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Author: Chris Aldrich
I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history.
I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.
Chris Aldrich is reading “The Readability bookmarking service will shut down on September 30, 2016.”
After more than five years of operation, the Readability article bookmarking/read-it-later service will be shutting down after September 30…
I really wish I’d heard about this before September! And certainly before today… I know I used it fairly frequently in the early days of the service. I do remember that they did have a some nice functionality for sending articles to the Amazon Kindle too. Not sure how much data I may have lost in this particular shutdown, but I do wish I’d had a chance to back it up.
I am glad that bookmarks are one of the post types that I’m now saving by posting on my own site first though. For more of my thoughts on these post types, take a look at:
Chris Aldrich is reading “Donald Trump’s Lies About the Popular Vote”
The president-elect seems to feel threatened that more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton.
📖 57.0% done with Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
📖 57.0% done with Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
We’re starting to go somewhere, but I can sadly already almost predict the ending. In particular, there was a ham-handed mention of a car that gave the whole thing away for me.
Of all of the Fletch books, so far this one seems to be the biggest influencer for the creation of portions of the movie Fletch Lives, which was otherwise made out of whole cloth based on the character.
“I suspect it’s not every man’s dream to discover his son is a cop-killing, escaped convict, racist, hate-group organizer.”
Highlight (yellow) Location 2276-2277
This revealing quote could have been its own stand-alone teaser text.
Added on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:46:53 AM
I Love Webmentions
I love that @mentions of me on Twitter ping my WordPress site at http://boffosocko.com/mentions/ Thank you #IndieWeb!
Want to have this yourself? Check out IndieWeb.org/WordPress, Webmention, and Brid.gy
🎵 Hall & Oates – Rich Girl
"Rich Girl" is a song by Daryl Hall and John Oates. It debuted on the Billboard Top 40 on Feb. 5, 1977 at number 38 and on March 26, 1977, it became their first (of six) number-one singles on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The single originally appeared on the 1976 album Bigger Than Both of Us.
Chris Aldrich is reading “York Boulevard restaurant changes name and menu only months after opening”
HIGHLAND PARK — Recess Eatery, the large and ambitious restaurant that opened in January after lengthy delays, has undergone an abrupt transformation. Recess and its Mediterranean-inspired menu have been replaced by 51 Tavern, “a cross between a neighborhood tavern and a small town restaurant,” according to the restaurant website. One diner who tried the 51 ...
Chris Aldrich is reading “10 Great Last.fm Apps, Hacks and Mashups”
A look at some of the best apps, hacks and mashups available for music streaming and scrobbling service Last.fm.
Curious about alternatives Last.fm’s broken RSS feeds and what people are doing with their listening data. Some relatively interesting ideas in here, but nothing earth shattering. One or two were focused on visualization, but otherwise nothing I felt I could use.
🎵 Hall & Oates – You Make My Dreams – Remastered
"You Make My Dreams", sometimes referred to as "You Make My Dreams Come True", is a song by the American duo Hall & Oates, taken from their ninth studio album, Voices (1980). The song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1981.
https://open.spotify.com/track/4o6BgsqLIBViaGVbx5rbRk
Chris Aldrich is reading “Why I Left White Nationalism”
I grew up in a family that embraced extreme views. I’ve moved on. The country can, too.
📖 25.0% done with Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
📖 25.0% done with Son of Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
We’re off like a shot. Somehow it doesn’t seem terrifically believable that the escape convicts so easily take Fletch’s advice on where to hide, but he does a fantastic job of coralling them in the opeining.
Some of the overt “Southernness” feels overdone to me, but perhaps it was the effect of Mcdonald’s many years living in Tennessee which had a tarnishing effect.
🎞 Watching Straight Outta Compton (Universal, 2015)
The pre-op patient 🎄
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Checkin Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Something warm on a rainy cold winter day.
