Monkey And A Pen

Monkey And A Pen
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Ashley placed this on my desk without comment this evening. Clearly I will need to have a real monkey delivered to her office tomorrow.

Polo On A Sunday Afternoon

Polo On A Sunday Afternoon
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Overlooking the field at the Houston Polo Club during a Tulane Alumni event.

Puggles & JW

Puggles & JW
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Checking out the view from his new bedroom window at the Casa De Western 4.0.

21st Century Auburn Football

21st Century Auburn Football
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

Watching the game live, wirelessly on a MacBook. I think the 9 year old me would have laughed dismissively at the prospect of this in 1991.

Food Acquisition Strategies

Food Acquisition Strategies
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

It didn't take him long to deduce that putting his chin on my arm greatly upped the awww factor + his odds of getting Tostitos.

New Office Fan

New Office Fan
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Installed last weekend and the first piece of "furniture" to make it into the office of our new house.

Scrolling Through Google Reader

Scrolling Through Google Reader
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

Still my most used "app" on the iPhone.

Night Vision Puggle

Night Vision Puggle
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

He's lurking in the dark!

Mr. Blurrycam Spy Shot Of My System Tray

Mr. Blurrycam Spy Shot Of My System Tray
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

Can you identify all the icons?

Empty Bookshelf

Empty Bookshelf
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

My collection of books is making its gradual migration from the Casa De Western 3.0 to the Casa De Western 4.0.

Twitter Week In Review 2009-09-12 To 2009-09-19

Spent AM on school work; PM was all about college football; bought the Auburn game on PPV...truly awesome; our new OC is the bee's knees.

10:51 PM Sep 12th from Tweetie

Posted this week's JW / Electronica Classic: Grayarea Live at Transit Chicago 2002; proper progressive breaks. http://bit.ly/7MCAT

12:58 PM Sep 13th from TweetDeck

@csukach Buy a new HD; if data on corrupt HD isn't backed up elsewhere, try copying it over to another HD; partitioning HD won't solve prob.

5:00 PM Sep 13th from Tweetie in reply to csukach

Sun spent on school work, house work, work work, & e-mail catch up w/a little Texans/Saints football & a haircut thrown in for good measure.

7:45 PM Sep 13th from Tweetie

@zomgitsjeff Gotta stick with the Saints! Of course that is much to the chagrin of my Houston friends. ;-)

9:24 PM Sep 13th from Tweetie in reply to zomgitsjeff

Wacky Mon @ work consumed w/meetings; did our final walk through on our new house in PM; we close tomorrow @ lunch hour...exciting times!

9:19 PM Sep 14th from Tweetie

Closed on our first house today (yay tax credit!); spent PM shopping for light fixtures, then had a pizza picnic on the floor to celebrate.

9:59 PM Sep 15th from Tweetie

Quick library run midday, then more light fixture/paint buying; spent a few hrs @ new house w/Ash doing prep work for the weekend projects.

10:24 PM Sep 16th from Tweetie

RT @djpoptart: RT @TheBingoShow: New Orleans to attempt Guinness World Record for 'Largest Gathering of Zombies' at #voodoo 09

10:17 PM Sep 17th from Tweetie

Busy Thur @ the office; home in PM for a conf call w/classmates then school video + reading; in-laws into town tomorrow for weekend projects

10:22 PM Sep 17th from Tweetie

Went over to the new house in PM to help Ash & her parents do upgrades like fixture switches, painting, & learning the systems...I'm stoked.

12:21 AM Sep 19th from Tweetie

JW / Electronica Classics 029: Lucien Foort's 2001 Essential Mix

This week's mix is a bit of a sleeper favorite in my collection. Originally aired during the spring of 2001, it's a great selection of house & progressive house tunes from that era. Mr. Foort's offering struck a chord with me, so this particular recording found itself in regular rotation on my WimAmp player in late 2001 and early 2002. Hope you enjoy it, too.

