tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80235002011-12-14T21:09:34.852-06:00<strong>More Authentic!<br>Less Pretentious!<br>Uses Grammar Correctly!</strong>vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.comBlogger1331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-64119738425800505882011-09-02T20:59:00.001-05:002011-09-02T21:01:08.659-05:00

This blog is due some SEO love: Arches National Park Blog

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-62612121232706999132011-06-24T18:23:00.001-05:002011-06-24T18:24:03.709-05:00

harvest this, bots:harvested.vcmc.blogspot@baconridge.orgalso, bacon!

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-32642090692851721932010-02-08T13:45:00.002-06:002010-02-08T13:47:50.611-06:00

Curious to see how quickly this gets crawled and spammed...vcmc.blogspot@inboxiness.com

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-38520186621384453292010-01-09T13:15:00.003-06:002010-01-09T13:31:46.283-06:00

At a little under $50/trap, this is one of the most economical ways to treat a home studio. Compare to $200 for a similarly sized and similarly performing panel from RealTraps, or $135 from ReadyAcoustics fully assembled with a frame.What do I need?I would recommend starting with treating corners closest to your monitors and first reflection points on walls (6 traps), e.g.,:http://

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-48903494942910520992009-06-19T11:04:00.002-05:002009-06-19T11:15:12.883-05:00

coffee reviews, pt. 2(All reviewed coffees are made in an Aeropress, and tasted at least twice with varying temperatures and steep times.)Cafe Britt, costa rican shade grown organic. medium roast.http://www.cafebritt.com/costa-rica-shade-grown-organic/Cup 1: Already much better than the Peruvian. Still on the acidic side for my taste but I may be able to cut that by adjusting temp and steep time.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-26866860877220035932009-06-19T10:12:00.002-05:002009-06-19T10:24:28.630-05:00

coffee reviews, pt. 1:(All reviewed coffees are made in an Aeropress, and tasted at least twice with varying temperatures and steep times.)cafe britt, organic shade grown peruvian Pachamama. Roast not specified, looks medium-dark.8oz bag for $9, much less bean/$ than most of their other coffees. It's far too acidic for my tastes, and there's nothing interesting that really sticks out about the

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-69169145884741597252009-04-07T22:13:00.001-05:002009-04-07T22:14:29.708-05:00

...it has been shown repeatedly that suicide increases in the month after a front page suicide story. There is also evidence that the effect is bigger for famous people and gruesome attempts. from bad science

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-54375199959175838442009-04-02T18:24:00.001-05:002009-04-02T18:25:53.066-05:00

"I’ve seen pages of equations and computer code by quants dedicated to trying to figure out how to optimize a crack addict’s NINJA loan in a 360 dimensional hilbert space. Not to optimize it so that it gets paid off, ... but how to squeeze as much juice out of it before the expected default probability spins out of control, leaving the bank with the home it had started with (that was worth a

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-89874799921234930832009-03-11T19:10:00.004-05:002009-03-11T19:22:49.895-05:00

From Hipster Nascar. There's some back story which isn't really important to the point being made here, but is linked to from the Hipster Nascar post if you want to go read it... (very minor editing for readability)...But, does commodification really mean the necessary reification of an identity, or is it more complex than that? Do identities formed in a capitalist moment change when they are "

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-34103614051786857182009-01-31T19:33:00.003-06:002009-01-31T20:26:52.237-06:00

i have a new favorite webcomic. it's kind of hit or miss but there are some exceptional ones: (warning, the following are a selection which represent my dry, occasionally dark, obscure sense of humor. The public at large may or may not consider these to be "funny".)oh no pigeonscontinuity errorsYou Might As Well Punch A Poor Person In The Junk.let us be perfectly clearlet's see how long it takes

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-45261288580117401132009-01-15T17:23:00.002-06:002009-01-15T17:55:30.811-06:00

I know I'm in the minority here because nobody else is really obsessive about these things, but it seems like the sort of thing the FDA would have been all over years ago. The problem:Alcoholic beverages have next to no standardization of ingredients labeling. (the CSPI also wants serving size, nutrition info, alcohol content, etc. labeling, which I agree with, but I'm not nearly as passionate

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1654840018726942252008-12-31T13:51:00.002-06:002008-12-31T13:59:34.668-06:00

and so soon! GM is apparently this desperate:"...dealers now can offer loans through GMAC to consumers with credit scores in the 620 range."Six hundred twenty is not a subprime score," said LaNeve. "That’s a very creditworthy buyer. Hopefully, we’ll have access to more of the market that is out there."Compare with Wikipedia's article on subprime lending:Although there is no standardized

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-2737024096805183552008-12-26T13:34:00.003-06:002008-12-26T15:07:54.986-06:00

So beyond the don't-take-tylenol bit I covered before, before we can understand how to minimize physiological damage to the body through drinking, we need to know exactly how alcohol affects the body. That's a big list, and the research is nowhere near complete - in fact there's a medical journal of peer-reviewed research regarding alcohol published quarterly.In any case I'll try to distill (ha!)

