Month: May 2005

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Me: #1 on Google

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If you google me (Jeff Lipson) your result number one result is this journal entry that I logged while I was at Woodstock ’94. Even better than text, if you click on the picture, you hear my 17 year old voice leaving an audio entry – sweet! My friend George logged an entry as well. This is truly old school in terms of the ‘net – again, it was done in 1994 – which might explain why both of ours are the #1 results for our names. Longevity matters in some respect to how search engines crawl and classify sites. Speaking of results, a previous post to this blog is the #2 result for George which is nice. Now I’ve got to work on getting this blog associated with Jeff Lipson and with Seven Squared – only sevensquared returns results. Verdict: not good.

Meta tags rule – literally and figuratively, but figuratively only if you are on top. Otherwise, they are a plain drag.

sports

Lipso Nava spotted on LI

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My friend Eric called me today to say, “Dude, Lipso Nava is in the Post!” Turns out, his new team, the Camden Riversharks, played the Long Island Ducks last night. The Ducks now have John Rocker on their team so they are getting tons of media attention, especially since he recently said: “I’ve taken a lot of [stuff] from a lot of people, probably more than anybody in the history of the sport. I know Hank [Aaron] and Jackie [Robinson] took a good deal of [stuff], but I guarantee it wasn’t for six years.” Um, how many burning crosses were placed on his lawn?

Anyway, the Post states that in the 7th inning, “Rocker started off well, going 0-2 to the first batter, Travis Anderson, before Anderson ripped a line-drive single to left. He then walked Kevin Jordan, throwing a one-hopper to the plate on ball four. He promptly loaded the bases when Lipso Nava singled through the right side of the infield to load the bases.”

Ah, the NY Post, the most eloquent of newspapers, where all the writers should win Pulitzers….

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Hobo Signs

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When I have rough days, the idea of dropping out of society, riding the rails cross country, eating can after can of beans, taking a swig of hooch from a paper bag, you know, real hobo type stuff, is sort of intriguing. In case you didn’t know, the classic American hobo of early this century communicated through a basic system of marks–a code through which they gave information and warnings to their fellow Knights of the Road. Here is a neat list of hobo signs and symbols that my co-worker sent me today. I hope he’s not going to become a hobo – I don’t want to handle Client status meetings solo.

Enjoy and happy friday!

Thanks eNos

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It’s Now Councilman Fulop Thank You Very Much

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Fulop wins! Fulop wins! In Jersey City’s Ward E yesterday, my good friend Steven Fulop successfully raged against the Hudson County Democratic Organization machine and won the Ward E Councilman position. It’s about time that something good happened in the world of politics, especially NJ politics (which is about 5x more dirty than the rest of the country).

Here is part of what the Jersey Journal had to say:

“Some political observers called it a message to the Democratic Party, both local and county. Councilman-elect Steve Fulop ran not just against Maldonado, but attacked the Hudson County Democratic Organization and its de facto leader, U.S. Rep. Robert Menendez, D-Hoboken. This resonated with the Puerto Rican voters, who were supposed to be Maldonado’s strength. Instead, they believe that the Dems, and Maldonado, have done very little for them because the incumbent was more interested in putting family on the payroll, according to several Hispanic politicians. What the Dems found out is that Puerto Ricans are not only Hispanics but American citizens and some were even reluctant to go against the former Marine, Fulop.”

I don’t have any hard data to back this up but exit polls suggest that the snazzy web site designed by the good folks at Keymaster Productions (namely moi) won it for him.

Congrats Steve – I hope this is just the first stop on a long and exciting political journey. Like I have been already, I intend to be there for every step of the way.

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From Monty

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Christ resurfaces in VA, already entangled in legal battle

Christ in VA

While others wait with bated breath to find out the sex of Britney’s child, or what will become of MJ, smaller stories like this can fall through the cracks. I think this is a colossal mistake.

