headless chicken...

May 11, 1999 by Eric Richardson

this is just too weird. Apparently, this chicken lived four years with it's head cut off. Wow. I'm impressed.

all we like sheep...

May 09, 1999 by Eric Richardson

We live in a world of corporate messages permeating every little nook and cranny of our lives. The art of manipulating people has been mastered by the media. We are what they want us to be... — Continue Reading...

self arrest

May 05, 1999 by Eric Richardson

next time you go to turn yourself in, remember that you now have the option of doing so from the friendly confines of your web browser...

IRIX

May 03, 1999 by Eric Richardson

You gotta love IRIX and journaled file systems. My Linux machine is still sitting there fsck'ing my little IDE drive (it's still got the 8gig SCSI drive to go), and two IRIX machines, including one with an 18gig drive, are already up and operational. — Continue Reading...

the wonder of technology...

May 03, 1999 by Eric Richardson

right now i'm sitting at school listening to mp3's streaming off of my computer at the office. Very cool. Who would ever have imagined?

Eric Richardson lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he works on payments infrastructure for Cash App.

Past lives involved streaming audio for Southern California Public Radio, running a hyperlocal news site for Downtown Los Angeles, working on custom mapping code, and writing Perl at the Jet Propulsion Labratory.

Previously on this date...

2004
SWG thoughts
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Downtown: The Toluca Subway Yard
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DLANC: My First Meeting
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2000
USC
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