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-54143313762623247212008-12-23T16:45:00.002-06:002008-12-23T16:58:50.745-06:00

you regulate the use of the word "plus"? seriously? I mean, I'm all for regulating banks, cause those fuckers need it. but who the hell seriously thinks that the word "plus" has nutritional connotations in the mind of the average consumer?This reeks of unnecessary bureaucracy. Go find something better to do with your resources, like, oh, maybe requiring cigarette makers to list additives, or

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-33561081035502566872008-12-18T16:42:00.002-06:002008-12-18T16:44:23.593-06:00

I love this! paying execs bonuses in mortgage-backed securities worth potentially a lot less than their face value. brilliant!

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-88884067163044420912008-12-17T13:14:00.002-06:002008-12-17T13:27:56.732-06:00

Apparently people are pissy about a proposed tax on soda in new york. How is this a big deal? Not that it's a direct comparison, but cigarettes in new york are taxed at well over 50%, sometimes exceeding 100% (depending on what you buy), and there are negative health effects to soda as well - studies have shown links between soft drink consumption and metabolic disorder (even with diet soda).

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-17940941035595252112008-12-14T18:52:00.001-06:002008-12-14T18:55:30.759-06:00

One model to rule them all, one model to find them, one model to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them."Frodo! You must take the black box and cast it into the fires of Quant Doom!"

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-4557270615578124372008-12-11T22:37:00.002-06:002008-12-11T23:22:30.287-06:00

- skate culture's obsession with brands. same stupid shit, smaller demographic. and by extension the "collabo" or [brand1]x[brand2] thing. if you don't know what I mean, peruse hype beast for a minute or two. - big poofy skate shoes. I think they actually use marshmallows for the tongues. (e.g., this or this) - the skull motif all over t-shirts these days (e.g., anything by "affliction"). If I

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-47783725067776153262008-10-15T20:07:00.012-05:002008-10-15T21:33:03.500-05:00

Poured myself a jameson, trying to liveblog this shit but Hulu fucked up the first five minutes...8:0somethhing - Mccain blames the entire crisis on freddie and fannie. IZ MOR COMPLICATED THEN THAT K? duh8:08 - mccains blinking at least 3x a second. Sounds nervous. Stuttering about tax breaks and small businesses.8:11 - enough about 'joe the plumber'. FACT CHECK ON TEH SMALL BIZNESS THING PLS8:13

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-78878481016680039422008-10-15T18:32:00.002-05:002008-10-15T18:37:58.408-05:00

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a_EGuB7kQmyo&refer=homeSays the Fed will "consider discarding its long- standing aversion to interfering with asset-price bubbles".Don't play dumb. Monetary policy - Fed funds rate below 2% for 33 months, in the first half of this decade - helped create this asset bubble. Not to mention all the emergency rate cuts we've seen so far this year,

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-84037578209778710512008-10-09T18:35:00.003-05:002008-10-09T18:37:32.102-05:00

LOG SCALE LOG SCALE LOG SCALE INFLATION ADJUSTED INFLATION ADJUSTED INFLATION ADJUSTEDduh.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-73599535610693618592008-10-06T19:47:00.003-05:002008-10-07T10:51:14.401-05:00

Mew mew mew! Why didn't we get a federal bailout? It's Not Fair! - ex-Lehman Bro, Dick Fuld. STFU and enjoy your $350 million net worth, which is soooo much less than the $484 million you've been paid in the last 10 years. I bet you almost had to sell one of your yachts!NOM NOM! This microphone is DELICIOUS! Thanks Congress!

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-37148343908656176922008-10-06T18:35:00.002-05:002008-10-06T19:21:45.945-05:00

Wow, just got this in my inbox from a 'Nashy P' someone-or-other. Email headers indicate it's from Blue State Digital, the same place where my earlier ObamaSpam came from (to be fair, this was sent to a different address), but the from address was what appears to be Nashy G's yahoo account.Hey --In the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, John McCain wants to change the

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-29780184430156189932008-09-18T12:24:00.003-05:002008-09-18T12:35:00.250-05:00

Headline: McCain Arbitrarily Picks Scapegoat for Financial CrisisYeah, the SEC is totally at fault for the entire banking/subprime/mortgage/credit crises. Rather than getting out the guillotine, why don't you try coming up with something that'd actually make a difference - maybe talk to some, oh, economists perhaps, come up with a lil' plan, something nice, hmm, something reasonable? fucking

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-86099771279262534852008-09-16T19:08:00.003-05:002008-09-16T19:33:55.971-05:00

