the penis head chronicles

why, because I love you...

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:06:55 GMT

Why do I continue to look in your direction?

Why do I continue to call on you, night after night?
Why does your touch, your voice, your vibration, feel so right?

~~If I knew I would bottle it up, and sell it on the streets~~
~~If I could describe it I would sell it over beats~~

Its more than a fix I seek, I want to stay broken
Its more than a mix I need, I want to remain open

Though a full dose could kill me
A little bit can't fill me, feel me ?

My plant

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:43:27 GMT

I have had a few plants overtime, and the odd thing is that when I take them home, they die… well its not that odd.

My latest plant has stayed at my office. It is almost 2 years old and overdue for a transplant.

Its called lucky bamboo…but

(from wikipedia) The plant marketed as "lucky bamboo" is actually an entirely unrelated plant, Dracaena sanderiana. It is a resilient member of the lily family that grows in the dark, tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia and Africa. Lucky Bamboo has long been associated with the Eastern practice of Feng Shui. Japanese knotweed is also sometimes mistaken for a bamboo.

Back in the swing

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:12:45 GMT

Even though I do blog over at josephdbferguson.com I thought it would be useful to actually update something somewhere. So I will use this time to give an update on what the hell I have been up to.

Played golf this weekend to get back in the “swing” of things, that was corny. I bought some new tobacco for the huka, mint flavored. I finally upgraded my music hard drive to a 1tb drive…. nice. On that note I am looking for some new music to add to my collection, I have run out of options, I am now begging. And since I am begging, howabout a pretty girl with a nice attitude?

Testing

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:10:20 GMT

trying to get windows live writer to work with my other site, http://josephdbferguson.com

we will see how that goes

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:37:26 GMT

While you were out

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:17:54 GMT

What the iPhone doesn't do that my 6700 does

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:30:17 GMT

List of things I can do now with my 6700, and not with an iPhone

EVDO network speeds, this means I surf the web, FAST
Tethering- Allows me to use my phone as a usb/bluetooth modem with no additional fee per kilobyte
Picture/Video mail send/receive (MMS)
Sync with my exchange server to get Calendar, Contacts, and Email
Push mail, when it comes, I get it, no checking it every 5 minutes!
Allow me to write/run 3rd party applications
Actual Keyboard with keys I can feel !
Office Mobile- Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook
Record Video with built-in camera
Exchangeable/ Replaceable memory, up to 4GB at a time

What the iPhone does do

Makes your friends jealous
And if that is not enough of a reason not to make the switch; take a look at the next model.

Would the world end if I cut my hair

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:48:30 GMT

Most probably think yes.

I recently shaved all my facial hair, and I think I look like a dork, so I guess my looks finally fit my character! But what if I cut all of my hair off!?

But I disagree. In fact so often now I have my hair off my face, that I forget it is there. Sounds silly. But whats more is that I could really cut it and not lose any sleep over the situation.

There are reasons to keep it and reasons to get rid of the locks,

Pros:
Get rid of the dead old life that I led
Free myself from this identity slump
Move into a few more hat styles (big plus)
No more eating and having to worry about chewing your own hair (it gets in the way)

Cons:
No one wants to clean up all that hair
Not even sure my mother would recognize me
If I miss it, it will take some time to get it back !

Defending hip-hop

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:01:20 GMT

I plead the 5th, in the fear that I will further incriminate hip hop

I feel some responsibility for what has been said and how African Americans are depicted, I make this music. My purchases fuel this music. As a DJ I play this music.

I cannot defend hip-hop or rap music, but if I was asked to here is what I would have to say.

It is hard to parry the attacks on hip-hop / rap / urban music in the attention deficient society we exist in today. I think that as the music industry faces an attack on one of the most lucrative facets, there is much more that seems to be ignored in the debate. Without a representative that neither has a fistful of dollars nor album out in stores now, I feel a responsibility to illuminate some of the seemingly ignored angles.

The Sopranos Complex

I love movies that have action and violence. In fact, in terms of my cinema, I would prefer some blood, some sex, and some foul language. What does this say about me, not certain, but what I do know is that I am able to make those decisions and spend my money accordingly. I know there are plenty of good films out there that are about feel good stories and happy moments, but those films usually do not end up on my must see list. I think that music is similar in many aspects.

Frequently when urban music is brought up and blamed for adding to the corruption of African Americans I think of how other media entities affect other groups. One of the most obvious examples is the HBO Original Series, The Sopranos, a show which in recent times has been under scrutiny by the National Italian-American Foundation for the negative depiction of Italians and Italian-Americans. The IAF has even gone as far as disputing the filming permits for the shows series finale. I believe that there is a similar movement that has existed for years in the African-American community. But here we will stop and move to another topic.

