<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/flight404/2216182484/" title="Creating a sun the hard way."><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2075/2216182484_384b454f01.jpg" alt=""></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/flight404/2216182484/">Creating a sun the hard way.</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/flight404/">flight404</a>.</p>

<p>This is totally gorgeous.</p>

<p>You've prolly already seen this by now, but maybe not. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCsK_Zbb_6o">I'd like to see humans try this</a>.</p>

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TMCf7SNUb-Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<h4><strong>WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!</strong></h4>
<h4>Serious computer geekery approaching. Non-geeks, <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/" title="Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger?">abort now!</a>

</h4>

<p>
  The <a href="http://rubyonrails.com/" title="Ruby on Rails">Ruby on Rails</a> app at the place that I work has a whole fuck ton of models, like over 150. So when we run our tests there's a lines and lines of output just telling us which files are being hit. You know what? I don't care. Just show me dots. DOTS!
</p>

<p>Our output looks like this for all tests passing:</p>
<code>
  <pre> (in /Users/sb/work/vendo/branches/trunk) /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby -Ilib:test "/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake/rake_test_loader.rb" "test/unit/account_test.rb" "test/unit/account_theme_composite_test.rb" "test/unit/action_mailer_to_file_test.rb" "test/unit/ad_helper_test.rb" "test/unit/ad_words_campaign_factory_test.rb" "test/unit/ad_words_campaign_test.rb" "test/unit/ad_words_publisher_test.rb" "test/unit/address_test.rb" "test/unit/advertising_dot_com_publisher_test.rb" "test/unit/advertising_dot_com_result_test.rb" "test/unit/all_recipes_campaign_factory_test.rb" "test/unit/all_recipes_campaign_test.rb" "test/unit/audience_test.rb" "test/unit/auth_cookie_test.rb" "test/unit/baseline_estimator_test.rb" "test/unit/billing_transaction_test.rb" "test/unit/binomial_test.rb" "test/unit/blue_lithium_parser_test.rb" "test/unit/bookmarked_creative_theme_test.rb" "test/unit/campaign_creative_click_site_test.rb" "test/unit/campaign_creative_event_test.rb" "test/unit/campaign_creative_result_test.rb" "test/unit/campaign_creative_test.rb" "test/unit/campaign_group_factory_test.rb" "test/unit/campaign_group_test.rb" "test/unit/campaign_mailer_test.rb" "test/unit/campaign_request_mailer_test.rb" "test/unit/campaign_test.rb" "test/unit/campaigns_logs_test.rb" "test/unit/cart_test.rb" "test/unit/cent_accessor_test.rb" "test/unit/color_test.rb" "test/unit/contact_test.rb" "test/unit/country_test.rb" "test/unit/creative_file_test.rb" "test/unit/creative_test.rb" "test/unit/creative_theme_test.rb" "test/unit/credit_card_test.rb" "test/unit/customer_service_mailer_test.rb" "test/unit/customizer/creative_theme_test.rb" "test/unit/customizer_test.rb" "test/unit/dart_parser_test.rb" "test/unit/database_function_test.rb" "test/unit/difference_test.rb" "test/unit/dimension_test.rb" "test/unit/estimator_base_test.rb" "test/unit/event_router_test.rb" "test/unit/extensions/active_record_base_test.rb" "test/unit/extensions/array_test.rb" "test/unit/extensions/date_test.rb" "test/unit/extensions/module_test.rb" "test/unit/extensions/object_test.rb" "test/unit/extensions/time_test.rb" "test/unit/favorite_test.rb" "test/unit/file_helper_test.rb" "test/unit/formatter_test.rb" "test/unit/generic_parser_test.rb" "test/unit/google_result_test.rb" "test/unit/google_sync_mailer_test.rb" "test/unit/hash_test.rb" "test/unit/hush_test.rb" "test/unit/industry_test.rb" "test/unit/keyword_test.rb" "test/unit/language_test.rb" "test/unit/location_node_test.rb" "test/unit/location_test.rb" "test/unit/mime_magick_test.rb" "test/unit/must_test.rb" "test/unit/navigation_test.rb" "test/unit/notification_test.rb" "test/unit/parse_log_test.rb" "test/unit/permission_test.rb" "test/unit/plan_test.rb" "test/unit/publisher_format_test.rb" "test/unit/publisher_test.rb" "test/unit/publisher_theme_errors_test.rb" "test/unit/question_test.rb" "test/unit/region_test.rb" "test/unit/right_media_campaign_factory_test.rb" "test/unit/right_media_campaign_synchronizer_test.rb" "test/unit/role_test.rb" "test/unit/serialization_action_test.rb" "test/unit/simple_account_test.rb" "test/unit/simple_campaign_test.rb" "test/unit/simple_node_test.rb" "test/unit/skin_test.rb" "test/unit/socket_site_parser_test.rb" "test/unit/tag_test.rb" "test/unit/theme_mailer_test.rb" "test/unit/theme_manager_test.rb" "test/unit/time_machine_test.rb" "test/unit/traction_impression_test.rb" "test/unit/traction_test.rb" "test/unit/user_notifier_test.rb" "test/unit/user_test.rb" "test/unit/zillow_result_test.rb" loading... Loaded suite /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake/rake_test_loader Started .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Finished in 56.895401 seconds.

