Love
these summer doldrums. It's not that nothing happens. It's just that what happens
drifts randomly in warm still currents, mid-ocean.
"The
7 greatest pivots in tech history" (http://ow.ly/PbAwQ ) JK--Or
you could think of this as startups becoming restartups.
Wife
didn't understand the concept of driverless cars till I explained that they're
not necessarily passengerless.
Spending
July 4th in the traditional manner: watching SNL’s best of Will Ferrell on
basic cable. He upped the games of other cast members.
It’s
convenient that Independence Day and the Fourth of July fall on the same day
this year.
Corn
on the cob. It’s pretty much the Fourth of July special dinner. Goes down well
on a hot summer day
20
years ago on this very day, I was 20 years younger. May the record note!
Teacher
in exercise class today played some random mix. Turned out great. Included
back2back Bon Iver songs: "For Emma" & "Skinny Love"
Got
a good solid 10 hours of sleep last night. Now I'm only 7,845 hours in the hole
on the sleep-deficit ledger. Digging my way out!
Actress
Stacey Dash now commentator on Fox News. Saw her out of the corner of my eye at
my club. "Oh," said I, "she's still doing Clueless"
Did
some new-car shopping. Test-drove a cool car in Alexandria . Lady in another car rolled down
window to admire. "Thanks, not mine!" said I
The
Midwest . I grew up there. Never felt like the
West. It's closer to Canada ,
geo & culturally. I prefer to think of it as the Midnorth.
"Puff
the Magic Dragon." If Peter Yarrow had called it "Take a Drag on the
Magic Puffin," he would have given the game away. Shrewd!
The
destructive storm known as a "derecho." If it hits you out of left
field, does it get reclassified as an "izquierdo"?
"Millennials:
Why Customer Service Will Never Be The Same" (http://ow.ly/P61D1 )
JK--I vote for renaming them the "Yuppie 2.0 Generation"
The
term "millennials" always gives me the shivers.Can't help thinking of
"millennial cults," a la this Wikipedia:...
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Golden Years by
David Bowie JK--1975. Contrary to lyric, David stayed with Angela for just 5
more years, not 1000.
Spark
and Hadoop: Taking big data to the next level http://bit.ly/1UcvaAp
Big
Data Helps Canada
Keep Waters Clean http://bit.ly/1Ucv5wz
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Spark: Everything In Its Right Zone" (http://ow.ly/P5anN )
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@kexpplaylist #kexp I Fell Like A
F***ing Flower by Kinski JK--2015. Great use of a repeating keyboard pattern to
sustain tension.
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Andy Warhol by David
Bowie from Hunky Dory JK--1971. What these artists have in common is Lou Reed.
Both produced him
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Orange Skies by Love
from Da Capo JK--1967. One of their most flower-child-ish vibes. Love that
flute. Donovan-ish
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Come and Get Your
Love by Redbone from Wovoka JK--1974. Trivia: first #1 hit for Native American
band. Shoshone-Yaqui
RIP
Jack Carter. Never a first-tier comedian, but a reliably brash & funny one
who was exceptionally hardworking. One of last TV pioneers.
"Will
AI drive the human race off a cliff?" (http://ow.ly/P3dXK )
JK--Who's Thelma & who's Louise in this cautionary allegory?
"Do
the math." Wish I'd known in elementary school that mastering my times
tables would be a key to assessing bottom line in life decisions
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Spark: Toward A More-Complete Albeit Imperfect Open-Sourc BigData
Analytcs Stack" (http://ow.ly/P25Q9 )
Neil
Young & Crazy Horse "O Canada" (http://ow.ly/P24pB ) JK--A
happy Canada Day to our friends up north. Chug a few for me, eh.
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Inner City Blues
(Make Me Wanna Holler) by Marvin Gaye JK--1971. No one calls it "inner
city" anymore. Just "th city"
"Fast
Lomb-Scargle periodograms" (http://ow.ly/P214v ) JK--Last
I checked, those are still covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Fight for Your Right
by Beastie Boys JK--Love the part where the trio raps its own name, one
syllable per member.
