Arriving Somewhere

Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking manager that is available on the web. I use it in the place of the bookmarks or favorites folder you find in browsers. Since I work and play at many different computers with several different browsers, Del.icio.us allows me to keep my bookmarks all in one place as [...]

Last night we went to the famous and historic jazz supper club, Blues Alley. We were there to see our friends’ fusion band M Theory. What a great evening. I don’t have much experience with jazz clubs, but this was everything you could have wanted. A hole in a wall down [...]

Now that E3 has passed we’ve been shown a bit of the new video game consoles to be released in the next year. Cnet.com provides an intro to each of the systems. While sparse on details (like price?) its enough for many gamers to begin forming opinions… including this one.

Microsoft Xbox 360
Nintendo Revolution
Sony [...]

Every once in a while a film is released that one should take special efforts for. I believe Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith is one such movie. This movie, like the previous two, was filmed using digital technology instead of celluloid film - probably because 70% of what will be on [...]

Via Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
“I think we are seeing with Mr. Putin the final gasp of the Soviet era. The Soviet system is dead and the Soviet Union has disintegrated, but the Soviet elite still dominates Moscow, politically, and through Moscow, it dominates Russia. But that elite is increasingly fading from the scene. It is [...]

Porcupine Tree played the 9:30 Club Friday night, and I’m still glowing!
This was the third time I’ve seen them, and it was amazing. The guys were totally on fire, had lots of energy and appeared to be having a great time. You would never have know that they had arrived from the U.K. [...]

Newsweek said yesterday that a recent report it published about the desecration of the Koran at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may have been inaccurate.
The acknowledgment came after several days of violent protests and riots in Afghanistan during which government buildings and offices of aid organizations were ransacked and set on fire. [...]

I have big news!
I’ve been accepted into the School of Library and Information Science at The Catholic University of America. I will begin classes this summer, and plan to graduate with a master’s degree in May, 2007. I am very excited and can’t wait to begin.
I am one of those people who would [...]

I’m sure most have heard of the little scare we had in Washington yesterday. A Cessna wandered into restricted airspace over the Capitol, prompting an evacuation of the Capitol, White House and Supreme Court. Military aircraft were scrambled to intercept the intruder who was unresponsive to attempts at radio contact. I witnessed [...]

Porcupine Tree is an experimental rock band from Great Britain. Their music melds elements of psychedelic rock, electronica and neo-progressive rock with vocals influenced by The Beach Boys. Originally a solo project for Steve Wilson (vocals, guitar) success on the indie scene led to the development of a full band. Led by Wilson, the band [...]