http://www.ariped.com/ en-us 2010-12-07T13:31:53-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002114.html If one needs to take screenshots on an Android device, to quote Mr. T: I pity the fool. It can be done, though. As a reminder to myself of how to do this, as well as a way to... Pedraum 2010-12-07T13:31:53-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002112.html The subject of this post was sent to me as a direct message from the Crazy Mutha Bugga, SeanG, as a shorthand way to ask if I was letting my blog languish. The truth is I don't have the... Pedraum 2009-05-07T09:53:40-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002110.html I have little to add to the many sources of opinion and reporting on the current round of violence in the Middle East. This particular piece, however, did what I think is a particular good job of summing it... Pedraum 2009-01-08T19:33:33-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002109.html “The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually,” he said. “We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple... Pedraum 2008-12-11T15:14:51-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002108.html In a weekend Sprout discussion with friends, Ariane brought up a tidbit she'd heard on the radio that had caught her by surprise: Americans spend an average of 40-hours per week in front of the TV screen. Surely she... Pedraum 2008-12-08T10:37:27-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002107.html Half Black Star...half RUN DMC...half caff with a twist... My Adidas Remix by Trukadero... Pedraum 2008-11-20T10:05:52-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002106.html I've been working on a new song in the home studio for a few weeks now...in the creases, here and there. Feeling inspired by the cohesion the recent election results seem to portend I decided to put it up... Pedraum 2008-11-07T16:38:24-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002105.html Public Enemy always has bodyguards on stage with them, they're the S1W. They're the dudes who stand in the back, arms folded, scanning the audience for trouble. This passivity is punctuated with the occasional spirit of '68 olympics fists... Pedraum 2008-11-07T14:21:27-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002104.html Pete Seeger (PS): I confess I've never heard of Pitchfork. Is it sold in music stores? Pitchfork: No, it's on the internet. PS: An internet magazine! So you don't have to cut down trees. I'll be damned. I'm living... Pedraum 2008-11-04T15:21:14-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002103.html “As our minds fill with noise — feckless synaptic events signifying nothing — the brain gradually loses its capacity to attend fully and gradually to anything.” Desperately trying to keep up with a multitude of jobs, we “feel a... Pedraum 2008-10-27T10:08:29-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002102.html The USPS trademarked Zip Code™ but it's since expired (http://is.gd/3Mtr). Nobody told usps.com though, they still have a “™” symbol in the recipient address field. Goofy. And makes the USPS look out of touch. That is all.... Pedraum 2008-10-09T10:45:50-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002101.html It's 80 degrees in Palo Alto today...oh, and the US financial markets are crumbling... Warren Buffet in last year's letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders: “As house prices fall, a huge amount of financial folly is being exposed,” he wrote.... Pedraum 2008-09-24T09:01:08-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002100.html Michael Franti, who I've known for years now, is gonna be in the office today...and from the looks of the sound gear set up, he's gonna perform too. Did I mention I like my new job?... Pedraum 2008-09-17T14:20:31-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002099.html Borat has won a legal ruling. I'm happy to report that this is actually work-related now...http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080910/ap_en_mo/borat_lawsuit... Pedraum 2008-09-11T14:13:22-08:00 http://www.ariped.com/archives/002098.html Pedraum 2008-09-05T09:37:39-08:00