Poor Ringo. He always meant well, but he rarely brought anything useful.

What a week. We went from Valentine’s Day at the beginning of the week to the first glimpse of what it will be like when machines destroy love with their ability to answer game show questions effectively.

Let’s get our minds off the loneliness and despair of holidays meant for others and machines meant to replace us.

First, though, some cool stuff this weekend.

FRIDAY: Alta Mira with Holly & Evan, Ben Karis-Nix, and the Ashley Pond Band. Downstairs, 8pm, $7. More info

SATURDAY: The Albany All-Star Roller Derby Girls at the Washington Avenue Armory! The Department of Public Hurts take on the Capital City Legislayers starting at 7pm. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and only $4(!) for children under 12. For more info and tickets, check out the Albany All-Stars website.

Speaking of roller derby, check out my guest post on derby girl Audrey Deathburn’s blog (warning: mute your speakers; music automatically plays and it’s a bit loud).

This week – artificial intelligence, Flexi Wheeler is INvulnerable, Amanda Talar is dressed to the 9s, and Daniel Nester has some mansplainin’ to doooooooo! This…is Blogorama.

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WE’RE YOUR SOURCE: This Week on the Times Union Blogs

Vulnerability is in the Eye of the Beholder (Roller Derby / Flexi Wheeler)

IBM’s Watson Has Heart of Gold (Rev. Alan Rudnick)

The Case Against High Speed Rail (The Buzz / Eric Anderson)

Are You a Mansplainer? Let Me Mansplain (Daniel Nester)

Moving Towards Minimalism in the Hudson Valley (Simpler Living)

Death By Twitter (Lydia Kulbida)

Ten Songs That Broke My Heart (Chuck Miller)

Am I Too Dressed Up to Date? (Amanda Talar)

Valentine’s Day: No One Likes It (High School / Katie Maffucci)

All the Lonely People, Where Do They Go? (CRUMBS / Andrew Gregory)

More amazingness is after the jump.

IN OUR AREA CODE

MEANWHILE, IN THE REST OF THE WORLD…

ART

MMA

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5 Responses to Blogorama: What is a collection of links?

  1. Rob Madeo says:

    a. Thanks for the link!

    b. Funny you mention Ringo. I listened to “Don’t Pass Me By” from the White Album about ten times in a row yesterday. You’ve all heard it before, but today listen just to the violin part. It’s rather awesome.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSd4evT8Nw8

    The player is Jack Fallon, who was quite a big deal in his day.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Fallon

  2. Thanks for sharing the link, Kevin. I hear that the evening will be recorded, so a good turnout would be nice.
    PS. I unfortunately will miss your MJ impersonation…

  3. NinaisShort says:

    I have a strong urge to listen to Eleanor Rigby after reading this blog today.

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