Archive for April, 2009

Blast FLU The Past

April 26th, 2009 by jason

With all of the recent media hype about the swine flu, I’m reminded of a post I did wayyyy back in 2005: “How To Stop The Avian Flu.”
Basically, my argument is:

So if leaders around the world were truly concerned about a global outbreak and honestly wanted to do everything in their power to prevent it, [...]

Considering the Universe

April 12th, 2009 by jason

I’m watch an episode of The Universe about parallel universes and it’s got me doing some thinking…
First, the thing I find most fascinating and difficult to work out in my head is the idea that for everything that happens there is another universe in which something else happened. For example, according to this idea, there [...]

Coachella 2009 Mix

April 11th, 2009 by jason

Seriously? Another DJ mix from Who Shot JR? Wasn’t the last one posted only a week ago? Yup! Coachella is coming up in just a few days (Friday, April 17, to be exact) so I was under a tight deadline. The mix contains artists and DJs who are going to be performing at Coachella this [...]

Music of 2008

April 4th, 2009 by jason

Now that it’s only four months too late, I’ve finally finished my “Year 2008″ mix project.
Before that, though, I wanted to share some of where I came from and do some year-end lists. Don’t worry — I actually compiled these lists way back in December before I was swayed by all of the other Year [...]

Lighted Crosswalks

April 4th, 2009 by jason

Jobie shared with me a post on the Seattle Transit Blog about lighted crosswalks. I love these and wish we had them everywhere. There is one crosswalk near my work, for example, that’s very dangerous especially at night. As a pedestrian I always assume that cars are out to kill you. This would make me [...]