urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigeeA day in the lifeM GinM Gin2010-01-01T01:40:45Zurn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:482271Updates from my vacation2010-01-01T01:40:45Z2010-01-01T01:40:45Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/31/updates-from-my-vacation/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/31/updates-from-my-vacation/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>I’ve had as my co-workers call it a “staycation” where I take time off but stay in town. Hanne and I do everything we can to NOT travel between Thanksgiving and New Year’s and I think we managed it this year. But I did have time-off that I needed to burn up this year or lose, and I took another day or two extra to round out the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/31/updates-from-my-vacation/#more-711">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:481875That said… (Windows 7 trials and tribulations)2009-12-28T00:13:48Z2009-12-28T00:16:11Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/27/that-said-windows-7-trials-and-tribulations/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/27/that-said-windows-7-trials-and-tribulations/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>Narrative of a little trouble I just had with Windows 7’s clinginess with certain files and file types.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/27/that-said-windows-7-trials-and-tribulations/#more-707">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:481622Windows 7 – Generally pretty impressive2009-12-27T22:23:52Z2009-12-27T22:23:52Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/27/windows-7-generally-pretty-impressive/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/27/windows-7-generally-pretty-impressive/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>I thought I should deliver thoughts on installing Windows 7 Enterprise on my older Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/27/windows-7-generally-pretty-impressive/#more-705">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:481351A very wonderful GeekMas2009-12-26T18:57:35Z2009-12-26T18:57:35Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/26/a-very-wonderful-geekmas/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/26/a-very-wonderful-geekmas/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>Egrets Moose roundup!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/26/a-very-wonderful-geekmas/#more-703">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:481254More activism – gender and feminist politics2009-12-22T13:25:39Z2009-12-22T13:25:39Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/22/more-activism-gender-and-feminist-politics/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/22/more-activism-gender-and-feminist-politics/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>Just a short pointer to a discussion of trans politics with respect to some feminist scholars who in my mind aren’t doing a lot of good for our trans siblings.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/22/more-activism-gender-and-feminist-politics/#more-700">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:480816Writing about Race and Racism2009-12-21T14:59:46Z2009-12-21T14:59:46Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/21/writing-about-race-and-racism/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/21/writing-about-race-and-racism/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>I wanted to note here a couple of things about my own relationship to writing about race-oriented power disparities as well as share a portion of a comment I made in a locked LiveJournal community about race and racism.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/21/writing-about-race-and-racism/#more-697">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:480761Outsider music – kazoos and balloon basses2009-12-15T13:19:19Z2009-12-15T13:32:09Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/15/outsider-music-kazoos-and-balloon-basses/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/15/outsider-music-kazoos-and-balloon-basses/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>This is sort of inspired by REAL LIFE WORK EXPERIENCE just this morning as well as a MetaFilter <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/87489/Hey-my-name-is-Andy-and-I-play-this-box#">post</a> about a balloon bass (though the post seems to emphasize the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajón">Cajón</a>-like box more).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/12/15/outsider-music-kazoos-and-balloon-basses/#more-693">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:480339Rape Culture and Schrödinger’s Rapist – an ongoing and profitable discussion2009-11-10T14:36:45Z2009-11-10T14:36:45Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/11/10/rape-culture-and-schrodingers-rapist-an-ongoing-and-profitable-discussion/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/11/10/rape-culture-and-schrodingers-rapist-an-ongoing-and-profitable-discussion/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>I wanted to point you to a very profitable discussion going on on Metafilter right now.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/11/10/rape-culture-and-schrodingers-rapist-an-ongoing-and-profitable-discussion/#more-690">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:480215Borderlands (XBox 360)2009-11-09T20:57:47Z2009-11-09T20:57:47Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/11/09/borderlands-xbox-360/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/11/09/borderlands-xbox-360/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>I bought <a href="http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/">Borderlands</a> on Wednesday after much soul-searching (I didn’t finish Fallout 3, which is in a similar market segment, probably because it was too creepy). Fallout 3 is Role Playing Game that is also a First Person Shooter. In contrast, Borderlands is a First Person Shooter that is also a Role Playing Game.