<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="WordPress/2.9.2" -->
<rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>esguerra.cc</title>
	<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog</link>
	<description>Musings on a new world.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:00:23 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	
	<item>
		<title>EFF&#8217;s 18th birthday party in SF tomorrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re in San Francisco for Macworld or otherwise hanging out in the area, EFF is throwing a party at DNA Lounge [map] from 8pm to late on Wednesday, January 6, 2009.  We&#8217;re asking for a $25 donation at the door; it gets you a kick-ass party and more freedom.  Also, you&#8217;ll be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2009/01/06/effs-18th-birthday-party-in-sf-tomorrow/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Left 4 Dead&#8217;s cunning take on visual and game design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally caved and got an Xbox 360 over the winter holiday, allowing me to delve into some of the great gaming I&#8217;ve been missing out on lately.  Hearing about Left 4 Dead from a friend at work was one factor in the decision to get the console &#8212; it&#8217;s excellent, non-stop, zombie killing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2009/01/06/left-4-deads-cunning-take-on-visual-and-game-design/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>EFF&#8217;s animated holiday greeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please enjoy the &#8220;12 Days of EFF&#8221; animation below &#8212; &#8217;tis a merry, animated jaunt through some of this years&#8217; milestones in the fight for your digital rights.
Learn more about this video and support EFF!
]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/12/17/effs-animated-holiday-greeting/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>OS X DVD Player region code dialog box</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This dialog box popped up when I tried to watch an IT Crowd DVD from the UK.  (By the by, IT Crowd is hilarious and awesome; if you&#8217;re even the least bit geek-inclined, you will probably be rewarded should you make the bit of effort required to watch it if you&#8217;re not in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/12/12/os-x-dvd-player-region-code-dialog-box/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>WoW Minis Deluxe Edition Unboxing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The World of Warcraft Miniatures Deluxe Edition was released today!  (San Francisco&#8217;s Gamescape was, once again, very accommodating and might be starting up a WoW Miniatures game day on Sundays.)  The Deluxe Edition set comes with 6 random World of Warcraft miniatures, 6 character cards, 12 action bar cards, 12 ten-sided dice, 6 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/12/10/wow-minis-deluxe-edition-unboxing/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Prop. 8 musical</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Funny!

]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/12/04/prop-8-musical/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>50 Cent suing Taco Bell for trademark infringement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bahaha!  According to this AP article,
The squabble is over a fake letter sent out by Taco Bell Corp. asking 50 Cent to change his name for one day to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent to help publicize its value menu.
Michael Masnick of Techdirt describes Taco Bell&#8217;s letter as an open letter, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/11/21/50-cent-suing-taco-bell-for-trademark-infringement/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Notes from &#8220;Citizen Journalism&#8221; CC Salon in SF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I played some tunes at Shine and heard from some folks working at the intersection of technology and participatory journalism.
From Wikinews, we heard from Volunteer Coordinator Cary Bass and Wikinews volunteer Jon Davis.  Wikinews articles are written by volunteers and are only published after meeting a set of guidelines: copyright (or &#8220;not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/11/20/notes-from-citizen-journalism-cc-salon-in-sf/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>I&#8217;m playing music at tonight&#8217;s CC Salon in SF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edit: My notes on the CC Salon are here.

