http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=7150&msg_id=7150 I hesitate to even post this, but I figured I should follow-up on a long forgotten project. You may recall my silly songs written on the subject of X-Men characters. In cleaning some files and updating a website, I found two forgotten recordings, never updated or previously released to the idkfa public. Perhaps that was for the best. But now here they are! A Christmas Miracle. Or disaster, depending on how you look at it. Keep in mind that these were recorded years ago. Northstar and Storm have been added: http://www.robbiecowan.com/Songs/X-Men.html Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:02:45 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=7150&msg_id=7150 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6824&msg_id=6826 I'm all for vinyl for nostalgic or visual art reasons, but trying to play the audio quality card seems like obvious bullshit to me. If you were collecting music media based strictly on quality, you'd collect CDs. They can handle a higher Kbps, don't become slowly destroyed in the process of being played, don't warp in bad conditions, and are easier to transport. First of all, a 96-whatever Kbps that is like a mid-quality mp3 is probably more info than your (the general public you, not YOU you) Beatz by Dre headphones can replicate anyway, not to mention your tinny laptop speakers or Bluetooth jambox. Even if you have studio quality speakers and cabling, you're probably not listening close enough to notice a difference. Also at question is the genre of music- if you're listening to computer based digital music anyway, the extended frequencies and overtones the are captured by greater data rates aren't even created in the original studio captures. Grungy rock amps probably don't either. Acoustic music, or live vocals, benefit most from better quality, but there will probably never be enough data or capture ability (in our lifetime, I should add) to genuinely recreate a live sound. Recording fundamentally changes the experience anyway, and stripping some of those overtones is a consequence of that. The best example of this I have is organ music: electric organs use prerecord samples, which can be extremely high quality and very, very good sounding. Recordings of real organs can capture nearly all of the measurable frequencies. Yet both electric organs and recordings of organ music generally bore me, where a live organ recital can be absolutely thrilling. I think there's something about the experience more than just frequencies; with the organ you can feel the rush of the air and feel the vibrations in the room. It isn't replicable, except for possibly by newer electric/acoustic hybrid technologies which are Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:02:17 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6824&msg_id=6826 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6639&msg_id=6704 To be fair, this is only a hazard on Grindr if you're 15 or 16. Not that I use the app... anymore. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Look down, look down... Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:30:42 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6639&msg_id=6704 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6703&msg_id=6703 Assumed this topic had already been discussed but couldn't find the thread. Maybe that's for good reason. I've been rewatching some S4 ST:ENT eps. I've complained before about how awful this series was, but always believed that the fourth season redeemed the series. I think I was wrong. The multi-ep arc with Brent Spiner and the augments was pretty decent. The several ep arc about the corrupt Vulcan government and their eventual political restructuring and theological reawakening is great, on par with some DS9, but ultimately pretty niche in its appeal. The one-offs are wretched. The one with the wheelchair bound inventor of the teleporter. The silicon based life forms that take over their bodies. Temporal Cold War. I'm struggling to find why some episodes are pretty decent and many are unwatchable. Certainly, there are some episodes that appeal to me mostly based on their significance in the Star Trek universe, and this can make a middling episode much better for me although I recognize that this benefit is reserved for a very small segment of the viewing audience. Mostly I'm just posting to bait Erik and maybe Josh into another conversation about ST. Sorry everyone who doesn't care. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:28:13 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6703&msg_id=6703 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6345 Is this like a weird sex thing or something? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:46:34 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6345 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6133&msg_id=6136 I offer a few interpretations: Platonic: The ideal form of "paint" is applied to the ideal form of a "wall," yet the individual instantiations of those forms in reality only exhibit the specific qualities particular to themselves. The form of "paint" contains both the specific qualities of "pretty" and "not pretty." Taoist: Paint and wall are part of the 10,000 things. The 10,000 things are the Tao. The Tao is not the 10,000 things. Christian: The paint adheres to the wall by the grace of God and the sacrifice of his son, Jesus Christ. Kantian: The quality of color is inherent in the noumenal world of the paint. The physical phenomenon of putting the paint on the wall is a result of our limited perception of all noumena by way of space and time. The paint goes on the wall only in our limited perception. Liberation Theological: We should embrace and accept the pretty colors and the ugly colors, for they were all made by God. Jesus' sacrifice has freed us from the social condemnations of "ugly colors." Existentialist: Absent the "gods" of our forefathers, we are left to choose why we would paint, or not paint, the wall. Oprah-ist: If you make a vision-collage and really believe there is paint on the wall the universe will vibrate hard enough to attract your painted wall. That's how Henry Ford invented the car. If it doesn't happen, it's your fault for "wanting" instead of "believing." Nietzschean: Paint is a flat circle. