About Me Welcome to the random corners of the brain of a history teacher, web junkie, information addict and reasonably nice human being. About rap.idly This site’s post threshold is best described as “hey, that’s pretty cool!” I keep it as a log of my information consumption, although it also serves the purpose of infecting others with the memes that have infected me. This is the information flow portion of my blog: idly.org which is home to my journal about my life as a teacher and opinionated loud-mouth. Random Quote “We’ve traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation” — Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1967, Act 3) Domain hack idea by Chun-shek ChanTumblr (3.0; @idlyadam)http://rap.idly.org/<a href="http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php">Failing hard drive sounds</a>: Scary as hell. This is the “Psycho” knife music of the 21st century.http://rap.idly.org/post/59751174http://rap.idly.org/post/59751174Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:19:38 -0800<a href="http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt138n984k/?order=6&brand=calisphere">"Aquila" [yearbook; 2 copies] 1944/45</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/59433401http://rap.idly.org/post/59433401Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:07:13 -0800<a href="http://twitter.com/cjhubbs/statuses/1002120053">cjhubbs: Played Risk, lost an Asian ground war. Next up: going in against a Sicilian with death on the line.</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/59336925http://rap.idly.org/post/59336925Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:57:52 -0800<a href="http://www.urbanhonking.com/universe/2008/11/interview_marsphoenix.html">Interview @MarsPhoenix - Universe</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/59265723http://rap.idly.org/post/59265723Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:05:06 -0800<a href="http://www.google.org/flutrends/">Google Flu Trends</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/59265724http://rap.idly.org/post/59265724Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:05:06 -0800<a href="http://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/statuses/1001485112">jayrosen_nyu: Ask a mediocre band about their influences and you'll hear: "we have our own sound." Ask a band with an original sound and they list dozens.</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/59257728http://rap.idly.org/post/59257728Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:57:26 -0800<a href="http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=1814">Scraping Away Layers Of My Own Skin</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/59206294http://rap.idly.org/post/59206294Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:04:58 -0800<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110603948_pf.html">A Butler Well Served by This Election</a>: For more than three decades Eugene Allen worked in the White House, a black man unknown to the headlines. During some of those years, harsh segregation laws lay upon the land.http://rap.idly.org/post/59112522http://rap.idly.org/post/59112522Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:04:19 -0800<a href="http://twitter.com/wilw/statuses/999389374">wilw: TPM: Obama sits down with"unpopular, aggressive world leader without preconditions." Hahaha. It's funny, because it's true.</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/59034312http://rap.idly.org/post/59034312Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:55:54 -0800<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110602126.html?hpid=opinionsbox1">Light in November</a>: Wonderful piece by Kathleen Parker yesterday.http://rap.idly.org/post/58484952http://rap.idly.org/post/58484952Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:02:13 -0800<a href="http://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/statuses/994551419">jayrosen_nyu: The press doesn't like my "reality based vs. magical thinking" distinction. Too radical. So it talks of pragmatists vs. ideologues instead.</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/58483712http://rap.idly.org/post/58483712Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:53:17 -0800<a href="http://www.zefrank.com/from52to48withlove/">from52to48withlove :: zefrank.com</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/58427908http://rap.idly.org/post/58427908Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:02:10 -0800<a href="http://twitter.com/FakeSarahPalin/statuses/992006205">FakeSarahPalin: And that's a wrap. Please read my goodbye letter and pass it around: http://jottit.com/83hkf/ . Thanks for the lols.</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/58170782http://rap.idly.org/post/58170782Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:51:40 -0800<a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/where_is_the_party_right_now">Where is the party right now? | Slog | The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper</a>: There are fireworks, there is a rousing rendition of the national anthem led by a drag queen on the roof of Neighbours and sung by everyone in the street, and there are riot police looking on…http://rap.idly.org/post/58154147http://rap.idly.org/post/58154147Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:02:00 -0800<a href="http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=007c51f9-1d0f-4410-b51c-8181fcc9100c">Dreams From My Father</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/58022281http://rap.idly.org/post/58022281Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:01:27 -0800<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96484637">An Act Of Faith In America</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/58022282http://rap.idly.org/post/58022282Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:01:27 -0800<a href="http://twitter.com/fakejohnmccain/statuses/990528308">fakejohnmccain: FUCK. There goes Liddy. The good news, Bob will finally be able to burn through all that Viagra he's stockpiled over the last decade.</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/58019396http://rap.idly.org/post/58019396Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:44:02 -0800<a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eastside93/2008/11/i-didnt-vote-for-obama-today.php">I Didn't Vote For Obama Today</a>: Read this.http://rap.idly.org/post/57976946http://rap.idly.org/post/57976946Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:01:24 -0800<a href="http://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/statuses/989934712">jayrosen_nyu: For me the Big Story of the 2008 election is clear: participation, all kinds. At a level beyond what the previous system was optimized for.</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/57973784http://rap.idly.org/post/57973784Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:43:29 -0800<a href="http://twitter.com/kcvotes/statuses/989921416">kcvotes: Rainier beach methodist. Packed since 7am. Just thinning now. Some teary voters and workers! Emotional event!</a>http://rap.idly.org/post/57973785http://rap.idly.org/post/57973785Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:43:29 -0800