These amused me:AIG insures Lehmann's UK rent payments. hah! financial karma.McCain wants to put together a 9/11-style 'commission' to study the economic crisis. Oh! Really? Genius! Not like the Treasury, Fed, NBER, et al., do any of that stuff. I'm pretty sure they're just drunken economics-nerd parties full of drugs, debauchery and ethics violations.LOL AIG's balance sheet! f-u-c-k-e-d!Wannabe

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-88577310974069217522008-09-12T12:23:00.002-05:002008-09-12T12:30:28.795-05:00

if i was more irreverent (or just drunk all the time) I would think about getting/wearing this:sarah palin is a cunt(the cinelli hat's a nice touch too.)ok, yeah, 'cunt' has the wrong implications in a political context, but i'd have voted for hillary for president over anyone - no matter how qualified - accompanied by palin on their ticket. unfortunately, "SARAH PALIN IS NOT FIT TO LEAD A NATION

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-2609695685161480672008-09-05T19:46:00.004-05:002008-09-05T20:38:22.803-05:00

The drug warnings on the back of any Tylenol/acetaminophen bottle usually say something along the lines of, "Talk to your doctor before you take Acetaminophen or other fever reducers if you drink more than 3 drinks with alcohol per day."That's reasonable, right? I think most people would understand that to mean you're fine unless you're essentially an alcoholic or, ahem, an "enthusiastic" social

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-89250359817811759922008-09-05T19:23:00.002-05:002008-09-05T19:46:02.824-05:00

Drinking's a pretty big deal. (I should probably have some statistic about how many billions of dollars the industry's worth every year - but I'm lazy so go google it yourself). Lots of people do it - some in extreme moderation, some to excess, and everywhere in between... As any doctor will tell you, moderation is the simplest way to minimize health problems (or in some cases, confer health

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-14538783131769290962008-08-17T14:25:00.007-05:002008-08-17T15:12:22.477-05:00

For the second time in a couple months, I've noticed Nashbar's site is impossible to navigate. Categories don't display and product pages are only accessible directly.Now, with any online store, shit breaks from time to time. That's fine, it should be expected and planned for from a business standpoint - usually so these types of issues can be resolved with a minimum of downtime.But that's not

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-4091194631715713542008-08-08T11:54:00.004-05:002008-08-17T14:24:43.337-05:00

Yeah, yeah, regular bike seats cause penis issues. But this thing is a) fugly, b) lame, and c) slow - how the fuck are you supposed to stay on it unless you sit compeltely upright on your bike? which, again, is b) lame, and c) slow.http://www.healthandmen.com/2008/08/07/no-nose-bicycle-saddles-improve-penile-sensation-and-erectile-function-in-bicycling-police-officers/Maybe we need some sort of

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-5225370149059093862008-08-05T14:18:00.003-05:002008-08-05T18:09:51.405-05:00

Some of these signs are pretty awesome.http://cunningrealist.blogspot.com/2008/07/bens-noisy-lunch-hour.htmlBut this raises the question: why aren't more people pissed off enough about this to do something? Is it because it takes a little knowledge of econ and finance to understand what's going on - vs. the relative simplicity of anti-abortion (stop killing babies!) or animal rights (omg they

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-5827175605222690862008-07-29T18:27:00.002-05:002008-07-29T18:31:32.300-05:00

A rather dense but fascinating article on the ramifications of a recent supreme court decision regarding racial integration efforts in schools. Reminds me a lot of the brilliant season 3 of The Wire - only less entertaining and with more statistics.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/magazine/20integration-t.html

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-32387522493602748252008-07-28T14:37:00.004-05:002008-07-28T18:29:59.180-05:00

I participated in this on saturday, after putting my freewheel & rear cassette/derailleur back on - a) I wasn't about to repeat the drama from the night before (see post below), and b) there's no way I'm doing 25+ miles around the city on a fixed gear.I lost my manifest out of my back pocket after the first stop (Grumpy's NE) and whatever chances I might have had at that point (arguably close to

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-11277379791220698942008-07-26T02:28:00.003-05:002008-07-26T02:48:13.831-05:00

I think this is a good reason for me to be more familiar with the fixed gear thing before trying to bike home after drinking. these look tame, but this was after cleaning them up with alcohol... 7-band-aids later, I'm ok. Or will be once these (and the bruises) all heal. (Results not average. Additional injuries not pictured. Hurts so good if "so good" involves my biking-everywhere superiority

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-80638642523588350412008-07-21T16:15:00.001-05:002008-07-21T16:23:14.454-05:00

that is all.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-84165236099639525662008-07-21T12:34:00.001-05:002008-07-21T12:35:05.717-05:00

hear hear:http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/25631284.html?location_refer=Wild

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-23438661735788170242008-07-11T18:39:00.003-05:002008-07-11T18:53:04.343-05:00

A good article on FNM's problems.http://billburnham.blogs.com/burnhamsbeat/2008/07/fannie-maes-gol.html

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-54148826354489159912008-06-19T09:54:00.002-05:002008-06-19T09:54:50.218-05:00

FBI arrests former Bear Stearns fund managers...