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:18:07 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6133&msg_id=6136 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5891&msg_id=5917 1. What did you do in 2013 that you'd never done before? 2013 was strikingly similar to 2012 on the surface. 2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I succeeded on several, failed one that is somewhat perennial. I generally write down a few every year. Next year's are pretty esoteric, though. 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? J-Sulz (did I just coin that?), Danger, and two cousins, as well as some pregnancies and such. Busy baby year. 4. Did anyone close to you die? I always think really hard about this question, because how awful is it if you forget someone? 5. What countries did you visit? Canada, Mexico, some island nations, technically the Netherlands since Curacao is part of the Dutch Antillies. 6. What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013? Maybe a home, although I don't mind the gypsy life. 7. What date from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? August 11th (ish?) when I asked a question that was responded to with "uhhhhhhh… sure but let's talk about it." 8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Although I feel there were a variety of victories over the year, it would be difficult to sum them up in one specific thing. 9. What was your biggest failure? As usual, I would have liked to have been in better contact with my friends afar. 10. Did you suffer illness or injury? I think I had gout. Also, hemorrhoids. SORRY IF THAT GROSSES YOU OUT. And a wart. Ugh, I'm old. 11. What was the best thing you bought? Hulu plus? 12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Supreme Court on the DOMA stuff I guess. Also, investors for making my stocks continue to climb. 13. Whose behavior made you appalled? Government, of course. But mostly just divisive uncompromising conservatives. 14. Where did most of your money go? Airfare, hotels, rental Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Life Goes On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:15:21 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5891&msg_id=5917 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5509&msg_id=5511 Well, this is everything I love in life. So I guess that's pretty much it for me. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:28:48 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5509&msg_id=5511 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5474&msg_id=5478 I have an announcement to make! Kidding. I'm thinking of you too, Taztik. Let's catch up soon. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Perchance to Dream Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:02:16 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5474&msg_id=5478 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5373&msg_id=5379 I was talking about a few positions with a gay last night, if you know what I'm saying. BOO-YA But how is Chick-fil-A any different? Every cashier at the one close to the theatre I'm working at currently is flamboyantly homosexual. And their new salads are pretty legit. The last big Chick-fil-A boycott actually drove sales and they had a record setting year. There has to be a better way to send a message and campaign for these things. There's nothing inherently anti-gay about fast food chicken or movies based on sci-fi young adult novels, so let's leave them alone. Boycotting stupid things connected to bigots or papering facebook with petitions and hash tagged cover photos isn't helping gay couples get married in Wyoming (the "land of equality") or adopt kids in Alabama. Complaining about Russian branded vodka isn't stopping gay kids from killing themselves. Better to send that effort, energy, and money to things like community LGBT centers or political campaigns. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Sun, 18 Aug 2013 19:56:54 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5373&msg_id=5379 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5202&msg_id=5377 I hope you're watching Orange is the New Black. For no other reason than KATE MULGREW. I could take or leave the show besides her. And maybe the tranny. But I'm also only like 5 eps in. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 17 Aug 2013 02:16:34 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5202&msg_id=5377 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5373&msg_id=5376 As idkfa's resident gay authority (by virtue of time served in these forums, thankyouverymuch), I hereby grant you movie visitation rights free of guilt. Also, you can drink all the Russian vodka you like. You can even watch the olympics if you want. I mean, I don't know who watches the winter olympics, but still. Here's the thing: I have it on good authority that Lion's Gate employed, in the making of the Ender's Game movie, male hair and makeup artists and female carpenters and lighting techs, so ultimately your ticket purchase is going to support LGBT concerns. In fact, I would guess that the total percentage of your dollar going to LGBT individuals, not to mention straight-identified allies and ardent supporters, far surpasses the amount going into OSC's piggybank. If I had to support the social agendas of every person involved with the creation of everything I consume, I would probably die, because I couldn't consume anything. Or die from the craziness of researching all their social opinions. This all of course ignores that, assuming you didn't steal the book, you have already supported Card's craziness in some small way already. Anyway, you have permission to see it! There are more important things to boycott or worry over than this. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Sat, 17 Aug 2013 02:10:20 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5373&msg_id=5376 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5337&msg_id=5345 Sorry to harp on the same bandwagon that everyone else is drinking from (not to mix metaphors) but have you all seen La Mulgrew in Orange is the New Black? Episode 2 is like a masterclass in acting. Also, her in The Captains? I mean, she got interviewed on a stage. She is so dedicated. I've been randomly watching some eps from the end of season 7 and there are some quite good ones in there. Even some early ones are good. But you're right that they missed TONS of opportunities in every season. Why is Archer always the end of every list? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:26:29 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5337&msg_id=5345 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5203 Not to drive this point home too hard, but how would it be possible for anyone to see anything on your trip from your bedroom to your basement? Also, perhaps if you installed simultaneously decorative and functional window dressing this might be a problem easily avoided? Lastly, do you really think your neighbors are that interested in you that they watch through your windows early every morning? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:59:06 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5203 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5202&msg_id=5202 Guys I just watched The Captains for the first time and it is the finest example of documentary film-making I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. I don't know why I took me so long to get around to it, but you must RUN not walk to your nearest Netflix and see it immediately. I would pay good money to watch a 3 hour long special chronicling the daily activities of Avery Brooks. Watching him and Shatner talk metaphysics in circles while he occasionally dabbles in some free jazz improv is a pleasure not to be missed. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:56:27 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5202&msg_id=5202 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5195 Never heard of this game, don't really play consoles anymore, whatever. But the real question is: why do you feel complied to wear anything downstairs to fetch laundry? I mean, impressing people with your organized clothes or vacuuming is one thing, but who are you trying to impress with your modesty? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 01 Jul 2013 02:29:54 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5195 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3931&msg_id=5059 First of all, I'm not sure if I should be pleased and relieved or offended and sad that I don't seem to be on anyone's mailing list/radar for these things. Secondly, there is now about a 75% chance that I will be in Alaska in July. Should I actually go to this? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:31:25 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3931&msg_id=5059 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4280&msg_id=4936 I don't understand this either. WHY ISN'T IDKFA CATERING TO MY DEMOGRAPHIC. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:45:41 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4280&msg_id=4936 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4921&msg_id=4935 Well, first of all, when I was playing around trying to edit a text field I couldn't delete text but could space over it and I got confused and gave up. Also, I don't know what Git is. I mean, I read about it, so now I do, but just barely. Also, I am literally that guy who writes an entire novel in one uninterrupted open office document, so maybe this isn't meant for me anyway. But I'm also not concerned with formatting when I write. That's what an editor is for. But if you repackage this as a self-publishing tool for friends and peers and editors and groups to write and edit work, and make a UI that is a little more friendly, then I can see this being a marketable tool for people at large. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:44:43 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4921&msg_id=4935 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4921&msg_id=4933 First of all, this is brilliant. Like, truly. Second, I don't understand it at all. I like to think that I am generally computer savvy, and I write from time to time, and I don't understand what the hell this is, nor how to use it. I can tell there is a powerful tool here, but I don't know if a target demographic exists for this. Writers are, by and large, stupid, and computer people are, by and large, not concerned with literary aims. I can see this being a tool for editors, but as it exists currently it requires substantial technological knowledge on the part of the writer too, and the odds of both parties having this knowledge seem slim. Despite this, I'll also challenge another of your assumptions; I think the right person would pay handsomely for this technology. Just because all the pieces are pre-existing and open source doesn't make the stitching together of them any less valuable. I propose one of two approaches: 1) Develop a user-friendly interface which makes this accessible to a much wider segment of the population. 2) Specifically tailor and market this to a narrow niche that would appreciate it. Have you read The 4-Hour Work Week? Tim Ferriss? Worth the read anyway, but this is your "muse," as he calls it. A potentially self-sustaining and automated cash flow which allows you to pursue other interests with less concern about how you are going to fund those pursuits. Although I guess keeping it free and open source is a part of the whole mission for you. Whatever. Anyway, I don't get it, but good job! Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Indiscernible from Magic Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:36:07 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4921&msg_id=4933 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4800&msg_id=4807 Just to put things in perspective, a movie ending with a music video of Smashmouth covering I'm a Believer pays my bills. Also, old while people and small children love to dance awkwardly to it. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:45:24 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4800&msg_id=4807 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4572&msg_id=4574 My exposure to similar events is limited to attending NY Comic Con (which I was actually hired to work (and I was hired through a model staffing agency, compounding the weirdness of the situation)) and walking through a Star Trek convention in SF once when I had rehearsal right next door. First, if working in the tourism industry has taught me anything, it is that, for the sake of mass producing a "special moment," the industry of event making must necessarily destroy some of what makes that moment special in the first place. In order to create a moment like getting to encounter your idols, you have to create a line and a room and a demand and a horrible, horrible Q & A line at the microphone. You also have to almost nearly kill that which you're marketing, just as you would mine a natural resource almost to the point of decimation only to back off in order to prolong how much of it you can capitalize upon. I'm not entirely convinced that this is wrong or bad. The only reason why people are able to have a magical Alaska experience in, say, Denali National Park is because there is enough infrastructure to get into the park, just like Cons wouldn't exist if they were only built for small numbers of people. Everything is a business, most especially our dearest and closest religious experiences, because those things which are closest to us are the things for which we are most willing to sacrifice. A brief related tangent: when I worked NYCC I was there at the behest of an agency that generally staffs models to do things like catering and event staffing. There was nothing model-y or glamorous about the job, except for perhaps the fact that we were getting paid $20 an hour to stand around with signs pointing to the registration desks. It was, though, interesting to see how the couple of nerds and myself in our little model/actor/musician group immediately bonded with the attendees instead of with our co-workers, and how Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 06 Sep 2012 03:25:53 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4572&msg_id=4574 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4285&msg_id=4290 Well, meta-ethics is a different field of study. You just have to take as given the presuppositions and extrapolate logically from there. And obviously it works, because otherwise it wouldn't be a widely accepted ethical theory. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:18:37 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4285&msg_id=4290 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=4289 Today's selection: Shadowcat And I sing it in her key, so that's fun. http://www.robbiecowan.com/Songs/X-Men.html Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:16:35 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=4289 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4188&msg_id=4194 I know this is trite to say, but the BOOK WAS SO MUCH BETTER. If you're wondering, they excised about 2/3rds of the book for the film. The novel is written in alternating chapters from a first person perspective from Oskar and letters written by the grandpa to the dad and the kid. The book is about all three Schells, the movie is just a tear jerker about the kid. I didn't think the film was that bad, really, but it wasn't an accurate depiction of the book. The novel is one of my favorites OF ALL TIME EVER. And now the book is ruined for you by watching the movie. Ugh. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:46:39 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4188&msg_id=4194 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4081 An article you nerds might enjoy, regarding DS9, social networks, and boredom. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2012/02/shitsiskosays.html Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:53:06 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4081&msg_id=4081 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=4051 My favorite so far: Magneto! http://www.robbiecowan.com/Songs/X-Men.html I really go for gusto in this performance. Also, recorded this one on iPhone instead of laptop, and I think I like the quality a little better. Meh. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:15 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=4051 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4049&msg_id=4050 "Star Wars has EVERY kind of droid! Lots of them!" Um, droids are unique to Star Wars. They only exist in that universe. Star Wars has, by DEFINITION, every kind of droid. Man, kids can be so stupid sometimes. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:14:47 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4049&msg_id=4050 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3969 Today's hero: Cyclops. http://www.robbiecowan.com/Songs/X-Men.html Kind of shitily sung, but whatever. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:58:06 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3969 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3968 Hm, I don't seem to remember a mutant called The Tick. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:56:13 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3968 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3924 "I CAN SMMMMELL IT." X-Men reality show! Real World: Xavier's School! Real Housewives of Prof. X's Mansion! The X-List (the gay version (which the youtube clip could be from))! Also, for some reason, writing a Wolverine song holds no interest. Don't know why. Just don't expect one. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:26:53 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3924 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3923 I see it more as an exercise than anything. Like, I just need the practice churning out some material, and I've got to write about something, so here we are. And it just seems silly to let them rot in a drawer somewhere when someone might be momentarily amused by them. Having people I don't know listen to this shit is totes cool, because I don't really care. it is more the idea that friends of mine might hear how truly, horribly nerdy I am that is embarrassing. You all are already privy to that character trait, though, which is why this is probably the only forum that will ever witness these messes. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:24:08 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3923 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3922 It's funny- I've only ever read a smattering of the books. I was addicted to the cartoon on FOX KIDS (rocks kids) as a child, but was forbidden from watching it by my parents, which made it all the more tantalizing. I think what doesn't work about a Hulk character song is the lack of continuity in his character. I mean, X-Men suffer from this too, to a certain extent, but the combination of their powers and position in the team make them very clearly defined characters, which makes for easy pickin's as far as song writing goes. I will take requests, though. The most obscure character I've written so far is Northstar, whose song make take awhile to debut, because I've yet to record it. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:21:25 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3922 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3910 First up is everyone's favorite fuck-up, Jubilee! http://www.robbiecowan.com/Songs/X-Men.html Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:28:42 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3910 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3909 I have something embarrassing to admit, and I think you nerds are the only people who may understand. I like to write songs sometimes, but I don't have anything to write about. I mean, I have LOTS to write about, but writing personally is difficult, especially difficult to make interesting to anyone who isn't you, and REALLY difficult to share with anyone besides your own furtive tears. Anyway, I started writing songs about X-Men, because it seemed easy. And it has been. So now I've got all these songs about X-Men which I can never use because I'll never get rights. Anyway, it's kind of grossly embarrassing that I've A) spent this much time thinking about the internal dialogue and struggles of the X-People, B) decided to compound nerdiness with nerdiness by musicalizing them in the style of musical theatre, and C) that I'm so proud of them that I'd like other people to hear them. Since I'll be ridiculed anywhere else I attempt to showcase these, and because you're all nerdy comics-loving theatre-fag types, I'm giving them to you. Witness my shame. I'm going to post a new one every so often, I'll update here when I do. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:28:05 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3909&msg_id=3909 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3875&msg_id=3893 "The guy in the $4,000 suit is going to hold the elevator for the guy who doesn't make that in three months. Come on!" Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:00:28 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3875&msg_id=3893 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3875&msg_id=3892 I really failed at resolutions last year. In the best way possible, actually, but still. I had 3, and your #1 was one of mine, and we see how THAT worked out. The other two became less important as the year wore on. I'm pretty alright with this, though, and tempted to refrain from making 2012 resolutions. Is this laziness, or self-acceptance? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:58:21 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3875&msg_id=3892 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3846&msg_id=3846 WORLD PREMIERE: Costco! The Musical was a piece developed on twitter by some idkfa-ers. I'm pleased to present two hit singles from the show, as yet to be actually written. http://www.robbiecowan.com/Costco!_The_Musical/Songs.html I wrote these in an hour on the subway today, so don't expect much. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:11:12 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3846&msg_id=3846 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3716&msg_id=3822 Well, at least my iPhone posts won't be fucked anymore. But still no mobile skin... Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) idkfa Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:35:07 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3716&msg_id=3822 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3821&msg_id=3821 So if I theoretically wanted to upload an audio clip to idkfa, would I have to just make a link to another site? Like upload it on my website and link to it there? Or is there a way to embed it in a post? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) idkfa Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:34:33 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3821&msg_id=3821 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3803&msg_id=3809 I want to climb the tallest building in anchorage and throw each blessed plate down to a crushing, concrete grave. Then I want to take an ax to that hutch. Then I want to buy you new furniture that looks like it didn't come from an assisted living facility in the 80's. Maybe something mid-century Danish. Or contemporary and stainless steel. How's that for grateful? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:27:37 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3803&msg_id=3809 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3803&msg_id=3803 As per the ancient idkfa tradition, a tradition which I started and which I seem single handedly concerned with preserving, this is the part where we post what we're thankful for. You know, because. Go. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:50:43 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3803&msg_id=3803 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3714&msg_id=3742 Thanks all for your generosity! She is most grateful. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Asked and Answered Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:58:42 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3714&msg_id=3742 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3729&msg_id=3741 Whenever I wonder if I'll ever get laid again, now I can read this and remember how well I'm really doing. Thanks! Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Language; Literature; Writing Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:51:32 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3729&msg_id=3741 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3714&msg_id=3714 So this is going to sound stupidly pity-seeking, but that's not the point here; thanks for your condolences and well wishes in advance, but you really don't have to post them, because it isn't as big a deal as it sounds. So this weekend our house was broken into and robbed. What do you expect, its Brooklyn. Don't you all totes want to come visit me now? All they took was my computer, which I have backed up and which was only like $300 anyway, so no big loss for me. They also took my sisters computer and some cash she had lying around. All things considered, a best case scenario robbing. No musical instruments or other high value electronics stolen, so vandalism, no injury or, besides a broken window, damage. While I have the wherewithal to buy myself a new computer comfortably, my sister does not. I don't mean to beg, but I wanted to put out a call to a group that is generally white, male, upper middle class, tech savvy, and who go through consumer electronica like candy. She needs a computer. All she does is use the Internet, type resumes (which she was doing in text edit! She's an idiot!), watch DVDs, and occasionally record music in garage band (or related PC software). If you have a computer that is old, out of date, and unused, perhaps you may send it to her. She'll pay shipping, duh. Preferably laptop, but anything will do, and preferably Mac, but again, beggars can't be choosers. Just think: instead of getting pennies for your old computer at Mac recycling or some electronics dump, she'll get hours of use out of it. And it's just sitting in your closet anyway, so you'll have more space! Thanks guys, contact me or her directly if you've got any leads. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Asked and Answered Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:59:25 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3714&msg_id=3714 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3676&msg_id=3676 Get jealous nerds. Guess where I'm working this weekend? http://t.co/Igf8GyvM Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:05:12 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3676&msg_id=3676 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3655&msg_id=3658 I watch it occasionally. When it is good, it is SO good. That's only about half the time, though. In the second season especially they did a lot of homage episodes; episodes in some cinematographic style which they always nail. Sometimes it is just a middling sitcom though. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Mercy General Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:11:41 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3655&msg_id=3658 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3160&msg_id=3657 As least they didn't try to make like space tartan or something. Although, can you imagine space plaid? I want to wear it now. Like the ultimate future hipster. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:04:14 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3160&msg_id=3657 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3160&msg_id=3656 For the record, "Rascals" and "Genesis" are two of my favorite eps. I love lower decks for a few reasons: Nurse Ogawa! Taurik becomes Vorik, a recurring character on Voyager. I guess technically they are different characters, but I like to think they are the same, just like Nick Locarno and Tom Paris. Speaking of Nick Locarno, Sito was originally from that episode! It's a clever call back, and it sort of validates her missteps from the academy to give her life in the line of duty. I always wondered what happened to Sam, though. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:02:21 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3160&msg_id=3656 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3624&msg_id=3625 Ah! Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp3Dt1Nk3WE "they're MAGICALLY delicious." The organic food movement has corrupted even my most cherished childhood memories. Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Asked and Answered Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:53:11 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3624&msg_id=3625