Saturday, August 25, 2012

Aweekstweets August 18-25 2012: the week that was or perhaps was not

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Our 28th wedding anniversary. Luv ya hon. Sleep late.

7h

David Bowie "1984" (bit.ly/d9fhNP) JK--1974 song was cool, but bore as much resemblance to actual 1984 as Prince's "1999" did to 1999

8h

Simple Minds "Dont U (Forget About Me)" (youtu.be/CdqoNKCCt7A) JK--1984 monster boosted by major motion picture into zeitgeist heaven

8h

Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax" (youtu.be/oh4tHpUflDA) JK--1984 hit that Milton WI highschoolers just didnt get into. "What the..?"

8h

Pat McCurdy "Sex & Beer" (youtu.be/B-lJnBYfiD0) JK--Milwaukee singer-songwriter that my cousin Pam Kobielus managed for a while.

8h

Zola Jesus "Vessel" (youtu.be/BMSTg4gStOE) JK--Current artist. Raised in Merrill WI. Where my father's twin settled. I know town well

8h

REM "Gardening At Night" (youtu.be/C4PSYJlyuZo) JK--Live 1982 Merlins, Madison WI. I was at that show. Spoke with @ Paradise Records

8h

Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (youtu.be/hTWKbfoikeg) JK--Producer: Madison's Butch Vig. Owned club: Vig's. I saw/met bands there

8h

Timbuk 3 "The Future's So Bright" (youtu.be/8qrriKcwvlY) JK--Madison, Wisc group had minor hit after I left town. I held them back

8h

Ladysmith Black Mambazo "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (youtu.be/cA2Qw3j2bxw) JK--Not Ladysmith, Wisconsin, my dad's hometown. S. Africa

8h

Bruce Springsteen "Born In The USA" (youtu.be/lZD4ezDbbu4) JK--1984 hit not so oddly reminds o Wisc. Odd no one noticed Boss liberal

8h

Everything But the Girl "Each and Every One" (youtu.be/J5UbSQQU9Ic) JK--1984 song oddly evokes Wisconsin. I played to Madison C&W DJ

8h

The Judds "Why Not Me" (youtu.be/-XzToWVgWug) JK--1984 song that, oddly, reminds me of Wisconsin. I part-timed at Madison C&W station

10h

Hey desktop utility I won't name-shame: quit asking me 2 downld yr latest upgrade every 2 weeks. Never noticed benefits from prior upgrades

10h

"People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it," says Chan Marshall, better known as @CatPower nyti.ms/OfvuO5

13h

Don't need a Bucket List. But am thinking of compiling a Mop List of stuff that needs cleaning up before I stick it back in the bucket.

16h

lnkd.in/Qy24iU To Laurent: I agree. OASIS (perhaps) should catalyze the big data arena (hopefully including IBM) to start thinking...

16h

lnkd.in/fi7zzz Oh, you're changing the focus from serendipitous customer experiences to serendipitous business opportunities....

16h

Madness = "doing same thing over & over expecting different result." That's also definition of perseverance. How to detect one or the other?

16h

"HKissinger v Sentiment Analysis" (scr.bi/QarU9x) JK--Sarcasm is NLP weakness. Sarcasm=surface praise cloaking subterranean damnation

16h

"Henry Kissinger vs. Sentiment Analysis" (scr.bi/QarU9x) JK--Really? Did Hank the K advise Tricky Dick 2 include on his Enemies List?

17h

"Secret E-Scores Chart Consumers’ Buying Power" (bit.ly/Qarfom) JK--Essentially, customer lifetime value times likelihood to buy

17h

"Will 'Talking' Cars Lead to Fewer Collisions?" (bit.ly/QaqlZe) JK--Or, like a nagging passenger, will they distract/irritate driver?

17h

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Sealegs by The Shins from Wincing the Night Away JK--Overtones of sea shanties, reggae riddims, & "Astral Weeks"

17h

"#BigData Sites Filter Election Noise For Facts" (bit.ly/QakzXm) JK--Should hire Mike Rowe to scrub encrusted b***s**t from filters

17h

"Can Facedeals overcome 'creepy' factor?" (bit.ly/SwqtTM) JK--I dunno about U, but I get willies seeing self on store video monitor.

