gogogadgetearl . andy's thoughts

2010.02.26

  • When I decide to to something I am fully committed to see it through.  I have begun a hand built sculpture out of clay that is a vessel you can crawl into.  ( I have called it "going big" but has been dubbed "the Fort" for other reasons.  Anyways let me know what you think.          [1 comment]

2009.11.25

  • see how many people try to be suave in picking up this IPhone.          [0 comments]

2009.11.24

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2009.11.10

  • simply complicated.  That is how I would describe life.  The media, movies, music, artists, governments, politics, corruption, and the history of human beings and cultures world wide.  Today's society moves at such a fast pace thanks to the internet and everyone can share their opinion.  Everything is in competition for a voice, their voice in this "world", but the funny thing is that we only have an illusion of control.  Whether it be a government, a belief, a religion, or just this idea of doing whatever you want because you as a human have that right and freedom we forget about the natural balance of things.  Through out history civilizations have been wiped out or swallowed up by "greater" societies to further power and control.  With the question of who has control, one must look at cause and effect, pride and egos, love and hate.  So why this rant?  Most likely a result of these new surroundings I find myself in, memphis news with some type of violence every day,  or maybe it is my greek art class and the ability to survive as a culture thanks to the philosophers, and constant challenging of its various ideas.  so what is the problem?  Is it a lack of education?  A lack of purpose?  A broken system that breeds poverty and struggle?  or just a lack of balance between hope and desperation.  Once again no answers and I have to go back to the weekly balance of working(starbucks), learning(grad school), creating(studio artist), and life(my beautiful wife).         [0 comments]

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2009.04.24

  • so I hope that this finally comes out this year.  and with the addition of peter fonda and judd nelson to the cast I am really looking forward to it.        [0 comments]

2009.04.13

  • so I am wanting to do a duel boot linux; windows.  I love the adobe creative suite and that is primarily the only reason i am keeping windows (plus i actually have a legitimate copy.) but any links to the best linux OS and freeware programs would be appreciated.          [1 comment]

2009.03.25

  • I was reading an article today and It made me think.  For those who don't want to read the full thing It is about the complexity of the human brain(haha no pun intended).  Paul Allen (the guy who helped create MSDOS1.0 as well as co-founder of microsoft and 41st richest person in the world) has created a series of computers to dissect and document the human brain gene by gene.  the project has a website and they have already mapped a mouse brain.

    No one knows how the human mind works.  This statement to me raises questions of ethics, belief, and wonderment.  Are we supposed to understand the way our minds work?  Is science fiction's idea of giving a computer consciousness coming to life?  The possibilities and experiments.  All down to the very things that create our consciousness.  Could memories be transplanted?  Could shows like Chuck and My Own Worst Enemy come true?  Mutant experiments? (hahaha. that's just ridiculus)        [0 comments]

2009.03.24

  • Dear MR. KNOW-IT-ALL
    When my father died some years ago, my mother had his head cryogenically preserved. Now that Mom has passed, too—and is buried, not frozen—can I finally lay Dad's brain to rest? I always thought the cryonics thing was utter hooey, but it was important to her.        [0 comments]

2009.02.18

  • this made me laugh.

    search on google  "(your name) likes to" and type the first ten sentences that appears.

    1. Andy likes to make up nicknames for his colleagues.

    2. Andy likes to prank him more than the other teachers.

    3. Andy likes to play with Mules.

    4. Andy likes to snack on daddy long-legs.

    5. Little ditty that Andy likes to call, "There's a hole in the bottom of the sea".

    6. It can be observed that Andy likes to try different things with the guitar such as; altered tunings, partial capos, percussive hits, and tapping.

    7. Andy "Likes to Discover New Books"

    8. When not at that prow, Andy likes to SCUBA dive 80 feet under water to artificial reefs on sunken navy vessels.

    9. Andy likes to do that.

    10. Andy likes to stay ahead in the game by reading the latest books as they come out and not getting stuck in trends.
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2009.01.20

2008.11.08

  • so my brother sent me this video about laminin.  It is very fascinating.  caution: contains religious content.         [0 comments]

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