I just found a really cool tool that lets you see who’s looking at your site. It’s called whos.amung.us, and it’s worth a look if you blog or otherwise manage a site.

[ Link: whos.amung.us ]

I recently converted an old blog post on this topic to a regular study piece.

[ Link: Security and Obscurity ]

An essay the other day on reddit about why even moderate religion is bad for the world.

[ Link: Your Religion Is Wrong ]

[ Video: Violinist of Doom ]

…or maybe they’re so far gone that they DO want you to see it. Who knows…anyway, this thing is repugnant in its level of stupidity. It makes you laugh right up until you realize that there are very powerful groups in this country trying to push this crap as policy.

Video: Peanut Butter Disproves Evolution

If you read digg or reddit you’ve heard of XKCD. It’s that cool web-comic with a geek slant. Or, that’s what I thought it was. Turns out it’s much more.

Realizing that this sounds lame, I’m going to go ahead and say that this guy’s work is no less than genius. He writes web-comics that elicit an emotional response from me. That’s talent.

He actually comments a lot on love, religion, and other very serious topics. It’s incredible what he’s able to do with so little space and time.

Anyway, don’t just click the link and read a couple. That doesn’t work. When you have a moment, go to the archives and spend some time there. You’ll be amazed.

I find that MC Chris is more pleasant for me to listen to, as far as musical style. One of his songs, Variety, reminds me a lot of Eminem, actually, and it’s just awesome.

I don’t tend to enjoy Ytcracker’s music as much, but I like his lyrics much better and I respect the fact that he’s a hacker. He has lived/lives the computer geek life, which I can associate with, and I don’t hear much from the IT realm with MC Chris.

My all time favorite nerdcore line is from Ytcracker, by the way:

My heart’s wide open, goatse. My windows min like ho chi. — Ytcracker

My friend Dylan showed me Forward Russia like a year or two ago and I wasted part of my life by not listening to them seriously then. I’ve now remedied this gevious error, and I’d ask you not to repeat my mistake.

In the meantime I’ve asked my friend Brad to use the Intertubes to highlight the bands he’s into. Out of all my friends he has the musical tastes that most closely match my own (eclectic, with a penchant for heavy and technical).

He recently spoke of using last.fm to expose himself to new music, and I think this is awesome. That’s the cool thing about following your friends’ blogs; each has their own unique authoritative realms and refreshing perspectives. One of Brad’s is music, and I will be following his thoughts closely.

In fact, I’ve already purchased the Refused album he mentioned in his latest post.

Ok, this is my  last post about him — honest. But damn, I just can’t get over how much he changed in such a short period of time. Let me sum it up for you:

In roughly a year and a half, he went from writing awesome stuff like how to be an early riser, to blatantly promoting The Secret.

Steve, I know you are totally banking now, and that life may have improved in some ways, but for the love of Jesus…please come back. Walk toward the light, man. We miss the old you.

I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects of our society and our educational system, un-available to us without such drugs. – Carl Sagan