Browsing around today I ran into this post. The comments include news about Quick96 quickly ending.

I’m not sure if I should be amused or disturbed. Nari posted about a new radio station in Seattle. Their ‘gimmick’, they only play the best parts of songs. I tuned it in online and you’d hear about 5-10 seconds of a song, then a number (which corresponds to what the song is on their web site), then another couple of seconds of a song, and so on. Here’s a bit from their press release:

(Seattle, Washington) · In a radical departure from mainstream radio formats, New Century Media has created a totally new approach to traditional broadcasting. Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at 6pm, 95-7 The Beat (KBTB-FM) changes its name and format to “QUICK 96” …only the Best Parts of your Favorite Songs “. “QUICK 96″ was designed to address the short attention span of today’s busy music fan,” said New Century Media President and General Manager, Michele Grosenick. “‘QUICK 96’ will feature an active library of more than 11,000 songs. ‘QUICK 96’ is truly the most variety of music ever heard on Seattle Radio. Each day you’ll hear the Best Country, Top 40, Rock and Adult Hits and lots more of them,” Grosenick continued.

After listening online for about 10 minutes I was ready to rip my hair out.

Lee Simonson. “Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.” [Quotes of the Day]

Semi-Insomnia strikes again, so I’m queueing up new downloads (new chobits!) and cleaning up my book/DVD list. Should be more up to date now.

Well, it looks like it’s about to be time to pull out the old air conditioner. I’ll have to wait till the next time my parents come up though so that they can help do it. It isn’t too unbearably hot though. At least I was able to hold off until June. Hopefully it will hold off getting too hot until then.

snooze-Pri-Elf-Mal-Cha turned to stone in The Gnomish Mines on level 7 [max 8]. Petrified by a cockatrice corpse.

I haven’t done a quiz in a while, and I liked how this one came out:

Before I become a geezer, I hope to eradicate all my “isms.” I’ve made stunning progress at purging the sexism, racism, classism, and looksism I absorbed while growing up. I’ve still got a way to go with my ageism, egotism, and capitalism. And then there’s signism, as in showing favoritism towards certain signs of the zodiac. I’ve worked hard to be absolutely impartial, but lately I’ve received e-mails from readers complaining that I’m way too soft on Scorpios. One Capricorn said my messages to you resembled “mushy love letters.” All I can say in my defense is that I get turned on by anyone who devotes ingenious courage to dismantling their dogmas. Your sexy efforts in this regard have more than earned my mushy love letters. Please continue.

(– From http://www.freewillastrology.com/ –)

I’ve been catching up on stuff these last few days. Here’s some radom thoughts:

• hackSIGN 8 – I dunno what to say about this. I am still unsure as to how this show is going to end up. I love the music, I like the character designs, it just feels like it isn’t really going anywhere yet. And supposedly there are only 12 episodes.

• Kanon – Another show I’m not sure on. I’ve watched through episode 10 and I’m still iffy on it. It isn’t bad, it just feels kind of random. I guess that’s kind of what you get for a game based off a dating sim.

• Abenobashi Maho Shotengai – This show is fun. Gainax is doing a great job with this. The basic premise seems to be that these two kids are getting bounced from reality to reality. They start off in their home, but then end up in the RPG realm. Lots of great jokes for anyone who has ever played any computer RPGs.

• Ai Yori Aoshi – Saved the best for last. I still love this show. I just saw the 6th episode and it is still working for me. At times it seems like it might start to get a little crazy, but then it calms itself down again. Though I think it would have more effect if they got rid of some of the fan service.

That’s all for now. With the weekend rapidly approaching I’m sure there will be a new Chobits out very very soon.

I was just reminded that I wanted to post about this article I read in the NYTimes on Athanasius Kircher. He sounds like quite a funky guy. You’ve got to admire someone who did stuff like this:

One of Kircher’s most daring acts was to write out a long list of Egyptian kings, proving that Egypt existed long before the world was even supposed to have been created. In a dry and sneaky way, Kircher planted the idea that the Bible was wrong. “Kircher found himself imagining deep time,” Mr. Grafton said. And that was just the kind of thing that Giordano Bruno, the dogma-hating metaphysician, was executed for