January 2009
78 posts
“Past and present non-musical influences include: My grandfather, Traveling,...”
– Ben Kweller (via These Questions Go To Eleven)
Siberian Tiger Attack →
A fellow D90 owner left a comment on the video I posted the other day on Flickr. I happened to click through to his profile and found this awesome footage of tigers attacking a bird of some sort. See more interesting D90 videos through Flickr.
The Walkmen - Many Rivers To Cross (Jimmy Cliff...
The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Deadroads
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“Turritopsis Nutricula is technically known as a hydrozoan and is the only known...”
– Telegraph.co.uk on the recent discovery of a tiny jellyfish capable of reversing its aging process.
M. Ward - Jailbird
New M. Ward from his...
Camera Case Recommendation?
I need a bag or case for my new SLR camera. Any suggestions? I want something small for just the camera and standard lens. Something that doesn’t make me look like I work for the A/V lab at the local high school, ideally. Comments, reblogs, and emails are accepted.
Beirut - The Concubine
New Beirut from their...
WatchSLR: Day One
I finally caved yesterday and bought a Nikon D90. Today was my first time ever using an SLR and my first time recording HD video. I realize that it’s somewhat absurd for a person with no experience to spend so much on a camera, but I think I’ll get a lot of use out of it. I keep telling myself that it’s better for me than a flat screen TV, the only other...
140it →
A site and bookmarket that automatically shrinks Twitter posts that are over the 140 character limit by abbreviating words and shortening URL’s. Both silly and possibly useful.
Wynton Marsalis - Rosewood
Photo by nadworks
WatchWords For How We Feel Now
Photographer Emily Troutman asked hundreds of people in DC last week to choose from 26 words, some positive and some negative, to represent how they feel on the eve of the inauguration. These are their responses as photographed by Emily. Learn more about the project on Vimeo.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-25) →
Papa Mali (6)
Wynton Marsalis (3)
Tom Waits (2)
Deer Tick (1)
Los Lobos Feat. Tom Waits & Martha Gonzalez (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Papa Mali - Keep Happy
Words to live by. For a...
Malcolm Middleton - Maruerita Red (King Creosote...
WatchMicrosoft Songsmith Remixes
I love this. Microsoft released some software recently called Songsmith, which takes voice recordings and overlays an automated musical accompaniment so that people without musical training or instruments can make songs just by singing. The results are technically impressive, yet also sound a little creepy and unnatural. A bunch of people on YouTube have taken the...
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm...
WatchThe Beginning Is Near, by Jakob Lodwick
Featuring Reggie Watts.
We're All Gonna Die: 100 meters of existence →
“This image is 100 meters long (100 m x 78 cm). There are 178 people in the picture, all shot in the course of 20 days from the same spot on a railroad bridge in Warschauer Strasse in Berlin in the summer 2007.”
“With the swearing-in of Barack Obama just hours away, we’re excited to announce...”
– Official Inauguration Web Site on their use of Tumblr. Nicely done T.
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
I posted the...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-18) →
Benji Hughes (8)
Curtis Mayfield (6)
St. Vincent (3)
Eels (3)
Andrew Bird (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Captain Planet - Boogaloo
I found this song on...
Malcolm Middleton - Stay (Madonna Cover)
Happy...
Code For Humanity
A few weeks ago, I read about a non-profit based here in San Francisco named Architecture For Humantiy. Then the other day, I saw the organization’s founder, Cameron Sinclair, on a great TV show called Iconoclasts. I’m inspired by their work and have been thinking ever since whether their model could be applied to the type of work I do on the web.
Architecture For Humanity works...
the selby - photos in your space →
“the selby features photographs, paintings and videos by todd selby of interesting people and their creative spaces”
Andrew Bird - Imitosis (Four Tet Remix)
Photo...
Eels - Fresh Feeling
Photo via EelsTheBand.com
Ben Kweller - Lollipop
Photo by Gregory Bastien
WatchPixton: Interactive Web Comics
With Pixton, you can create your own web comics from a set of customizable characters, backgrounds, expressions, and props, then share the comic strips with other people on Pixton or embed them in your own site.
Benji Hughes - You Stood Me Up
Photo by voss