546 tests, 2011 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby -Ilib:test “/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake/rake_test_loader.rb” “test/functional/accounts_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/admin_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/ads_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/all_recipes_campaign_groups_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/application_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/bookmarks_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/buttons_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/campaign_creative_result_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/campaign_event_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/campaign_group_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/cart_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/clash_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/creative_logos_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/credit_cards_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/dimensions_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/favorites_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/help_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/helpers/shared/require_permissions_helper_test.rb” “test/functional/helpers/shared/skin_helper_test.rb” “test/functional/helpers/shared/table_helper_test.rb” “test/functional/layout_test.rb” “test/functional/layouts/ad_ready_footer_layout_test.rb” “test/functional/layouts/ad_ready_header_layout_test.rb” “test/functional/layouts/ad_ready_layout_test.rb” “test/functional/meta_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/metrics_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/password_token_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/publishers_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/account_summary_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/ad_summary_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/billing_transaction_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/budget_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/campaign_publisher_summary_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/campaign_summary_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/click_sites_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/creative_attributes_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/creative_theme_search_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/dashboard_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/data_dump_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/reports/inactive_campaign_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/roles_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/sessions_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/signups_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/theme_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/tips_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/tractions_controller_test.rb” “test/functional/users_controller_test.rb” Loaded suite /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake/rake_test_loader Started ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Finished in 55.987594 seconds.

327 tests, 1058 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby -Ilib:test “/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake/rake_test_loader.rb” “test/integration/admin_test.rb” “test/integration/billing_integration_test.rb” “test/integration/billing_simulator_test.rb” “test/integration/existing_user_create_campaign_test.rb” “test/integration/landing_page_test.rb” “test/integration/new_user_create_all_recipes_campaign_test.rb” “test/integration/new_user_create_campaign_test.rb” “test/integration/rightmedia_test.rb” “test/integration/salesforce_test.rb” “test/integration/save_for_later_process_test.rb” “test/integration/traction_test.rb” “test/integration/update_campaign_test.rb” Loaded suite /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake/rake_test_loader Started ……………………… Finished in 51.627323 seconds.

27 tests, 283 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors </pre> </code>

<p>With line wrapping on in the terminal, that's a lot that is getting pushed out of the window.</p>

<p>I would like the output to look like this:</p>

<code>
  <pre> Started : Unit .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 546 tests, 2011 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors

Started : Functional ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 327 tests, 1058 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors

Started : Integration ……………………… 27 tests, 283 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors </pre> </code>