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-21422276337596576712008-05-17T19:30:00.003-05:002008-05-17T19:48:44.918-05:00

Although I have, for the most part, given up my gamer urges, I do occasionally indulge from time to time... today while reading a gaming blog I stumbled across an interesting article on certain games' tendency to promote an almost satirically excessive concept of masculinity. It postulates that these games are...... the kind of stupid that feeds a real human need. After all, man does not live on

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-6634263029761341892008-05-13T12:24:00.000-05:002008-05-13T12:25:25.879-05:00

another reason to dislike her...

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-60197895862512758222008-04-23T16:56:00.003-05:002008-04-23T17:02:16.027-05:00

A good NYTimes article on the credit agencies' role in the housing debacle.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-70825854525015943822008-04-04T13:26:00.003-05:002008-04-04T13:35:30.781-05:00

An interesting discussion on some of the core issues surrounding the banking crisis by the forward-thinking Umair Haque. Definitely not the same old analysis you've seen on most financial blogs...

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-90765831557040634862008-03-18T11:11:00.003-05:002008-03-18T11:33:19.190-05:00

So today the FOMC meets and will announce possible rate cuts at 2:15EST. Most predictions are for a full 1% drop - in addition to the quarter point "emergency" cut from yesterday.I'm not in favor of this. Why? Here's a nice quick summary. "...Inflation, debasing the dollar, punishing savers, and making travel abroad exhorbitantly expensive..."This would all be well and good if we were a nation

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-56758948912715105522008-03-10T16:59:00.002-05:002008-03-16T16:30:58.508-05:00

Countrywide Financial is being investigated by the FBI for securities fraud...A step in the right direction, but I take issue with the first sentence of the article, which implies they may be the "Enron of the housing crisis".Fine, except the problems here are not limited to one company - the issues are systemic, involving mortgage originators, appraisers, real estate agents, mortgage purchasers/

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-84972894708441791272008-03-08T14:44:00.003-06:002008-03-08T14:47:54.015-06:00

This has been circulating for a while but it's a rather more amusing and less dry explanation than the one I linked to a few posts back. Yay MS Paint!http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pl

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-19781995756809817372008-03-08T12:58:00.003-06:002008-12-09T04:26:25.767-06:00

Congress is pissed at financial execs who left with giant severance packages after their banks lose billions of dollars - a scale large enough to affect the overall US economy, forcing the Fed's hand to drop interest rates in order to retain a modicum of stability and effectively distributing the cost of these failed banks to the general populace through inflation.(image from indexed.com. click

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-55567974221341687492008-03-06T19:27:00.002-06:002008-03-06T19:39:39.549-06:00

[revered economist] Anna Schwartz blames Fed for sub-prime crisisBernanke's a puppet for Wall Street. Lame....

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-74635338271421292532008-03-06T18:48:00.004-06:002008-03-06T19:20:20.563-06:00

3 reasons why the credit/housing bubble is worse than 1929A bit dated now, but the parallels he draws have proved accurate. A few comments:- Although he's careful to make the distinction, obviously there's some interrelation between housing/credit crash and the overall economy. How much, though? My portfolio is down about 20% from the highs in October (naively bought too much AXP, whoops) so I'm

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-5565118828915854912008-03-04T16:28:00.002-06:002008-03-04T16:34:05.892-06:00

A couple of very detailed posts outlining the technical structure which, at least to some extent, allowed the housing bubble/subprime fiasco to take place.Reads like a textbook, but speaks volumes about why and how the financial systems failed to prevent greed from taking over... after you skip the song lyrics at the beginning of each post, that is.http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/2008/03/03/

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-4478319246486334482008-02-25T23:22:00.004-06:002008-02-25T23:35:31.055-06:00

Ok, some cell phone manufacturer turned the first couple bars of this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nib9yHmCytc(or a better version here, but it takes a few seconds to get started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSvNu4VfYvk)...and turned it into one of the default ringtones on their handsets.I'd greatly appreciate it if the person responsible would go ahead and quietly expire, thank you. The

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-83452500568740038332008-02-22T19:21:00.003-06:002008-02-22T19:32:16.264-06:00

Speaks volumes about the class system and why poverty is such a vicious circle.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62c45126-dc1f-11dc-bc82-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe question now is: what does this change? Is the reasoning behind the structure of our current governmental/economic/social systems fighting poverty fundamentally challenged by this finding? To what extent? How would we then change the existing

