brain via:twitter=bduckles)

(sources: Twitter user @bduckles)
(from @emckean) Do you have a favorite spelling mnemonic? Like ‘cemetery’ has three e’s because you scream “e-e-e” when walking past one?
(from @kumar303) Lula goes as Zombie Doug’s for Halloween http://bit.ly/1EtMpH (hopefully tastier than last year’s Irish Pub theme). via @thehitmaker
(from @bhobrainey) RT @JoeGermuska: Beautiful: 86-yr-old WWII vet on gay marriage: “what do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?” http://bit.ly/2bTARG
(from @sarahconner) @JoeGermuska Isn’t that sweet? Thanks for the RT. :^} (in reply to this tweet)
(from @mmorowitz) RT @JoeGermuska Beautiful: 86-yr-old WWII vet on gay marriage: “what do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?” http://bit.ly/2bTARG
Beautiful: 86-yr-old WWII vet on gay marriage: “what do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?” http://bit.ly/2bTARG (via @sarahconner)
Thanks to @chicago_reader for the link to “My Parents Were Awesome” (photo blog) http://bit.ly/okWlY
The Song Decoders at Pandora – NYTimes.com

‘We had a couple more back-and-forths, and finally his last e-mail to me was: ‘Oh, my God, I like Celine Dion.’ ”’

(tags: music technology classification)
Fewer Reporters Are Covering Executions – NYTimes.com

“Seeing inmates in the death chamber, strapped to a gurney and moments away from lethal injections, he has heard them greet him by name, confess to their crimes for the first time, sing, pray and, once, spit out a concealed handcuff key. He has stood shoulder to shoulder with other witnesses who stared, wept, fainted, turned their backs or, in one case, exchanged high-fives.”

(tags: capital_punishment journalism economics witness)

links for 2009-10-21

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Joe

Priceless first-hand accounts from people around the Chicago 7 Conspiracy trial. Savoring again the irony of Hoffman v. Hoffman.
Awaiting ABA panel discussion on 40th Anniversary of Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial
(from @chriscyvas) @JoeGermuska There is so much smoke and mirrors, misdirection, and plain, old fashioned lying going on in every part of our society. (in reply to this tweet)
Special RT for @cmcavoy and @harper : @enriqueramirez:Cornel West just high-fived my friend Pep. Hilarious.
Busted! Joe Arpaio cites nonexistent law to justify street sweeps arresting undocumented immigrants! http://bit.ly/2MHdtT (via @cshirky)
(from @happy_stomach) @JoeGermuska I’m sure the ladies @disgrasian and/or @feministing would have something to say about that Aja ad! (http://bit.ly/2IT0AO) (in reply to this tweet)
(from @deezthugs) @JoeGermuska Oh I admit it. But, I’m over it. Linux floats my boat now. (in reply to this tweet)
@deezthugs Dude. You used to be the biggest Apple fanboy around. Admit it. (in reply to this tweet)
For @valdiskrebs and @nurturegirl – Google Image results for Chernoff Faces http://bit.ly/2z3Ly3 Who has the ref for Aquarium multivar viz?
Compare Lessig’s concerns re too much transparency & his tendency to use too many words. http://bit.ly/36vYwC (♥ him, ♥ words, ♥ trnsprncy!)
(from @triblive) Fans of “You Can’t Do That On TV”? RT @JoeGermuska Who sees this restaurant ad and says “yeah, let’s eat there!”? http://bit.ly/2IT0AO
Who is the person who sees this upscale restaurant ad and says “yeah, let’s eat there!”? http://bit.ly/2IT0AO
Oooh, @wordnik has a new look. It’s http://wordnik.com/words/lovely
@vielmetti I DO (does it count if I was sleeping at midnight? I can play some early morning funkiness if you like) (in reply to this tweet)

WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-10-20

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Joe

“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-6). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives.

In all, I didn’t feel extremely inspired about this week’s show, although looking back over the playlist, I do feel like there is plenty of good stuff to hear: if you haven’t yet noticed two recent albums by young Chicago jazz groups, I direct you to check out Klang and Herculaneum: fie on those who wonder “is jazz dead?”

