December 2008
157 posts
“Lyrical
Prosaic
Settler
Native
American
North American
Nationalism...”
– Wayde Compton - Lyrical/Prosaic…
Twitter: Me and Sean Orr just stopped 2 drunk... →
blownspeakers:
Sean hasn’t mentioned it here, but he and Kris Krug stopped two thugs from almost killing the homeless guy who walks around playing the harmonica in Gastown.
Holy cow—they deserve a medal! That harmonica guy promised to play at my wedding; how could anyone want to harm him?
airrich:
I’ve redone the HTML on this tumblr and my NEW SUPER SECRET SHHH tumblr I will inform you of in the New Year. I love it but I’ve got a problem with my quotes ending up like this:
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Keith Olbermann became the voice of Bush’s second term.
Any ideas on how to fix this? It shows up even tho I haven’t messed with the font.
You have the CSS for that property as:
.quotetxt...
“Doc, when the will is invoked, the recuperative powers of the physical body are...”
– Cooper
lafuguedantoine:
rentedsurroundings:
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“On the second day I was hanging out the window, shouting at the...”
– A. Taylor, West Vancouver, BC
I’m finishing up the information architecture for the new 3-Day Novel Contest website and the current Testimonials page is an absolute riot.
“Wi-Fi, the hippies whine, screws with your chakra and “breaks ley...”
– Via Gizmodo.
I have a bit of neo-hippie in me (I’m still a member of Greenpeace and <other reasons go here>) and I love these stories because, while I think it’s completely absurd, I kind of “get it.”
Back in Nova Scotia, my family and I would shop at this crazy...
“For the lyrics to “Step Right Up” send by prepaid mail a photo of...”
– From the liner notes of Tom Waits’ Small Change.
Watchlafuguedantoine:
This is what I got when I clicked on the link:
We’re sorry! This site is not accessible from your location.
If you are in Canada and are denied access to this site, it may be due to your Internet setup. Please contact your Internet Service Provider for more information.
Thanks, Antoine!
That really stinks. Sharing on the Internet means sharing with the entire Internet....
Watchpeterwknox:
Season 2 Online Premiere - Flight of the Conchords (US Only) from Flight of the Conchords
Finally saw this for the first time. I was underwhelmed considering how excited I had been. It looks like they’re having a really hard time coming up with more material and songs.
Unfortunately, I agree with that sentiment. Let’s hope it ends up as a UK Office-style 2 season epic, and...
Equus
I was chatting with a friend last night about the video of Coldplay doing “Jingle Bells” with Simon Pegg, which led to Chris Martin’s HILARIOUS appearance on Extras, which led to Daniel Radcliffe’s appearance, which led to his recent role in Equus, which led to a bit of research on the play since I hadn’t read it in over ten years.
After seeing it described as...
Watchdangurewitch:
I just watched Mamma Mia! with my parents. I tried to hate it. I failed.
Mamma Mia! may be the most aggressively ridiculous movie ever produced. It is ferocious in its exuberance, unrelenting in its absurdity. It is the opposite of Requiem for a Dream.
Case in point: the scene above. Start around 2:00 to get the flavor. 30 seconds later, you will see something you will never be...
Matthew Gruman - Here Comes the Rain Again...
Friends
There’s some kind of Friends marathon on right now. It’s that season where Monica starts looking really hot and Phoebe finds her real Mom. Anyway, I’ve never been a huge fan of the show, but these episodes are absolutely hilarious! The one where Chandler gets his ass slapped, Ross’ “sound,” Monica getting peed on, the 18 page (front AND back) letter from...
“Cinnamon helps control your blood sugar, which influences your risk of heart...”
– (ABC News)
Choose your own adventure on YouTube →
In the same vein as Paper, Barrack, Scissors, but with really fantastic production value. I love that people are finding ways to use YouTube as a creative model instead of just distro.
Merlin Mann's Top 10 for 2008
merlin:
1. 7 and 3 (tie) 3. 10 4. 1 5. 5 6. 2 7. 9 and 6 (tie) 9. 8 10. 4
PJ's Guitar Chords Tabs and Lyrics Site →
At least once a week (usually more), I sit down with a guitar or a piano and play songs from this site. He does a really great job of simplifying songs down to their base chords.
“Nobody’s bag is ever the 1st bag at baggage claim, right? They just run about a...”
– Neven Mrgan (via yourmonkeycalled)
7 Points
Write a post on your blog telling your readers SEVEN things about yourself they are not very likely to know (through the blog specifically or people in general might not know) about you! (via ginobambino and englishgirls and lfarm and peterwknox)
From the age of 7 or 8, “When the Music’s Over” by the Doors has been my favourite song.
The only classes in which I ever got an A+...
Peruvian Jesus born to Virgin Mary on Christmas →
Virgin Mary, a 20-year-old Peruvian woman, gave birth to a baby boy on Christmas day and named him Jesus, Peru’s state news agency said on Friday.
The baby’s father, Adolfo Jorge Huamani, 24, is a carpenter. Religious Peruvians compared him to Joseph the Carpenter in the Bible.
“Two thousand years later the story of Bethlehem is relived,” read the headline about the...
Thanks, FoTC
Every time I have a mango, I finish the “should I have a mango?” thought with “then pop an apple in his ass, yeah!”
copycats:
“Complicated (Live)” by Death Cab For...
FINALLY! →
(via kevincorrigan)
Their RSS feed doesn’t work :(. I’ve been waiting months for that to change to “Yes,” but it’s still “No.”
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Like a proper Jew I’ll be spending the day working, getting Chinese food, and maybe watching a movie. Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Those new President’s Choice TV adverts annoy me to no end. I really like the fact that Galen Weston stars as the snarky spokesperson (that’s the main reason they annoy me—it’s like they’re teasing with the beginning of a good ad), but the tagline makes me shudder:
President’s Choice: worth switching supermarkets for
Not a lot of people know, but the “never...
Doom 1, completely recompiled in Flash →
And suddenly being trapped by the snow storm doesn’t seem so bad.
cbc.ca: Shot, bleeding man stuns onlookers at... →
blownspeakers:
“It’s Christmas time, you know what I mean. This is outrageous, I can’t understand it. People are supposed to be friendly not shooting each other,” said Crystal Anderson.
“I’m going to kill that motherfucker that owes me money.”
“Dude, it’s Christmas time. Kill’em next week.”
M-AUDIO Delta 44 for sale
I’ve kept my Windows machine around under the guise of “I can’t get rid of it! It’s got a badass sound card and my MIDI keyboard isn’t USB compatible so I’ll still use it to record.” After using it for a few days while my Mac was in the shop, I’ve realized that’s never going to happen.
I’m going to put it up on eBay in the new year, but...
Boo, weather, boo
There are 10cm of snow predicted to fall overnight, adding to the 30cm already on the ground. This was not part of the deal, Vancouver…