Trapped in Time

Technologist. Photographer. Dog owner. Proud Hoosier. Sports Lover. Sneakerhead. Phishhead.

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Sometimes...

You just have to sit back and take stock of things, and right now I couldn't be much happier. My 20's have been quite an unexpected and amazing journey, yet I feel like I'm finding stability, comfort and an overall grasp on my life that I didn't have a few years ago, let alone ten.

Though she lives literally on the exact opposite coast, I have fallen in love with an amazing woman who loves me an incredible amount for just being the man I am. I also have the greatest group of friends I could ask for. Friends that I've made out here, friends I have somehow been fortunate enough to already have in the bay area, and friends who still care enough to make the effort to see each other no matter how far away we may live. Friends who I know will always be there for me - and vice versa.

My job could be more challenging, and in the next year I will likely move onto something that is just that, but for the time being I am content with the job security and the ease of what I do. It has allowed me to focus on other parts of my life that are ultimately much more important.

In the next month I'm going to Las Vegas to celebrate meeting my best friend there ten years ago to the weekend with him and his wife as well as some of our closest friends, followed up by a trip to one of my favorite cities and events in the world, New Orleans Jazzfest where I'm going to cross off two more bucketlist artists (Santana and Clapton), while seeing Phish and a plethora of late night collaborations. At the end of May I'm going to camp, hike and kayak the Moab/Canyonlands area of Utah for my girlfriend's birthday, and in July I'm going to see my favorite band in New York and Chicago on consecutive weekends.

To say I feel blessed right now would be a complete understatement. It's taken more patience than I thought I had, and more work than I care to recall, but the path I took has brought me so much love and so many amazing people that I will never regret any of it. In the end it's just being happy with yourself and your life that matters, and I feel like I'm only beginning to enter the best years of my life.

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Longtime Republican strategist Mark McKinnon, who has advised the presidential campaigns of McCain and George W. Bush, said losing Leno is a loss to 'bipartisan political comedy.' 'Conservative candidates are justifiably going to be more cautious about other [late-night] platforms,' he said.

The changed politics of late-night TV

Boofuckinghoo. Just another reason it's nice to have Jay Leno, his ugly chin, and his shitty jokes off television.

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Beck - "Country Down"

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The richest 85 individuals in the world hold wealth equal to that owned by the poorest half of the planet's population, according an Oxfam report.

Take just a few minutes today and reflect on how this is possible and what it means. 85 people together have the same wealth as half of the world combined. On top of that, there's an estimated $21 Trillion that the wealthy are hiding in offshore accounts presently. Slavery may have ended worldwide quite some time ago, but when half the world is working to match 85 people? Seems more than a little fucked up.

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I die a little every time I listen to this song…

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If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less Keep me in your heart for awhile When you get up in the morning and you see that crazy sun Keep me in your heart for awhile There's a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done Keep me in your heart for awhile

It's a sad song, but how amazing to be able to record such a powerful album as you know your life is about to end?

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App Neutrality Should be Part of the Net Neutrality Discussion

I bet you think the mobile internet is open.  That if you write the next great mobile app there is nothing that can stop it from fulfilling its destiny.  That if you create a mobile content app that blows away netflix there is nothing that can stop it.

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Yes, let's tell companies what they can and cannot allow on their platforms just cause they're successful. That's a solution. Sorry Cuban, but you offer no viable solutions and are simply pointing out the reality of things.

What about making an effort to make markup languages become so powerful that you can run an app as smoothly over the web as you can by downloading it to your mobile device? Why don't competitors bring to market mobile operating systems that perhaps force both companies' hand a bit? Also, Google has let pretty much anything onto their marketplace and it's made for a hellish experience on many users. While Apple's app approval process blows, I feel like I can trust what apps are on the store now more than I could a couple years ago and certainly more than Android.

This is a free market and the idea that any software or hardware maker should be forced to open up their ecosystem to anyone and everyone should be decided by consumers with their wallets, not government interference.

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These photos, the mp3s, the webcast rips… none of it quite does Phish’s NYE run justice, though Chris Kuroda’s lighting did have a variety about that seemed to fit the context of each set quite well. It almost felt as though CK5 tried to deliver 30 years of lights over the course of the MSG run through his various schemes and patterns. On New Year’s Eve the stripped down bar-like lighting perfectly captured the spirit of the truck set. Vintage equipment, a 1991 setlist that never was, and the imagination of the idea itself… it felt more like Christmas than New Year’s. Behind the whole weekend was a genuineness, a candidness, a display of all the bare essentials that make up the Phish experiences.

And even when it felt like the band was holding back a bit musically, it was overcome by the sentiment and love present in this year’s NYE. It wasn’t just another NYE run, this was a celebration of all that the band and we have put into making this community what it is today. They cared about these shows so much, and there was indeed a message: Love. Love it all. This thing we have is so incredibly special and you can’t take it for granted.

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This is all too hilarious and relevant after seeing the show last night, and after the Brooklyn 4-day long Rumours vinyl marathon over NYE. "It's never a bad time for Rumours."

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Proud to be.

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Um excuse me but it is incredibly hard to drive on an uncleared road in a snowstorm without 4wd which you should know growing up in Indiana and Chicago.

What the hell does that have to do with being an idiot driving 60 MPH when there’s 6 inches of snow? Or the morons who got out of their cars endangering their own lives? Or the dozens of other idiots who thought they should drive through the accident? 5 minutes of people not paying attention, or simply not caring. Idiots. Every one of those people.

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Wisconsin is full of idiots. Incredibly huge idiots.

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Let's get it on!

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Hello everyone.

We’ve made a decision to get the band back together and start posting again.

Why?

Because we love live music too much. Plus we will be at Dick’s, Hampton, Atlantic City, Lockn’ festival, and seeing Pearl Jam, Gary Clark Jr., Shovels and Rope, Son Volt, and Zappa plays Zappa in between.

Hold on tight and thanks for sticking with us during our hiatus.

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We're baaaaaaack.

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This is the greatest thing to ever happen on a Monday.

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Tahoe, I love you

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Dark star crashes, pouring it's light into ashes. Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis. Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion. Shall we go, you and I while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?

Always there.

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We're Phish fans!