The archive starts midway through the first track because I started my show before the normal time: the DJ on air before me had pulled an extra shift because of a no-show and was ready to bolt out as soon as I got there. (Hooray for DJs who keep the station on the air, though — that’s been a problem in recent years at WNUR, but there’s a lot of really positive new energy this quarter…)

complete program (145 MB, 2 hrs 38 min)

Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Ros Seryosthea: “Penh Jet Thai Bong Mouy”
The Vandermark Five: “Sucker Punch (for Phelps “Catfish” Collins)” – Target or Flag (Atavistic)
Coleman Hawkins: “In a Mellow Tone” – Night Hawk (Prestige)
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: “Country Girl” – One Day in Brooklyn (Kinnara)
Sonny Clark: “Blue Minor” – Cool Struttin’ (Blue Note)
Ramsey Lewis: “Bold and Black” – Another Voyage (Cadet)
Billie Holiday: “Love Come Back To Me” – Lady Love (United Artists)
Hampton Hawes Trio: “These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)” – Volume One (Contemporary)
David Holland: “Rune” – Life Cycle (ECM)
David Eyges: “A Moment of Recognition” – Crossroads (Music Unlimited)
Szilárd Mezei Wind Quartet: “Miloš (live) ” – Néztük az esot / We Were Watching the Rain (2008) (Leo)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: “Oof” – Mama’s House Live (35th Anniversary Project) (Katalyst)
Klang: “Lament on Ash Wednesday” – Tea Music (AllosDocuments)
Herculaneum: “Lavender Panther” – Herculaneum III (Clean Feed)
Eight Bold Souls: “The Hunt” – Eight Bold Souls (Sessoms)
Sangeeta Michael Berardi: “Earthship” – Earthship (Sunjump)
Pharoah Sanders: “Summun, Bukmun, Umyun” – Summun, Bukmun, Umyun (Impulse)
Gyldene Trion: “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes” – Live at Glenn Miller Café (Ayler)
Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy: “Fats” – Spirit Moves (Greenleaf)

links for 2009-10-20

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Joe

(from @valdiskrebs) Enjoyed Lunch w/ @JoeGermuska and @Nurturegirl …wide ranging convo and great Armenian food…thx 4 closing triangle Jean!
(from @msprolix) @JoeGermuska Assume I am making “Oooo” noises at this. (in reply to this tweet)
Buy Frank Sinatra’s angry letter to Mike Royko – Time Out Chicago

Sinatra promises Royko $100,000 if he can prove that Sinatra punched a drunken elderly person. Royko could double his earnings if he could pull Sinatra’s alleged hairpiece; if he couldn’t, Sinatra would punch him in the mouth.

(tags: chicago mike_royko frank_sinatra memorabilia)
Two of my fav Chi institutions: @numerogroup release party at Cultural Ctr Sun 11/1 for photo book/LP release “Light: On The South Side”
(from @NurtureGirl) @JoeGermuska Really enjoyed lunch with you. The music was phenomenal for me. The food was divine (sayat nova). The company beyond fabulous. (in reply to this tweet)
Doesn’t this say it all? “Murdoch told stockholders the counterpoint with the White House has been great for ratings.” http://bit.ly/1uvwQe
Looking forward to lunch with @nurturegirl and finally meeting @valdiskrebs !
(from @JenniOrange) @JoeGermuska thanks babelicious! It went great – so fun, and now… Naptime! (in reply to this tweet)
@JenniOrange Break a leg in your media blitz today! You’ll be awesome! (in reply to this tweet)

links for 2009-10-19

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Joe

(from @Bill80) Just the way i’d like to remember them. RT @JoeGermuska Kiss pinball for @bill80 http://yfrog.com/5ds8qj
Guns N Roses pinball with Guitar Hero controller driving flippers! Hard!

links for 2009-10-18

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Joe

@sarahconner yeah, $15 gets unlimited time on the expo floor, as long as you can stay awake. (in reply to this tweet)
Playing Lethal weapon 3 pinball, wondering if Mel Gibson authorized a pinball tie-in for The Passion of the Christ?
(from @sarahconner) @JoeGermuska Do you get to actually play the games? (in reply to this tweet)
Whoops. Twitpic fail. Do-over: Kiss pinball for @bill80 http://yfrog.com/5ds8qj
Kiss Pinball for @bill80 http://yfrog.com/083jej
Aaron Spelling vanity pinball machine @ Pinball Expo 2009 http://yfrog.com/5fqniyj
Hell awaits for illegal file-sharers | Music | The Guardian

“The hosts of file-sharing sites may have worked out how to counter legal threats, but metaphysical ones are much harder to factor. And although he admits there is an element of (forked) tongue in cheek to the announcement, Tibet stands by its grim warning.”