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-4527454439155896022008-02-20T00:36:00.002-06:002008-02-20T00:40:12.883-06:00

ok, so today, i got an email from one of our possible democratic presidential candidates. Actual headers:To: StupidSpamSucker SlutFace From: Barack Obama Awesome. Needless to say, regardless of my political leanings, I never actually signed up for this... I'm totally signing all my non-work emails with that name for the next week. It'll be amazing.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-61370540059929058772008-02-17T23:20:00.002-06:002008-02-17T23:22:29.559-06:00

You know the hotel is full of nerds when the in-room net connection is completely saturated... "Just try to stream video, I dare you", it taunts.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-19510720813003706932008-02-08T12:56:00.000-06:002008-02-08T13:15:31.514-06:00

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0631767220080207Spot on. Except I don't think the consequences of poor stock performance are quite enough; the lack of consequences on the individual level, for the most part, of the execs and decision-makers largely responsible for the current financial crisis creates very little incentive for banks to create checks and balances for when the next

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-12218759855553138262007-10-05T11:12:00.000-05:002007-10-05T11:33:30.893-05:00

I've been following this pretty closely, and, granted, my perception is only based on press around the event, but some of the reporting has been pretty thorough. My general take on the trial is that it felt rushed; due to the jury's lack of familiarity with technical concepts (and the defendant's lawyer's incomplete understanding of some aspects of the alleged infringement), I believe conclusions

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-46539553051473628832007-06-20T16:47:00.000-05:002007-06-20T16:50:24.104-05:00

We've all heard of the shoe bomber, and the "moisture bomb" attempt, but I'm taking it to the next level.I hereby declare myself the Mustache Bomber.I win! creepy mustache pics to follow.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-30847326745142521992007-04-20T09:00:00.000-05:002007-04-20T09:12:27.633-05:00

i won't even apologize for the lack of posts. instead, here are some shows you should see:Brothers Quetico - Triple Rock 4/22The Books - Walker Art Center 4/27LCD Soundsystem - The Metro (Chicago) 5/6Beach House - 400 bar 5/31

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-4075362517870733012007-03-10T15:03:00.000-06:002007-03-10T15:37:40.554-06:00

arcade fire is the new TVOTR. and by that, I mean excessively overhyped indie band which middle-of-the-road music journalists all agree to love. (and Pitchfork, you're not exempt from this classification...)"Arcade Fire: the greatest band in the world"Really? are they? god. shut the fuck up, chris riemenschneider.With the release of this album, and oceans of praise being poured upon it, indie

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1170397399255756912007-02-02T00:06:00.000-06:002007-02-02T00:23:19.266-06:00

Ok, so you may have picked up on the fact that I tend to... sample lots of music to find the good stuff. This is mostly the case because I have such erratic, unpredictable taste - so much so that I can't even rely on pitchfork to consistently help me pick out obscure music i actually like.after blowing off some of the chaff of a recent music sampling session (Annuals didn't do much for me, peter

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1169229383440976002007-01-19T11:54:00.000-06:002007-02-02T00:26:53.036-06:00

Hot shit. y'all should come an get your dance on.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1169095435651421322007-01-17T22:41:00.000-06:002007-01-18T12:57:04.636-06:00

gangsta grillz, you bastards!Update: NY Times weighs in on the issue, fairly accurately portraying it - in stark contrast to the uninformed, sensationalist pseudojournalism in the Fox Atlanta video being circulated about the event.Bottom line is - mixtapes are an essential part of rap culture at this point. They're a prime example of the kind of innovation which is possible through digital

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1167687743814578552007-01-01T14:17:00.000-06:002007-01-05T01:21:30.326-06:00

I've made a rough attempt at numbering here, but I'm not going to tweak the list until it's perfect... so this is by no means definitive. I think I got the top 5 pretty well ordered though.10: Ratatat - ClassicsI'm a fan of Ratat's... um, post-metal sound, so that bumped this one up a few points, but I'll admit this is far from great. It's inconsistent, and Ratatat have some trouble with song

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1167682602070913282007-01-01T13:06:00.000-06:002007-01-01T14:16:42.133-06:00

Ok, so I may be late to this game, but I've been busy with a lot of shit... anyway, here's what we have for the non-top-10 part of my list, roughly ordered by how much I like them, top to bottom:Clipse - We Got It 4 Cheap, Vol. 2I really fucking loved this one - i've probably listened to it much more than anything that actually came out this year. I might actually rank this above their

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1164572289309130212006-11-26T14:15:00.000-06:002006-11-26T14:18:33.963-06:00

Maybe he can't play guitar or drums, but he's either got a really good ear or had musicians help him out. I'm impressed.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1164570046994178582006-11-26T13:32:00.000-06:002006-11-26T13:40:49.210-06:00

Test your musical memory and tone discrimination here. I'd recommend using the best speakers/headphones you have - some of the pitch tests use mid-bass region tones which you won't hear well on cheaper equipment.I scored 94.4% correct. I think that makes me a little bit awesome.I'm curious, though, where Lil' Jon would rank...