17h

"Facebook is collecting your data--500 terabytes a day" (bit.ly/QagyCn) JK--Or ~182 petabytes a year, looked at another way.

17h

New #IBM JK blogpost: "WEEK'S WORTH OF KOBY QUICK-HITS August 20-24 2012" (ibm.co/Qag7I4)

18h

Just finished my quick-hits for next week. These came to me a little slower than usual. But, looking at the results, it was worth it.

18h

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes by Paul Simon frm Graceland JK--Paul & Ladysmith Black Mambazo sounded gr8 togethr

19h

Loving @loserboy conversation with the schoolkids in his booth at#kexp today. He seems like a nice grown-up. Illusion? I doubt it.

19h

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp This Is the Day by The The from Soul Mining JK--Which day, specifically? I wish he would have stamped it on the tune.

20h

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Destroy Rock & Roll by Mylo from Destroy Rock & Roll JK--"Cindy Looper"?

21h

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan from Bringing It All Back Home JK--"Join the Army if you fail." Loser dump?

21h

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp People Who Died by Jim Carroll Band frm A World Without Gravity JK--Ghastly but oddly uplifting subject. The beat?

21h

Complex event processing? Conversation-driven human decisions are the most complex events of all: lnkd.in/iAZN8s

22h

RT @jameskobielus: CEP? Conversation-driven human decisions are the most complex events of all: bit.ly/OdSWeC Today's #IBM quick-hit

24 Aug

Charlie Watts. Has anyone ever heard him speak? Or is he the Harpo of the sticks for the Stones?

24 Aug

This just in. Ex-cycling champion found guilty of doping, stripped of "strong" distinction. Now known as "Lance Arm."

24 Aug

Experience optimization? Down deep, it's not a big fancy formula.:lnkd.in/5H2Mt3

23 Aug

David Remnick wrote excellent, lengthy profile of Springsteen in a recent New Yorker. Realizing I didn't really know him before this.

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23 Aug

LL Cool J breaks home intruder's nose, jaw, & ribs. Seriously ripped rapper. "Mama Said Knock You Out." No shit.

23 Aug

Simon & Garfunkel "Baby Driver" (youtu.be/eeqUUNHwAl8) JK--Had a sudden urge to hear this lightweight rocker from "Bridge Over T. W."

23 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Buzzin' Fly by Tim Buckley frm Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology JK--Like son, died young, had beautiful voice

23 Aug

RIP Scott McKenzie. "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers in Your Hair)." His only hit happened 2 B perfectly iconic 1967 John Philips gem

23 Aug

"Quant: A Dangerous Word Frequently Misused and Misunderstood" (bit.ly/OYAO48) JK--Honorific, pejorative, or merely descriptive?

23 Aug

"Turning Customer Intelligence into Innovation" (bit.ly/OYAiTS) JK--"'Little-bets labs' facilitate strategic experimentation."

23 Aug

"Indo-Euro Langs Origin8d in Anatolia, Biols Say" (nyti.ms/NjqTMs) JK--Black Sea basin diaspora, I'll bet, per post-IceAge inundation

23 Aug

Customer always right? That's debatable. But what's not debatable is that the customer is always the customer--till they're someone else's

23 Aug

"#BigData & Deep Blue Sea" (bit.ly/OYvLkg) JK--Instrumentation, sensors, event-response analysis, & compute nodes throughout oceans

23 Aug

"Ernie Kovacs - Kovacs in Color, The Tilted Table Sketch" (youtu.be/PefS8tY_gnI) JK--Brilliant twisting of perspective.

23 Aug

"The big debate: open data" (bit.ly/PAdiyW) JK--Public data doesn't necessarily want to be big. But it does want to be open.

23 Aug

"It’s time 4 Slow BI" (bit.ly/PAcOZF) JK--Think of this as t'ai chi (bit.ly/PAd6jb) cultvating decision poise agility strength

23 Aug

"How 2 Judge New Competing Predictiv Model" (bit.ly/PAcxG1) JK--Fascin8ng discussion re how pro data scientists evalu8 best-fit modls

23 Aug

"Microsoft: New logo marks ‘new beginning'" (bit.ly/NHPElt) JK--Their 70s logo lookd uber-70s, a la Soul Train (bit.ly/PAbZjE)

23 Aug

@jhammond Is "contextual computing" a specific "app"/use case, or is it more of a paradigm (a la cloud, social, etc., or big data itself)?