(tags: music piracy via:twitter=qburns)

(sources: Twitter user @qburns (Q-Burns A. M.))
Festive wedding scene at Assyrian church in Rogers Park: drumming, zurna (or similar double-reed), flags, dancing as party exits. Congrats!
50 Years of Space Exploration on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

beautiful visualization

(tags: visualization space illustration history map via:twitter=valdiskrebs)

(sources: Twitter user @valdiskrebs (Valdis Krebs))
@cinnachick so cool. congratulations! (in reply to this tweet)
@enriqueramirez appropriate. it’s been pretty blustery around here lately (in reply to this tweet)

links for 2009-10-17

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Joe

(from @aliciaeler) @joegermuska CGN was estab 1973. Remind me to tell you what happened after you left
(from @whet) @JoeGermuska for some reason i thought they were active… total space cadet today (in reply to this tweet)
@whet Sayat Nova is pretty solid, especially for the neighborhood. I like the shwarma, and the chicken legs/thighs. (in reply to this tweet)
@whet follow @LTHForum ? srsly? (more generally–what should the LTHForum twitter account do? I’m just squatting on it so no one else does) (in reply to this tweet)
@brianboyer The Times Bay Area Report is a two-page spread spread twice weekly? That doesn’t seem like much. I think there are 5 stories. (in reply to this tweet)
(from @saduros) #FF @kdc @maurahernandez @sgescheidle @susanbirk @whet @joegermuska @pinkpeonies @ourmaininchicago @garrettpopcorn @TweetCampChgo
(from @jduckles) @JoeGermuska That looks like the Purdue Drum on your cover. http://bit.ly/3yHICq (in reply to this tweet)
Out of 5 mix 187 “Historicity” (my first time picking the theme!) http://bit.ly/Y1kcc ♫ Love the cover!
@ianbicking you beat me to the tweet about Open Source for America revving up! #civichacking (in reply to this tweet)
(from @aliciaeler) @JoeGermuska When are we going to have a beer? (in reply to this tweet)
Fundraiser for new Rogers Park farmers market 10/25 (“Glenwood Sunday Market”) http://bit.ly/1znvOY (alas, I’ll be out of town)
Graham Foundation opens exhibit of urban hacks “Actions: What You Can Do With the City” http://bit.ly/2OI0pb (via @yurivictor)
(from @aliciaeler) #FF @kdc @maurahernandez @sgescheidle @susanbirk @whet @joegermuska @pinkpeonies @ourmaininchicago @garrettpopcorn @TweetCampChgo
[In case you thought we were post-racial now] RT @alpanasingh:Interracial couple in Louisiana denied marriage license http://bit.ly/CdInr
World Wide Words: Absquatulate

“The 1830s — a period of great vigour and expansiveness in the US — was also a decade of inventiveness in language, featuring a fashion for word play, obscure abbreviations, fanciful coinages, and puns.”

(tags: language history)

links for 2009-10-16

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Joe

(from @therealfitz) Barrista at a cafe noticed the Google logo on my jacket and asked me for a Wave invite! #surreallife
(from @aliciaeler) @JoeGermuska Any place with wood paneling at the booth is a must. What’s your favorite dive bar? btw I still have your Perry Bible book (in reply to this tweet)
@aliciaeler I found Old Timers a congenial spot for a cheap beer. But I might just as soon go to CND Gyros Lounge. Wood panelling at both! (in reply to this tweet)
@stellakestell http://www.acronymfinder.com/LARC.html I’m hesitant to guess. (in reply to this tweet)
Quote bowdlerizing that may only be of interest to copy-editing nerds | The Blog | Chicago Reader

“Now, I really support quote-bowdlerizing. When I was like 12 (shut up, I was sheltered) I’d run across in, say, Sports Illustrated, some bad word that had clearly been written around. Far from feeling protected from the brutal English language, it would pique my curiosity. What rich epithet could lie behind those brackets? It really opened my eyes to the grand mystery of obscenity while emphasizing their power to bother grownups.”