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1163879627132240042006-11-18T13:51:00.000-06:002006-11-18T13:53:47.143-06:00

that's the re-up anthem.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1162882158585315722006-11-07T00:33:00.000-06:002006-11-07T00:49:18.596-06:00

Ok, so anybody worth anything up in the M-P-L-S has probably at least heard of the 331 club. A nice place, post-renovation - decor is above average for a neighborhood bar, drinks aren't too spendy, no cover for shows - I can almost forgive them for having such poor acoustics.I guess the city wants to shut them down, though - I don't think the 331 would continue to exist without live music. "

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1162439827249597482006-11-01T21:44:00.000-06:002006-11-01T21:57:07.273-06:00

Ok, so for whatever reason I find certain abstract/experimental/minimalist/drone music *really* compelling. But not all of it - for example, the acclaimed Venice by Fennesz only really struck me for a track or two, mostly because the general tonal balance was so abrasive. (Who really wants to listen to a bunch of noise above 8khz anyway? my eardrums hurt just thinking about it)So being the

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1160346092141450722006-10-08T15:27:00.000-05:002006-10-08T17:21:32.223-05:00

Well, I've definitely been lazy about blogging regularly (who has the time and dedication?), but I've tasted a few good bourbons (and some horrid ones) since I last posted on the subject.I'll start off with my tastings in pursuit of the best cheap bourbon. I've really narrowed it down to a couple of choices under $15 (my predetermined qualification for "cheap"), but along the way have tasted a

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1158541393161051262006-09-17T20:02:00.000-05:002006-09-17T20:03:13.173-05:00

Capital Studios, Inc., Home Of less than three productions and the Venture Capitalist MCs, Announces Reversal of Former "Anti-myspace" PolicyMinneapolis, MinnesotaSeptember 17, 2006"I guess it was about time," said "VCMC", Capital Studios' chief enginner and founding member of Venture Capitalist MC's. "I wanted to be able to use the word "friend" as a verb and obsessively update my profile on a

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1158129061432707942006-09-13T01:21:00.000-05:002006-09-13T01:31:01.443-05:00

summary: rawk!More later. (Or not, depending on how lazy I am.)Unrelated: I think I want to cover the new justin timberlake song in the noise rock/dirty club-electro genre, a la Boris/Lightning Bolt or Justice/Vitalic. Not sure which side of that spectrum i'm leaning toward yet, or if this will actually happen given my propensity for coming up with ideas for projects, committing to doing them,

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1157609083036238672006-09-07T00:11:00.000-05:002006-09-07T01:04:43.050-05:00

As disappointed as I was by 'sexy back', Timberlake and Timbaland have gone and redeemed themselves. Behold, "My Love". Fucking genius. Study at the altar of the Timb-əs. Well, on second thought, pay much closer attention to the production - that's where this shit really shines. If you doubt the slightest thing about those synth triplets, leave my blog. Now. Don't come back. Ever. Bitch!

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1155948011921467552006-08-18T19:30:00.000-05:002006-08-18T20:19:04.780-05:00

As may be apparent to the readers of this blog, I enjoy my gettin' crunk from time to time, but i'm really just an indie kid with... rhythmic aspirations.So... when I heard about Skeet Spirit - a crunk tribute to Radiohead, I was excited. But not as excited as when I actually listened to it. Sheeit! it may just be instrumental but it's bangin - and it's really fun to bump in my car with its

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1154672970093768052006-08-04T01:27:00.000-05:002006-08-04T01:29:30.103-05:00

there's nothing better and nothing worse than there being "just something" about a girl.wait, i'm emo-blogging again. damn. I thought I was going to do that on another blog I wouldn't tell anybody about. oops.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1153808765217667472006-07-25T00:16:00.000-05:002006-07-25T01:26:05.323-05:00

Ok, so I've been buying and tasting bourbon regularly since my last post on the subject, and had a couple things stick out.First - I spotted the distinctive Blanton's bottle on the shelf at a bar, and decided to give it a taste ($7-8 might be a bit much for a bar drink, but it's a hell of a lot better than $35 for the bottle). I was aware that Eagle Rare and Blanton's were from the same

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1151947453171977882006-07-03T11:30:00.000-05:002006-07-03T12:24:13.253-05:00

ok, so i went on a downloading spree over the weekend (legally this time) and found - as you might assume from the post title - some new hot shit. i haven't heard other tracks from these guys, but these ones were good enough to post about on their own:uffie - pop the glockwhile the rest of the blogosphere goes on and on about lily allen (yawn, etc), i catch this track from uffie on a mixtape.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1151689582567187542006-06-30T12:21:00.000-05:002006-06-30T12:46:22.653-05:00

