October 2009
39 posts
Danielson Famile plays a new song and talks a little about the non-profit Weathervane Music project.
Take this challenge! →
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I’m in. Are you? Give it a shot—it’s only a month.
November has 30 days and that is exactly what we need for the Elimination Diet! If you haven’t read my prior post where I…
Lost: The Final Season Teaser Trailer →
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NOT A SINGLE FRAME?!?
ABC has begun airing a new television commercial teasing the premiere of Lost: The Final Season. You can watch the teaser after the jump, but I…
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Derek Powazek rips SEO companies a new one →
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One of the biggest question I get as a web developer is “how do I get my site to show up on google?” Well, here’s the real answer.
Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists:
And so, like the goat sacrificers and snake oil salesmen before them, a new breed of con man was born, the Search Engine Optimizer. These scammers claim that they can dance the magic...
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Other Notable Balloons →
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Historical balloons, full of hot air.
Recently, our nation’s attention briefly turned toward balloons and the boys they may carry. Young Falcon’s illusory journey sparked…
Chris Ware 'Unmasked' in the New Yorker →
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Wow. Chris Ware always impresses. Take a couple of minutes to read.
Unmasked
The New Yorker has posted a new strip by Chris Ware that has a bit of a Halloween…
Defying gravity →
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I am also curious.
I need help from people who know more than I do about science — in particular about gravity and what we do or don’t know about how it works.
What I’m…
The Jerk Factory →
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“Today’s commandment: I say unto you, shut up and be less of a jerk.”
The trouble with contemporary Christianity is that a massive bait and switch is going on….
The Final Season of LOST Will Be Interrupted By... →
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Noooooo
There is almost nothing I’m looking forward to more, in the realm of movies, television or books, than the final season of Lost. For those of you hoping that…
Caniculae →
Here is a short mixtape that I whipped up while wrapping up the first Scholastics + Moon Cities collaborative mixtape. “Caniculae” is a Latin equivalent of the “dog days” of summer, which have…
Watching The Fifth Element with my eye on a Super Secret Space Base post. Also because it’s one of my favorite movies.
Coffee will not make you a ninja.
RT @rstevens: And now to distract myself from the thought that I will likely never travel in space.
Perfect for a Fall #MusicMonday - Sweeping, soaring post-punk: The Fatales http://bit.ly/2ekgO4
Perfect for a Fall Monday
Great Surround - The Fatales
The Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases: Fall... →
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I’ve made my list.
Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to upcoming releases! Four times a year, we round up a big ol’ list of…
I think this is going to be one of those months where I blow all my emusic downloads within a week. Too much good stuff I want to hear.
For your Monday perusal: three excellent minicomics featuring everyone’s favorite Tesla-bot: Atomic Robo!!! http://bit.ly/4pk1q8
Busy day: breakfast & car show with my dad, lunch (tri-tip) party with my wife’s family, now friends’ wedding (with muffins?). #food
At the Concours d’Elegance in Dana Point. http://flic.kr/p/74PEuu
Got this shirt from the Scarygoround mystery shirt sale. I kinda can’t stand Jimmy Buffet. Should I keep it? http://flic.kr/p/74E4kS
I ran 4105m before turning into a fine mist on my iPhone. http://www.canabalt.com/
Today, @netflix is streaming The Wizard of Oz for free even if you don’t have an account! http://tinyurl.com/m8jkms
I ran 2273m before hitting a wall and tumbling to my death on my iPhone. http://www.canabalt.com/
The @davidbazan show was great, but the Detroit Bar was not great.
Ah, so “Words with Friends” is an iPhone app used to play scrabble with friends remotely. I’m there. Same name as Twitter.
If you don’t already own Radiohead’s Kid A, LCD Soundsystem’s Sounds of Silver or Daft Punk’s Discovery, they’re cheap! http://bit.ly/34C7IV
Yeah I’m listening to the Doobie Brothers. What of it?
M'UAD DIB →
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Holy Crap
“It is said of Muad’dib that once when he saw a weed trying to grow between two rocks, he moved one of the rocks. Later, when the weed was seen to be…
Holy crap! RT @pulphope: New blog post—adapting DUNE as a Wednesday Comic: http://pulphope.blogspot.com/
Egg and bacon in my oatmeal this morning. Let’s just say I have perhaps invented one of the greatest breakfasts ever. Next time: tobasco.
Songs of the day so far: “This Year” by The Mountain Goats and the epic “Hellhole Ratrace” by Girls: http://bit.ly/zX9sW
Songs for Thursday
This Year - The Mountain Goats
Hellhole Ratrace - Girls