Goofing off at a CC Salon last year.
Judging from the Upcoming.org page, this CC Salon looks like it&#8217;ll be well-attended.  If you&#8217;re in town, join for drinks, music, and some presentations on citizen journalism from Wikinews (community-written news) and Spot.us (community-funded reporting).  It starts at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/11/19/im-playing-music-at-tonights-cc-salon-in-sf/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>World of Warcraft Miniatures Game Unboxing!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have, at various times, been a player of World of Warcraft, and more frequently, a avid fan of the rich game universe.  Sure, Blizzard produces well-designed, balanced games.  But they&#8217;ve also led the pack in creating strong characters and epic plot arcs that exemplify the gaming-as-storytelling function that makes certain games and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/11/19/world-of-warcraft-miniatures-game-unboxing/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Apple ratcheting up content protection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been growing annoyed with Apple, thanks to some of the decisions they&#8217;ve made in the name of business development.  It seems that they&#8217;ve made another deal with the devil in order to get HD content into the iTunes Music Store &#8212; David Chartier writes in the Ars Technica &#8220;Infinte Loop&#8221; journal that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/11/18/apple-ratcheting-up-content-protection/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Turn a mug of tea into a theremin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Theremug from Kyle McDonald on Vimeo.
You can find some instructions on the Create Digital Music blog.
]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/11/11/turn-a-mug-of-tea-into-a-theremin/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Cathartic Prop. 8 E-Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
(via Banterability, via remiel)
]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/11/05/cathartic-prop-8-e-card/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>I&#8217;m going to the Treasure Island Music Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally!  This will be my first big music event for over a year, not counting Compression&#8217;s drum and bass nights at Temple.  I&#8217;m only going on Saturday though; it&#8217;s cheaper and doesn&#8217;t dominate my entire weekend.  The Imeem playlist for Saturday is here.
]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/08/18/im-going-to-the-treasure-island-music-festival/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Link Parade: LHC Pr0n, Exam Snark, and Joyful MMO Grinding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Hi-Res Large Hadron Collider Photos
I can&#8217;t say I know much about the Large Hadron Collider, except that it is science.
Funny Exam Answers
When you don&#8217;t know the right answer, just do something else entirely.
Clive Thompson on Grinding in WoW
Clive talks about level-grinding being a pure relationship between work and reward &#8212; and that we all actually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/08/13/link-parade-lhc-pr0n-exam-snark-and-joyful-mmo-grinding/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Link Parade: NASA Photos and Geeks in Politics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
NASA Images
The awesome folks at the Internet Archive bring you years of fascinating, hi-res NASA photos &#8212; no strings attached.
Xkcd-style Campaign Comic
Yay! A geek running for state office in Kansas!

]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/07/20/link-parade-nasa-photos-and-geeks-in-politics/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Link Parade: Theses, Pieces, and Furniture Names in Swedish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
95 Theses of Geek Activism
At the time of this writing, this is the first Google search result for &#8220;geek activism&#8221;.  It made the rounds years ago, but it still strikes me as ambitious and speaks to the ethic of planting your feet and standing for something.
Comic: How English Nerds Roll
See! See! Nerd is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/07/16/link-parade-theses-pieces-and-furniture-names-in-swedish/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Skateboard Ghost Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I captured this little fella with my phone camera on a cloudy day in the Mission.  I haven&#8217;t seen him since.
]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/07/12/skateboard-ghost-art/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Erik Friedlander is an awesome cellist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, I got a chance to catch Erik Friedlander&#8217;s fantastic one-man cello show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.  It was the best musical storytelling I&#8217;ve experienced in awhile &#8212; he performed a number of richly textured pieces from his solo album Block Ice &#38; Propane while displaying his father&#8217;s photographs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/04/28/erik-friedlander-is-an-awesome-cellist/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BBC&#8217;s Territory Blocking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ARGH I JUST WANT TO WATCH THIS VIDEO OF A RICKROLL FLASHMOB

]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/04/22/bbcs-territory-blocking/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Free the Rats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have pet rats, so I was into this tag.  (On the other hand, I don&#8217;t really mind that the grocery store is trying to keep street rats out of my food.)

]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/04/14/free-the-rats/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Lessig&#8217;s &#8220;Coding Against Corruption&#8221; at ETech 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry Lessig delivered a 60-minute lecture with the title &#8220;Coding Against Corruption&#8221; at this year&#8217;s ETech conference in that inimitable Lessig style &#8212; terse, punchy wording punctuated by rapid flips between one- to two-word slides.  As you&#8217;ve probably heard, Lessig has switched gears from copyright to corruption &#8212; a significant escalation.

While Lessig did a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/03/05/lessigs-coding-against-corruption-at-etech-2008/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The 17th Annual EFF Pioneer Awards Ceremony in San Diego</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One day, I will find the time and energy to write about subjects other than cool EFF-related events.  Until then, feast your eyes on this announcement for the EFF Pioneer Awards in San Diego.  If you&#8217;re in town for ETech or live around San Diego and simply want to hang out, come on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/02/28/the-17th-annual-eff-pioneer-awards-ceremony-in-san-diego/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>EFF&#8217;s Birthday Party in San Francisco</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My venerable employer, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is turning 17 this year! If you&#8217;re going to be in San Francisco on Tuesday, January 15, (for Macworld, perhaps?) please come and hit up our party at 111 Minna Gallery (google maps).  There will be a wicked DJ set by mashup pioneers Adrian &#38; the Mysterious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2008/01/10/effs-birthday-party-in-san-francisco/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Web videos inpsire TV creatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A little over a year ago, lurkers on YouTube witnessed a blossoming of &#8220;domino rally&#8221; style videos featuring long rows of iPods, or hard drives, or whatever excess inventory could be found lying around the local geek shop.

