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This seems pretty handy now that I actually have a DS Lite.
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Linux and emulators and drum machines, oh my!
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“barbecues (BBQ) shall henceforth be known as meat-up meet-ups.”
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Speaking of BBQ 2.0…
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Links for 2006-09-29
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Subway Ride
I’ve been doing a little noodling with iMovie lately and I managed to turn an old quiet .mpg into a nice little clip. I’m nowhere close to becoming one of those dorky vloggers, but becoming familiar with the tools may inspire me to post a little more than just photos and text here. *shrug*
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Phone Etiquette
Dear Unidentified Caller,
If you’re gonna call me more than half a dozen times from an unlisted number over the course of 10 minutes, please have the dignity to leave a fucking message. If you really wanted to talk to me, you would have the common decency to do that at the very least.
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Nibbles The Goat
Sarah tried to make friends with a goat over the weekend. The goat had other ideas tho…
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Fresh Episodes
So, Gilmore Girls is back — and after watching the season opener, I’ve gotta say that I’m mildly pleased with the show under its new management. The Rory/Lorelai interplay is still mostly there, and that’s one of the things that keeps me coming back. Some of their conversations missed a little of that Amy-Sherman Palladino sparkle and pop, but I enjoyed pretty much every scene that they shared.
Rory: How can you not have ice?
Lorelai: You know I don’t cook!With that being said, the show’s going to need to work a bit harder to keep me watching. I don’t care how much of the hots I have for Lauren Graham — or how clever I think the writing can be — I seriously can’t take much more of this broody Lorelai crap.
I’ve invested enough time in this show that I honestly hope that they can keep me watching. If they don’t, it’s quite possible that they’ll end up losing me to House.
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Web 2.0
Here’s a crazy, awesome stop motion advert for UK based online magazine The First Post.
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Ben Folds Covers Such Great Heights
This isn’t the best cover of my second favorite Postal Service track, but Ben gets lots of points for inventiveness. Dropping an s-bomb where there wasn’t one before sort of amuses me too…
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The Upcoming A.V. Club
Leonard just tipped me off to a couple of really awesome new features on Upcoming:
- Any link to an mp3 now embeds an audio player — the nifty, lightweight 1 Pixel Out Flash player — into the page. [example]
- Links to YouTube videos embed the video into the page. The site does all the heavy lifting for you. [example]
Great work guys! I hope I didn’t steal anyone’s thunder by posting this here tho…
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Links for 2006-09-21
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Crazy, but bad ass 1300mAh rechargeable batteries that get their juice from a USB port.
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Lovely! This will come in handy later.
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This time he “embedded” a British phone booth across the street from Philippe’s. No use in going to see it tho as it’s apparently already been removed.
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No Sympathy For The Record Industry
Brendon Lloyd has done a scathingly funny letter from the RIAA to an alleged illegal downloader for McSweeney’s that’s really worth reading. Check it out:
This is your notice that you will be sued for one of the following:
- Downloading a song from the Internet.
- Singing the “Happy Birthday” song.
- Other.
- None of the above.
If you would prefer not to be stripped of your home and dignity, please send us $3,750 in the return envelope. If your toddler has been named in this lawsuit, explain to them that the fruits of their labor as an adult will go to pay a debt that will ultimately lead to their death at a young age due to their inability to afford medical insurance. Toddlers never understand that, but they’ll get the point if you make them cry. If your household pet has been named in this lawsuit, it will be euthanized.
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Scheduling Conflicts
It’s no secret that I loves me some “Gilmore Girls“. So while I’m excited to see the show come back, I’m also sad that I have to make a choice between it and “House” as of next week.
I guess BitTorrent and my brother’s roommate’s TiVo will have to fill in the blanks for me…
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Links for 2006-09-20
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Direct proof of why Wikipedia is the greatest fucking site on the internet. The level of detail on this article is damn near staggering.
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Links for 2006-09-19
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Might be handy if I decide to get into the habit of podcasting.
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BitTorrent finally gets some of that classic David Watanabe polish.
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Hey, I know that dude! Congrats on the interview, eecue.
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Had Randy not pointed out that Nick Frost and Simon Pegg were doing a video blog for their new film “Hot Fuzz”, I’d have been oblivious. Danke!
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The White Stripes Vs Bart Simpson
As always, YouTube picks up the slack to show me the bits of TV I wish I hadn’t missed. While it’s nice to see Meg and Jack doing a clever little cameo, I can’t help but think this feels a little too much like a Family Guy style tangent for me to call it genius. *shrug* Whatev.
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Banksy’s Elephant
Here’s a quick little video of the much buzzed painted elephant from Banksy’s “Barely Legal” exhibit. I’ll have my photos and other reflections posted a bit later tonight.
P.S. From what I understand, the elephant was covered in breathable paint and seemed rather chill in its behavior while I was there. It was also constantly being fed hay and taken outside at least once over the hour that Sarah and I were there checking things out. So spare me any comments about animal cruelty, por favor.
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Links for 2006-09-17
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This makes me even more excited to see this. P.S. Meg White, you are too damn cute.
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Alice is right… How Gibsonian.
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Sean nails exactly how I feel about Banksy’s painted elephant controversy.
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Jesus The Mexican Boy
*swoon* “Jesus The Mexican Boy” is one of my all time favorite Iron & Wine songs — right behind “Naked As We Came” and “The Trapeze Swinger”. And while you can’t download legal, free versions of the other two tracks Sub Pop was nice enough to offer up “Jesus…” for free.
If you’ve never heard it — or of Iron & Wine for that matter — I suggest you give it a listen. Well, you know, so long as you’re into beautifully quiet acoustic indie stuff… [mp3]
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Links for 2006-09-16
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“Build your own online social capital and become a great blog commenter by keeping these simple guidelines in mind before you post.”
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Re-Invasion
Don’t think that this is an art blog now — although I don’t think that would necessarily be a bad thing — but after hearing that new Invaders are popping up around town I’m a bit excited to go out and try to find some of them.