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Feb 28th

The last half hour of Drumline is pretty awesome

Thank you, Much Music Movie, for making Saturday morning breakfast that much better.

Feb 28th

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My friend Jared is going to help cure cancer

Widespread adoption of massively parallel DNA sequencing instruments has prompted the recent development of de novo short read assembly algorithms. A common shortcoming of the available tools is their inability to efficiently assemble vast amounts of data generated from large-scale sequencing projects, such as the sequencing of individual human genomes to catalog natural genetic variation. To...

Feb 28th

Lisa: I was listening to one of your new songs. I really like it!
Matthew: Thanks! Which one?
Lisa: I can't remember the name... the one with the female background vocals
Matthew: Um, I don't have anything with female vocals on it. That's my falsetto, man
Lisa: Haha! It sounds like you put your nuts in a vice!
Matthew: I prefer to call it a "masculine falsetto"

Feb 28th

Feb 27th

“According to a recent Canadian Heritage survey, approximately one out of every...”

– “Getting Canada behind CanLit” from the latest Quill & Quire

Feb 26th

“They wouldn’t speak to me until after you were born, my mother explains when I...”

– From Diamond Grill by Fred Wah. (via cristabela)

Feb 26th

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blownspeakers: Tickets for Leonard Cohen start at $97.00+charges. I think we’ve all come to expect old dudes charging an arm and a leg for tickets, but keep in mind that this is substantially more expensive than Dylan and Neil Young. And no disrespect to Leonard Cohen, but he sure as fuck isn’t Dylan and he definitely isn’t Neil. Reblogging to add some Leonard Cohen love to the mix. I’m...

Feb 26th

Feb 25th

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Feb 25th

Subjectively False

Dany: new cv is lookin' sick
 it'll be done tonight.
 woohoo!
Matthew: gold plated awesome sauce
 i want to see it when it's done
Dany: i should send you this rough.
Matthew: nooooOOOooOoOOOoooooo
 i want to see the sick version
Dany: even the rough... is sick.
Matthew: not sick enough
 i want the sickest of the sick
 sick without the final coat of sick will never be as sick as sick
Dany: *dany throws up* sorry
Matthew: dude, that's sick (sorry)
Dany: we have the best convos.
Matthew: objectively true

Feb 25th

Feb 24th

Did anyone else know...

blownspeakers: matthewgruman: …that James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), Taylor Hanson (Hanson), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), and Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) started a band called Tinted Windows? Strangest of all, they sound exactly like you would imagine a band with those four people in it would sound. Like the theme music to a sitcom? Pretty much, yeah (yeah yeah oooo woah oooo...

Feb 24th

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Did anyone else know...

…that James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), Taylor Hanson (Hanson), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), and Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) started a band called Tinted Windows? Strangest of all, they sound exactly like you would imagine a band with those four people in it would sound.

Feb 24th

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Feb 24th

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“I think it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage...”

– Sean Penn (via jaredm)

Feb 24th

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"Techcrunch are full of shit" →

(via zoya) From the last.fm blog, re: the rumour that they gave user data to the RIAA.

Feb 23rd

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Feb 23rd

Feb 22nd

“Stop Wasting Your Youth”

– Slogan of my future business that sets up young men with sugar-mommies/daddies. I wish I could say I thought of it, but all credit goes to Brian.

Feb 21st

Gyoza King was Awesome!

Everyone loved it. Thanks again, Neil!

Feb 21st

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Downtown Vancouver Restaurant Recommendation?

bloomlater: matthewgruman: blownspeakers: What’s “not too expensive” and is this for tonight? matthewgruman: […] Can someone recommend a restaurant? […] I have no clue what “not too expensive” means, but I’m going to pretend it means $15-$20 entrees. And yes, it’s for tonight. so it’s for tonite, $15-20 entrees, downtown. more info is needed, still. what’s the occasion? is it a...

Feb 21st

Downtown Vancouver Restaurant Recommendation?

matthewgruman: […] Can someone recommend a restaurant? […] […] Recommendations from neilhillbrandt and blownspeakers […] Awesome—big thanks for these! La Brasserie looks great, but I have a feeling we’ll end up at Gyoza King.

Feb 21st

Downtown Vancouver Restaurant Recommendation?

blownspeakers: What’s “not too expensive” and is this for tonight? matthewgruman: […] Can someone recommend a restaurant? […] I have no clue what “not too expensive” means, but I’m going to pretend it means $15-$20 entrees. And yes, it’s for tonight.

Feb 20th

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Downtown Vancouver Restaurant Recommendation?

I haven’t eaten downtown in years—can anyone recommend a place that will satisfy both someone who is fairly snobby about food (me), and someone who wants something that “is not too expensive”? Keep in mind that I have no problem saying “well just get an appetizer then,” and would rather err on the side of good tasting food. Thanks! Edit: This is for tonight, and...

Feb 20th

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