http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/ 2007-08-25T08:11:50+00:00 http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/ http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2007-08-24T23:57:13+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/start?rev=1188025033&do=diff1188025033 “I have words to write and I will run them into the page and smash them into syllabic sounds that will mean truth to the paper. I have lyrics to sing and I will inspire them the mic and intend to be written down by public critic as having broken something new with the words.” text/html 2007-08-05T14:02:50+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/locales?rev=1186347770&do=diff1186347770 San Diego, California The Visual Underground - provides unique experience in interactive art, music, and media in San Diego, California el Agave Tequileria - one of the best and most expensive places that I have found for fine Latin-American food and beverage. The 800 available tequilas should be consumed sparingly and the small, but deliciuos plates just might save you from over-intoxication. Try the Canelone Cuitlacoche for a truly unique traditional dish. Lestats Coffee - is a … text/html 2007-02-10T18:32:23+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/writing/published?rev=1171161143&do=diff1171161143 United Mileage Plus - Customer Relations Email - February 10, 2007 The restriction on award travel preventing or penalizing the booking of one-way and multi-city flights is inappropriate and a violation of customer trust. I should be able to book multi-city and one-way journeys without incurring any additional penalty or restriction. That your company has chosen a policy which so obviously disregards your customer’s needs in lieu of marginal increases profits is both stupefying and inexcusa… text/html 2006-11-17T13:40:21+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/philosophy?rev=1163799621&do=diff1163799621 There are many possible philosophical systems. I do not think that any philosopohy will do. Some are more correct than others, some maybe completely flawed, some mostly correct, but the measure by which any philsophy must be judged is a practical one. A philosophy is a model for thinking, living, learning, and loving. If a philosophy does not address these things in respect to the real, the concrete, and the abstract, then we must question whether or not such a system has any value to us. … text/html 2006-11-17T07:28:33+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/library/recommended?rev=1163777313&do=diff1163777313 Media Recommended These are the recommendations of friends, colleagues, family, and my own passing curiosity. I have respect for these individuals, but will not personally recommend material that I have no first-hand knowledge of. I have not read, viewed, or otherwised experienced the works listed here. text/html 2006-11-16T19:00:18+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/commentary?rev=1163732418&do=diff1163732418 Things that I think are incredibly cool Ariel Atom - Honda-powered road-legal racecar * <http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/> * <http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=105504> * <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdkEV-t9jg0> text/html 2006-10-13T00:21:08+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/library/software?rev=1160724068&do=diff1160724068 Simplicity in Design, Elegance in Function Quicksilver by Blacktree Software <http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/> This software will revolutionize the way that you navigate your computer. It is not a search of content, but a search and execution of files, contacts, applications, and specialized datasources such as RSS. The software brings you closer to a state of nirvana with your Macintosh, foreshortening into seconds what once took minutes. This tool enables equal time access to any resou… text/html 2006-10-13T00:10:09+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/library?rev=1160723409&do=diff1160723409 Personal Library This is a working list of the things that I am reading or have read, seen, experienced, and tased. I plan on writing reviews for those things that I found spectacular, but will not review those that are morbidly underweight or even mention things that I consider inconsequential. I am also constantly collecting the recommendations of others. text/html 2006-10-12T20:03:27+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/library/liquor?rev=1160708607&do=diff1160708607 + Lagavulin 16yr single malt scotch whiskey + Warres Otima Tawny 20yr single malt scotch whiskey text/html 2006-10-12T20:01:42+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/library/books?rev=1160708502&do=diff1160708502 Books Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, University Of Chicago Press; 2nd edition (April 15, 2003) The discussion of metaphor as a central aspect of human communication is well worth the read and the examples of metaphor as used within language are