Ran across this on boingboing - a company apparently offering p2p insurance. Their site's in swedish or something so I can't really determine what's going on, but that's beside the point.This is capitalism/applied economics at its finest. This company recognizes that the threat of an RIAA lawsuit is significant given the average settlement (somewhere in the $2k-3k range last I heard), but runs

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1150091461093351962006-06-11T23:45:00.000-05:002006-06-12T00:51:03.193-05:00

On to bourbon. I should start out this post with an admission of how inexperienced I am when it comes to whiskeys. There are just so many varieties of whiskey compared to any other hard liquor...Our subject liquors tonight are two bourbons - Evan Williams Single Barrel 10-year (1996), and Eagle Rare Single Barrel (also a 10-year).Whiskeys, unlike vodkas, are not distilled for purity. Whiskeys'

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1149695432525702092006-06-07T10:33:00.000-05:002006-06-07T10:56:57.546-05:00

So last night I messed around a bit with WordPress on my site which I was basically just using for hosting until now... it's really cool, very customizable. I think I'll like it better than blogger once I get used to it...I'm definitely going to keep this blog up though, and keep the same subject matter (i.e., whatever random shit strikes my fancy) - capital studios will be a technical discussion

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1149364956302088862006-06-03T13:08:00.000-05:002006-06-03T15:02:36.403-05:00

So I went to Surdyk's the other day to continue my quest to find my favorite whiskeys... $60 later (which included some of my already-determined favorite vodka and beer), the thought struck me to use my blog for liquor reviews.After all, my obsessive/geek tendencies aren't just limited to music/economics/business strategy/audio/recording equipment. Might as well make an attempt to be well-rounded

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1149196963574205182006-06-01T15:39:00.000-05:002006-06-01T16:22:43.806-05:00

Espers - Espers IIDid I review this one before? I don't care to dig through my old blog post right now... stuck at work, running slow data pulls and waiting for someone else to finish their part in a certain project so I can get started on mine....Anyway, Espers. Their first record was... I guess I don't really remember it well anyway, so it's probably pretty similar to this one. How so, you ask?

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1148718393744151832006-05-27T03:18:00.000-05:002006-05-27T03:26:33.753-05:00

she said 'maybe' but meant 'no' but the sparkle in her eye told me 'yes'...Ha, I think this may be the first (and possibly only) time this blog has ever devolved into a "personal" blog. I tend to view that sort of thing with a bit of distaste. unless I do the two separate blogs thing, and just not tell anyone where the "personal" blog is...

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1148046257832866902006-05-19T08:41:00.000-05:002006-05-19T08:44:17.843-05:00

I found a posting for my dream job online. And I'm perfectly qualified. But it's in...Florida, 1600 miles away.*sigh*

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1147927846990611592006-05-17T21:54:00.000-05:002006-05-18T11:57:38.536-05:00

So...even though I made sure to whore out last night's show on pandas, none of y'all bitches came out. Suckers. It was an awesome show.To recap, there were 5 bands playing - cadence weapon, busdriver, sunset rubdown, frog eyes, and islands (in order of appearance). Doors apparently were at 630, so I'd missed the first two bands when I got in just before 9.So Sunset Rubdown is setting up their

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1147899111315993932006-05-17T15:41:00.000-05:002006-05-17T15:51:51.376-05:00

...the flickr set* from cinco de mustache. I know, I know, this is almost two weeks late...better than nothing though. Now go, and be satiated! No more bugging me! No more!* for the uninitiated, this means PICS!

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1147808806725604762006-05-16T14:42:00.000-05:002006-05-16T14:48:25.380-05:00

I don't check the email address I set up just for my blog very often, but I figured I should today, for whatever reason. Anyway, aside from an invitation code for Google Analytics which I signed up for like six months ago(as if habitually checking my blog stats wasn't enough, now I can have pretty graphs and loads of mostly-useless information), I got a random email from this guy:Sorry for the

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1146777484647997102006-05-04T13:26:00.000-05:002006-05-04T20:05:31.323-05:00

A lot of bloggers seem to be commenting on the "forever stamp" concept introduced today, with responses ranging from "dumbass idea- fire the intern" to...well, I'm not sure quite what this guy actually said, but he sounded smart.I think it'd be a benefit to the average consumer, but there are a lot of factors to consider from an econ standpoint which make this a much more complex issue than most

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1146675183034413242006-05-03T11:45:00.000-05:002006-05-03T11:53:03.083-05:00

I should point out that two of the bands in my last post - Islands and Sunset Rubdown - have scheduled a date for First Avenue, May 16th. It's only $10 at the door for five bands. I'll be there...Sunn O))) - Black OneI was expecting a drone/minimalist record along the lines of maybe rafael toral or keith fullerton whitman, and I got a horror/sludge metal/doom/noise hybrid. lots of indecipherable