(tags: language obscenity editing via:twitter=brianboyer)

(sources: Twitter user @brianboyer (Brian Boyer))
Not trying to be mean or anything, but Bryan Adams: Apple Master? huh.
Journalists need to press sources harder: Daily Show about CNN http://bit.ly/2i05h CJR on Afghan Intel http://bit.ly/3pOGZH
(from @wardepartment) RT @joegermuska: “Well,” said Chef Wonkatz, “I have found a way to Tweet… food.” http://bit.ly/1BlnEQ
(from @amandaruzin) I use/process books/e-books in different ways, do you? 5 essays on the cognitive aspects of e-books http://bit.ly/1s9LBZ (via @JoeGermuska)
Five essays on the cognitive aspects of e-books at NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/1s9LBZ
(from @Unwrinkled_Ear) “Try coming up with a mackerel.”

links for 2009-10-15

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Joe

Full of inside jokes, but still brilliant: “Well,” said Chef Wonkatz, “I have found a way to Tweet… food.” http://bit.ly/1BlnEQ
(from @SHOUTatJAMES) @JoeGermuska thank you. I can’t figure out if I should be surprised people are nicer anonymous. (in reply to this tweet)
(from @onyxfish) @joegermuska Thanks! (in reply to this tweet)
@onyxfish Welcome to the NewsApps Team! (in reply to this tweet)
(from @andrewbird) Andrew will be featured on the PBS program Austin City Limits on Saturday, October 24th along with St. Vincent – check your local listings.
RT @cfigallo:I’m looking for good models of local government using the web socially. Good = making a positive difference. DM
(from @srobbin) @JoeGermuska For the record, I nominated ‘Arnold Drummond’. (in reply to this tweet)
@santheo What would your recipe be for a drink called the Leland Palmer? (in reply to this tweet)
(from @santheo) @JoeGermuska Guy may have been a fine golfer, but I feel like a schmuck saying his name every time. His reign is OVER. #unreasonableoutrage (in reply to this tweet)
@santheo What do you have against Arnold Palmer? (in reply to this tweet)
(from @aliciaeler) @JoeGermuska hilarious! (in reply to this tweet)
Liu Bolin – The Real Life Invisible Man | Oddity Central – Collecting Oddities

“35-year-old Liu Bolin, from Shandong, China, manages to camouflage himself in any surroundings, no matter how difficult they might be.

“Liu works on a single photo for up to 10 hours at a time, to make sure he gets it just right, but he achieves the right effect: sometimes passers-by don’t even realize he is there until he moves.”

(tags: photography)
NPR Builds a Brain Trust : CJR

‘The “open kimono” approach was another unusual aspect of Friday’s gathering. Instead of keeping the discussions behind closed doors, NPR opened them up, broadcasting live from the group sessions and live-blogging and tweeting from the breakout groups. Reporters were invited to attend the event, and participants were notified that all discussions would be “on the record.” The thinking is that the more brains NPR can get working on the challenges it faces, the better the ideas that will be generated. ‘

(tags: radio npr community via:twitter=brianboyer)

(sources: Twitter user @brianboyer (Brian Boyer))
(from @elizabethriley) RT @JoeGermuska Idiot! fugitive “continued to post status updates from Cancun detailing his whereabouts & easy living.” http://bit.ly/3dsJyB
Idiot! fugitive “continued to post status updates from Cancun detailing his whereabouts & easy living.” http://bit.ly/3dsJyB via @aliciaeler
Nifty! RT @srobbin:Just released a new plugin: jQuery Approach. It lets you do proximity-based animations: http://bit.ly/QVqJh
@SHOUTatJAMES Not just Yelp: from last week’s On The Media http://bit.ly/oddHq “When it comes to rating products online…we’re way too nice.” (in reply to this tweet)
(from @gibsonpatterson) great conversation at the Chicago Net Tuesday #net2chi last night – @BTRIPP @karitas @JoeGermuska @tgodfrey99 @gordondym @nurturegirl

links for 2009-10-14

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Joe

(from @NurtureGirl) Lovely social Chicago Net Tuesday #net2chi tonight. Conversations with @BTRIPP @karitas @JoeGermuska @tgodfrey99 @gordondym & more Thank you
(from @kumar303) @JoeGermuska Chicago psychedelic rock at its weirdest. Their self titled album is good too. (in reply to this tweet)

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