introducing… a remaindered links blog!

Although my primary reason for starting a blog oh-so-many years ago was to write and rant about the goings-on in my life, I also liked to use it as a sort of personal del.icio.us — that is, to access my bookmarks from anywhere and share those funny and interesting things with my friends. But after switching to Movable Type, I really tried to refrain from posting short, one-link entries because they made my page look all funky and disjointed. Obviously, I’ve pretty much let if all go in recent posts, but I’ll be doing a lot less of this in the future! Behold! Introducing a new (and IMO much needed) remaindered links blog! The most recent postings will appear in the right-hand column, but there’s also a link to see all remaindered links if anyone so desires.

Man, for all my talk of using MT over Blogger/Livejournal/Xanga/MySpace/Friendster (which is actually TypePad), it sure took me long enough to really take advantage of some of its plugin capabilities. /smacks forehead.

in other news, I’ve uploaded a few more pix from the U2 show in vegas to Flickr; more will be uploaded to the gallery this week. *crosses fingers hopefully*

The Long Now Foundation

Jer tipped me off to this group that is working on building a self-powered clock based on the movement of the planets that can keep accurate time for 10,000 years, ticking once every year and bonging once each century. The project is meant to get people to rethink their concept of the “now” and becoming more aware of long-term responsibility. Pretty neat, methinks.

They’ve just finished their second prototype. The first is on display at the Science Museum in London.

The Long Now Foundation

Karaoke Revolution Party is out now!

Yay~! My first game! My first game credit! It’s so satisfying to see the fruit of our many months of labor finally out and on the market. It’s a great game on all three platforms, and I hope people will enjoy it!

i got the xbox version so i could download the entire Karaoke Revolution song library, so i’ve got a total of 155 songs in my version. woot~! come over and play~!

/runs downstairs to fire up the xbox right now~!

U2 in Las Vegas


Adam in the red light
Originally uploaded by u2log.com.

Was in Vegas this weekend to catch a U2 concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. AWESOME SHOW! Some very special guests did a couple of songs with the band. Mary J. Blige joined Bono and the boys on “One”, and Brandon Flowers of the Killers lent his voice to “In a Little While”.

Some writeups on the show from U2.com (stolen from Brian)

U2.com | 06.11.2005 | ‘An Operatic Kinda Place’

U2.com | 06.11.2005 | In A Little While In Vegas

Here’s the set list for that evening’s show.

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
Mysterious Ways
Until the End of the World
Still Haven’t Found
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo
Pride in the Name of Love
Where the Streets have no Name
One

Zoo Station
The Fly
With or Without You

All Because of You
In a Little While
Bad

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The concert was mind-blowingly good, probably the best show I’ve been to yet. Mary J. Blige was unbelievable. Brandon Flowers… man, I’m so bummed I missed seeing the Killers in concert. And I can’t believe they did Miss Sarajevo! I never thought I’d ever hear that song performed live in my entire life! Bono sounded pretty decent doing Pavarotti’s part, too!

Some pictures from this show are up on the gallery. Videos will be up probably toward the end of this week.