Facebook Posts: Oct 2010

October 2010

OCTOBER 29
Stephanie Siddens posted something via mobile.
Happy bday Scott! Hope you have had a great day.
OCTOBER 28

Scott updated his status.
Thanks for all the Bday wishes. Having a great time back in Chicago with the many Rettberg kids.
Alexander Chung posted something via mobile.
Happy birthday !
Karl Nielsen posted something via mobile.
The happiest birthday wishes to you!

Jennifer Klemy Corral posted something via Birthday Cards.
Donna Nylen posted something via mobile.
Happy Big 4-0 Scott! Enjoy your day. See you soon!
Clark Nelson posted something via mobile.
Version four point oh! Nice job. Happy birthday, bro!

Carolyn Guertin posted something via Birthday Cards.
Adam Richer posted something via mobile.
Great Scott – Happy Poppin’ Out Day!! I hope the next 40 are even better than the first.
OCTOBER 26
Scott shared a link.

Gasspedal Animert
gasspedalanimert.no
Audun Lindholm, the editor of Vagant, has set up a new multimedia publishing venture, Gasspedalanimert. Gasspedal is publishing books and animated poetry videos. The first two are very cool, and include English translations on the Vimeo site.
Scott shared a link.

(Part #2) Mini Cannon Firing and Destroying Targets. (Among the world’s smallest firearms)
gdata.youtube.com
I won’t buy one because I have kids, but I would totally get one for my nephew.
OCTOBER 25
Scott shared a link.

Falling Into the Economic Chasm
www.nytimes.com
While I can’t say that I blame Obama for his cautious conservatism, borne out of his instinctive impulse to compromise with the Republicans and the Blue Dogs, I think Krugman is right. The stimulus wasn’t enough money spent in the right way, and if the American people hand the economy over to the Repubs, it will be the return of the long down for everyone but the rich.
Scott shared a link.

‘Life,’ Keith Richards’s Memoir
www.nytimes.com
I will add this to the list of books that William Gillespie and I will both read soon.

Scott posted something via MoveOn.org.
This is the best use of facebook pull-in data I have seen. It makes you want to vote.
Scott shared a link.
Skulpturvandringer i Bergen
www.skulpturibergen.no
While doing research for photo credits for the Implementation book — trying to dig up the names of various sculptures upon which stickers have been placed — I ran across this site, nice little sculpture walks through Bergen.
Scott updated his status.
More snow falling. Have I mentioned that I don’t approve of snow before Halloween?
OCTOBER 24
Scott shared a link.

Gnarls Barkley – Gone Daddy Gone
gdata.youtube.com
Kafkaesque.
Scott updated his status.
A good day of mummitrolls and playing with the kids after travels. Glad to be back in Bergen, though looking forward to ditching the snow to head to Chicago for Trick or Treat later in the week.
OCTOBER 23
Scott updated his status.
Stuck in Copenhagen for the evening due to a canceled flight. There are, I’ll admit, worse places to be stuck in, though I’m ready to see Jill and the kids and sleep in my own bed after a lot of travel this week.
OCTOBER 22
Scott updated his status.
Gave a presentation at the Irish Royal Academy in Dublin today — in a classic 18th century library. It was pretty cool, though I felt like I should been critiquing Johnathan Swift or something rather than talking about websites and databases.
OCTOBER 19
Scott shared a link.

Florida Man Drowns In Lawn Mowing Accident – News Story – WFTV Orlando
www.wftv.com
Among the worst possible deaths imaginable in Florida.
Scott shared a link.

Fish Oil DHA During Pregnancy Has No Effect on Babies’ Brains, Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
Yet another Norwegian industry devastated. What are we to do with all the fish oil now? You put that stuff in a lamp, it smells.
Scott shared a link.

A Spray of DNA to Keep the Robbers Away
www.nytimes.com
I totally spray all my stuff with DNA.
Scott updated his status.
Copenhagen for 24 hours, then Dublin for 48.
OCTOBER 17
Scott shared a link.

ELMCIP Electronic Literature Communities Seminar on Vimeo
vimeo.com
Scott shared a link.