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/11/09/borderlands-xbox-360/#more-688">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:479782Genius, Creativity and Getting Started2009-10-13T12:49:42Z2009-10-13T12:49:42Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/10/13/genius-creativity-and-getting-started/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/10/13/genius-creativity-and-getting-started/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>This is a post composed of old news and links that are new to me, but from earlier in 2009. I encountered it today by way of a <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/85772/Is-she-a-bookworm-a-political-girl-or-a-nerd">train crash type of Metafilter post</a> about the new iPhone app from Pepsi that helps you “score” with women.</p>
<p>But the discussion that’s completely tangential in that thread about genius, creativity and getting started is one that I thought might help some folks close to me, and folks not so close.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/10/13/genius-creativity-and-getting-started/#more-686">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:479625Vietnamese Water Dumplings – Modified Wrapper Recipe2009-10-07T01:57:37Z2009-10-07T01:57:37Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/10/06/vietnamese-water-dumplings-modified-wrapper-recipe/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/10/06/vietnamese-water-dumplings-modified-wrapper-recipe/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>The adventure was successful.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/10/06/vietnamese-water-dumplings-modified-wrapper-recipe/#more-669">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:479374Aetheric Communications2009-10-06T12:11:00Z2009-10-06T12:11:00Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/10/06/aetheric-communications/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/10/06/aetheric-communications/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>First post from my iPod Touch.</p>
<p>I’m quite enjoying integrating this thing with my various bits of e-life.</p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:479198Chinese Food I had Never Heard Of – Dragon Beard Candy2009-09-30T14:04:48Z2009-09-30T14:04:48Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/30/chinese-food-i-had-never-heard-of-dragon-beard-candy/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/30/chinese-food-i-had-never-heard-of-dragon-beard-candy/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>So I am, as you know, half-Chinese (, Bob). I am something of a foodie, and so it took me by surprise that I had never heard of this kind of candy. Bear brought me some on a visit last week.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/30/chinese-food-i-had-never-heard-of-dragon-beard-candy/#more-665">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:478728XBoxen2009-09-30T13:38:15Z2009-09-30T13:38:15Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/30/xboxen/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/30/xboxen/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>The old XBox is repaired and in its new home, I got a lovely note from the new recipients (thank you) and is apparently doing well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/30/xboxen/#more-663">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:478614More Gravlax2009-09-20T21:06:05Z2009-09-30T13:25:57Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/20/more-gravlax/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/20/more-gravlax/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>This time we’re starting with 1.89 lbs of Atlantic Farm-raised Salmon.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/20/more-gravlax/#more-656">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:478314Letter to Harmonix about their games (i.e. Rock Band, etc.)2009-09-10T13:16:42Z2009-09-10T13:16:42Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/10/letter-to-harmonix-about-their-games-i-e-rock-band-etc/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/10/letter-to-harmonix-about-their-games-i-e-rock-band-etc/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>Just posted this e-mail to Harmonix for feedback.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/09/10/letter-to-harmonix-about-their-games-i-e-rock-band-etc/#more-654">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:478201More XBox 360 details2009-08-31T13:09:03Z2009-08-31T13:09:03Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/08/31/more-xbox-360-details/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/08/31/more-xbox-360-details/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>Details below the cut.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/08/31/more-xbox-360-details/#more-651">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:477709And speaking of dead… my XBox 360 Halo edition: Toast2009-08-30T15:23:28Z2009-08-30T15:23:28Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/08/30/and-speaking-of-dead-my-xbox-360-halo-edition-toast/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/08/30/and-speaking-of-dead-my-xbox-360-halo-edition-toast/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>Yes kids, it’s the Red Ring of Death.</p>
