Kilgore Trout is a fictional character in Kurt Vonnegut’s books: He seems to be Vonnegut’s alter ego, and often represents the pure artist. Lots of interesting background and trivia in the Wikipedia article: And for our friends working in the Rare Book section of the Vatican Library: The arts are not a way to make […]
I thought I was going to successfully complete my voyage on Spaceship Earth without having to deal with John Milton, but no. However, it turned out to be a pretty interesting experience. I was recently introduced a section of John Milton’s Paradise Lost, where Satan seduced Eve. Art derived from Paradise Lost Gustave Doré We’re […]
¡Feliz Equinoccio! Sept 23rd, 2023: The Autumnal Equinox Today is the day we’ve been waiting for – the Autumnal Equinox! It’s official, because it’s from the government and because it is announced in COURIER NEW: From Austin’s own EarthSky: Equinox: Austin (7:00am Central) Santa Barbara, CA Edmonton, AB Oslo, Norway Houston, Tx And the Line […]
Ladies and gents, We are in the final phases of beta-testing the WLBOTT time machine. Although we are in the zetta-joule range, we have enough power to send back in time: So, the question is: what historical figures do we reach out to, and what will be on the playlist? So, send me your suggestions. […]
[Thanks to UC#1 for today’s topic] During a recent WLBOTT Disaster Recovery Symposium (WLBOTT DReSs), UC#1 addressed the digital asset infrastructure: I started on this project on Aug 30. It took 15 days for the new drives to arrive and 5 days to rebuild the RAID. Now I have to convert the old 3TB drives […]
We have received many, many inquires concerning how our BLOTTs come into existence. It is a very non-linear process that involves: Random web image search result for “non-linear thought process” Some beautiful images related to the image search for “practical applications of chaos theory” Simplicable In a real-life example of chaos theory, we stumbled upon […]
Checking the news in Edmonton this morning, I ran across…. Mexican Independence Day (Diez y Seis) is a big holiday in Mexico, and is informally celebrated in Texas, and now Edmonton. A little background…. Back to Maria’s! The Mariachi Borealis (cool name) play at Maria’s. Maria’s has a great Facebook page and, it’s Taco Tuesday! […]
Footnotes [1] Dal Makhani [2] Blue cheese is triggering for UC#3, due to a traumatic adolescent employment situation. [3] Burdoch Root Let’s leave them for the Ghost Moth. [4] Blubber [5] Cheezies [6] Menudo “Stomach Sauce” [7] Vista (0:12 seconds) [8] Stairway to Heaven [9] Tiny Bubbles [10] Since WLBOTT is a standard bearer (and […]
It is no secret that WLBOTT is interested in jumping into the highly lucrative book review game – a direct challenge to the Reviewer Cartel (we’re looking at you, New York Times). Our complex book review criteria (the subject of a future BLOTT) led naturally to the discussion of continuous versus non-continuous functions. To get […]
Ladies and gentlemen, To better serve our community, we’ve created our first WLBOTT Visitor Survey. About half the questions are original, the other half curated from the interwebs. Rules: Replies must be PG13, PG, G only. Spousal units, friends, relatives encouraged to participate. All published results will be anonymized. You can submit your responses via […]