http://www.brain-stream.com/ BrainStream is the Internet-home for B.K. DeLong, a self-titled, left-liberal, environmentally-conscious Pagan, as well as a music-loving motion-picture enthusiast, and a hacker-wannabe, Web-geek author. en-us 2008-06-13T14:26:50-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/002006.html Woah. Two BrainStreams in one week. A new record for the last year or two. (And, yes, I REALLY like to be overly-bombastic in my grammatically-crippled word-creation when I do these things. It's my little "cherry on top".) I do... bkdelong 2008-06-13T14:26:50-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/002005.html I so should be going to bed instead of writing this but I've been trying to get this out of my head since at least Monday and having no success whatsoever. Techno-futuristic transhumanist daydreaming... bkdelong 2008-06-11T20:55:13-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/002004.html Last minute, per usual. I'll be in New York starting Monday afternoon, 5/19 for our New York Metro InfoSec Forum. I'm taking the noon Acela and should arrive around 4pm. I'm staying in Midtown at The Roosevelt Hotel. Anyone want... bkdelong 2008-05-17T18:14:52-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/002003.html A quick post, I thought, since I'm tired of overthinking my blogging. A great weekend thus far started by jetting right back into Boston to hang out with my friend Julia, munch on burritos, watch a little Countdown and backseat... bkdelong 2008-05-10T22:09:28-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/002002.html Through circumstances that I will explain later, I am home alone this weekend. I have to clean the house, do some grocery shopping, and get a little work stuff done but I'd love to hang out with friends tonight. Anyone... bkdelong 2008-04-12T08:52:04-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/002001.html I am presently typing this with my mind. I have gone to bed early, my eyes are shut and I am using the movement of my pupils behind eyelids to move the cursor of the GUI being projected into my... bkdelong 2008-03-20T19:19:28-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/002000.html Yay! This is SO about time. Now I can finish setting up my trust-relationship groups. "The new privacy controls, which will launch on Wednesday morning, allow users to do more with Friend Lists. Users can now set specific privacy controls... bkdelong 2008-03-18T15:45:30-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/001998.html OK so mea culpa. I didn't tell any of you I was coming down but it's for work and I'll most likely be "inside" and heading home. ;) Although it occurs to me that even despite the Oscars going on... bkdelong 2008-02-24T20:46:25-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/001997.html It's about time for my annual bitch about the lack of robust, truly protected trust relationships on social networks. Google's announcement and release of the Open Social API has gotten me to thinking about this again and, truth be told,... bkdelong 2008-02-03T12:53:08-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/001996.html I want to get better at managing my Custom Friends Groups. Does anyone know if there's an app or a better GUI for creating groups? I'd love to be able to alias LJ nicks to actual names or how I... bkdelong 2008-02-02T09:29:33-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/001995.html I know, the title is totally cliche but horribly, disappointingly true. According to this doc from Cryptome, the same network that the inflight entertainment kiosks run on the new Boeing 787-8s also host the Flight-safety-related control and navigation and required... bkdelong 2008-01-03T20:21:21-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/001994.html So. Voyage of the Damned in a little more than a week. What are American fan strategies to watch it in a timely manner? I noticed BBC America said they had no plans to air it anytime soon but didn't... bkdelong 2007-12-17T12:15:54-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/001993.html I....I am just agog at the complete lack of planning by the state and cities of Peabody and Salem regarding this storm. Maybe there's something I don't get about snow removal but there was very little sanding and salting done... bkdelong 2007-12-13T19:51:58-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/001992.html OK, well it's not quite his first but it's going to be the first one where he has a good inkling of what's going on. If you read my previous post, you'll note that we spent it at an SCA... bkdelong 2007-12-02T22:04:16-05:00 http://www.brain-stream.com/blog/archives/001991.html I'm sitting here in the dim of the house listening to Bing Crosby, the dog snoring while snow lazily flurries about outside finally feeling that winter is well on its way and the holidays right behind. Early last week I... bkdelong 2007-12-02T21:15:48-05:00