Sure, a band like this might have made a funny cover of a Katy Perry song. But would I have ever heard it? Only if I had accidentally bought the CD, or heard it in some coffee shop. God bless you, internets. I love you.

what do you do when you have access to an endless wealth of musical information? you remix it. if you needed any more proof that remix culture and the share-and-share-alike ideas behind creative commons are alive and well, look no further than Mother of All Funk Chords by Kutiman.

Super Bowl Sunday, 2009. An explosion of bacon. Rather than using the sausage called for in the original recipe, I substituted a meatloaf mixture of ground beef. A-freaking-mazing.

Last night, new years eve, 2008/9, my cousin Josh and I had a lengthy bout of watching Michael Jackson videos on the web.  The conclusion (unanimous): they simply don’t make videos as awesome as this anymore.

Black or White (extended version)

when i got into the space game, i never had any idea how difficult it might be.  sure, the old adage is that ‘it’s not rocket science,’ but in reality it goes a lot deeper than that.

it’s not just the rocket science that is difficult.  it’s the logistics.  it’s the politics.  it’s the bugs and quirks and anomalies that can cause catostrophic failure.  it’s the show-business.  it’s the pageantry.  it’s the stunning beauty of a machined nozzle spewing gas at ungodly temperature and pressure.  it’s the defeat.  it’s the victory.  it’s everything in between.

if i didn’t believe that i was making a difference in the world every single day, i would never keep doing what i do.

for your enjoyment, i present a video of what exactly i’ve been up to this past week.

while driving through the barren landscape of the new mexico desert, we stumbled upon an awesome oldies station (i think i heard maybe two commercials the entire trip).  and this little gem came on, which i hadn’t listened to in a long, long time.  i couldn’t help but post it here.

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