Charles Basenga Kiyanda

Airports…again

Ok, I flew back from Montreal last week and noticed only a few things.

This time, at Montreal security, my stuff got swabbed and [well let me redact this bit too. I’m back at home, now, but I’m not sure I want to get a visit from the FBI. We’ll have to see if I change […]

Airports and airplanes (preview)

I flew from Albuquerque to Montreal (Canada, not Missourri, thank you very much) recently and observed a few things about airports and airplane procedures

1- [This part of the post has been redacted for the time being. It turns out I’m still on travel and I figured I should wait until I’m back home before I […]

A sad start of the new year (for some)

I just got an e-mail in my inbox from the folks at jpgmag announcing the unfortunate demise of the magazine on January 5th. A sad start of the new year, unfortunately. I’m especially sad because, now, three of the sites I liked and touted as great examples of the new way the internet is influencing […]

Wassup

If you’ve seen the original ads, you’ll probably find this hilarious.

Originally seen on Undercover Black Man.

Six months music challenge, part 7 : Geneviève et Matthieu

This one comes straight from my own town. Geneviève et Matthieu are a duo singing eclectic music. I’ve never been an incredibly great fan, a little too crazy for my taste. It appears that, lately, they’ve been exploring music which is more, well, actually music.

This group satisfies the criteria for this challenge since they give […]

Six months challenge part 5: Jon Lajoie

I struggled for the last two days about including Jon Lajoie in this series. This artist is a comedian and while he makes music and distributes it for free, it’s all parody. (And there seems to be a whole lot of his work which isn’t music.) Still, I wondered whether I would include stuff by […]

Six months challenge, part 4: Jane Siberry / Issa

Ok, I know, I’m really late, so let me try to get a couple entries in two days here and catch up for the time lost. (You’ll have to forgive me for the delay, I was busy with my Ph.D. preliminary examination.) For the week that ended on July 4th, let me submit to you […]

training for a century: better time

Didn’t ride much all week but I went out today for a 28 miles ride. (28.6 to be exact.) Same ride as last week, which I did in the other direction this time and I was back in 2:15 (plus stops), which is 10 minutes faster than last time. The weather was much nicer, lots […]

training for a century (or how 3 hours in the sorching sun made me appreciate that open source collaborative software could save a town)

A friend of mine has had me considering the Red River Century for over a month now. I was pretty decided on trying it out (and therefore training for it). I was going to start training seriously when I came back from New Jersey, at the end of may, but unfortunately I sprained an ankle […]

Weezer’s “Pork and Beans” internet sensation

As Code Monkey has shown, the best way to become an internet sensation is to sing about what geeks like.

Weezer seems to have just come out with a new video for “Pork and Beans”. I don’t really know much about Weezer, to be frank. I’m a pianist and I listen to quite a bit of […]