Argh. I can't be the first dork to point out that "defending the electronic frontier" is something of a malapropism, what with the whole steampunk mechanics and all?

Also, steampunk is a "movement"? Artistic? Political? Err, doesn't matter. Hey! OW! What the hell is that, another gray hair? Aaargh, must not ponder. Avoid!

I'll refrain from actually discouraging anyone from actually painting anything or engaging in steampunk anything - art is more personal process than not - but I can't help but take a bit of umbrage at the continually silly amount of self-regarding seriousness of everyone I've ever met who was into steampunk.

(Also, I observe that Eva G's finery is less "steampunk" and more "random SF/Oakland mutant/clown" garb. I'm not using "clown" as an epithet, here. Postmodern circus-skill folk. They're all over the place around here, and they dress like that.)

Don't read if you don't like. I DO like most things I read here, and I say so. If I'm not interested I just skip it. I don't go out of my way to say that I'm not interested in something. Because I know nobody GIVES A SHIT.

Ah, well. That's one view on the long tail.

Me, I like critique. I especially like productive, astute criticism of my own work. Recieving honest, useful criticism is one of the most valuable processes to arts and sciences of all kinds. I like giving criticism and applying something called "critical thinking" to the world at large.

It seems to be a skill that is growing rusty in this world as I grow older with it. Somehow it has been erroneously taught that criticism is inherently negative, and, well, that's a bunch of happy horseshit if you ask me. (And, well, you kind of did with your post.)

Otherwise we end up breaking Sturgeon's Law and ending up with more than 90% of everything that is utter crap. I try to hold the line at least 10% of everything not being crap, or I get cranky.

Does that articulate the issue of criticism to you a little more clearly, jake0748, or would you like a few book recommendations to go over the issue in finer detail?

I want a visorganizer. It's like a fanny pack with a bad attitude.

Well, bacon is the candy bar of meats, after all!

I knew someone was going to say that, and if not, I was.

I wonder what one of those would taste like if you wrapped it in bacon, battered it, deep fried it and sprinkled a little bacon-salt on it.

And there's always bacon vodka.

Accept direct chat on (various BBS software)? Y/N?

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(Sigh, I miss those days, when you could really and truly knock a n00b off the, err, "net", even if it only was a dozen-odd realtime nodes or less.)

Oh, RTFA. Someone beat me to it. Way to make my first BB post!

I wonder what it sounds like decompressed and re-corrected? Arrrrr. *downloads file, opens CoolEdit and/or Traktor*