Microlog | macdaraconroy.com Self, aggregated. tag:macdaraconroy.com,2009-01-20://2 2012-05-21T10:23:12Z Self, aggregated. Movable Type 4.24-en Burn All the Liars tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3222 2012-05-21T10:22:39Z 2012-05-21T10:23:12Z Burn All the Liars... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Burn All the Liars]]> "An unfinished autobiography and a 1980s biopic turned Frances Farmer, one of the great golden-era stars, into a lobotomized zombie. The main trouble: Frances Farmer wasn’t lobotomized. An investigation to set one of Hollywood’s most convoluted stories straight." Entypo - 100+ carefully crafted pictograms tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3221 2012-05-21T10:21:58Z 2012-05-21T10:22:27Z Entypo - 100+ carefully crafted pictograms... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Entypo - 100+ carefully crafted pictograms]]> These are lovely -- and free under CC licence. David Yow's actor's reel tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3220 2012-05-21T10:20:51Z 2012-05-21T10:21:48Z David Yow's actor's reel... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com David Yow's actor's reel]]> a pretty impressive acting resume for a guy who once howled with The Jesus Lizard.]]> Introducing Playfic tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3219 2012-05-21T10:19:38Z 2012-05-21T10:20:25Z Introducing Playfic... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Introducing Playfic]]> "Playfic is a community for writing, sharing, and playing interactive fiction games (aka 'text adventures') entirely from your browser, using a 'natural language'-inspired language called Inform 7." Dead Homer Society tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3218 2012-05-21T10:11:57Z 2012-05-21T10:19:00Z Dead Homer Society... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Dead Homer Society]]> "An online home for Simpsons fans who outright despise most, if not all, of the double-digit seasons but revere the old ones the way religious types do their stupid books." I'm in and out of this camp. Certainly The Simpsons' best years were more than a decade ago. But I think the writing of late has got better, at least intermittently, than the dark days of the early '00s. Wikipedia's list of sandwiches tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3217 2012-05-20T15:19:09Z 2012-05-20T15:19:36Z Wikipedia's list of sandwiches... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Wikipedia's list of sandwiches]]> For some reason I expected it to be longer. Dog ad gives viewers paws for thought tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3216 2012-05-20T15:17:10Z 2012-05-20T15:18:54Z Dog ad gives viewers paws for thought... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Dog ad gives viewers paws for thought]]> Forget the rubbish about this ad being designed for dogs and answer me this: how did the dogs get the pallet out of the van? And more importantly, why did they drag it all the way over to the opposite cliff? Where are the judges fit for the internet age? tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3215 2012-05-20T15:16:25Z 2012-05-20T15:17:02Z Where are the judges fit for the internet age?... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Where are the judges fit for the internet age?]]> "The web is making what was local global. It makes that evidence of faults, which once would have been forgotten, permanently available to the malicious and small-minded." Indeed. Do More With Your DSLR tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3214 2012-05-20T15:15:21Z 2012-05-20T15:16:08Z Do More With Your DSLR... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Do More With Your DSLR]]> First in a series of video tutorials, filed for future reference. The Perpetual, Invisible Window Into Your Gmail Inbox tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3213 2012-05-20T15:13:58Z 2012-05-20T15:14:46Z The Perpetual, Invisible Window Into Your Gmail Inbox... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com The Perpetual, Invisible Window Into Your Gmail Inbox]]> It's funny, I know this is a thing that people do, but it's never occurred to me to allow any third party to have access to my Gmail. I've got no problem OAuth-ing services on my public Twitter account. There's an implicit line between the stuff for all to see and the stuff that's just for me, and I guess that's what guides my decisions when it comes to my personal data. Why Some Wild Animals Are Becoming Nicer tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3212 2012-05-19T10:38:56Z 2012-05-19T10:39:41Z Why Some Wild Animals Are Becoming Nicer... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Why Some Wild Animals Are Becoming Nicer]]> Well it's only one animal really, the bonobo, which has long had a reputation for its peacefulness. But it's interesting to see how that nature may have developed from something as simple as the habitat their ancestors happened to find themselves in. Psychologists fear US manual will widen mental illness diagnosis tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3211 2012-05-19T10:37:00Z 2012-05-19T10:38:47Z Psychologists fear US manual will widen mental illness diagnosis... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Psychologists fear US manual will widen mental illness diagnosis]]> It's more than a bit warped that 'shyness in children' and 'being a teenager' are somehow now diagnosable as mental disorders. I don't see how that's helpful to anyone. Bus-Tops tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3210 2012-05-19T10:35:12Z 2012-05-19T10:36:14Z Bus-Tops... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com Bus-Tops]]> "Bus-Tops is a collaborative public art installation across 20 London boroughs. There are 30 red and black LED screens dotted around London, on the roofs of bus shelters. Absolutely anyone in the world can create artwork for them, creating a new exhibition space for the public, and Public Art." This kind of thinking is completely absent from Irish public services. Shame. The Hike Guy: My Pacific Crest Trail Moleskine Journals tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3209 2012-05-19T10:33:09Z 2012-05-19T10:34:09Z The Hike Guy: My Pacific Crest Trail Moleskine Journals... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com The Hike Guy: My Pacific Crest Trail Moleskine Journals]]> Six months worth of hiking through California recorded in 850 pages of journals. That's commitment. #shitsiskosays tag:macdaraconroy.com,2012://2.3208 2012-05-19T10:10:41Z 2012-05-19T10:16:18Z #shitsiskosays... MacDara Conroy http://macdaraconroy.com #shitsiskosays]]> DS9 and how it's firmly rooted in the early-to-mid '90s world of its creation. Fair enough, but I think every sci-fi story universe suffers from the same problem to some degree, it's unavoidable. We never really know the world we'll be living in before it happens, whether five years down the line or 50 (the last 10-15 years have proved that much). And it's a bit much to criticise a TV show for never portraying people engaged in relatively unproductive or solitary activities like online poker or wasting time on social media or whatever. We never see space people on the loo, either.]]>