ELMCIP Electronic Literature Communities Seminar on Vimeo
vimeo.com
Patricia Tomaszek has been busy the past few weeks processing and uploading videos from the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Communities Seminar we hosted in Bergen Sept 20-21st. All of the panel sessions are now processed and available on Vimeo, and we are about halfway through the performances.
OCTOBER 16
Scott updated his status.
Dutch apple pancake + country bacon + forest berry juice = good morning.
OCTOBER 15
Scott updated his status.
Is it only 1:30? My kids miss their mother, who they haven’t seen much the past few days.
OCTOBER 14
Scott updated his status.
Recent polls indicate that America is likely to get stuck in a hole, to let the right wing lead towards increasingly draconian disparity between the rich and the poor, but in exchange to enable the poor to smoke marijuana in increasingly legal ways. The rich will get richer, and the poor will get stoned.
Scott shared a link.

As Nations Age, a Chance for Younger Nations
www.nytimes.com
The world is getting old.
OCTOBER 12
Scott updated his status.
Just finished the draft of my 4th Vagant column of 2010.
Scott wrote on Rob Wittig’s timeline.
Have a great one, Rob!
Scott updated his status.
Looking forward to going home at the end of the month, both to see family and to cast my absentee ballot in the midterm election, thus canceling out Chuck Stoebig’s vote.
OCTOBER 11
Scott shared a link.

Congressional Candidate Under Fire for Nazi Re-Enactment Past
www.foxnews.com
Look, if you were an Ohio Republican, how would you want to spend quality time bonding with your son? There just isn’t a lot to do after the young Republicans bake sale is done for the day.
Scott updated his status.
If the Republicans win big in this midterm election, I’ll move to Norway. Oh, wait, I already did that. If the Republicans take congress, I’ll be unable to use the phrase “Speaker Boehner” with a straight face.
Scott updated his status.
I can never sleep the night before a meeting with a room full of accountants.
OCTOBER 10
Scott updated his status.
The neighbor and I were just trying to patch the stairs with redimix cement. Conclusion: we will soon need to employ a mason.
OCTOBER 9
Scott shared a link.

Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic
www.nytimes.com
Google’s ten year plan: first robot cars, then FLYING robot cars.
Scott shared a link.
88 Constellations Preview
www.88constellations.net
88 Constellations for Wittgenstein by David Clark et al. Great piece of e-lit / net.art / documentary essay / design http://bit.ly/GB5xe
Scott updated his status.
Arrgh! Ten minutes after buying a new extenstion cord for the hedge trimmer, I hedge trimmed the cord.
Scott updated his status.
The US war in Afghanistan started October 7, 2001, 9 years and 2 days ago. The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted from December 27, 1979 until February 15, 1989. Time flies when you’re having war.
OCTOBER 8
Scott wrote on Ghosting’s timeline.
I just read that, and I was not at all convinced in any way about anything. What was that, a non-review? Did the writer of the review even read the first page of the book? Sorry I’m complaining but I have no idea about anything but two wasted minutes, and you suggested that i click that? Jesus.
OCTOBER 7
Scott updated his status.
Just saw “The Battle for Haditha” — all around a pretty devastating film about the Iraq war.
Scott updated his status.
can’t believe they club seals on main street and keep polar bears as pets.
OCTOBER 5

Scott updated his status.
eating sushi in the arctic circle.
OCTOBER 4
Scott updated his status.
Heading to Tromsø tomorrow for the READ ME exhibition at the Tromsø International Literary Festival, where we’re showing Implementation and The Last Volcano. Also hoping to catch the Northern Lights.
OCTOBER 2
Scott updated his status.
had great fun with old man / new father Anders Fagerjord. He witnessed the birth of his son and turned 40 within 48 hours and then subsequently witnessed a pseudo-German Norwegian Oktoberfest. Poor guy, won’t sleep for the next three months. Congratulations on your son and condolences on your youth.
OCTOBER 1
Scott shared Mark Marino’s note: New issue of Bunk Magazine.

New issue of Bunk Magazine
New bunk in the trunk.
Scott wrote on Anders Fagerjord’s timeline.
3:55am
What an awesome birthday present — congrats on the beautiful boy!