February 2008
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Watch of Montreal - I Was Never Young - 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA - August 13, 2005 on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
In related news, a giant collection of covers by the band. I recommend Jimmy and Tropical Iceland to start.
Top 10 Best Tumblr Designs & Themes →
rhett: Thanks to all you tumblrs out there that inspired me to make this post. That is a pretty good list, but is missing Peacock Tail. It is probably going to be my new theme once the quirks are worked out.
January 2008
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Its So Incredibly Tulsa: Bill Haders Book Picks →
Bill Hader isn’t just an incredible impressionist, he also has very good taste in books. Here are a couple more things to drop on my reading list.
Talking Points Memo | Top Edwards Adviser Joe... →
“Look, the guy led on every single issue out there, whether it was poverty, the economy, global warming, or universal health care,” Trippi said. “He moved the progressive agenda much further than any other candidate — so much so that both Clinton and Obama adopted a lot of his language and agenda. Which is a great thing to have done.” I hope Edwards becomes the...
The Disney Vault is no place for humans.
Erik: There is no such thing as the Disney vault
Erik: LIES
Ryan: :(
Erik: The disney vault is a metaphor for killing the happiness of children
Ryan: That's it I'm putting you in the Disney Vault
Erik: :(((
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Reading list.
I guess I should update this since I’ve had a little reading traction lately. My copy of VALIS had a printing error that resulted in 40 pages of an unrelated book being placed in the center of it. I was reading the beginning of the book and the appendix, only to find that I was 30 pages from reaching a dead end. William did me a favor and returned it back to Borders and thankfully the one at...
He’d rather talk about sex than God - Times... →
The most stunning realization in this piece is that giving away the executive branch to evangelical interests wasn’t even genuine, but a calculated move on both Rove and Bush’s parts. I’ve often tried to get away from the mental picture of GW Bush as a caricature, but the things in this article (if true) are pretty damning to that point. I guess I would rather have an unfit...
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Tumblr bookmarks
The Dashboard page could do with some sort of internal bookmarking. I use Tumblr at work, but can’t watch any videos or listen to any audio posts that people make. So what Tumblr needs is a button on each post, similar to the reblog and permalink icons, to add a post to a personal bookmarks/read later page. Then, when I log in to Tumblr at home after work, I don’t have to search through 20 pages...
“I know that this is a website where we’re supposed to make you laugh at the...”
– Best Week Ever » DEAR MEDIA: Let’s All Try To Be Classy About This A voice of reason.
Mac OS X 10.5.2 update to bring endless list of... →
I’ve really enjoyed my time with 10.5, but there are a lot of little things that obviously need polish. It is good to see that that is coming soon.
Really truly sorry. →
— david Tumblr being down really threw me off for a bit of my feed reading. I guess I could go back through Google Reader and flag everything with the bookmarklet, but it doesn’t feel as “in the moment” as my normal tumble blogging. Still, I can’t wait to see the site back up at full capacity and running new features. Viva la Tumblr.
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A Game of Thrones and VALIS.
On Tuesday night I finally finished the first book George RR Martin’s “A Song of Fire and Ice” series, “A Game of Thrones.” It wasn’t the most self contained book, but I really got a feeling for the characters [the ones that survived, that is]. The ending was abrupt, but as Ryan tells me the point was to set up everything in the next two books. The Seven...
“35. The Mind is not talking to us but by means of us. Its narrative passes...”
– Horselover Fat’s Exegesis as excerpted in “VALIS,” by Philip K. Dick
“Anyway, palefaces, Man colonized these lands a long time ago. You and your...”
– Brian Wood - A Minor Rant Ah, gentrification my old friend.
Roundup of intra-Pixar cameos →
via goldenfiddlr. — jakoblodwick I knew most of these, but the ones I didn’t were really something.
“At a certain point we should just acknowledge that Edwards basically got screwed...”
– Greg Sargent - Hourses Mouth
Great profile on Tumblr founder David Karp in the... →
“He speaks incredibly fast and in complete paragraphs.” That’s true! — jakoblodwick Tumblr isn’t a completely new idea, but it is a damn good one.