23 Aug

AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long" (youtu.be/n1BtExxkP0M) JK--A cheeseburger in rock-n-roll form.

23 Aug

Jimmy Buffett "Cheeseburger In Paradise" (youtu.be/OJi4bln-hHQ) JK--Definitely. Paradise catered with comfort food, not fancy fare.

23 Aug

Visualization o Bayesian analysis o US House o Reps, based on votes on legislation, illustr8ng partisan divide (youtu.be/HmrGmyISKok)

23 Aug

"Robert Hooke's Telegraph (1684)" (bit.ly/Qv2uhe) JK--Not really. Tower-bsd alphabetc semaphor w/telescopes & clocksyncd signal peeps

23 Aug

RT @IBM @smarterplanet: Important lessons frm 2000+#SmarterCities engagements. (ibm.co/RGg3l4) JK--Huge focus for#IBM--& the world!

23 Aug

"DARPA Wants Dominate Cyber Battlespace w/Plan X" (bit.ly/QuYU6K) JK-Autoconstr verif/quant ops, hostile-env OS, viz i/f 4 lrg btlspc

23 Aug

Wrote a ton of stuff on #Hadoop this morning. Saving it up for future stuff we'll publish. Good to have it all in one place/structure.

23 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Cannonball by The Breeders from Last Splash JK--Song rapidly & beautifully builds & releases explosive tension.

23 Aug

RT @BigDataClub "Welcome 2 #BigData #Club @jameskobielus, how are U related to #BigData ? #TCE" JK--Big Data is my first cousin once removed

23 Aug

"Flash memory: How the technology is getting smarter" (zd.net/PzzPfd) JK--Software enabling cross-server flash-data-storage sharing

23 Aug

"Oracle pulls Exadata ad claims after IBM complaint" (bit.ly/N1YqnN ) JK--NAD: "[ORCL] message not supported by evidence in record"

23 Aug

"Oracle pulls Exadata ad claims after IBM complaint" (bit.ly/PzyULM) JK--This article appeared a month ago. Offending ad still in WSJ

23 Aug

"DNA On Microchips: #BigData 's Future Storage Answer?" (bit.ly/PzyzsA) JK--Future is getting so deeply wetware it's scary.

23 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Between the Bars by Elliott Smith from either/or JK--Late singer-songwriter mined the most exquisite sadness.

23 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Heartbeats by Jose Gonzalez from Veneer JK--Singer-songwriter-guitarist who should perform around campfires. Acoustic

23 Aug

Systematically dispatching all the content that's piled up in my online spaces ovenight. Morning doesn't truly start till I process it all

23 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Pink Moon by Nick Drake from Pink Moon JK--Song is 40 years old, but feels recent, doesn't it?

23 Aug

RT @jameskobielus: Sexy statistics? Data warehousing simplicity is surprisingly complex metric (bit.ly/PzvIjq) Today's #IBM quick-hit

23 Aug

Sexy statistics? Data warehousing simplicity is a surprisingly complex metric: lnkd.in/mKhj7H

23 Aug

WSJ article about innovations in airport gate seating layouts, with concession food delivery directly to waiting travelers. So cool.

23 Aug

I never see value of being 43,467th person to "like" something. The likee doesn't know/care, the other likers don't, & I feel like a sheep

22 Aug+

lnkd.in/3azJv4 Data Scientists: Credentialed or Otherwise...