Lucien Foort - Essential Mix 2001-03-04

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Kerri Chandler - "Digital Love Affair"

Alric - "Une Fois"

Nectar - "As She Peeled An Orange"

David Jamas aka Mr DJ - "(Always) A Permanant State (Original Mix)"

Tatoine presents Jamez - "Music (16B Remix)"

A Small Phat One - "Respect the Cock (Dub Mix)"

Mark Lowndes - "Indya"

Cirque vol. 1 - "Cirque Music (Part 1)"

Headspace - "Schizophrenic"

Blackwatch - "Skin Deep (Original Mix)"

Satoshi Tomiie feat. Kelly Ali - ''Love In Traffic (Satoshi Tomiie Dark Path Remix)"

R.B.A. - "No Other Alternative (Lemon & Lime Sanctuary Mix)"

Bladey - "The Nelson Effect (Fearless Young Orphans Remix)"

Mundo - "My Life (Original Mix)"

Piece Process - "Deepside (Chab Remix)"

Rouge - "Jingalay (Praha Remix)"

JBN - "All I Want (Marc O'Tool Remix Edit)"

Incisions - "Amorak (Original Mix)"

Medway - "Release (Andy Moor Remix)"

Medicine - "Junior Asprin"

Kybosh - "Playing With My Mind (Sleepfreaks Mix)"

Luigi - "Jet Black (Original Mix)"

Riva - "Stinger"

Innate - "Changes (Killahurtz Kilo Remix)"

Alice Deejay - "Celebrate Our Love (Pronti & Kalmani Remix)"

Auburn Thumb Drive

Auburn Thumb Drive
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

This 2GB gadget came in the mail today as a way to store some of my class archives.

Wednesday's Mail

Wednesday's Mail
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

I get strange looks from the neighbors when I walk back from the mailbox with a stack of boxes & envelopes taller than my torso.

Closing Day Picnic

Closing Day Picnic
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

Ash & I brought my laptop & a pizza over to our new house to celebrate our first evening as homeowners.

Insanely Large Mushroom

Insanely Large Mushroom
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

Note my size 10 shoe in the photo for scale.

Twitter Week In Review 2009-09-05 To 2009-09-12

Haha! RT @dsilverman: If Obama can successfully indoctrinate kids in a 20 minute speech, he is wasting his time with this President bullshit

3:19 PM Sep 5th from Tweetie

The Favorites feature in the DVR Remote app is killer for fast channel switching during football season http://twitpic.com/gmyna

6:21 PM Sep 5th from Tweetie

Fun Sat around the Western house; lots of football, w/the Auburn & LSU games on TV (War Eagle!), & caught up on some reading & class work.

11:14 PM Sep 5th from Tweetie

W/Blackboard updates like these, I feel a tad safer being a distance learning student: http://twitpic.com/gpuir Good luck on campus!

10:14 AM Sep 6th from Tweetie

Posted this week's JW/Electronica Classic: Paul Oakenfold Live in Shanghai 99; the pinnacle of Oakie's E-Mix World Tour http://bit.ly/mlWeL

6:44 PM Sep 6th from TweetDeck

Spent most of day researching/compiling info for my semester mktg proj; had a conf call with my 3 other teammates in PM; now FSU game on TV.

8:03 PM Sep 7th from Tweetie

Picked up AppBox Pro since it was on sale for $0.99 today; nice collection of mini-apps/web apps, especially for the price!

8:10 PM Sep 7th from Tweetie

Loaded up all 12 Oakenfold Essential Mix World Tour mixes from '99 on the iPod this week; partial to Shanghai, but giving all 23 hrs a shot!

10:47 AM Sep 8th from Tweetie

Virtual Mon not as hectic as feared; spent most of PM editing a group proj for school; looking fwd to iPod event Wed; 64GB Touch/OS 3.1 me!

