Tuesday, September 27, 2005

doubt...

...everybody has it. In a world where information is as abuntant as ours, bullshit is also abundant. however, what is not abundant is adequate systems of filtration of that information, making the bullshit mix in nicely with the rest. we know it's there, but since our references are so fragmented, we can't be certain. sure, we can filter out the obvious bullshit, but sometimes that will cause us to filter out real shit that only looks like bullshit because of ineffective marketing. then again, marketing is 2 things: one, finding people who have a need, and two, instilling a need in people who do not have a need. (more or less). see? half of marketing is all bullshit. they study our habits and culture in order to find out how we filter out the bullshit. the ones that have the resources to do this are the best at convincing us to swallow bullshit. the ones that don't have the resources to sell us bullshit as effectively, paradoxically, are the ones that will most likely appear to be bullshit.

the only thing that really saves us is doubt. doubt, however, being the primary target of all bullshitologists. of course, maybe we'd be happier if all just swallowed the bullshit and went on with our lives.

Friday, September 23, 2005

wandering....

a thought floats. it's just there, existing. it doesn't change. conciousness changes, different thoughts come and go, altering the state of conciousness your are in, but a thought doesn't change. I have too many thoughts comming in and out. I don't think them, they just appear. today, a thought came up to me. it was an idea for a web service. you create an api for an e-commerce site that allows remotes sites to place orders transparently, with function calls to read db entries and even an ajax api for calling remote functions, updated by the server. you can then have somebody else, who can focus his marketing strategy on a very specific market segment that would only be interested in a small percentage of what you offer, while you focus your marketing strategy on your broader market, or even this new "meta" market. It would segment and modularize the business cycle to a large degree and provide a level of abstraction for marketers that would would marginalize their skillset, increasing the value added for their work. It would take me about a week to come up with a beta version of an open-source version of this "web service" in php.

I won't do it. because my mind wanders. because that thought floats away and a new thought floats in. a thought that somebody probably already did it. to somebody else, this thought has been done before a millions times. haven't I heard of...? no I haven't, but that's ok. another thought will come along, letting that older thought float away to somebody else.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Focus.

There is a lot of energy expended, but not a lot of movement. There is a lot of thought, but not a lot of ideas. There is a lot of studying, but not a lot of learning. There is a lot of struggle, but not a lot of improvement. Why? No focus. when we focus, there is not a lot of energy expended, but there is a lot of movement, not a lot of thought, but lots of ideas, not a lot of studying, but lots of learning, not a lot of struggle, but lots of improvement.

Friday, September 16, 2005

. : venezuela : .

Yes, the US is planning actions against venezuela. They are socialists, now with Chavez, and they have oil. Those two, in combination, equal some military action. Be prepared for lots and lots of anti-venezuela propaganda in the next few months.

Friday, September 02, 2005

burn illusions, burn...

everybody has to lose sometime, now it's your turn. I know you'd never thought you'd ever see the day when your prayers would be answered so cruely. crome plated highlights on powder coated black steel, glistening with gun oil. death is sexy. crazy fire lighting up the sanity, burning up the bordom, spreading the infection. it's good to be dead.