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 Most of us have lost faith in the political system. Many of us have lost faith in the country and its direction. Some of us have lost faith in our neighbors and friends. I blame the Bush administration.  Our patriotic countrymen have good hearts and want what is best for the country but a majority has been led astray by a government we are supposed to trust. They've been led astray by a media machine motivated only by profit. And most importantly, they've been led astray by corporations and familial dynasties that control the government that has become the problem and not the solution.But only a few of us have the means and freedom, ironically, to dedicate ourselves to President Obama's effort to put at least a small part of government back in the hands and minds of its people. And an even smaller number of us are able to break through the barriers of propaganda to educate undecided voters and rally supporters to vote on November 4, and these individuals and teams need our support. If you aren't able to volunteer your time, for whatever reason, please consider supporting those who are setting aside personal and professional endeavors to put the country back on the right track. Your donation helps keep the progressive movement going so we can finally have our country back. I know my friends, family, readers, and listeners are up to the task of donating at least $500 together, so let's have at it, shall we? Even if it's only a $5 contribution, every bit helps get us further and further away from the Bush regime. On behalf of America's future, I thank you. Visit the Wider Angle Campaign page!
I broke my promise. Several months ago my plan was to update Wider Angle at least weekly with my views, slightly witty commentary, and links of interest. Despite my vow to myself and to you, I've failed.
Yet still, I'm not sure what I can do about this, and it's hurting me. At the moment I have a pretty high-level job in book design and I run Olaris Records, which averages about 12-14 releases a year. In addition to that, I'm art directing friskyRadio and designing the new site plus art directing and designing for Proton Radio, a former rival, to the tune of five to seven hours a week. Add that to the three remixes and two original songs I produce each month and there's barely time to watch a movie. Well, usually a Rifftrax. So, that said, I'm not quite sure what to do here. I could tell you that my new single, Turning Tricks, just came out on my label Olaris under the Proton banner and is available exclusively at Beatport for at least a month, but that would be inappropriate. More than anything, this is an apology, and a promise I may not live up to that I'll try to do better. I know the readers of Wider Angle are wonderful and several are some of my favorite people in the world, so it disappoints me greatly not to be able to contribute more to this blog. If any guest bloggers would like to offer a hand, that would be wonderful. But aside from that, I hope to soon block off time on Sundays to write what will eventually amount to a column. That's coming soon. It won't be about music really and it won't be about politics, but it will be about real life. Shit that we deal with and how to deal with it better. Any ideas or questions are welcome. Anyway, thanks for reading this and reading altogether after all this time. Hope you're all well, and I send my sincere love to you.  It's nice that so many companies are "committed to excellence." That's probably why life has seemed so much better for everybody lately. - hotdogsladies Meals that take less than 5 minutes to prepare and consume are somewhat anticlimactic. - cruel_raspberry from @MetalFatigue: He didn't need to look in the box to know the cat had vanished. The chihuahua's angry yip, though, came as a surprise. - ze frank's bedtime I have not been to a literary reading for a long time. Was surprised by the amount to cell phone vid cam-ing. Really? BOOTLEG LIT READINGS? - hodgman someone just mistook me for someone that gives a shit. - friskygeek Black shirt, white tie and shadowstache: the official uniform of the cell phone salesman. - scottsimpson Someone's either drinking cinnamon flavored coffee or wearing Eau de Bear Claw - my_name_here Attention Anti-Jail Flyer Jerk: Your persistent spamming of my apartment has made me Pro-Jail. - meghann having fløde havarti and crackers with pears and tea. this started as snack but i think i'll call it dinner. - mikeropology grumbly that I have to register with the University of Auckland to download someone's thesis. Open spirit of science, my balls. - gnat motherfuckers! I registered with their site and am still denied a 1984 thesis on the movement of molluscs "due to copyright restrictions" - gnat Labels: Twitter  With the release of Firefox 3 today, it seems like a good idea to recommend some extensions you can use to enhance the new version. These are add-ons I use every day and highly recommend. BlueOrganizer Context-sensitive browsing and bookmarking extension. "When looking at an address, find it on Google maps instantly, when reading a book review save it to your Amazon Wish List with a single click, or when looking at a movie add it immediately to your Netflix queue - and much more." Delicious Bookmarks Tag, import, and access your Delicious bookmarks from within Firefox. Forecastfox Wonderfully customizable extension that displays weather forecasts from accuweather.com unobtrusively in your status bar. Google Notebook Add, edit, and organize your Google Notebook from the Firefox status bar. Greasemonkey Download hundreds (thousands?) of scripts to enhance, correct, or redesign your favorite sites. Easily activated and deactivated.  Better Gmail A collection of Greasemonkey scripts that can be installed as an extension. Does lots of helpful things, plus it can even re-skin your Gmail interface. Personas From Mozilla Labs, you can theme your browser even more extensively with lightweight backgrounds. StumbleUpon Discover great new sites by tagging your favorites and connecting with the internets brains. Twitterfox Use Twitter from your status bar and get updates for new tweets. Web Developer Access lots of developer tools quickly from a toolbar. Labels: firefox
Some excellent videos recently posted on the Wider Angle Tumblog...
Top Chef Puerto Rico (S4 E13, if you're keeping track) full episode Radiohead's "Big Ideas" covered by computer hardware (via waxy) Superdelegates: The Maron Proops Experiment Labels: videos I'm pre-emptively nostalgic about using this adorable little iPhone v1, ca. 2007. It's screen is only 2-dimensional! How quaint! - lonelysandwich just got back from visiting my grandmom. she asked about the fortress city of "mitsubishi" (a.k.a. machu picchu). - mikeropology God, I hate "Keeps Explaining the Wine Guy." - hotdogsladies Neighbors! Don't abandon your twitterfarms for plurk, the wells all run dry! O, for our forefathers' BBS acres. Stark, but stable, and free. - xenijardin We fashioned lean-tos from blinking banner ads, and brewed eula bark into a sort of dark "rss" to warm us through the black nights. - xenijardin You guys know that while there's nothing wrong with the gay people you see on TV, they're pretty unrepresentative of the rest of us, right? - plasticbagUK My Twitter friends stream is increasingly turning into open mic night at the Comedy Barn. - jkottke Labels: Twitter
In preparation for more regular posting, I thought I'd clean the place up a bit and make it a little fresher. I'll be tweaking it over time, as always, but mostly I don't feel like having a gray background anymore.
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I'm genuinely concerned about the United States of America, and I will be writing an essay shortly in this space, but I'm posting this to find out who still subscribes to this once pretty awesome and now regretfully neglected blog.
If you're still on the RSS feed or still, for some reason, continue to check the main page, you are excellent. Apologies for the lack of Wider Angle Awards... it just didn't seem worthwhile with all the shit going on in the world. The Tumblog has still gone on strong. I plan to write a lot about politics, the global economy, scarcity, and under-reported yet worthwhile stuff in the near future. But I need to know that someone, somewhere is reading it. So if you happen to be one of those people who cares what I think, it would be great if you left a comment or emailed me. Have a lovely weekend! |
 
  
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