<p>
  I don't need this to be the default output. I'm fine with using a -q / --quiet flag. I understand a lot of that output is around for debugging kind of stuff, but most of the time you don't need to debug that your tests are being ran properly, but rather that they pass/fail/error. When a fail/error occurs, show me the failing/erring test and stack trace. That's fine. Although, I think that could be cleaned up, too. You know, like --quiet-stack-trace or something. I'll post later how I think stack traces could be leaner in test output. Though, I guess <a href="http://rubini.us/" title="A Ruby virtual machine with teeth">Rubinius</a> is already doing <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2215263727/" title="rubinius back trace slide on Flickr - Photo Sharing!">some bad ass back traces</a> now, but it's not exactly the same thing.
</p>

<p>My home boy, <a href="http://tenderlovemaking.com/">Aaron</a>, satisfied the bulk of our frustration the other night at <a href="http://seattlerb.org/">nerd party</a> by submitting a small patch to <a href="http://zentest.rubyforge.org/ZenTest/classes/Autotest.html">autotest</a> that take a -q flag and doesn't spit out all the test file paths. That was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle">80/20</a> win. So that's pretty dope. Now we just need to sort out some dependency issues so we can actually use <a href="http://nubyonrails.com/articles/autotest-rails">autotest</a>.</p>

<p>On the ride home today I sat next to a dude who uses on the side (and chatted him up about) <a href="http://rubyonrails.com/">Ruby on Rails</a>. Then after he got off, I talked to some girl (who was reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Empire-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553803727/">Foundation and Empire</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a>) about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Foundation_Series">The Foundation Series</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Enders-Game-Ender-Book-1/dp/0812550706/">Ender's Game</a>, <a href="http://whedonesque.com/">Joss Whedon</a>, comics in general and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmen">X-Men</a> in particular. Altogether, it was a pretty good bus ride.</p>

<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Augustus_Maverick">Samuel Maverick </a>: "Maverick steadfastly refused to brand his cattle. As a result, the word maverick entered the English lexicon, meaning both an unbranded range animal as well as a slang term for someone who exhibits a streak of stubborn independence."</p>

<p>I know that the last thing I need right now is to take on more stuff (but isn't that always true?), but I got reminded of and thus excited about an old project that I haven't touched in over a year.* I think I'm gonna put a little time into it just to finish off some pieces that were real close to done.</p>

<p>* - How's that for a run on sentence for you? I'll give a dollar or high five (your choice) to the first person that diagrams it for me.</p>

<p>Years ago when people still made each other actual mix <em>tapes</em>, I got a couple that were pretty awesome and have survived all the purges of stuff and big moves. Recently I came across them again and wished I could listen to them. I don't have and refuse to get a tape player again. I don't have most of the songs in digital form, so I'm asking for help. <em>(Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope.)</em></p>

<p>If you have any of these songs in some digital format and wouldn't mind kicking them down to me, I'd appreciate it. The ones crossed out I already have.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2205421292/" title="nate duke about fxckin time mix tape cover by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2216/2205421292_83f113fd21_m.jpg" alt="nate duke about fxckin time mix tape cover"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2204626343/" title="nate duke about fxckin time mix tape track listing by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2134/2204626343_6edcc2d7a7_m.jpg" alt="nate duke about fxckin time mix tape track listing"></a></p>

<p>The first is one that Nate Duke made me after years of pestering him for a good mix of kind of indie hip hop stuff that I didn't know about. I got it from him in 2002, I think.</p>

<h4>About Fxckin* Time</h4>
<h5>Side A</h5>
<ol>
  <li>Anti-Pop Consortium : What Am I?</li>
  <li>MC Paul Barman : Senioritis</li>
  <li>Reflection Eternal : Ghetto Afterlife</li>
  <li>Company Flow : Patriotism</li>
  <li>Gang Starr : Moment of Truth</li>
  <li>N8 : Beat III</li>
  <li>Roni Size : Centre of the Storm</li>
  <li>Deftones : Be Quiet and Drive</li>
  <li>Fantomas : Page 3</li>
</ol>

