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(0100 is one possible binary representation of the number 4.)

Mathew Hoy at HellaBoss got tagged to make a few lists of four items. He then tagged Grant Hutchison at splorp, who made his lists. Grant then tagged John Martz at RobotJohnny, who made his lists. Johnny tagged Deenster at pony, who made her lists and then tagged me.

It’s my turn now, so here goes:

Four Jobs I’ve Had

• DJ, Clark Hall Pub, Crazy Go Nuts University (Nov. 1989 – Nov. 1994)
• Sno-cone street vendor, Hawaiian Snow (summer 1985)
• Gopher, Fleishman Auction Company (spring/summer 1991)
• Go-go Dancer, The Living Room nightclub, Toronto (early 2002)

Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over

• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
• A Clockwork Orange
• Blue Velvet
• Waiting to Exhale
• Okay, I was kidding about that last one. I meant Goodfellas.

Four Places I have Lived

• Manila
• Boston
• Philadelphia
• San Francisco

Four Television Shows I Love to Watch

• Battlestar Galactica
• The Daily Show
• Weeds
• Dead Like Me

Four Places I Have Been on Vacation

• Prague (New Year’s 2000)
• Black Rock Desert (Burning Man 1999)
• Southwest Japan (Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, 1998)
• Minneapolis/St. Paul (CONvergence Science Fiction Convention, July 2004)

Four of My Favourite Dishes

• Yeung Chow fried rice
• Filet mignon
• My mother’s chicken adobo
• My mother-in-law’s coffee cake

Four Websites I Visit Daily

• del.icio.us
• reddit
• digg
• Metafilter

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now

• Om the Burning Man mobile bar, which is essentially a flatbed truck converted into a lounge. It circles the entire site all night. The bar has an ample supply of Crown Royal, ginger ale and ice, and is occupied by me and a bunch of programmer types — David Crow, Chris Nolan, Paul Baranowski, Michelle Levesque, Zooko, Amber O’Hearn, Bram Cohen, Ian Goldberg, Kat Hanna, David Janes, Randy Charles Morin, Ry4an Brase, Justin Chapweske, Luke Francl, Steve Jenson, Tom and Joe McDonald, Jillzilla, the Ruby programmer known only as why the lucky stiff, David Heinemeier Hansson, John Wiseman and Paul Graham. Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto (creator of the Ruby programming language) and Guido van Rossum (creator of the Python programming language) are tending bar, and Doc Searls is manning the barbecue. The truck would be on its way to Mashup Camp.
• Onstage at the Coachella Valley Music Festival, invited by Trent Reznor to join him and the rest of Nine Inch Nails for a couple of numbers. I go up with my accordion when Trent says “Hey, Joe, you need something a little more high-tech. I’ve been meaning to give this to you for being so cool.” He passes me a heavy box: it contains a Roland FR-7 Digital accordion hooked to a Korg Radias rackmount synth. “Watch that F-diminished chord button,” says Trent, “it activates the pyrotechnics.”
• Sitting butt-naked and hot-tub style in a large vat filled with a mixture of chocolate mousse, intact $100 bills and the entire inventory of the Yorkdale Apple Store (sealed in plastic, of course). I have my arm around Wendy, who is also in the vat with me. Mark Cuban is outside the vat, but leaning over the edge and giving me hot stock tips and financial advice. Tony Pierce is taking pictures and blogging the whole thing. Rachael Ray is cooking and serving her famous cheeseburgers when she whispers in my ear, suggesting that she, Wendy and I get into a “threesome”.
• Driving to Buffalo with Wendy so that we can fulfill the final step of her residency visa for Canada — yes, she got accepted! Mazel tov!

Four People I am Now Tagging to Prepare the Same Lists

• Wendy
• David
• Diane
  
• Melanie