<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Dave @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Dave) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:51:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Dave @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>2007</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2007.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2007.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2007</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;m not going to go into the world&#39;s 2007 retrospective, because I always feel like my version of events is too short-sighted and biased.&nbsp; Instead, I prefer to make it deliberately self-focused and dispense with any pretense of balance.&]]></description></item><item><title>Escape To New York</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/escape_to_new_york.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/escape_to_new_york.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=escape%5Fto%5Fnew%5Fyork</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I just got back from an alternately relaxing and rushed weekend in New York City, the city in which I attended grad school.&nbsp; Joe had FedExed me the keys to his apartment earlier in the week, and I had his place to myself for a chunk of the time]]></description></item><item><title>Sucked into Facebook.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/sucked_into_facebook.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/sucked_into_facebook.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sucked%5Finto%5Ffacebook</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I told myself I was done with social networking websites at least a year and a half ago.&nbsp; Basically, there are so many of them -- and if you are to make any investment of time and energy into them, the opportunity cost is simply too high for me.]]></description></item><item><title>Train travel sets records</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/train_travel_sets_records.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/train_travel_sets_records.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=train%5Ftravel%5Fsets%5Frecords</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Amtrak is experiencing record ridership  right now, despite all its well-documented service, infrastructure, funding and management limitations.&nbsp; Amtrak also happens to be expensive for most people relative to car/bus travel and flying.&nbsp; Ne]]></description></item><item><title>New York State Of Mind</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/new_york_state_of_mind.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/new_york_state_of_mind.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fyork%5Fstate%5Fof%5Fmind</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I went to NYC for my second SIOP  Annual Conference last weekend, which was a good time.&nbsp; In a time-honored tradition, I blew off chunks of the conference knowing that I&#39;d be able to contact certain presenters and purchase an audio version i]]></description></item><item><title>In NYC Next Weekend (Business)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_nyc_next_weekend_business.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_nyc_next_weekend_business.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fnyc%5Fnext%5Fweekend%5Fbusiness</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ll be going up to New York next weekend for the SIOP Annual Conference (Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology) at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. The conference runs all day Friday and Saturday, and a half-day on Sun]]></description></item><item><title>Old-School Weekend With New-School Twists</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/oldschool_weekend_with_newschool_twists.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/oldschool_weekend_with_newschool_twists.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=oldschool%5Fweekend%5Fwith%5Fnewschool%5Ftwists</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This weekend was a blast.&nbsp; First, I discovered the magic of Wonderland Ballroom in Columbia Heights.&nbsp; Every first Friday of the month, they host a hip-hop dance party on their second floor which was VERY well-attended.&nbsp; Its isolation f]]></description></item><item><title>Tsubo Men&apos;s Spum</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/tsubo_mens_spum.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/tsubo_mens_spum.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tsubo%5Fmens%5Fspum</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Review of Tsubo Men's Spum]]></description></item><item><title>Wii Weekend before the last</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/wii_weekend_before_the_last.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/wii_weekend_before_the_last.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=wii%5Fweekend%5Fbefore%5Fthe%5Flast</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I forgot that two weekends ago was a long weekend, so I decided to take an evening trip up to New York Monday night.&nbsp; As it stands, I probably should have gone to Chicago.&nbsp; Anyway, my job allows me to travel for free, so it was no biggie.&n]]></description></item><item><title>Why Eating Meat is Best For the Environment.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/why_eating_meat_is_best_for_the_environment.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/why_eating_meat_is_best_for_the_environment.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=why%5Feating%5Fmeat%5Fis%5Fbest%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fenvironment</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Dave reminded me of an infamous rant by Maddox that I sent out to people.  The gist is that a vegetarian diet is not by any means "guiltless," despite restaurants using terms like "Guiltless Grill" to describe dish]]></description></item><item><title>iPhone gets The Glass Face</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/iphone_gets_the_glass_face.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/iphone_gets_the_glass_face.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=iphone%5Fgets%5Fthe%5Fglass%5Fface</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm turning a bad pun on a 3rd Bass reference ("The Gas Face") into an analysis of the big problem with said iPhone, and why Dave probably won't get it. Yes, I'm a hypocrite. And actually, Dave probably will take another look at it when design improv]]></description></item><item><title>Over/Under on Dave and the iPhone Getting Together</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/daves_overunder_on_iphone.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/daves_overunder_on_iphone.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=daves%5Foverunder%5Fon%5Fiphone</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As many of you know, Apple announced it's new iPhone yesterday.  It's part iPod, and part phone.  It has a full-length touchscreen, and will be one of the thinnest PDA/Smartphones on the market.  It will have 8 GBs of space for music a]]></description></item><item><title>4 Years In The Black!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/4_years_in_the_black.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/4_years_in_the_black.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=4%5Fyears%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fblack</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Four years ago today, I put up my very first weblog entry. Back then I used MovableType as my weblog provider, and the header/title was "[my first name]'s Obsidian Potency."  Eventually I would invite others to post along with me, and]]></description></item><item><title>2006</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2006.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2006.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2006</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I last had an entry with this title in 2004, so I thought I'd revisit the year a bit from my point of view.

Worldwide, Saddam Hussein was executed in dubious circumstances (again, The Rob does a good job of elucidating how potentially harmful and]]></description></item><item><title>NY, NY</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ny_ny.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ny_ny.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ny%5Fny</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I just got back from NYC early this morning, which was a good time.  I ate barbecue twice in the weekend to try new restaurants (Blue Smoke and Dinosaur).  Dinosaur has now taken the crown long held by Brother Jimmy's as the best barbecue p]]></description></item><item><title>Giving Thanks, and New York Trip</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/giving_thanks_and_new_york_trip.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/giving_thanks_and_new_york_trip.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=giving%5Fthanks%5Fand%5Fnew%5Fyork%5Ftrip</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This past weekend was pretty calm in that no travelling was involved.&nbsp; I had my customary dual Thanksgiving dinners, hung out with Dave, Joe, Laura and Ina, snuck in a trip to Chief Ike's Mambo Room, did some shopping for house stuff for my new]]></description></item><item><title>Moved in...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/moved_in.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/moved_in.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=moved%5Fin</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The cause for my recent posting slump is that I finished moving into my new place last Wednesday.   Shockingly, I still don't have internet - and it won't be turned on until November 27.  In the meantime, I'll have to settle for piggybacking on wirel]]></description></item><item><title>Tough Call</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/tough_call.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/tough_call.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tough%5Fcall</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I've been house-share-hunting for over a month now, all the while knowing that I can move when I want.  But obviously, I'm getting antsy.  It's natural; living on my own is the one big gaping hole in my life right now.  

Anyway, I s]]></description></item><item><title>Aesop Rock: Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/fast_cars_danger_fire_and_knives.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/fast_cars_danger_fire_and_knives.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fast%5Fcars%5Fdanger%5Ffire%5Fand%5Fknives</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dave gave me this 7-song collection by underground hip-hop artist Aesop rock several months ago, but it took me a while to put it on my iPod.  Now that I've the chance to listen to it (shuffled) for the past few months, I have to say it's everything]]></description></item><item><title>2006: A Cellphone Odyssey</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2006_a_cellphone_odyssey.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2006_a_cellphone_odyssey.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2006%5Fa%5Fcellphone%5Fodyssey</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Apparently deciding to put myself through one more agonizing big-money shopping decision, I finally decided to satisfy my glaring want for a PDA cellphone this week.  And for one of the few times in my life, I acted too quickly.  
My need of]]></description></item></channel></rss>