Segway.
Near as I can tell, it's the Dippin' Dots of personal human transporters.
Daily
grind in high tech is incremental releases everywhere you look. That's also the
grind of ecological evolution. It adds up to something
"Real-Time
Analytics With Kafka & Spark Streaming" (http://ow.ly/OZkfn )
JK--"Canonical stream processing architecture" is worth noting
Bedfellows.
It's a law of high tech that for every debunking there's an equal and opposite
bunking. Fellows occupy upper & lower bunkbeds
Developing
the big data and analytics maturity model http://bit.ly/1JoaoaP
But
what if I don’t want to become a digital business? http://bit.ly/1Kn6aBG
Hmmm....mention
"data" & "Internet of Things" in same breath on
LinkedIn Pulse & get lots o readers. Good2know. Add "drones" in
mix: golden!
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Automatic Doom by Yo
La Tengo from Stuff Like That There JK--2015. Brand new. Very nice. A tad Peter
Paul & Mary-ish
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@kexpplaylist #kexp September Fields by
Frazey Ford from Indian Ocean JK--2014. Great warble on this very
Memphis-feeling track.
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Breakfast In Bed by
Dusty Springfield from Dusty In Memphis JK--1969. Love how she shifts from
cooing to brassy voice
Love
spam that states to the dollar how much money you stand to make--eg.,
$3,671/month. Precise accounting for future riches gotten quickly
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Spark: On the Recent Radar" (http://ow.ly/OYGtb )
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@kexpplaylist #kexp Call Girl by FFS
from FFS JK--2015. Good one. Group is collaboration of Franz Ferdinand &
Spark. Hence the initials.
If
Australia is "Down
Under," I suggest Canada ,
Greenland , Iceland ,
Scandinavia, and Russia
be "Up Over." Need geographic symmetry.
Thinking
of writing a blog about the tough challenges confronting the artificial
intelligence community. Thinking of calling it "AI-Yi-Yi!!"
July
Fourth is coming. But it's not a holiday when you lie forth. You lie back. Kick
your shoes off. Snooze in the shade.
Drafted
new #IBM jk BD&A Hub
blog: "Measuring The Artificial-Intelligence Quotient"
Curious
why privately funded rockets explode with a frequency not seen in the govt
space programs since the early 1960s.
Watched
the CNN documentary on Glen Campbell's cognitive decline from Alzheimer's. He
& his family were very brave to share their pain.
As
of tomorrow, I'm shifting all daily quick-hits to LinkedIn Pulse. Simply a
better blogging platform than LinkedIn discussion groups.
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Drones and Their Impact on Data in the Internet of Things" (http://ow.ly/OVNob )
Processing
real-time data streams with visual analyticS http://dy.si/u2WF
Retailers
are meeting demand with Twitter data http://dy.si/egN7
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@kexpplaylist #kexp The Mayor of
Simpleton by XTC from Oranges & Lemons JK--1989. Love how these guys
layered attitude thick in theirs
Reading
one of those locavore manifestos indicting our food system, practices, diets,
& culture. A mixed salad of eco-culinary guilt.
Exceptionally
peaceful & pleasant summer night. Happily spending it on the deck. I have a
book in hand. An actual physical book. And ice tea
Body
found in the lake at Kingstowne. Bit of a mystery. No idea if it’s foul play.
Another
ordinary Sunday pondering what to tweet. Not pondering too hard. Twitter just
chugs on without me. That’s reassuring.
I've
never seen the image of Michael Jackson in the clouds. But I could swear that's
him on the Shroud of Turin. Take it on faith, please.
Shift-alt-delete:
When slurred, phrase almost sounds like what it accomplishes when used to
deep-six a folder full o spam: "sh*t all DELETE"
"Future
o road rage: Delphi self-drvng car survives
brush w/Google slf-drv car" (http://ow.ly/OSZYu )
JK--Algos flipped each othr th bird
