<p>sxsw interactive is over now. it was awesome and exhausting, like these things always are. just quickly, here are a handful of quotes i heard during the past week.</p>

<blockquote>
  slow and steady wins the race.<br>
  crashing and dead equals dead.<br>
  <a href="http://bookis.wordpress.com/">-bookis</a>
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
  i like to make new mistakes, not repeat the mistakes my peers have made.<br>
  -<a href="http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=bio&amp;id=81314">Dylan Schiemann</a>
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
  working at google seemed less like an interesting opportunity ...and more of a clusterfuck.
  -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Schachter">Joshua Schachte</a>
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
  you know what you like; there's nothing wrong with that.<br>
  <a href="http://veganstraightedge.com" rel="me">-me</a>
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
  you hear 37 signals talk about small teams. well, it doesn't get smaller than an husband and wife in a bedroom.<br>
  -<a href="http://mena.typepad.com/">mena trott</a>
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
  do our assumptions match your research?<br>
  -<a href="http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&amp;id=IAP060020">the design fab five</a><br>
  <em>research?</em><br>
  -<a href="http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&amp;id=IAP060077">craig newmark</a>
</blockquote>

<p>these are all the best that i could write them down after hearing them in the panel. so we'll call these paraphrases, but they are pretty damn close.</p>

<p>we decided last minute to throw together this swimming party at the downtown hilton which is right across the street from the conference center.</p>

<p><a href="http://upcoming.org/event/63311">here's the upcoming event page</a></p>

<p>the important data is this:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Monday, March 13</li>
  <li>8:00 PM - 10:00 PM</li>
  <li>Downtown Hilton Hotel</li>
  <li>500 E 4th St</li>
  <li><a href="http://upcoming.org/event/63311">RSVP</a></li>
  <li><a href="mailto:veganstraightedge@gmail.com">questions</a></li>
  <li>BRING YOUR SWIM TRUNKS / BATHING SUIT</li>
</ul>

<p>spread the word. see you there.</p>

<p> <a href="http://audio.theresistancearmy.com/bands/2/james-miska"> james miska</a> : <a href="http://audio.theresistancearmy.com/albums/14/saol-ceol/by/james-miska">saol, ceol</a> </p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/653534295/" title="saol, ceol front cover by veganstraightedge, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1193/653534295_dfabd0a8df_m.jpg" alt="saol, ceol front cover"></a></p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/01-the-airplane-song.mp3">The Airplane Song</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/02-a-plague-o-both-our-houses.mp3">A Plague O' Both Our Houses</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/03-the-intersection.mp3">The Intersection</a></li>
  <li> <a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/04-anthem-of-positivity-for-the-traveling-adventure-seeking-and-otherwise-nomadically-minded-kids.mp3">Anthem Of Positivity (For The Traveling, Adventure-Seeking, And Otherwise Nomadically-Minded, Kids</a>)</li>
  <li><a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/05-47-times.mp3">47 Times</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/06-bloomington-backwoods.mp3">Bloomington Backwoods</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/07-pendleton-revisited-radio-silence.mp3">Pendleton Revisited (Radio Silence)</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/08-still-sleeps-tonight.mp3">Still Sleeps Tonight</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/09-seriously-who-gives-a-fuck_-youre-wasting-your-life-thinking-about-it.mp3">Seriously, Who Gives A Fuck? You're Wasting Your Life Thinking About It.</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/10-of-bicycles-and-butterknives-graveyards-and-a-grand-vision-of-things.mp3">Of Bicycles And Butterknives (Graveyards And A Grand Vision Of Things)</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://theresistancearmy.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/bands/james-miska/saol-ceol/11-raise-your-glasses.mp3">Raise Your Glasses</a></li>
</ul>

<p>apple must be using fuzzy math to determine remaining file size left to zip up. seriously, 92 mb of 2.5 mb? its like its zipping through a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm_hole">worm hole</a> that's connected to a tear in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-time_continuum">space time continuum</a> that requires 700 trillion trillion pounds of pressure to open. their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_capacitor">flux capacitor</a> must be broken.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/153389189/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/44/153389189_422cae2554_o.png" alt="92mb of 2.5mb"></a></p>

<p>actually its ernest hemingway and jane austen. and actually its emily who said it. so take that. in a fury of hatred for high school mandatory reading, she said </p>

<blockquote><p>ernest hemingway and jane austen can kiss my ass!</p></blockquote>

<p>but then the next day i forgot and thought it was robert deniro and susan suranden. so the moral of the story is that she is crazy.</p>