How can the people be so easily hoodwinked? How can so many people watch Fox(un)News and think it’s anything other than revolting?

Stop watching Springer, put down the remote and read a goddamn book, you foolish foolish sheeple!

God help us if we elect that crazyman John McCain (”I’m Brian Fellows, you’re CrAZy”*) And I thought Bush was whack!

* Brian Fellows joke courtesy of Dingo, and of course, Tracy Morgan and SNL.

Inconsiderate Buffoon Parking, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

inconsiserate WA 685WHC

Leadership Training Session, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

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So wrong, on so many levels., originally uploaded by theunabonger.

I saw this on the store shelf at safeway and had to resist the urge to gag. Not that I’ve got anything against Clamato… A fine vegetable beverage which is integral to what I (an under-educated American) consider one  of two of Canada’s national drinks, the (bloody Caesar) a fine drink which is a near equivalent to a Bloody Mary.  The other being the “China White”, which is baileys & cream de cacao, layered and sprinkled with cinnamon.

But Budweiser and Clamato? I mean, gag me dude, seriously!!!

Dalai Lama in Seattle with Dave Matthews, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

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K Record & Dub Narcotic Studio, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

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Moo Cards, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

Ohh, my Moo Cards arrived, sweet.

I’m Late, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

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You can never be sure, you can never fully trust the people you hire to govern, or the people to be governed.  What do you do?  I’ve decided this year to believe.  To believe that our country can be healed.  I’ve decided to come off the fence, and declare my support for Barack Obama

Please click on the image above, to see a bit more about why I’ve chosen to believe, against reasonable hope, perhaps, that our country can be united, and people can start to believe in the precepts of tolerance, welcoming immigrants of all nations, faiths, and ethnicities, and strong funded public education. 

“The ‘we’ we’ve been waiting for to come and fix our problems is us!”  It’s time to take back control of this country, and put the scoundrels who have damaged our country into jail where they belong!

If you live in Washington, please attend your caucus today!

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I’m sitting here eating breakfast at my favorite breakfast place in Olympia, which I scheduled for low volume, with few customers coming and going. The smooth jazz is playing, as I watch a singular street person (derelict, bum, homeless, metallly-ill?) wander past the fenced in parking lot of the decrepit “ghetto Safeway” which has been closed since last june, and languishing due to “no retail stores clause in the sale agreement.” As I sit here, the logs trucks come by occasionally, loaded with their “National Forest Booty Give-Away” lumber. No question I’m in Olympia, for sure.

My Friday appointments and plans have all been pooched my schedule, (always bad timing) and now I set forth on a whole set of different priorities.

I’ve have done about 3 hours worth of research on Apache/PHP/Drupal tuning, and monitoring a server hosting a site on which I’m doing some “sys-adminy type” consulting, and performance tuning. Of course the problem with being a consultant, is you only get to bill for about 1/4 of your time, as you often have to do research to figure out what do to, and most of that is not billable.

I’ve brought a Belkin Wireless Access Point down to put in the restaurant (Cicada) to include them in the wildly popular Zhonka! Surfbreak program of free (no-marketing, no data-collection, no-logging, and no “give us your name and click here” website re-directs) WiFi Hotspots, our contribution to the “DIY, power to the people!” ideal I care so stongly about.

My AT&T 3G wireless card is serving me until the access point is in place. (Must eat first for strength!)

You can see my results (Olympia to California on AT&T’s 3G network, and back to Olympia via Intertubes), speeds not bad, but still pricey at $60 month ($80 without AT&T Mobile Phone on plan).

This of course reminds me that my iPhone has a pooched transmitter (or antenna connection problem), and that I received my over designed pre-paid FedEx mailer for service. They have a little white iPhone sized box with foam pad, and little pouch to put it in. Also included in the package was my Apple(TM) officially issued “paper-clip”, in a little parts baggy with a pictograph on how to remove the sim before sending. Wish me luck!!

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I received my Chumby (a gift from Dingo, the “PC black” model) shipped directly from the factory in China to my door in 4 business days and hand delivered by a smartly dressed (overly energetic) UPS employee, who got it to me on time, even though there was a biblical-ish flood that shut down the freeway and generally has  brought havoc to our front door.

I immediately went over the Chumby site, and set it up to display flickr pictures, and a few RSS news (yes news news) feeds that I read regularly, most notably; OlyBlog.

I’m using SSH to get into it and try to start Free Radio Olympia via the command line with instructions I found at the Chumby Wiki.  This is cool, as it allows me to listen to my own streams, or MP3 playlists via NFS or HTTP, as well, while using the other Chumby based flash widgets, such as ones that let me  look at my friend’s flickr streams…

It’s refreshing to know that the Chumby execs and engineers trust their users enough to allow them to mess up their devices, and they encourage hacking and a free flow of ideas on new widgets and how to get the thing to do “more stuff.”

Now, I’m going to ask around and find out about getting the Splashcast Player to work on it, and I’ll be very happy indeed.
 

This in contrast to the iPhone, of course. . . . who’s hackability is well known (and demonized by Apple and AT&T as being “illegal”, and they will break your phone if they catch you doing it. . . .  Just makes you want to “kick Steve Jobs in the nuuuttttzzzz!”, sometimes, yes?

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Here are some audio highlights from last night’s (November 11th, 2007) Community Forum on the Police Response to Port Protesters, called by T.J. Johnson, and held at City Hall, recorded by yours truly.