The African American Community

My neighborhood is not predominately made up of African Americans, does this mean I am not part of the African-American community? Some races/ethnicities have representatives and groups to act as unions to improve or protect the rights of many members of the same race/ethnicity; does this make the groups they protect a community? I do not have the answers, but I will go further with the assumption that there is a community; what are the requirements if such a body?

Am I still a member of a community if I do not subscribe to the beliefs of the majority?

Does the community have or even require leadership or a spokesman to continue the pursuit of protection and improvement?

If such leadership is required, who decides, who votes, who leads, who speaks?

I will leave the above questions with the reader and continue further into the problems with properly defending or attacking hip hop / rap / urban music.

Smoking Chicken, Flaming Egg

What came first our inability to tolerate what is different, or our desire to increase tolerance? I imagine that they arrived at the same time, but from opposing teams.

The American culture has altered tremendously over the past two hundred or so years, what was taboo years ago could in some cases be considered normal. The allowance of sexuality, language, and violence has seemed to increasingly outweigh what is still considered too much. In the future, will it be ok for nudity to be displayed over public signals, will the blacklist of words and topics shrink? If so, who decides how this list changes; in America, it is the dollar.

Is the problem with the African American community isolated with the problem with American culture? Certainly urban music is not to blame for the shift in values in America. So is the African American community suffering because of a symptom of a larger problem? I think so.

I believe that we live in a society that is hypocritical. We teach and praise tolerance of opinions and ideas, but we also seem to be intolerable to ignorance and bigotry. I know that not everyone that walks the earth is expected to tolerate everything, but where do we draw the line? Once this line is drawn how do we react to transgressions?

Forgive my trespasses as I forgive those who trespass against me

If this was at all followed would we ever have to apologize?

If we were as tolerable as we teach and preach, would we consider either side of an argument to be trespassing?

As the conversation quickly seems to approach faith, I will again switch topics and leave those questions lingering.

Music as a method of speech

Before attacking it for its impact on the community let us first just remember that there is nothing illegal about the music. Many would argue that music is a method of speech that is protected by the first amendment of the constitution of this country.

Urban Music = Art?

Though it is a matter of opinion, it is very difficult for some of us to consider urban music art. At the same time, others do not consider throwing ink onto paper art. But if we do loosen our tolerance for what we consider art, wouldn’t that also force us to tolerate a wider variety of mediums? If music in general is considered artistic expression, is polka music not a form of such art?

I do not particularly think that all music seems artistic, in fact most of the urban music that has become so controversial falls into this category. What I do not agree with is the categorization that this music, which I among others consider non-artistic, should mean that it is scrutinized differently. The idea that someone or some group can decide what is and is not artistic, is not scientific. The sliding scale would just move from one genre to the next, until all that is left is, well polka.

While on the topic of categorization, let us face the loose labels that we are discussing.

Urban

Rap

Hip-Hop

Alternative Hip-Hop

Gangsta Rap

Breakbeat

Hip-pop

Pop-rap

Etcetera

We can place labels on the problem, but there is so much music that is not necessarily controversial. Let us not forget that there is music from the above genres that could be considered useful or empowering to the African American community. Why is this music not what we see on television? Why is this music rarely as visible?

Is popping the difference?

Some would say. The band/group The Black Eyed Peas, made a dramatic transition between albums. The audience changed, the number of radio rotated singles per album changed, and of course the amount of money they made changed. As the audience increased, the album sales and money followed. Followers of pop music may see this as a positive move, while others, and in some cases former fans, consider this move a sad trend. Many acts make the move from underground success to pop trend; from conscious superstars to TRL regulars. With the transition from the darkness into the light, a lot of times what artists have to lose is what made them popular in the first place, an opinion. In most cases that opinion never matched with the swift spiraling of our popular culture, but in order to sell art becomes a replica, no longer an original.

So Now What

Without going too much further we have to ask the question what do we do?

Is it possible that the chase for money leaves a bitter taste in our mouths as the rest of the world sees the African American community as it is seen on music videos and heard on the radio?

Does this same lack of respect and positive examples follow African Americans on all media facets, film, television, and radio?

What do we do?

Dreadlock information on the web

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:22:18 GMT

I am looking to gather a ton of websites that have information on dreads and maintaining locks.

I have started a google search that puts emphasis on dreadlock related results.

The search page is hosted by google DreadlockSeach

If you have any dreadlock related links, send them my way. I would like the search engine to be as useful as possible.

I am trying to get the search page to crawl the text in the memories page so that it is easier to find entries there.

Thanks a ton.

And here is a photo from a few months ago.

Although its not completed

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:27:13 GMT

http://www.josephdbferguson.com

ok so whats next

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:54:58 GMT

I have taken a bit of a break from the blog, reason being. I am preparing the new site, and completing some interesting launch articles for the new location, new home of Joseph D. B. Ferguson

The Ultimate... for 400 bucks?