A year later, and I&#8217;m seeing the same shtick employed in high-profile ad campaigns for gadgets and tech [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/12/06/web-videos-inpsire-tv-creatives/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Fashion and art at Mezzanine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hopped over to Mezzanine last night for Chillin&#8217; Productions&#8217; fashion/art fair.  The place was packed, and I managed to pick up some kickass knitted goods for my grandma.  She will be the hippest grandma on the block, I tell you!

The venue, booze, and dance music drew a yuppie-hip crowd&#8212;the experience was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/12/02/fashion-and-art-at-mezzanine/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Circuit bent toy with ingenious pitch control touch board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this video, Squelchbox presents his winning entry to the Circuit Bending Challenge hosted by the music blog Create Digital Music.  I love how circuit benders tear into electronic toys and make them into wicked sound machines—it&#8217;s a great example of inquisitiveness unleashed.  This machine is begging to be paired with some heavy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/11/10/circuit-bent-toy-with-ingenious-pitch-control-touch-board/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>FISA amendment fallout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EFF&#8217;s Hugh D&#8217;Andrade has collected a number of angry editorial responses to Congress&#8217; failure to protect citizens from unprecedented government surveillance.  The Democrats&#8217; abject fear of looking &#8220;soft on terror&#8221; belies what they think of the American public—that we&#8217;re all too scared dumb to recognize when &#8220;to fight terrorism&#8221; is describing a hollow excuse [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/08/08/fisa-amendment-fallout/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>A kiss on camera</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been meaning to blog about this for awhile.  In July, a TV station in Bowling Green, Kentucky reported on a controversy at Gig Harbor High School in Washington.
The dean of students said he saw two girls kissing. He checked the surveillance tape then shared what he saw with the parents of one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/08/01/a-kiss-on-camera/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Earthquake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoa&#8212;first Bay Area earthquake.

]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/07/20/earthquake/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>iPhone: not a revolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Tim Wu provides an excellent write-up of everything that I say when someone asks me what I think about the iPhone: Why the iPhone isn&#8217;t really revolutionary.)
My three observations about the iPhone:

It&#8217;s not an open platform and there&#8217;s no development kit (yet).  For now, Apple is the only company that can make applications for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/06/29/iphone-not-a-revolution/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Ishkur&#8217;s Guide to Electronic Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[omg electronic music.
]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/06/16/ishkurs-guide-to-electronic-music/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>House bill may migrate broadcast indecency regulations to cable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ars Technica dropped an update on the &#8220;Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007,&#8221; (press release) cosponsored by Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE).  The bill proposes to give subscribers options for more &#8220;family-friendly&#8221; programming in two ways: (1) forcing cable providers to follow FCC broadcast indecency standards related to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/06/16/house-bill-may-migrate-broadcast-indecency-regulations-to-cable/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Fears of the future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Adbusters article titled &#8220;Generation F*cked: How Britain is Eating Its Young&#8221; confirmed some of my recently surfaced fears about growing up in the new millennium.  I worry that &#8220;depth&#8221; is slowly disappearing as a cultural value—that we&#8217;re experiencing a &#8220;mass shallowing&#8221; of our cultural experience.  This shallowing comes courtesy of a slew [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/06/03/fears-of-the-future/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Saletan&#8217;s &#8220;period piece&#8221; in Slate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William Saletan handles Slate&#8217;s health/science writing, and I respect the guy for being able to cut the crap—he deals with scientific advances with clarity and depth.  His insight on Lybrel, the new birth control pill that prevents periods altogether, is head-noddingly good; I knew that he was going somewhere interesting when he wrote: &#8220;Technology [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/05/29/saletans-period-piece-in-slate/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>I&#8217;m going to BarCampLA!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to BarCampLA!
This event sounds like a lot of fun.  It&#8217;s going down this weekend, March 24 to March 25, at the Little Radio Warehouse in downtown Los Angeles.
Everyone who comes has to contribute in some way.  However, in the words of the BarCamp wiki: &#8220;Do I have to come with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://esguerra.cc/blog/2007/03/20/im-going-to-barcampla/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
