October 2007
35 posts
Is stirrdup.com for leftist extremists?
“i spend most of my life in anticipatory nostalgia, aware of the memories...”
– sam reich
Dramatic Whitespace
I installed Dramatic Whitespace (you will need a Facebook account to see that page) over the weekend; it’s the second application I’ve installed (the first being SubVimeo). I’m suffering from a bit of digital overload right now (it’s no coincidence that I’m working on a lot of IRL projects through the end of the year), so I’m loving it. I think it’s a bit too “concept” for my liking, though....
I’m using two computers right now (a MacBook on the left and an iMac on the right) — I’m designing on the MacBook and using the iMac for iTunes and email.
I keep moving my mouse cursor to the absolute right of the MacBook screen and looking for it on the iMac monitor.
I think it’s funny. I don’t use two monitors — when I do, they’re set up vertically...
Consider Art
In November 1996, my father took his gun, walked towards the bush at the south end of his farm and shot himself. In the months after that event, I wrote a lot of poems, most of them unpublishable, about how I was feeling. How does one transform the abject self-pity I was experiencing into a piece that would engage a reader?
I can’t say where this is from (yet), but it’s very special.
(via...
Trying Something New
http://matthewgruman.tumblr.com/ It takes seven steps to make a full post with WordPress. It takes two with Tumblr. Granted, it’s not nearly as robust, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Version 2.0 gets released on November 1 and I want to get used to things before the update.
(via Matthew Gruman)
“Velcro being pulled apart (via AATW and Taylor)”
– Marco.org
JewTube
JewTube is a dynamic new community on the web established to serve the interests of people brought together by an interest in Jewish culture. JewTube was founded in 2007 when Jeremy Kossen became frustrated with the absence of a compelling Jewish-oriented video sharing community.
- Via JewTube.
This defeats the point. Ridiculous.
(via Matthew Gruman)
It amazes me that I own a machine that lets me hear music from around world, learn anything I’ve ever wanted to learn, watch anything I’ve ever wanted to watch, and communicate without any sort of geographical barrier.
Moments like this make me feel very sad for luddites.
Tumblr 2.0 releases on November 1. I have a strong feeling that I’m going to give up Wordpress.
Virus Nightmare
I was reading about upgrading to the new OS X yesterday; someone mentioned problems and that they had to reinstall/load everything. I started thinking about how adept I am at command line processes on Windows machines and how unadept I am with the Mac equivalences. So when there’s a major problem in Windows, I can go through the back, figure out what’s wrong, and usually fix it. If there was a...
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Video
The new Arcade Fire “video” (Neon Bible) is ridiculously good. Click on everything. - Via Rubin Recommends.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Drunken Sailor
drunken sailor from alicia_lynn_carrier on Vimeo.
Babies, man. They’re the bee’s knees.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Heather O’Neill Interview
Canadian Literature, “Canada Reads” (CL#193, Summer 2007), came out this week and it has excerpts of an interview with Heather O’Neill (she wrote “Lullabies for Little Criminals“, which won the CBC’s Canada Reads contest this year and is misspelled in this terrible “personal essay” which angers me too much to discus).
We have posted the entire interview (it was conducted by Kristin McHale — one...
Be a Lesbian for a Night
I don’t know who you are Ms/Mr. Googles-”be a lesbian for a night at a tegan and”, but you made my day.
(via Matthew Gruman)
I’ve Changed
The Utne Reader that came yesterday is sitting unread on my coffee table. The Canadian Business that came today is already being poured over because I find it much more interesting.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Le négation d’un frisson
When I see extremely obese people eating MacDonald’s, I get the same feeling as when I see someone smoking out of a hole in their neck.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Audiogalaxy
Remember Audiogalaxy? That was pretty much the glory days of p2p, eh? I don’t know why I was thinking of them today, but I came across this very interesting article written by one of the original programmers back in 2002 (when the RIAA took them down).
(via Matthew Gruman)
Chocolate Keyboard
Microsoft just sent us these delicious (we think—we haven’t eaten them yet) chocolates in the shape of their ergonomic keyboard and mice sets.
- Via Gizmodo. I thought last week’s episode of The Office, when Michael and Dwight bring gift baskets to their old customers in an attempt to regain accounts, was REALLY funny.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Truck
I rode in an 18-wheeler today — I honestly can’t remember if I’ve done that before. The driver was bitter, foul-mouthed, and looked like she could beat me up; it was pretty exciting.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Wal-Mart Opens Store in Winesburg, Ohio
“We chose Winesburg due to its convenient location, relative lack of competing retail superstores, and the darkly powerful inner lives of its residents,” said Thomas Coughlin, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Division, which oversees more than 2,500 locations nationwide.
[…]
“Target scouted the Winesburg area last year but decided against locating there,” Wall Street Journal retail analyst...
Baby Motorboat
ba ba ba bath from caitandryan on Vimeo.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Vonnegut
It’s like an old constipated man: at some point, he just had to get all that shit out.
- Travis, talking about the last Vonnegut book.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Can boiled water be too hot?
Good for Philadelphia
The city has decided that the Boy Scouts chapter here must pay fair-market rent of $200,000 a year for its city-owned headquarters because it refuses to permit gay Scouts.
[…]
City officials say they cannot legally rent taxpayer-owned property for a nominal sum to a private organization that discriminates. The city owns the land and the Beaux Arts building constructed by the Scouts in 1928.
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Zombies != Good Reading
Matthew,
We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased or rated books by Mark Z. Danielewski have also purchased World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. For this reason, you might like to know that World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is now available. You can order yours at a savings of 32% by following the link below.
(via Matthew Gruman)
schematic.com
Checking out schematic.com from soxiam on Vimeo.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Robyn - Handle Me
- Via Jmarcafella, who says:
Music is changing. The Industry. Distribution. Ownership. Videos.
I don’t know if it’s changing as much as it’s caught up in the zeitgeist of hyper-evolution.
(via Matthew Gruman)
A Gun Rack to Love
I like to keep a full water pistol in my underwear drawer because I think it’s really funny to say “I have a loaded gun in my top drawer.” I don’t know why I want this gun rack, but I think that’s a major reason.
- Via obeastiality.com.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Books
I learned how to bind books over the weekend. This points to a very fun project by year’s end.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Pharmacists
The pharmacists at my local are some of the most intimidatingly attractive women I’ve ever met.
(via Matthew Gruman)
Make Ads Less Annoying
Whenever I stumble upon one of those ads that makes sounds on hover (i.e. the smileys, the lion, etc.), I figure out the latency and mix the sound into whatever song I happen to be listening to. Lion roars + Josh Homme’s Remix of Death From Above 1979’s “Black History Month” = awesome.
(via Matthew Gruman)
I’m amazed that it’s taken me so long to find Iron Chef
Unhappy Women / Doormats
Baby, if you approach all women’s problems like “Are you sure it’s not your own fault?” you will either A) have a lot of really unhappy women around you or B) have a lot of doormats around you.
Do you really want that?
Think about it.
- Comment by dating columnist, Julia Allison on one of her videos. This is why I don’t understand women — I have never thought about it that way. It doesn’t...