jazzsequence

  • The quest for the perfect playlist generator, part two

    In the last installment, I attempted to make various playlist generators read my mind by feeding it Yes but meaning mid-80s, post-prog synth-heavy rock & new wave with limited success.  For my second experiment, I picked “I’m Afraid of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe” by Murder by Death (which ended up being just a Murder…

  • The quest for the perfect playlist generator, part one

    There is a secret to creating the perfect playlist.  It’s a complex process touched upon in Nick Hornby’s “High Fidelity” (and John Cusack’s performance in the film version).  A lot of variables are involved.  It needs to flow.  It needs to have cadence.  There are a lot of factors. Sometimes, though, it’s too exhausting to…

  • Close to 8,000 words on my story-thing…when I hit 30k or so, I’ll stop calling it a “thing”…

  • Pistachios

    Pistachios: (Taken with http://cinemagr.am)

  • overheard on Twitter…

    I'm 38, getting fatter and uglier. I think it's time to go back to Goth. — Indignation Fatigue (@InfiniteChicken) August 4, 2012

  • Lego Master Builder

    Lego Master Builder: (Taken with http://cinemagr.am)

  • Update on my book/story/whatever…

    6000 words down.  44,000 (give or take) to go…

  • Happy blowing stuff up day

    Happy blowing stuff up day pic.twitter.com/Yayiw5gN — @jazzsequence (@jazzs3quence) July 5, 2012

  • WordCamp Salt Lake City 2012

    I managed to become one of the organizers for WordCamp SLC 2012.  As such, here’s the obligatory announcement post.  If you have any questions about WordCamp SLC, feel free to let me know. September 22 is WordCamp SLC 2012.

  • Upgrade WordPress via SSH

    I’ve had a helluva time on this blog with updates.  I don’t know what I’m doing differently with this site than others… I have many sites hosted by HostingMatters,  all of them I’ve tweaked the wp-config.php file and only this domain is the one that has issues upgrading — for plugins it’s not a big…