December 2009
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Never Not Rockist 2009 →
Hot on the heels of the Pop 2009 mix (if five weeks later counts), it’s a special New Year’s Eve present: the Never Not Rockist 2009 mix! While I was making the first playlist I realized how heavily it was focused on dancey pop music, so I decided I should probably make a separate list full of people playing guitars during 2009 (except I kind of cheated on the first track—that...
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“I’ve been wanking since the beginning of the wave… whoops!”
– Adam, in an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the extensive video game-related discussions that are taking place among the warpskip.com crew on Google Wave
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WARPSKIP.COM IS BLOWIN' UP
Are you reading warpskip.com yet? ARE YOU? Because Adam posted this image along with some further thoughts about Brutal Legend as a follow-up to his review (well, as “review” as we’re going to get around there) for Doublefine’s second game. We’ve got big plans in 2010! Get on board now people! Word on the street is that we might even get a logo soon!
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Put This On: Eight Days of Style →
Jesse Thorn is running a great feature on Put This On called “Eight Days of Style”, spurred by a woman asking what she could buy her boyfriend for Hannukah presents that would serve as the basics to a better wardrobe. The first days were pretty obvious, but it’s getting slightly more complicated, and the feature as a whole is a pretty good illustration of how Jesse is totally...
This requires a lot of additional context which I...
Me: this day is going really slowly :(
Bob: hmmmm yeah kinda
Bob: it's fiiiine
Bob: you'll be eatin' meat pies before you know it!
Me: I'M EATING MEAT PIES RIGHT NOW OM NOM NOM
Me: it's one of the included snacks in our break room
Me: hot chocolate and meat pies
Bob: now it all makes sense
Me: :(
Me: what are you saying :(((
Me: ( >______< )
Bob: wow, you're unraveling quite quickly!
Me: it's all this goddamn meat
Find My Friends, Merlin
So it turns out the best way to find people you know on Tumblr is to get a mention from Merlin Mann. Hi, Maximum Fun community/Google Reader buddies!
kung fu grippe →
merlin:
Finally, a post from Merlin we can all get behind.
Last.fm's Best of 2009 →
This is really cool. On the surface, last.fm’s list of the best music of 2009 is somewhat intriguing, because it’s based entirely on data collected from last.fm users. I don’t really use their music discovery radio-type features, just submit my listening data so that I can see it later, and I think a lot of people are in the same boat, so most of this data is our intentional...
Last.fm’s Most Unwanted Scrobbles →
These tracks were most frequently deleted by the Last.fm community from their scrobbles in October 2009.
This is a great page. (via jrr)
“Television is a medium because it’s neither rare nor well-done.”
– MC Paul Barman, “Sampling Law”
WatchKids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town (via brandonnn)
AT&T Mark The Spot app →
mrgan:
I’m going to be not cynical about this and assume that this data will actually go somewhere and be seen by someone and be used to improve something.
That makes one of us.
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WatchMaria Bamford has released a one-hour “Christmas Special” to the internet. It’s a bunch of stand-up as delivered from her couch with her dogs snoring loudly next to her. You can watch the whole thing online or download the file (if you have a Vimeo account). I highly recommend this— if you’re not familiar with Bamford, it could be a little off-putting at first, but...
Watch“Spacious Thoughts” - NASA feat. Kool Keith & Tom Waits
The art style here is just splendid.
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“People are most inclined to bicker when they’re wrong.”
– ..by which, of course, Merlin Mann means that he is right and you are wrong and by writing a platitude about it, you are now not only wrong, you’re probably dumb too. OH NO WAIT AM I BICKERING NOW?!?!?
Anyone who knows me knows that I tend to eat up whatever Merlin Mann spews about writing...
Technicalities. →
langer:
Going on twenty years now I’ve played the part of all-purpose-computer-and-technical-support-grunt for my family. I wish to finally disabuse myself of this ignominious title and terminate all these bothersome, unpaid retainers.
There are three reasons I wish to do this.
Follow the link to read on. I need to print this up and hand it out— I actually don’t get requests...
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Del busts in, rapping over “Strangers on a...
WatchFinal Fantasy - “This Lamb Sells Condos”, from the IFC show “Dinner With The Band”
Umbrella Today + Prowl = Free UT Push... →
This is great. I’m going to set this up tonight. The best part is that I can edit the script to query different locations on different days (since I’m in Indianapolis Saturday-Monday)
Why I Disliked Battlestar Galactica
If you still haven’t seen Battlestar Galactica, this post probably isn’t for you. If you intend on watching the show, there are spoilers all over the place, and if you don’t, it probably won’t make much sense anyway. If you are going to read this, well… I’m sorry in advance.
I really wanted to like Battlestar Galactica. We’ve been starved for a good...
Films renamed for the one scene for which they...
samhey:
“Eastern Promises” renamed “Butt Naked Knife Fight.”
What a slow goddamn film. What a bitchin scene.
Tell me yours.
“Westworld” renamed “Robot Sheriff Killing Spree.”