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22 Augjameskobielusjameskobielus @jameskobielus

New #IBM Jk blog "Data Scientists: Credentialed Or Otherwise" (ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/data-scie)

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22 Augjameskobielusjameskobielus @jameskobielus

"Crowdsourcing Your Way to #BigData Value" (ibm.co/Nlo6MM) JK--Good one from #IBM @daiclegg

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22 Augjameskobielusjameskobielus @jameskobielus

RT @jameskobielus: Experience optimization? Down deep, it's not a big fancy formula (bit.ly/NlnE0U) Today's #IBM quick-hit

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22 Augjameskobielusjameskobielus @jameskobielus

Experience optimization? Down deep, it's not a big fancy formula.:lnkd.in/Ytut5G

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22 Augjameskobielusjameskobielus @jameskobielus

Silent color footage of Laurel & Hardy in 1956, looking happy, after Stan suffered stroke & Ollie lost lot of weight (bit.ly/O5dQJd)

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RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Smells Like Happiness by Hidden Cameras from The Smell of Our Own JK--Most perfect locomotive rhythm of 21st century

22 Aug

Listen to frequencies of signals emitted by star being shredded by supermassive blackhole, mapped to audible spectrum (bit.ly/PwYXDs)

22 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Rowboat by Johnny Cash from Unchained JK--Country-western legend, Arkansas native, covered Beck in authentic accent

22 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Rowboat by Beck from Stereopathetic Soulmanure JK--Love Beck songs. Would luv if he sang country-western in LA accent

22 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Mutt Romney Blues by Ry Cooder from Election Special JK--Brand new. Ry Cooder does a cool Tom Waits-ish turn here.

22 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp God by Tori Amos from Under the Pink JK--Molly Shannon did wicked SNL impression of hyperventilating Tori on piano

22 Aug

"3 kinds of #bigdata" (oreil.ly/NgIUuL) JK--These are 3 overly broad use cases, not "kinds." I suggest: tall, grande, & venti.

22 Aug

"Assange's options: How could he escape the UK?" (zd.net/NgHroi) JK--His only hope is have David Copperfield consult on exit strategy

22 Aug

"Social media not the biggest distraction at work" (tek.io/NgGZGx) JK--Water cooler talk is. Solution? Stay thirsty, my friends.

22 Aug

@IBMurphyatDI Sure, if "glancing at the headline" qualifies as "reading," and if "provoking ridicule of headline" was their intended outcome

22 Aug

"Rise of AI Overlord: Machines monitor, auto detect suspicious behavior" (bit.ly/NgFEja) JK--Headline writers: can the 1984 overtones

22 Aug

"Hacking humans: Building a better you" (cnet.co/NgFeJp) JK--Headline writers: please tone down the Dr. Frankenstein vibes.

22 Aug

Getting things done with no drama. That's my definition of a solid pro. Hell, that's my definition of solid person. Reliable, productive.

22 Aug

"Rometty's #IBM Smells Just as Sweet" (yhoo.it/NgDZKt) JK--"Things get done. Quietly, efficiently, no muss and no fuss. No drama. "

22 Aug

New #IBM JK blog: "Next Best Action: Its Leading Synonyms and Trailing Cynicisms" (ibm.co/NgDRuh)

22 Augs

"Tackle #bigdata with little bites" (bit.ly/NgDpwc) JK--Stepwise implementation with strong focus on shifting data analytic culture

22 Aug

@EllieAsksWhy Exactly. The physical relief of not seeing that stupid note any longer than I need to. Do the task, toss the note.

22 Aug

"The Pathetic State of Dashboards" (bit.ly/NgCWKo) JK--Agree w/@marksmithvr . Cluttered, context-poor dshbds not actionable intel

22 Aug

A morning of many new post-its that I scribble with tiny pent-up to-dos that keep bubbling in my head. I stick them on my physical desktop

22 Aug

I keep receiving "freinds" requests from "Fuckbook." I'm sure it's just innocent misspelling of "Facebook." I think I'll click. What harm?

22 Aug

Spam is steady stream o too-good-2B-true offers. Its presence in our online lives alongside free 'Net svcs sustains sucker-conducive culture

22 Aug

WSJ reports that Tootsie Roll Industries has become highly secretive. What are they protecting? Their tooth decay maximization formula?

22 Aug

50-year-old exonerated Roger Clemens tries his hand at the minors. Just wants to cap his illustrious career with a sad, pathetic stunt.

