December 2009
42 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Gnarls Barkley (59)
The Presets (8)
LCD Soundsystem (7)
Simian Mobile Disco (5)
Kenna (4)
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would have had to have figured
Ridiculous verb construction I just used in the sentence “If he had said no, we’d’ve had to have figured something else out.”
In the saga of moving into a New York apartment.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Passion Pit (43)
Rufus Wainwright (24)
The Cardigans (23)
Cut Copy (13)
Matt & Kim (13)
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Watchmatthewb:
This promotional film by Charles and Ray Eames includes a detailed look at the internals of Polaroid’s SX-70 camera, including its lens assembly and the mechanical operation that follows each shutter press. The style, framing and voiceover are all impeccable. (via Pat Dryburgh)
Weird.
This morning the Leonard Lopate show had two food writers on to talk about holiday food traditions, and they mentioned Kringle, a Danish pastry, and a specific bakery (O&H) in Wisconsin that makes them.
This afternoon, we received an O&H Kringle from a client. Everyone was so excited, apparently they get one every year and it’s everyone’s favorite.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
Karen O and the Kids (33)
Patton Oswalt (24)
Imogen Heap (24)
The Concretes (23)
Tegan and Sara (22)
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“This update eliminates the noise made by the optical disk drive during system...”
– Apple MacBook Pro Firmware Note
As long as I can remember, Apple laptops’ optical drives made that WAH-WUH-WAH sound when the computer started or woke from sleep. No longer. It was very bizarre to wake my MBP up this morning and hear no audio feedback.
(via maniacalrage)
Holy crap. This noise was...
I have a credit for a free Audio Book
cameronchristopher:
Any ideas? Also, just great books, but sometimes the audio books are different and special. Like, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya sisterhood is a good book, I’m sure, but the audiobook has the most FABULOUS accents. Same with Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
So, recommendations?
So I accidentally hit enter. Sarah Vowell has three of my favorite audiobooks ever:...
Mac Gems of the Year →
Kevin: omg Press Release of the Day (link to protest over the plastic surgery tax)
Me: lol
Kevin: quick, think up a liposuction-related equivalent of "these colors dont run"
Me: eeeeeeeeeeeew
Kevin: lol
Me: these nipples don't work
Me: oh wait
Key Bank Mobile Banking →
HOLY JESUS FINALLY.
Now they just need to open up to Mint.com.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
Tegan and Sara (27)
Fiona Apple (26)
Gnarls Barkley (22)
Radiohead (22)
Crystal Castles (16)
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faucet:
Sometimes I wish there were lowercase numbers.
There kind of are. Oldstyle figures ≈ lowercase, lining figures ≈ uppercase.
My boss’s dog has a pen and he is running laps across the entire office with it.
faucet:
“unreinforced” is a really odd word, but I think it makes sense, in discussing the Pantheon, which has the largest concrete dome that doesn’t use steel reinforcing. Calling it “uninforced” is wrong… in fact “inforced” isn’t even a word…
What about “non-reinforced”?
The ridiculous power of Google
How the hell do you acquire the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4?
(They’re for Google’s new Public DNS service, btw.)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29) →
of Montreal (40)
The Gossip (37)
Tegan and Sara (28)
Simian Mobile Disco (27)
Gnarls Barkley (27)
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