exemplary. However, there are a number of fundamental fallacies in their understanding of metaphor as a cognitive device. They assume that a concept that is often defined using metaphor is intrinsically, structurally, and fund… text/html 2006-10-12T20:00:00+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/library/film?rev=1160708400&do=diff1160708400 Budget & Independent Film 'B' for 'budget' The Man Who Fell to Earth When Worlds Collide Classic science fiction story with some incredible characters; the heroic, the villanous, and the stupid. Delicatessen Beautifully dark comedy with some of the most hilarious scenes that I’ve ever seen. It is about a horrible circumstance of starvation, cannibalism, love, sex, music, and butchering your grandparents, all set in a decrepit apartment complex run by the mad butcher. Dominique Pi… text/html 2006-10-09T11:57:03+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/music?rev=1160420223&do=diff1160420223 Sunny James and Guitar(c) - 1994-2006 - active -> ppc>User:Sunny:Music As an amateur guitarist I have been playing and recording my own music for several years. Most of my early recordings are pretty bad (background noise). I self released for friends and family a single album in 2001 titled Subsequent Lucidity and the Secant Instant (a bit obtuse). I don’t play what I do not compose myself. This means that I am rethinking music from my own basis, but this rethinking is the how and the wh… text/html 2006-10-02T10:46:11+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/library/critique/metaphors_we_live_by?rev=1159811171&do=diff1159811171 Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, University Of Chicago Press; 2nd edition (April 15, 2003) The discussion of metaphor as a central aspect of human communication is well worth the read and the examples of metaphor as used within language are exemplary. However, there are a number of fundamental fallacies in their understanding of metaphor as a cognitive device. They assume that a concept that is often defined using metaphor is intrinsically, structurally, and fundamentally… text/html 2006-08-09T11:04:32+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/investment?rev=1155146672&do=diff1155146672 Current Investments * Google: I have been happily watching their technology areas grow. They aren’t evil and don’t ever intend to be. They will continue to grow. They have great market savvy. They produce incredibly useful products. -> GOOG * Apple Computer: I have the utmost respect for this company. They make of the most capable, versatile, and aesthetic computing platform. They foster open-source and utilize open-standards. To me, they are the antithesis of the insipid Microsoft… text/html 2006-08-07T01:33:46+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/links?rev=1154939626&do=diff1154939626 Del.icio.us Links Links links * The Flying Spagetti Monster defeats Intelligent Design * Study the FSM in all his splendor. I bet you wish you could touch his noodly appendage. * <http://memepool.com> - Tracking thought virii * <http://brainchildday.com> - What is better than a birthday? * What's so bad about Microsoft? - An informative article by Microsuck text/html 2006-08-06T16:13:25+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/software?rev=1154906005&do=diff1154906005 Scripts and Sources These are GNU GPL licenced so please download the source and make your own modifications/additions. If you make use of any of the source or scripts I would be very interested to know. * rsync/hdiutil AES-128 encrypted disk image backup script for Mac OS X -> * mediawiki authentication plugin for the e107 content management system -> * sparkline PHP library integration with dokuwiki sparkline text/html 2006-08-04T02:24:16+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/interests?rev=1154683456&do=diff1154683456 Art=Mathematics=Science=Art Visualization I often run across visualizations of real or abstract things. Visualization as a field, fascinates me and I spend a lot of time thinking about ways to visualize information to solve real problems. Here are a few of the astounding things that I have run across. text/html 2006-06-28T23:54:37+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/writing?rev=1151564077&do=diff1151564077 Writing I’d like critical review of my writing efforts. Some of these are personal, but most are meant for eventual publication. My intent for each is listed beside it in parentheses. These are posted on Poetic Publishing’s Authoring wiki. These are works in progress. You should sign up for an account through Poetic Publishing to read, edit, and critique my writing. text/html 2006-06-28T23:53:45+00:00 Sunny James Fugate http://sjf.poeticpublishing.com/projects?rev=1151564025&do=diff1151564025 Projects beSourced (+) December 2004 - active beSourced(tm)/Be Sourced(tm)/besourced.com(tm) bSourced(tm)/B Sourced(tm)/bsourced.com(tm) Description and whitepaper to be posted after business proposal is developed. IP Forge (+) November 2004 - active IP Forge(tm)/ipforge.org/net(tm)