22 Aug

Wonderful line in WashPost: "If this is a legitimate election, the female body politic has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

22 Aug

Wall Street disilusionment w/Facebook totally predictable. Socials are like nightclubs. Everybody wants 2 party at hot club til scene passes

22 Aug

Akin incident illustrates rightwing method: fabricate science to justify abhorrent policy & refuse to back down when their lies are exposed

21 Aug

Best digit for typing on touchscreen is the middle finger of your writing hand. It's longest, strongest, sharpest, edgiest.

21 Aug

Key to optimizing customer experience is learning how to make someone's day. Every someone is different. Every day is different.

21 Aug

I'm always scouting 4 new #BigData themes. Whatever I want 2 develop a point of view on. Even a sketchy POV. Just to teach myself something

21 Aug

I evangelize distinct recur #bigdata themes per chnl: Hadoop in IBMDataMgt, DataSci & NxtBstAct in blog, 17+ on LnkdIn, zillions on Twtr

21 Aug

As for me, it'll just be another year. Best not to expect or plan too rigidly. Aging is OK when you cultivate agile acceptance of whatever

21 Aug

My girls prepare for the school year. For Egidia, her last before retiring from DCPS. For Sonya, her last before getting her degree from GMU

21 Aug

Daniel Day-Lewis. Does he reimburse producers for all the scenery he chews, or is it included in the production budget under "catering"?

21 Aug

Ian Smith @iantsmith Hey @LinkedIn you are getting mobile so wrong! Limited functionality within app and terribly slow mobile site. Fix it!

21 Aug

Seems like that Akin idiot is hellbound on digging himself & his party a deeper shithole to sink into. He's hellbound, that's for damn sure

21 Aug

Working on my next original #IBM blog, to be titled: Next Best Action Back Inside Your Business."

21 Aug

Nothing mind-blowingly interesting on the socials today. Not even me. Oh, wait, I quick-hitted this morning. There's my drop in the bucket.

21 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp The Last Time by The Rolling Stones from Out of Our Heads JK--1965. Mick sends an ultimatum to a girl. Typical.

21 Aug

"Groupon not tech company. Why was it valued like one?" (bit.ly/Sjub2J) JK--Cuz Wall St's head still stuck in last-century thinking

21 Aug

"#IBM's A Software Company Now!" (read.bi/SjsYZn) JK--We have been for a long time. Who writes these headlines?

21 Aug

More administrivia this morning. Hope the afternoon is more productive.

21 Aug

"Listening to Complainers Is Bad 4 Your Brain" (bit.ly/PrAY8s) JK--Check out the secondhand smoke analogy. Diminished brain capacity

21 Aug

RT @jameskobielus: Hadoop uber-alles? Cluster management tooling must keep up (bit.ly/Sh5FxE) Today's #IBM JK quick-hit

21 Aug

Hadoop uber-alles? Cluster management tooling must keep up:lnkd.in/i3p38s

21 Aug

Actually, Phyllis Diller wasn't a bad looking woman. What I noticed early on was when she dropped the shtick she was kind of cute.

21 Aug

Akîn's offensive remark underscores nasty fact that today's GOP includes significntly higher ratio o ignoramuses than US population at large

20 Aug

Reading NYTimes Mag piece on racism implicit in much classic kid lit. BTW, reread orig "Curious George." Colonialist overtones galore.

20 Aug

Listening to The Raveonettes "Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)" from "In & Out of Control."

20 Aug

RT @TheOnion "Pregnant Woman Relieved to Learn Her Rape Was Illegitimate" (theonion.com/articles/pregn)

20 Aug

Relistening to PJ Harvey's "Let England Shake" (2011) in its entirety, on shuffle. It's already assumed deep sepia folk mythic coloration

20 Aug

Today #kexp dj @loserboy said Cheryl accused him of having hetero crush on John Cusack. Let's fess up: actor is epitome of low-key cool bro

20 Aug

US male legislators need to get drunk & expose themselves everywhere to show other nations that we truly have balls.

20 Aug

Sterling Hayden as Gen. Jack D. Ripper from "Dr. Strangelove" discoursing on subject of "precious bodily fluids" (bit.ly/NYbnAd).

20 Aug

"Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700TB data into single gram" (bit.ly/QJHtzP) JK--Wow. I pack >47 exabytes storage cap on my person

20 Aug

When fresh intellligence is flying too fast for your to read real-time, log it to some persistent structured file for future reference.