T.J. Johnson Pre-Opening Remarks:

Robert Whitlock’s Testimony:

Drew Hendrick’s Testimony:

Gus Kroll’s Testimony:

Daisy Montague’s Testimony:

Noah - Testimony on Police Gay Bashing:

Unknown - Trauma - Plum Street Blockade Assault:

Unknown - Nuremburg - Assaulted by Police:

Unknown - Panel Testimony:

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Sign, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

sign dingo dingostewart tongue

“God Bless Israeli Bulldozers!”, originally uploaded by Robert Whitlock.

This picture was taken by OlyBlog docent (and contributor) Rob Whitlock at the Port Militarization Resistance protest at the Port of Olympia, please click on the picture, read what Rob wrote, then go back and read this post I wrote 4 years ago to see where I stand on this issue.

Gus at Olympia Port Militarization Protest, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

Before the meeting, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

While checking out media feeds with Flock 1.0 RC3 I noticed a friend of mine’s flickr feed had been splooged on by Viagra Spammers. I assume he needs to change his-mail to flickr address, to stop the flow.

Also, another friend of mine sent me a myspace message (it turned out her account had been hijacked), with a “Free Macy’s Giftcard” message, which was a photo-ad-link to a survey site, where, assumedly, someone was getting ad referral money for the link.

This morning, (after heading out on the town to celebrate Halloween with Dingo in a costume contest at a notorious local gay bar), I got an SMS that said I’d won a free professional quality portable WAV/MP3 stereo recorder device. (An Edirol R-09 24 Bit Wave 24 Bit MP3 Recorder - see below) from Foneshow, as part of a promotion regarding their public beta announcement at Podcamp Boston. Since I had registered on their site the night before, I knew the drawing was for real, thanks to Bowl of Cheese for the tip about Foneshow through his twitter announcement!

This little device will come in handy with my work on the Clubside Breakfast Time Podcast, as well as enable me to expand the type and number of Podcasts I produce, including possibly reviving the good-intentioned, but completely neglected Olympia Legislative Watch.

These topics may seem unrelated, but as I thought about the universal connectedness of all things, I realized they weren’t. Buddhist (and other eastern philosophies) have always suggested that material goods can not bring happiness, and more often bring only suffering and pain. I’ve often found this to be true. . . . Prizes often come with booby traps (personal, no marketing slam against the nice folks at Foneshow, thanks again!), sometimes they spring long after the prize has come. . . .

Life comes with pitfalls, this is a truism that cannot be debated, nor proven scientifically. But no matter what, you have to climb up out of the hole and on toward the goal, so I try to keep the goal in site. Heinlein stated it best; “In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” . . . (this quote is attributed to Heinlein, who’s philosophy of humanism and “good-naturedness” in his bookschanged my life’s perspective early on.

So, I don’t know the answer to this question, other than “the universal law of Love” reigns as we enter the age of aquarius. Sorry if that’s cryptic and meaningless, but I question now, more than ever, my understanding of things around me.

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A Great Olympia Breakfast, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

I had this breakfast at Cicada in downtown Olympia, which I highly recommend. They are a great NW / Cajun Fusion restaurant with four star food, a lounge, and a great inclusive Oly Vibe. A great place to get salmon for breakfast, which along with lunch, are served from opening until 2:00 pm.

Below (above?) is my breakfast from last week, a gastronomic delight. Filet of salmon with poached eggs, fried Yukon Gold potatoes and a wonderful sauce.

Chef Billy (and co-owner, along with Manager Lisa), and the staff are always ready to please!

GnomeDex 2007, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

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GnomeDex 2007, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

if It’s gnomedex, i must need batteries.

The faux-po, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

July 4th, seen on highway 18, why do people drive these cars so similar to the WSP cruisers? Everybody was afraid to pass them, ugh.

Here is a picture of my wife Dingo posing with her Police Dress Rehearsal Tour shirt with one of evergreen’s campus officers in the beer garder, (ahem, er), Greener Oasis.

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The other Vancouver, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

i’m driving to the other vancouver for Dingo’s IME at the behest (er, demand) of the Labor and Industry Department. A damn shame, as the doctor’s job is not to provide treatment, but to try and find a way to take away her meager time-loss benefits. . .

Why I Love Olympia - Part X, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

Moderate weather, good times, hanging at the Farmer’s Market with Dingo, and watching the Tune Stranglers! Ah good times. . .

For Sale, the past. . ., originally uploaded by theunabonger.

Seen on my morning drive through West Olympia. Two Seventies vehicles for sale in the yard of this post WWII bungalo. The deep irony of the entire scene in front of of pulled me in and compelled of to take a photo and blog it.

Stonecap Syrah, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

at tugboat annie’s, seventeen dollars. Having blackened salmon caesar salad, yum!

Tugboat Dinner, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

missing don and shelly, but enjoying dinner.

Sign for golf tournament, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

sign donated by brown and balsley

Red Tag Day, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

There’s nothing like waking up to find the city has red tagged your door because you forgot to pay your utilities bill. Ugh, one more high priority item for my day. . .

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

Frank Herbert - “Dune” Page 19

Bumper Stickers for Jeebus, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

Bumper stickers for Jeebus and W. Seen at Tumwater Fred Meyer.

Air Conditioning Install Day, originally uploaded by theunabonger.

my friend and handy man Shane after installing my two air conditioners for the season.