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:08:12 GMT

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126963-c,vistalonghorn/article.html

I guess it was a mistake and it was too early, but I think the war has begun.
Vista is supposed to be available on the 30th of January, which is sometime after macworld is supposed to happen. Add to that, the Mac OS 10.5 will launch sometime in the spring. Add to that, a new Apple exec has been hired, from a familiar place, Google. Your enemy's enemy is your friend!?

Google and Apple story
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/283033_applegoogle30.html

As if the web wasnt pretentious enough

http://www.google.com/mac.html

the arch

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:37:37 GMT

the fading footsteps have turned into silence
I cant compute the science
even though I smile, its still a wince
and no longer can I stand the silence.

those fading sounds are still loud
louder than absence of a crowd
not a word, not a word from your mouth
can lift this shroud

softer steps sound the best
its fading, its not a test
its real, finally, I feel
I hate the silence, still

that is poor taste, ouch

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:46:47 GMT

http://www.gawker.com/news/forbes/gawker-cliffsnotes-dont-marry-career-women-196165.php
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/22/dont_marry_career_me.html

"Don't Marry Career Women"

Forbes is crazy. They took it down, put it back up, and added a counterpoint.

is that a PSP?

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:28:14 GMT

There is no comment that can go with these images.
But, I guess there is an attempt to attract female gamers.Is this the way to get it to work, it makes me want to throw up.

I thought it was a bad idea myself

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:53:24 GMT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/28/AR2006082800033.html

It seemed like, they could have altered it, but we cannot go back in time.

yeah 100 million will keep me quiet

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:46:36 GMT

Its more than 100 million dollars, its competition, and Apple needs that.... control over competition
In addition to the money, Creative will now be able to sell "made for iPod" items, allowing them to finally sell accessories for a popular mp3 player.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=112431http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060824/tc_nm/apple_creative_dc

Its like microsoft dumping money into Apple years ago, if you can influence your competition, you can still compete.

Without competition, Apple would face more problems with the monopoly people, not the Parker Bros.

Bob Moog

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:25:37 GMT

This man was responsible for the synthesizer. The synthesizer can be described as the single most important invention in digital music, some would argue. But think about what this world would be like without all the silly horn and guitar sounds from the 80s, or the syntesized voices that lead us to believe that pop stars can sing, or better yet, Lil' Jon's horns!

Robert Moog's legacy will live on. The bob moog fund for electronic music is looking for music for the podcast they have.

http://www.moogfoundation.org/
http://www.moogmusic.com/news.php?cat_id=130

Who knew that math could produce such great sounding instruments.

for more information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer

oh coKoFloWer!

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:48:53 GMT

Happy Birthday to the best sister in the world!

http://cokof lower.com/

Ashley Dianne Ferguson, who is in the NYC, its like shes my big sister.

So I am a failure if I say there were nine.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:43:16 GMT

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/08/24/pluto.ap/index.html
Pluto has been demoted, and I dont think I mind, I would always forget it anyways, and I sorta remember hearing that it would switch places from 8th to 9th like every x number of years. It was all too confusing anyways.

They show us pictures and think we cant see the strings hanging from the black curtains they made.

In other fake space related news...

Uh why cant NASA keep track of video. Hell if they really cant find it, they could just go make it again, studio time is a little more expensive, but they could really improve on the quality of the "moon" they land on in the famous video.

Yeah, cause all we need is proof.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:35:14 GMT

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/lifestyle/story.html?id=d2f12b74-f2ce-4bdb-8a9e-0fa299608703&k=93526

This is stupid, I dont even want to argue that this is a terrible idea, but damn, I will record the episodes to see who wins. I guess what they want to do is test out the whole Darwin idea. Seems to me, that we are moving backwards, but if that means more people watch TV, then its ok right?

very funny blog

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:39:04 GMT

http://indexed.blogspot.com/

I cant do the site any more justice

Swoogle it

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:55:54 GMT

Semantic Web Ontology Search

1st off, it doesnt work nearly as fast as Google does.

I would imagine you look up the word rose, you get thorn, stem, sun, red...

but it was dugg today, so its not working

this seems like many of the semantic dictionaries and maybe SWAG has some ideas about it http://infomesh.net/2003/swag

I think this stuff is amazing, and to many people, it makes sense; after a little investigation, most people are amazed that there is research in this area.

I think this is great

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:35:57 GMT

http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/22/1313234

I guess they want to make it work

If Microsoft puts firefox in Vista, they may actually get the feds off the case of IE/WinOS.

I guess there was a stunt made to look innocent
here it is
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_frm/thread/622906b52581628e/a303e61ccb5c8149#a303e61ccb5c8149