20 Aug

#Hadoop Myth #8: Only savvy Silicon Valley engineers can derive value from Hadoop (bit.ly/PqFCTC)

20 Aug

#Hadoop Myth #7: Hadoop is hard to set up, use, and maintain (bit.ly/PqFCTC)

20 Aug

#Hadoop Myth #6: Hadoop is not a database (bit.ly/PqFCTC)

20 Aug

#Hadoop Myth #5: Hadoop is the commoditized back-end bare bottom of the #bigdata analytics stack (bit.ly/PqFCTC)

20 Aug

#Hadoop Myth #4: Hadoop is the first successful #bigdata technology (bit.ly/PqFCTC)

20 Aug

#Hadoop Myth #3: Hadoop is synonymous with HDFS and vice versa (bit.ly/PqFCTC)

20 Aug

#Hadoop Myth #2: Hadoop has a computational model called "MapReduce."(bit.ly/PqFCTC)

20 Aug

#Hadoop Myth #1: Hadoop is primarily for batch processing (bit.ly/PqFCTC)

20 Aug

In retrospect,Phyllis Diller modeled her delivery on Bob Hope. Check out this Sullivan appearance (bit.ly/OHVmOt)

20 Aug

RIP Phyllis Diller. Pioneering woman stand-up. Voice like a badger ripping thru you. Whip-smart. Flat-out funny. Model 4 SCTV Edith Prickley

20 Aug

Catch me speaking, #BigData Innovation, Boston, Thurs Sept 13, on "BigData & NxtBstAction in Multichann Conversations (bit.ly/OHTpl8)

20 Aug

Saying somebody "doesn't have a clue" usually misses the point. Many of us are hip-deep in clues. Only a few have fingered the perpetrator

20 Aug

"Mind map o connections" (bit.ly/NBYigS) JK--Interesting visualization produced by LinkedIn Labs data scientist on his own conections

20 Aug

Too many #BigData infographics are useless: earnest & content-rich but cluttered unfocused & unenlightening. Like a bad political cartoonist

20 Aug

"Enterprise opportunity of #BigData: Closing th "clue gap"" (zd.net/r6QEBn) JK--Define "clue" & "gap." Biz apps+skills? If so, say so

20 Aug

"Nokia Knows Where You'll Be 24 Hours From Now" (read.bi/NBVNv3) JK--Is this headline calculated to send shivers down backs?

20 Aug

@metabrown312 Perhaps that's because the call volume may be lighter than usual, hence smaller staff in the office can field it all no sweat.

20 Aug

I sense that the entire industry is taking one last long late summer breather prior to Labor Day and beyond. Am I wrong?

20 Aug

The one thing that's truly meaningful to you and that you truly control? Your thoughts

20 Aug

Secret to contentment is having at least one thing, no matter how miniscule, that's truly meaningful to you and that you truly control.

20 Aug

Morning of some substance, some administrivia. Hope the afternoon is more former than latter.

20 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes JK--I love when backup singers cut off Isaac from saying "mother-". "Shut your mouth"

20 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Kashmir by Led Zeppelin from Physical Graffiti JK--Has a stalking rhythm. I love the beat switchbacks.

20 Aug

Cooler-than-normal overcast spell has set in 4 at least all this week in the DC area. That is balm for the overheated desiccated summer soul

20 Aug

What's definition of "supergroup"? Must all have superpowers, or may they, like Justice League o America, include mortals in tights & capes?

20 Aug

Fred Rogers was from Pennsylvania. So why'd Misterogers speak w/what 2 my Yankee ear sounds like Jimmy Carter accent? (bit.ly/3gRGaw)

20 Aug

"If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it again." - Anonymous

20 Aug

"#IBM, Public Health Agencies Work on Disease Reporting Standards" (bit.ly/OsznOd) JK--Quick resp thru std template 4 data exchange

20 Aug

"#IBM Solar Cell Semiconductors Set World Record" (bit.ly/OsyW6z) JK-- PV solar2electric powr conversn effic 10% bettr than prev best

20 Aug

"#BigData Definitions Merriam-Webster Forgot" (bit.ly/MCSwyr) JK--@thesocialpitt puts killer big data apps on bucket list.