<h5>Side B</h5>
<ol>
  <li>Lamb of God : Subtle Arts of Murder and Persuasion</li>
  <li>Room 101 : When</li>
  <li>Room 101 : 41 Bullets</li>
  <li>Room 101 : Free State</li>
  <li>Room 101 : Wage Slave</li>
  <li>Vandals : Sorry, Mom and Dad</li>
  <li>Stretch Armstrong : Try to Forget</li>
  <li>Goldfinger : Carry On</li>
  <li>New Found Glory : All About Her</li>
  <li>Down and Above : Paint a Picture</li>
  <li>Ten Times Over : Open Letter to the FBI</li>
</ol>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2204628717/" title="emily kruse mix tape cover by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2383/2204628717_d286beda39_m.jpg" alt="emily kruse mix tape cover"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2205417140/" title="emily kruse mix tape avail live track listing by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2205417140_fe99f34a5c_m.jpg" alt="emily kruse mix tape avail live track listing"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2204629841/" title="emily kruse mix tape green sheet front side by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2399/2204629841_94442fb734_m.jpg" alt="emily kruse mix tape green sheet front side"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2205417710/" title="emily kruse mix tap green sheet back side by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2317/2205417710_92bc7d14a5_m.jpg" alt="emily kruse mix tap green sheet back side"></a></p>

<p>The other is one that Emily Kruse made for me in 1997. We had met through our zines. She sent me this tape. We became pals. Traded letters and tapes like good zinesters are supposed to. I ended up becoming good friends with both of her younger sisters and dating one for a couple years, too. Emily grew up and moved on from the kid life, but this tape is a perfect cross section of what she was like in the mid to late 90's. I still have this case and track listing but I've lost the tape, which sucks. But the part that really sucks is that the A-Side was a live recording of a show that Avail played at the Emerson in June of 1997. I'll prolly never hear that again.</p>

<h4>Avail : Live at the Emerson Theatre 6.30.1997</h4>
<h5>Side A</h5>

<ol>
  <li>Armchair</li>
  <li>Mr. Morgan</li>
  <li>Simple Song</li>
  <li>25 Years</li>
  <li>Pinned Up</li>
  <li>Nameless</li>
  <li>Clone</li>
  <li>F.C.A.</li>
  <li>Model</li>
</ol>

<h4>Hunny Bunny! Butterfly Lullabies</h4>
<h5>Side B</h5>

<ol>
  <li>Sinead O'Connor : Germaine</li>
  <li>Sinead O'Connor : Red Football</li>
  <li>Above the Law : Freedom of Speech</li>
  <li>Cub : She's Like a Rainbow</li>
  <li>Sleater-Kinney : Surf Song</li>
  <li>Public Enemy : 911 is a Joke</li>
  <li>Public Enemy : Burn Hollywood Burn</li>
  <li>Magnetic Fields : 100,000 Fireflies</li>
  <li>Lois : The Trouble With Me</li>
  <li>Excuse 17 : Forever Fired</li>
  <li>Huggy Bear : Prayer</li>
  <li>Huggy Bear : Her Jazz</li>
  <li>Heavenly : Atta Girl</li>
  <li>Emily's Sassy Lime : Would-be Saboteurs Take Heed</li>
  <li>The Cardigans : Rise and Shine</li>
</ol>

<p>So please please please help me track down these songs again. Thanks.</p>

<p>* - This is actually the way Nate wrote it on the tape and cover "Fxckin". I think he was being funny. I wouldn't ever feel like I had to censor any fucking words on this blog for any reason. Fuck.</p>

<p>Just filed federal taxes (which always feels weird) and because of making a small amount of money in a short period of time at a very high rate (I make good money at this new job, so i was getting taxed pretty high, but just started there 2.5 months ago) I'm in a pretty low tax bracket and get a really big return. 79% of what i paid to the man is coming back to me in 9-14 days. Sweet. This is also the earliest I've ever filed. Thank you internet.</p>