10:25 PM Sep 8th from Tweetie

Houston speed! RT @ATTNews: AT&T announces HSPA 7.2 rollout plans – faster 3G technology coming to six cities this year: http://bit.ly/cugOG

8:11 AM Sep 9th from Tweetie

RT @shayman: Rearranging app icons. All the blue ones on one screen. No! Make the icons spell a word! Wait! This afternoon is a writeoff.

5:21 PM Sep 9th from Tweetie

Man, the iPhone OS 3.1 "Backing Up" phase took an hour & 45 minutes on my device; up & running now, though.

8:16 PM Sep 9th from Tweetie

@dudesy916 Only Twitter-related "feature" was the launch of of the TweetDeck directory in conjunction w/this version: http://bit.ly/2MW8c5

8:19 PM Sep 9th from Tweetie in reply to dudesy916

The iPhone OS 3.1 software seems to have done wonders for app launching/closing; no more abrupt screen drawing...very elegant transitions.

10:06 PM Sep 9th from Tweetie

Busy day @ work, w/an hour break midday for the iPod event live blogs; PM spent on class video/work, then iTunes 9 / iPhone OS 3.1 testing.

10:08 PM Sep 9th from Tweetie

Nice, here's the day by day breakdown: RT @voodooexp2009: view the #voodoo daily line-up http://thevoodooexperience.com/2009/lineup.php

1:22 PM Sep 10th from Tweetie

Getting ready to head downtown for the Astros vs Braves game.

3:12 PM Sep 10th from TweetDeck

Into work early today for a conf call w/India; went downtown w/Ash in PM for great seats @ the Astros vs Braves game; good times. :-)

9:54 PM Sep 10th from Tweetie

I'd forgotten just how awesome this song is: Breeder - "Sputnik (New York FM Mix)" http://bit.ly/vHgyh Definitely 1 of my fav prog tracks.

4:20 PM Sep 11th from Tweetie

@zomgitsjeff Well played! Yep, I've got 3 mins left in the Liverpool mix, and then on to the last of his 12 E-mixes from that year.

4:43 PM Sep 11th from Tweetie in reply to zomgitsjeff

My account of Hurricane Ike in The Woodlands 1 year later, as seen through the lens of Twitter: http://bit.ly/2TE0sb #hounews - ish

8:59 AM Sep 12th from TweetDeck

Installing Snow Leopard on Ash's MacBook while I edit a paper proposal for school.

11:18 AM Sep 12th from Tweetie

JW / Electronica Classics 028: Grayarea Live at Transit Chicago 2002

This week's selection is from one of my favorite live performance electronica acts. I had the opportunity to see this trio perform three times between 2003 & 2004 in Baton Rouge & New Orleans. Truly high energy shows on each occasion.

My first exposure to this group's music was on John Digweed's Kiss 100 show back in November of 2002. That broadcast was a recording of a show they performed two months earlier at Transit in Chicago on September 5, 2002. As you can see from the tracklisting below, the show consisted primarily of their own production work, with a couple of remixes thrown in for good measure.

It's been a few years since I've heard anything from these guys, but apparently they are still doing production & remix work. Their website links to profiles on a few social networks and it seems they've shed one of their original members and are now a duo. Enjoy this mix from their early years.

Grayarea - Live at Transit Chicago 2002-09-05

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01 - Grayarea - Yewminyst

02 - Scanners - Femme Fatale (Grayarea's Damaged Goods Mix)

03 - Grayarea - One For The Road (Designated Mix)

04 - Grayarea - One For The Piano

05 - Grayarea - Blueletter

06 - Grayarea - Gray (Part One)

07 - Grayarea - Sector Seven G

08 - Grayarea - Gray (Part Two)

09 - Grayarea - Energy Vampires

10 - Bjork - It's In Our Hands (Grayarea's Lawsuit Mix)

iPhone Apps Page 2 September 2009

iPhone Apps Page 2 September 2009
Originally uploaded by Juston Western

A major shakeup of my page 2 choices after toying around with the new app organization features in iTunes 9.

Friday Night Martini

Friday Night Martini
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Out for drinks with coworkers at the Black Walnut Cafe.