20 Aug

RT @jameskobielus: Information glut? You don't need lots of data to do big data (bit.ly/RbA6FR) Today's #IBM quick-hit

20 Aug

Information glut? You don't need lots of data to do big data:lnkd.in/J24aYT

20 Aug

New #IBM JK blog: "#Hadoop Myths Debunked" (bit.ly/PyUm2W)

20 Aug

The Pogues "Sally MacLennane" (bit.ly/RbzsrF) JK--James Joyce ref in my latest article made me think of the Pogues.

20 Aug

New JK @AnalyzingMedia article: "What Worries the #CMO ? Fathoming the Human Heart" (bit.ly/Rbzdgk)

20 Aug

RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Black Boys on Mopeds by Sinead O'Connor from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got JK--Irish mournful poetry, set to song

20 Aug

Gonna suggest that male anti-abortion politicians think long & hard before spouting their opinions on rape, & just shut their stupid traps

20 Aug

RIP William Windom. Accomplished actor. I remember him best for brilliant short-lived NBC TV series "My World & Welcome to It" (1969-70).

19 Aug

The Fleetwoods "Graduation´s Here" (youtu.be/MxGZrTgdOhM) JK--They werent innocents. Their songs were all hushed boy-girl confidences

19 Aug

Talking Heads "Don't Worry About The Government" (youtu.be/s9CjnDufqeQ) JK--Byrne's astonishing paean to own suburban white-nerdiness

19 Aug

Jonathan Richman "Down In Bermuda" (youtu.be/ZqcTdFJh6DQ) JK--Pretends to be New England dork. Has poignant heart on sleeve.

19 Aug

Bruce Springsteen "Brilliant Disguise" (youtu.be/idnJnjV_8rg) JK--Only American songwriter whose work evokes our eastern beaches

19 Aug

Beach Boys "Surfin' Safari" (youtu.be/FS7SUFz36lg) JK--Song made you want to learn the Southern California beach locations referenced

19 Aug

Don Henley "The Boys of Summer" (youtu.be/-5usbS-EHjo) JK--1984. Song is the most brilliant American summer anthem since Beach Boys

19 Aug

The Eagles "Take it Easy" (youtu.be/ZzC7_im4_ac) JK--1972. First & last appearance of Winslow, Arizona in pop song.

19 Aug

Kim Fowley "The Trip" (youtu.be/eMgiBl5AXN4) JK--1966. Only clueless squares mistook this for "See America First" promo.

19 Aug

Kingston Trio "Scotch & Soda" (youtu.be/Jf9Lsd6uh-o) JK--1958. Last ref to "feeling high" in pop music not interpreted as narcotic

19 Aug

Tom Jones "Green Green Grass of Home" (youtu.be/hSajFnkUxQY) JK--Only singer in 60s whose grass ref not mistaken for drug celebration

19 Aug

Jimmy Cliff 'Vietnam" (youtu.be/X9Q4G_SgwLM) JK--Same Mary with same cherry-sweet lips as in "Green Green Grass of Home"?

19 Aug

Country Joe "Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" (youtu.be/dATyZBEeDJ4) JK--Per GBShaw "fish" spelld "ghoti." Per CJ "fuck"

19 Aug

Love "A House Is Not A Motel" (youtu.be/qInF7WKOz4c) JK--1967. From "Forever Changes." Note LP cover w/band faces arranged as Africa

19 Aug

Staying on subject of actors born in 1958, Gary Oldman has organically evolved from Sid Vicious 2 George Smiley. We're graying into gravitas

19 Aug

Alec Baldwin singles out William Holden among Hollywood golden age stars. I concur. See "Sunset Blvd." Masculine, intelligent, sensitive.

19 Aug

Here's this wonk's request to officeseekers: publish detailed, downloable policy paper. No ads. We'll tell U what we think on election day

19 Aug

"Assange 2 Obama: 'Stop WikiLeaks Witch Hunt'" JK--We stopped it. Found the witch. Actually, a warlock locked in UK embassy of LatAm nation

19 Aug

GOP ticket exemplifies US regressive tax sys at work. Wealthy investment man Romney paid at effective lower rate than salaryman running mate

19 Aug

The Economist keen on Ryan, but I'm not. Wonkishness in svc o military overspending, domestic tin-ear, & regressive taxation is no virtue

19 Aug

Nowadays I only turn on the TV when there's nothing good on the Internet.

