Month: January 2004

  • Memoriam: A Requiem for Mr. Rogers

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    SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The life of the late Fred Rogers will be celebrated here next month with an 11-movement composition titled Memoriam: A Requiem for Mr. Rogers.

    The genial Rogers became famous around the world as the sweater-wearing host of the PBS program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. He died last year.

    The one-hour piece will be presented by a 25-piece orchestra accompanied by a 65-member choir.

    It includes English, Hebrew and Latin lyrics, poetry and dramatic readings.

    Continues…

    I’ve decided I’m going. Anyone else want to come?

  • Maestro

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    Explore Mars MaestroYes, now you, the lowly science geek, can now use the same maestro software that the big boys use for… well, for controlling the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover.

    No kidding.

    Of course, you can’t control the MER yourself, but you can download data from the Mars mission and analyze the images on your own personal computer.

    Pretty cool, eh?

  • Dogtown and Z-Boys

    flicks

    A really slickly edited documentary about the evolution of 70s surfing into what we know as modern skateboarding. I never really got into the whole skate “scene,” probably mostly since even when I was young enough to not worry about my own mortality, I had nowhere near the coordination (or, honestly, mere lack of clumsiness) necessary. I do, though, recall seeing folks like Tony Hawk and the Bones Brigade in magazines and videos down at Mike’s Bikes in SoMD, and being mightily impressed at what they could do with a half pipe and some air. Now I know all about the forefathers (and one foremother) of the sport. Recommended. 4 stars.

  • (Lea)rning Japanese

    ramblings

    So, I’d like to learn Japanese. I’d also like to learn Gaelic, and Latin, and take acting lessons and… there’s something else that The Evil Schmoo and I both want to take classes for. I can’t recall what it is now.

    Anyway, I was looking on Peter Payne’s web page (he’s the guy who also […]

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  • TiVo and the Insidious Feature Creep

    4 min rants

    Well, I signed up on my TiVo for a free one-month trial of their Home Media Option because… well, because all it took to sign up was a click on a button on my remote, and because it sounded pretty cool– TiVo access to my server full of digital music in iTunes, playback of slideshows […]

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  • Hell Jobs

    ramblings

    A list of jobs I’d like to hold for a couple of months each at some point, just so I can build up a supply of wacky stories with crazy characters:

    • Tech support operator
    • Pizza delivery driver
    • Taxi cab driver
    • Waiting tables
    • Porn shop cashier

    Any other suggestions?

Mark Boszko

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