<p>There was a comic book artist name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Fisher" title="Seth Fisher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia">Seth Fisher</a> whose art was amazing and unique. He died unexpectedly at a young age in 2006. Since then I've been meaning to get around to collecting up all of his relatively small body of work. In the past couple years I've moved away from singles into the world of just collected editions (trade paperback, hardcovers, graphic novels, etc.). So it was frustrating trying to figure out where all of his singles would fit into my library. The other day I decided that I would do what I saw some other kid do this year at <a href="http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/" title="Emerald City ComiCon">Emerald City Con</a>: bind all of the singles into a collection myself. (The kid I saw do it at Emerald City had all the of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendel_%28comics%29" title="Grendel (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia">Grendel</a> single issues bound into this huge tome in Grendel chronological order, not publication order.)</p>

<p>So here's his complete known published body of work. Well, he also designed 'hub' for Myst III: Exile, but I can't really bind that into a book, now can I?</p>

<p>I also know of at least one pinup he did in the back of one of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_ity" title="The ity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia">The ity</a> trades. I'll have to decide what length I'll go to get ALL of his published work. Hmm... If you know of anything not on this list that he did (however big or small) let me know.</p>

<h4>Comics</h4>
<ul>
  <li>Happydale, Devils in the Desert #1-2 (written by Andrew Dabb &amp; Seth Fisher; DC, Vertigo, 1999)</li>
  <li>Green Lantern: Will World, (written by J.M. DeMatteis; DC, 2001), ISBN 1563897822</li>
  <li>Zendra #5, cover only (written by Stuart Moore; Penny Farthing Press, 2001)</li>
  <li>Flash: Time Flies, (written by John Rozum; DC, 2002)</li>
  <li>Doom Patrol #13-14 (written by John Arcudi; DC, 2002)</li>
  <li>Vertigo Pop! Tokyo #1-4 (written by Jonathan Vankin; DC, Vertigo, 2002)</li>
  <li>Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, #192-196 (written by Dan Curtis Johnson and J.H. Williams; DC, 2005), collected as Batman: Snow, (DC, 2007), ISBN 1401212654</li>
  <li>Spider-man Unlimited Vol #3, #8 (written by Joe Hill; Marvel, 2005); reprinted in Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan, (Marvel, 2006), ISBN 0785117768</li>
  <li>Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan #1-4 (written by Zeb Wells; Marvel, 2006); collected as Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan, (Marvel, 2006), ISBN 0785117768</li>
</ul>
<h4>Forthcoming:</h4>
<ul>
  <li>Grave Tales #6 “Freddy Wertham Goes to Hell” (by Joe Hill, Seth: layouts, Langdon Foss: pencils and inks)</li>
</ul>

<h4>Story Illustration</h4>
<ul>
  <li>The Big Book of Vice (DC Comics, 1998)</li>
  <li>The Big Book of Grimm, "The Devil's Smelly Brother" (4 pages) (DC Comics, 1999)</li>
  <li>The Big Book of 70s (DC Comics, 2000)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Book illustration</h4>
<ul>
  <li>Build your own Backpack Alarm, illustrations only (written by Shar Levine &amp; Leslie Johnstone; Becker &amp; Mayer, 2006)</li>
</ul>

<h4>Children's Books</h4>
<ul>
  <li>Bob's Amazing Life (written and illustrated by Seth)</li>
</ul>

<h4>Miscellaneous</h4>
<ul>
  <li>Cover illustration for Busted! (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, February 2000)</li>
</ul>

  

        
jay.
the pinup is of the doctor and a wacky cityscape behind him in the back of The Absolute ity volume 2.

vicki.
thanks!

      
        
For what it's worth, the story he did in the Big Book of Vice was the one on Smoking, and the story he did in the Big Book of the 70's was the one on Disco.

      
        
Yup, that’s the list as far as I know it.
If you find out which issue of ity Seth did a pinup for please post it. It may be that it was just in one of the bound/collections type things.
DC should also be collecting the Vertigo Pop (Seth’s Tokyo along with the Bangkok, together) sometime this year. They recently contacted Seth’s mom for reprint rights.
Good luck with your collection!
jay

<p>
  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2203694299/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2106/2203694299_a81969972c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt=""></a>
</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/2203694299/">emily and penguin cup</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/veganstraightedge/">veganstraightedge</a>.</p>

<p class="flickr-yourcomment">
  cute cute cute
</p>