19 Aug

Subhour NY-LDN flights wouldnt leave enuff time 4 snack cart 2 trundle down aisle. Peanut/pretz manufs o America: this outrage cannot stand!

19 Aug

Prospect of delivering human payload from New York to London in less than hour? Would kill in-flight movie market. MPAA lobbyists take note

19 Aug

Southern Wisconsin is both deeply conservative & deeply liberal. As a small town newspaper editor, I got a bellyful of both camps.

19 Aug

I like Wisconsin well enough (I have family there), but have not regretted our decision to move east. Not for a single minute.

19 Aug

I was for short time, post J-School, associate editor of the Milton Courier. I literally did everything, including darkroom & ad sales

19 Aug

WashPost article on econ woes of Paul Ryan hometown Janesville WI. Egidia & I left nearby Milton in 1985 to get on with our life. Dragsville

19 Aug

It was a cool beautiful night last night. Somebody nearby had a wood fire burning. The air smelled rich, like a summer in northern Michigan

19 Aug

Every generation, they remake Union Station in Washington DC. Now it's as transport hub for emerging office district nicknamed "NoMa."

18 Aug

Saw "In A Better World" on DVD. Excellent Danish film about 2 dysfunctional families & how turmoil threatens 2 destroy their school-age sons

18 Aug

I'd like to see a historical romance where homo sapiens honey falls for homo neanderthal hunk. Interhomo hankypanky is last taboo.

18 Aug

Quantum computing. It'll make traveling salesman prob no sweat @ any scale but not crack conundrum o farmer's daughter & her daddy's shotgun

18 Aug

I'm bit of a couch potato when it comes to caring about future of TV. Channel-surfing among competing visions. Yawning, futzing with remote

18 Aug

I tend 2 stop follow people who have just one topic & no original insights on that. If it's topic I know somethng about, they're superfluous

18 Aug

Dry ice. Havent seen it in long time. Recall seeing it as kid. Ice cream bars packed in solid CO2. Burned the touch. Sublimated. Didn't melt

18 Aug

Cool science trivia in today's WSJ: 5 quadrillion tons of air swaddle our planet in a layer 60 miles deep.

18 Aug

Hey merchants: don't request I complete satisfaction survey every time I visit while consistently delivering bad service. Doubt you'd listen

18 Aug

Media annoyingly uses "Catholic" as shorthand for "conservative Catholic." Hey numchuks: many of us liberal. More liberal than avg Mormon

18 Aug

Hard to avoid conclusion that Romney is hiding something that'd end his presidential campaign if were released to public in his tax returns

18 Aug

The most aw-inspiring thing in the universe is a cute puppy dog frolicking with a small child. Awwwwwwwwwww!

\18 Aug

RT @TheOnion 'Cosmopolitan' Releases 5 Sexy Helen Gurley Brown Obituaries To Drive Your Man Wild.

18 Aug

You get sense that Putin felt he'd be perceived as a pussy if he didn't read them the riot act & act as the crypto-totalitarian he truly is

18 Aug

Nielsen Music 360 report sez 48% of people use radio as top place to discover new music. My radio station is 3000 miles away. That count?

18 Aug

Google Books textual analysis show dramatic closing of male-to-female pronoun ratio in English-language texts since 1960s.

18 Aug

Good article in Sunday Washington Post about actress Kathleen Turner, committed liberal activist, who has overcome serious health issues

18 Aug

"Scientists find that the Sun is so round, it’s scary" (bit.ly/Oov46j) JK--That's the least scary thing about it, actually.

18 Aug

"#BigData Evolving Role in E-discovery: What Is Predictive Coding?" (bit.ly/OouFkg) JK--First-cut document classification

18 Aug

Nobody Sixto Rodriguez was Elvis-grade pop-god in apartheid-era pariah-state South Africa. Who's big in North Korea now?