ben tucker’s virtual life. work, doings, incoming.Tumblr (3.0; @bentucker)http://stream.btucker.org/“Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Deltron 3030′s Dan the Automator have teamed up to create Positive Contact, a hybrid of beer and cider based on Dan’s favorite ingredients and Dogfish Head’s innovative brewing practices.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://beernews.org/2012/02/positive-contact-dogfish-head-deltron3030-member-collaborate-on-beer-and-cider-hybrid/">Beer News</a> <em>This is exciting!</em></em>http://stream.btucker.org/post/16931103664http://stream.btucker.org/post/16931103664Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:52:31 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35873217" width="400" height="200" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://brandtkurowski.tumblr.com/post/16866730363/digitals-by-chris-crutchfield-one-day-i-got-an">brandtkurowski</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/35873217">Digitals</a> by Chris Crutchfield: “One day I got an email, an sms, a phone call, a Facebook message and two tweets all within about 5 seconds of one another. This video is a re-manifestation of my brain’s interpretation of that event.”</p> </blockquote>http://stream.btucker.org/post/16869593770http://stream.btucker.org/post/16869593770Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:27:51 -0500“We’re changing our privacy policy and terms. Not the usual yada yada.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://google.com">Google Home Page</a>.  Funny to see <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Im-Feeling-Lucky-Confessions-Employee/dp/0547416997/">Douglass Edwards</a>’s line return after nearly a decade.</em>http://stream.btucker.org/post/16464915527http://stream.btucker.org/post/16464915527Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:52:42 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VwhRvE5JgPI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Yes.</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/16406947933http://stream.btucker.org/post/16406947933Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:14:32 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30501143" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>A tree’s year rings are analyzed for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music. It is mapped to a scale which is again defined by the overall appearance of the wood (ranging from dark to light and from strong texture to light texture). The foundation for the music is certainly found in the defined ruleset of programming and hardware setup, but the data acquired from every tree interprets this ruleset very differently. (More details: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57363565-1/the-sweet-sweet-music-of-the-wood-playing-turntable/">The sweet, sweet music of the wood-playing turntable</a>)</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/16350373074http://stream.btucker.org/post/16350373074Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:27:42 -0500“Colder temperatures have kept snowmaking to a maximum and some areas like tiny Wachusett near Boston are boasting equal base depths to resorts in the Rockies!”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://powderchasers.com/">Powderchasers.com</a> <em>So depressing.  I’m scheduled to be out at Vail later this week…</em></em>http://stream.btucker.org/post/15571864913http://stream.btucker.org/post/15571864913Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:32:38 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxg5iohBaL1qz4tt2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Boston Harbor</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/15468766789http://stream.btucker.org/post/15468766789Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:11:12 -0500“My New Year’s resolution is to learn to code with Codecademy in 2012! Join me. <a href="http://codeyear.com/">http://codeyear.com/</a> #codeyear”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/mayor-bloomberg-will-learn-how-to-write-code-in-2012.php">Mayor Bloomberg Will Learn How To Write Code In 2012</a></em>http://stream.btucker.org/post/15407961761http://stream.btucker.org/post/15407961761Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:21:01 -0500<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ngk7g-YfZz0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>These clips make up one of the story lines from Sports Night Season 1, Episode 11.  Aside from the appearance of the amazing Janel Moloney (who went on to play Donna on the West Wing), what I love about this episode is that the names they read at the end are actually the real production staff of Sports Night.  (hat tip to <a href="http://heyitseva.tumblr.com/post/14695941779/the-above-is-a-clip-from-season-1-episode-11-the">Eva</a> for just reminding me of this.)</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/15189490714http://stream.btucker.org/post/15189490714Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:41:00 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/9761188" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://stream.btucker.org/post/15167402813http://stream.btucker.org/post/15167402813Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:24:12 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tvUbrbFdJ8g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Victor Borge improvisation</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/15088474415http://stream.btucker.org/post/15088474415Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:48:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwkkyhPP711qz4tt2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45753034/ns/us_news-life/">Two women share first kiss at US Navy ship’s return</a>.  <em>Now that’s a photo for the history books.  It’s wonderful to see glimmers of progress in this world.</em></p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/14575081145http://stream.btucker.org/post/14575081145Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:01:00 -0500“Bill often recounted the mysterious and fateful moment when he was walking past a drug store and his feet would not move. He just had to see Sally again. He was compelled to go into the drug store and use the phone book to track down where Sally worked as a secretary in the Empire State Building. Bill found Sally, and soon thereafter, they were married on February 20, 1947.”<br/><br/> - <em>My grandpa, <a href="http://goo.gl/FOMw3">William Tucker</a> (November 4, 1924 — December 9, 2011).</em>http://stream.btucker.org/post/14231878451http://stream.btucker.org/post/14231878451Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:26:23 -0500<object width="400" height="233" id="msnbc71405f" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=45435491&width=420&height=245" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc71405f" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="400" height="233" flashvars="launch=45435491&width=420&height=245" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.greenriver.org/post/13648757448/check-out-timeslips-on-the-today-show-its-been">Green River</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Check out TimeSlips on the TODAY show! It’s been thrilling to write software for a project that has brought such joy to so many.</p> </blockquote>http://stream.btucker.org/post/13648896418http://stream.btucker.org/post/13648896418Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:19:00 -0500“Fifty shareholders pay a $300 dollar fee, up front. Then they wait to claim their three boxes — each containing three works of art — at three separate harvest parties.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.wbur.org/2011/10/18/harvesting-art">Harvest Parties Celebrate Bumper Crop Of Local Art</a> <em>What a great idea!</em></em>http://stream.btucker.org/post/13385328735http://stream.btucker.org/post/13385328735Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:59:16 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv1awaRauU1qz4tt2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Counting on you, Reminders.app</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/13131288435http://stream.btucker.org/post/13131288435Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:36:10 -0500<p>It&#8217;s 9:30pm and I&#8217;m checking hackernews for the first time #indicatorsOfAProductiveDay</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/12362890970http://stream.btucker.org/post/12362890970Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:01:57 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QTtki7hXC64?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Von Dooley - Sh*tty Pop Song</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/12352043411http://stream.btucker.org/post/12352043411Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:14:07 -0400<p>My love for Redis continues to grow the more I learn about it. The Socket.IO/Node.js/Redis stack is an awesome thing to behold.</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/12262491280http://stream.btucker.org/post/12262491280Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:07:47 -0400<p>Arugula, egg white &amp; tomato sandwich. YUM!</p>http://stream.btucker.org/post/12163464034http://stream.btucker.org/post/12163464034Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:26:56 -0400