Folks, when a 50 year old man changes his name to Jesus Christ (technically, he was 35 when he changed his name), moves to rural Virginia, and decides to dig his heels into a legal battle to ensure he can register his car under his new name, am I the only one that sits back stares aimlessly at my “Christ Walking with Children” Hummel figurine and wonders, what has gone awry with a legal system more concerned with a car registration under the name Jesus Christ, than the fact there IS, officially, a Jesus Christ?

I’m definitely not the poster boy for religion, but, I’m really not entirely sure it takes even the gruff tough love of Judge Judy to figure out that when a guy comes into your court and asks to change his name to the Son of God that you’ve got a bigger problem than what form to stamp. I mean does anyone else feel the irony that the person inclined to have himself referred to as the Lord is also the person most likely to, I don’t know, say…sever young woman’s head, and wear it as a helmet while defecating on the corpse?

Call me St. Jude, but, I kind of feel like grabbin’ a Good Book and maybe having a divine intervention between Mr. Christ and a padded room. Could just be me.

art

Union Square Clock Mystery Solved

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The digital clock part of the “Union Square Clock,” which is actually an art installation by Kristin Jones & Andrew Ginzel entitled Metronome is called The Passage.

The Passage is a digital timepiece composed of 76,800 light emitting diodes in 15 panels (each approximately five feet in height) behind a clear glass curtain wall. The numerals indicate with atomic precision the time since midnight and counting down in hours, minutes, seconds until the midnight to come – the sum and balance of the day. For example, at precisely twelve noon, The Passage will read 120000000000012.

Lately it has changed: now instead of displaying the ascending and descending time, it is counting down to some event which thanks to Grubby Kid I know is the time when the 2012 Olympic Bid is decided.

Thanks Neu

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Kids Able To Buy Pot-Flavored Candy

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Local 6 News in Central Florida recently reported on a controversial pot-flavored candy found to be for sale to kids. The lollipops called “Chronic Candy” are marketed with the slogan “every lick is like taking a hit.” A recent taster said merely, “I think it’s a great product for bringing back memories. You’re not going to get a buzz, you are not going to get the munchies and you won’t get stoned.”

Even though they are meant for adults, there is no warning barring their sale to minors and the intrepid reporters were outraged that any child could just buy one. “This is just a gimmick for a 12-year-old wanna-be pothead to kind of get into,” warns counselor Lui Delgado said.

Capitalism at its best. I love it.

Thanks eNos

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Puzzle Du Jour II

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My department head seriously decreased productivity yesterday when he sent out a link to this puzzle game called Crimson Room. Basically, there are 13 items hidden in the room that you need to obtain in order to get out of this room.

If you find:

>> 0-6 items: Your IQ is very low, total idiot
>> 6-8 items: Low IQ, you are an idiot
>> 9-10 items: You are normal
>> 11-12 items: Your IQ is high, above the average.
>> 13 items found and you get out of the room: Mazel tov! Not many people can do it so you should be very proud of yourself.

Trust me, this puzzle can be solved and you can get out of the room. I know this because I’ve gotten out. The only hint I’ll give is that at some point, the number 1994 is important. I only give this out because as this game is a few years old, that number, which is needed to finish the game, is no longer available. That’s all I’m saying.

If you get stuck, email me and I’ll help you out.

Thanks Phil

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Freedom Will Ring a Tad Bit Later

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The Media has been buzzing today about a couple things, like a pineapple grenade going off in midtown, and the Freedom Tower is one of them. It seems that Gov. George E. Pataki, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the lead developer at ground zero said yesterday that the soaring office building known as the Freedom Tower would be significantly redesigned to satisfy security concerns.
In an email I received yesterday, my friend Ben put it best:

“I’m glad to know that when it comes to massive undertaking public construction, Boston is not the only major city fully of a bunch of colossal idiots.

Listening the news the other day I had to shake my head that construction on the Freedom Towers will be delayed because the building needs to 100 feet from the street, due to security concerns resulting from…9/11/01. Four years of planning and these geniuses accepted plans that don’t meet the basic specs for security that were put in place as a result of the destruction of the buildings … they… are… rebuilding. Cue the circus theme.”

Thanks Ben – that is the best op-ed I’ve read on the subject yet…