<p>More details follow.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/08/30/and-speaking-of-dead-my-xbox-360-halo-edition-toast/#more-649">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:477510Aten’t Dead2009-08-24T13:40:16Z2009-08-24T13:40:16Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/08/24/atent-dead/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/08/24/atent-dead/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>I thought I should just drop a note and say I’m not dead. I am in fact 41 (so far for 10 days). Which is not dead, though some young whippersnappers (yes, I feel entitled to use that phrase now) seem to think so. I got news for ya, sunny Jim! ::shaking fist::</p>
<p>Yes, as the days wax on, I get more and more uppity as well as old (Thank you, A, E, M-K et al.).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/08/24/atent-dead/#more-647">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:477317International Blog Against Racisim Week 20092009-07-27T16:20:41Z2009-07-27T16:20:41Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/07/27/international-blog-against-racisim-week-2009/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/07/27/international-blog-against-racisim-week-2009/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>As may or may not be explicitly clear to anyone who reads this blog, I took a voluntary leave of absence from writing about power disparity issues (primarily racism) on this blog in the Spring of 2009, and that will remain until at least the Fall of 2009, if not later.</p>
<p>To support my pledge to take and keep that leave of absence, I also created a new blog/web space called <a href="http://www.masterofthehiddencottage.org/">Master of the Hidden Cottage</a>, where I am ostensibly more formal writing articles (and indeed have the seeds of some forming now) that will attempt to meld what I’m learning from Taoism with every day life topics including racism. I’ll try to do that sort of writing there from now on.</p>
<p>Anyhow, I wanted to note that even though I won’t be contributing to the week of blogging, I heartily encourage anyone else who reads this post to do so. It can be fun and educational and interesting to focus on a theme while blogging, and this is certainly a worthy theme.</p>
<p>You can find more information on how to participate in the <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/ibarw">ibarw LiveJournal community</a>.</p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:476966A Trip down Memory Sewer2009-07-20T13:51:12Z2009-07-20T13:58:21Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/07/20/a-trip-down-memory-sewer/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/07/20/a-trip-down-memory-sewer/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>Just <a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/17980/What-online-fora-molded-you#665652">catalogued my dealings with computers</a> from as far back as I could reasonably remember (from the point of view of participating in computer-moderated/computer-hosted communities) on MetaFilter.</p>
<p>An interesting trip down memory sewer. Even came up with an old phone number I’d had but forgotten.</p>
<p>Update: Of course I forgot Livejournal.</p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:476900last.fm2009-06-18T13:29:15Z2009-06-18T13:29:15Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/06/18/last-fm/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/06/18/last-fm/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>I created a <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/tsao_mao">profile</a> and populated my library with artists from our CD/MP3 collection.</p>
<p>Been tinkering around with the site and listening to music as I have time at my desk since yesterday. It’s interesting and entertaining, and I sometimes like music to play in the background as I work.</p>
<p>I also added a link to my last.fm profile on my <a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/malcolm.gin">Google Profile</a>.</p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:476628Family History2009-06-14T14:53:10Z2009-06-14T14:53:10Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/06/14/family-history/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/06/14/family-history/#comments">comments</a> there.</strong></p><p>Found <a href="http://chinese-heritage.tripod.com/Gin%20Clan%20Diaspora.pps">this interesting presentation</a> (PowerPoint) on Google about my Chinese/Taishanese family history. Apparently we’re descended from royal potters (which would explain why the name is actually a combination of three radicals: west, earth and tile).</p>
<p>Here’s a copy embedded from Google Docs:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/06/14/family-history/#more-635">Read the rest of this entry »</a></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:476043Hola from DreamWidth2009-05-01T20:21:44Z2009-05-01T20:21:44ZI am now "perigee" on DreamWidth too.<br /><br />Likely as not, I will continue posting primarily on my own Blog and crossposting here or on LJ.<br /><br />But feel free to come and add me or whatever.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: smaller;">This entry was originally posted at <a href="http://perigee.dreamwidth.org/631.html">http://perigee.dreamwidth.org/631.html</a>. Please comment there using OpenID.</span>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:perigee:475722It’s the 1st of May!2009-05-01T11:35:43Z2009-05-01T11:35:43Z<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><b>Originally published at <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/05/01/its-the-1st-of-may/">perigee's WordPress Blog</a>. Please leave any <a href="http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2009/05/01/its-the-1st-of-may/#comments">comments</a> there.</b></p><p>This post is entirely unsafe for work, or for innocent eyes. But since I am off of work today, this being the every other Friday I get off for working 9 hours (usually 10 or 11) a day, I don’t feel so badly about posting it during working hours.</p>
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