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currently playing

Grand Theft Auto: 2, III,

Vice City, San Andreas (PC)

		Portal (PC) (also trying out
		some custom maps)
		Republic Commando (PC)
		(already finished it; now going back to explore the places that I missed)
		Battlefront II (PC)

              (fun to do battle on the
              minor planets that were in
              the last movie)

		Knights of the Old Republic
		II (PC) (Meh, more RPG than

FPS; good graphics though)

		Google Earth (much easier
		to use with a 3Dconnexion *SpaceNavigator* controller; works great with a lot of

              RAM, a widescreen LCD &
              self-made spaceship
              "wooshing" sounds

		Dexter, Shrek Kart, Glyder,
		Myst, Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle, The Sims, Spider &

              14 Tower Defense games
              (iTunes Apps) (waiting for a
              real GTA, Star Castle, Star-
              flight & Sinistar)

currently reading

And Another Thing by Eoin

              Colfer. The sixth book in the
              (late) Douglas Adams' Hitch-
              hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
              series.

		Anathem by Neal Stephen-
		son. It's 900+ pages so it's taking a while. Good read so far.
		Next by Michael Crichton.

              I've read every one of his
              books. He can get preachy
              and repeats himself a lot,
              but still a great read. A lot
              more characters to keep
              track of in this one. The
              ending is a little Disney/
              Spielberg-ish.

Stuff White People Like by

              Christian Lander. Material
              taken from his hilarious
              WordPress blog of the
              same name.

currently watching

		The Big Bang Theory (my
		new favorite with excellent writing & acting)
		The Office (great characters;
		now far superior to its British counterpart)
		24 (ridiculously improbable
		but great fun to watch)

*Day 6 was lame, Day 7 was
better, Day 8 just started

		Lost (frustratingly vague at
		times; other times, like watching a live version of Myst or Riven - only with

good-looking people)

		Dexter
		Modern Family
		Community
		House (it's not vasculitis)
		Curb Your Enthusiasm
		The IT Crowd
		The Guild *simply brilliant

currently surfing: news

		New York Times
		LA Times
		San Francisco Chronicle
		USA Today (lightweight)
		BBC
		Fark (daily dose of snark)

currently surfing: tech

		Buzz Out Loud (weekdays,
		with live video streams

@1:30pm ET)

		T WIF (on hiatus)
		TWIT Netcast Network
		Engadget & Gizmodo (the
		Coke & Pepsi of tech news)
		boingboing.net
		botropolis
		commandN, net@nite,
		openAlpha, geekbrief.tv, pop17, icali.tv, T he Molly, mostlylisa, women of warcraft & tastyblogsnack (because tech women rock)
		mobile broadcasting
		(several past & current 'lifecasters' who broadcast: J ustine (LA), web pioneer & domme Lisa (Tokyo), pilot & techie J o hn (Greenville), prolific vloggers Sarah (SF), David (Ft. Lauderdale) and Scott (Greensboro) & several live videogame sites; click on the link at far left to see in a teeny-tiny window; u stream & stickam are also good streaming sites, with apps!)
		Tiki Bar TV (I don't drink but
		this Canadian video podcast is hilarious; I highly recom- mend Episode #19 of the two-part "Space Cadet" episodes for the uninitiated)

other interests

		political psychology
		British politics & culture
		intelligence studies
		temporal anomalies
		quantum entanglements
		logic & epistemology
		postmodernism
		mobile computing
		FPS games
		toys & gadgets
		Lego
		superstructures
		novelty architecture
		steampunk conversions
		off-world technologies
		dark chocolate
		tea

my almae matres

Indiana University

(B.A. - Political Science)

Ball State University

(M.A. - Political Science)

Kent State University

(Ph.D. ABD - Political Science)

where I spend part of my
weekdays

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Hazel's 6th year anniversary today March 1, 2010

Some "cajun barbecuing" back in August of 1997.

Roger Ebert's new voice March 2, 2010

(video: Harpo)

Automatic double-axis tourbillon March 3, 2010

Created by German watchmaker Thomas Prescher, each axis
rotates once a minute. Its tourbillon is powered by a constant-
force mechanism which balances the effects of a wound and
unwound mainspring evenly, while accounting for friction and
gravity. Prescher also built a watch with a triple-axis tourbillon.

(above & mouseover pics: puristspro.com)