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1146341187119847302006-04-29T13:18:00.000-05:002006-04-29T15:07:06.476-05:00

Maybe semi-regular isn't the right word for it if it takes nearly three months for me to come out with a second installment...I've recently had the chance to listen to a bunch of new music. In no particular order, here are my brief impressions (I don't think I could justify calling them reviews at this point):The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics:Didn't make it all the way through this one.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1146082583367578162006-04-26T15:12:00.000-05:002006-04-26T15:16:23.376-05:00

so Alec Baldwin is a douchebag. I guess I'm not really surprised - he seems like the sort of person to only play characters in line with his own personality.wait, should I have posted this on pandas instead? will there be a blog war over my use of the word 'douchebag'? I guess it's a good thing the use of a particular word can't be trademarked...

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1145204512294130612006-04-16T11:17:00.000-05:002006-04-16T11:21:52.306-05:00

If you're an artist or producer and you even think for a fraction of a second about putting a toy piano in a song, you deserve to rot in hell for all eternity.worst. instrument. ever.I have distaste for other instruments, but the toy piano is the only one for which I've reserved such absolute disgust.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1144181155630409132006-04-04T14:58:00.000-05:002006-04-04T15:05:55.683-05:00

this is the best thing ever!an mp3 blog aggregator. No more tedious downloading single tracks from blogs across the web - just a few clicks and you get a player with all the tracks right there.This has replaced p2p (not that I ever did. that's- *gasp* -illegal!) as my preferred way to sample new bands' music. Currently listening to a bunch of random stuff by The Knife. Not quite what I'd

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1144083528518249122006-04-03T11:53:00.000-05:002006-04-04T15:26:53.696-05:00

I guess I can't really judge this because I haven't read anything more than the synopsis posted at this site, but - really - do we need a bunch of programmers going emo?Sadly, they're about 10 years too late...Who knows, maybe - like they suggest - this will turn into the new 'agile methods'. Hopefully not until they figure out they need to call it something else though.(oops! I neglected to look

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1143939055289464482006-04-01T17:52:00.000-06:002006-04-01T18:50:55.350-06:00

...a line from The Books' song Be Good To Them Always.Anyway, this kind of stuck out on a recent listen to Lost and Safe, in part because I recently moved to Uptown, off one of the busiest local streets in the area. There's a constant rumble of traffic, occasionally punctuated by thumping bass from a passing car, car horns, etc. Being rather sensitive to background nosie levels (they decrease the

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1142462996381550752006-03-15T16:33:00.000-06:002006-03-15T16:49:56.456-06:00

Awwww. Blocked at the firewall. Damn you, network administrator!

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1141681329358498182006-03-06T14:48:00.000-06:002006-03-06T15:42:11.460-06:00

So when I found digg a couple months ago, I thought it was pretty cool (being an information junkie and blogger, it seemed like second nature), and I added it to my links list and began reading it regularly.But...I haven't read it for at least a month. Why? I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but bubblegen nailed it:Reading Digg is like listening to a coked-up Connie Chung talking to the same

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1140207027462529712006-02-17T14:05:00.000-06:002006-02-17T14:10:27.473-06:00

http://www.minneapolistrafficmap.com/Not that I'll use it much right now (I currently enjoy the luxury of a seven-mile drive to work), but it might be fun just to watch traffic pile-ups during snowstorms etc. Hurrah for the city's traffic cameras being turned into webcams!

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1139866535116308992006-02-13T15:30:00.000-06:002006-02-13T15:35:35.133-06:00

MySpace sucks. But you knew that already, right?Here's a prediction about what Fox is about to do with it. Hint: it's going to start sucking a lot more.Even though it's just speculation, it's so plausible it's shocking... that whole "old media" trying to do "new media" thing isn't going to work so well here.

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1139855839103938522006-02-13T12:14:00.000-06:002006-02-13T12:37:19.213-06:00

Recently I commented here on a post @ bubblegeneration that the true value of a startup is shifting primarily to ideas/innovation etc (as opposed to the more traditional value driver being execution). Today I noticed a post by Xavier Casanova along similar lines:Starting a new business is a lot easier now than back in 1998 ... the cost of doing business is nowhere near what it used to be. ...

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023500.post-1139418912920442532006-02-08T11:09:00.000-06:002006-02-08T11:15:12.933-06:00

yeah, I wish I was this guy.That sort of thing is probably the closest I'd get to fame - making some big-name artist sound really good.Or maybe a production credit. I'd be happy with that, too. Speaking of which, Scott Storch's most recent tracks kind of suck, particularly the 50 cent one. Boring...

vcmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371525002983094758noreply@blogger.com0