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Book update.
Things I’ve read since the beginning of the year: Another 250 pages of Game of Thrones The Hood - Blood from Stones by Brian K. Vaughan A Game of Thrones is getting really badass, even though I should have finished it on Sunday night. That is probably what I’m going to do tonight with some late reading. The Hood hardcover is what Phil gave to me for Christmas and was a stellar read,...
CES 2008: iriver SPINN, P10, LPlayer, E100,... →
I’m not sure which player I want more.
The SPINN has fantastic design and goes up to 16 gigs of flash with a bluetooth option, but the design might be too ambitious. The Lplayer is the successor to the clix2 and is pretty much all screen, but it tops out at 8 gigs. The E100 is pretty much a horizontal move from my current player, but has a higher capacity than my 8 gig X20 and does...
J.K. Rowling should lose her copyright lawsuit... →
I really don’t care much for Harry Potter, but this article covers a lot about copyright concerns and author control. The link in the first line is also a very powerful short essay.
“What I have said, and I stand by it and I believe it, is there are very well...”
– Crooks and Liars » Late Edition: John Edwards Still Fighting Accusations He’s “Angry”
WatchTime Lapse Painting - CollegeHumor video This is so incredibly cool. I need to find a creative outlet that makes me feel as alive as seeing people do something like this.
Lesser Sunday.
I finished off the week by working a short shift where I did most everything. Thankfully I took a very good nap after a relaxing shower. I’m sure I have something else to say about the whole of this weekend, but I think I would rather read for now.
“I mean, is this a joke, or what? What the hell is the difference between...”
– Merchants of Trivia - Matt Taibbi
“But as long as you feel it
I’m a believer
My heart is phosphor
Sea...”
– MGMT - Future Reflections
In summation:
What?
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Watch Type Video: Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse by Of Montreal on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
The author of this video missed the point of the song — the chemicals Kevin sings of are his own naturally misfiring ones — but the visuals are fantastic.
Welcome to Comics. Now Get Out. →
The modern comic book community seems to make a point of defining who is in the know. Is it so bad to be “mainstream”?
Really strange.
Erik Graham: I'm just glad things worked out like they have so far
Dan Lewis: Excellent
Erik Graham: but it is a strange idea to think it could have gone either way
Dan Lewis: Isn't that funny? How so much of life hangs on gossamer threads?
Erik Graham: a little scary, too
Dan Lewis: Yep
Green Mountain Daily:: All ye who support Edwards,... →
I sure hope Obama beats Doctor Octopus in the fall.
Daytrotter: Beulah/Miles Kurosky: He And His... →
I want this record.
Battle Cry of the West →
Still probably my favorite Beulah song. The melancholy of Miles’ voice really tugs at me.
“I wonder if Chris Matthews realizes that every time he or one of his fellow...”
– Hullabaloo - Digby
Stan Lee Tribute - a photoset on Flickr →
Pretty inspired stuff. Be sure to check out the Scarlet Witch painting.
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My dream last night
I went to bed at midnight and proceeded to have a strange dream. I remember holding a almost empty gallon of milk and then suddenly I was in a supermarket that was laid out very strangely. I grab a new gallon of milk out of the cooler and walk up to buy it. As soon as I do, I see Elizabeth, my girlfriend from Potsdam, only to duck to the side, which is when I bump into Ryan, my best friend. At...
Glenn Greenwald - Political Blogs and Opinions -... →
“Edwards — who, just one week ago, was 10 points behind Obama nationally among Democrats — is now only two points behind him. Less than a month ago, he trailed Clinton by 29 points. Now it’s 13 points. He is, by far, at his high point of support nationwide. Apparently, the more exposure Democratic voters get to Edwards and his campaign positions — and that exposure...
My trip to Hanover, NH
I have a lot to say about it, but don’t have the time right now. All I can say right now is that I almost came down with a fatal case of Obama-mania.