Experiment Fail

So, because of finals and everything else going on, I didn't actually get to the experiment I talked about last week. I'm thinking I'll have to pick it up the week after finals, when I'll have time after work. The only real creative thing I got was this:

You know, because I need more pictures of my own name.

At any rate, I've found a new artist I really like, Yppah, because they played one of his songs on House. Here's a video:

Happy Birthday Mom

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

See you soon.

Creative Bouancy

Lawrence Lessig,one of the founding board members of Creative Commons, gave a speech a few years back about Read/Write societies vs. Read Only societies (it's over an hour and a half so I haven't watched the whole thing yet.) In the speech he argues that we live in a Read Only society, where the culture is created by an elite group, and then consumed by everyone else. He goes on to talk about what changes to the copyright laws could be changed to encourage more creativity, but on a personal level I really like the idea of leading a balenced Read/Write live.

To actually try this out, I've decided to try to go a week where I spend at least the same amount of time creating as I do consuming. So, for every hour of tv I watch, every book or blog entry I read, I'm going to spend the same amount of time writing, working on projects, etc... I'm going to track the time over the week and post it, so everyone can keep me honest, and I'll be sure to put up any fruits of my labor. This is the week before my finals, though, so I may not have a whole lot of time to consume or create.

At any rate, if anyone has any project ideas or wants to try it too, let me know!