September 2008
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Obama Walks the Walk on Gustav, McCain Not so Much →
Obama plans to activate volunteers and donations through his email list, without parachuting in for a photo op that hinders local operations. Guess which option McCain chose? Same as happened in Iowa…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-31) →
The Scene Aesthetic
The Classic Crime
Dashboard Confessional
Daphne Loves Derby
Secondhand Serenade
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
August 2008
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-24) →
The Cinematic Orchestra
The Herbaliser
NPR
The Scene Aesthetic
Daphne Loves Derby
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Anyone want to start a podcast with me?
iHologram - iPhone application
Stop The Manga! →
StopTheManga.com was created as retaliation against the flood of manga avatars on twitter.com.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-17) →
The Apathy Eulogy
Dashboard Confessional
Flight of the Conchords
John Williams
Aesop Rock
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Riaa: Pandora Internet Radio Can't Take Royalty... →
Tropic Thunder bumps Batman off box office perch →
Netflix Screws Up, Makes Thousands Of Customers... →
“We’re happy to report that all of our shipping centers resumed normal operations on Friday (after 3 days of issues). If you should have been shipped a disc Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, with rare exception it shipped Friday.
We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. To all of you whose shipments have been delayed, we’ll be automatically applying a 15% credit to your next...
Doodles on Steroids
5 Reasons Why Sleeping In Every Day Boosts your... →
There is no hope for a civilization which starts each day to the sound of an alarm clock. -Author Unknown Sleeping in is not lazy- many individuals would actually be more productive if they slept in…
“Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make The Clone Wars a pale shadow of George Lucas’ once great franchise.” - Rotten Tomatoes
I think I’ll pass on seeing this one.
Death Star over San Francisco
Star Wars Clone Wars: Kids Will Love It, Geeks... →
Well, Star Wars: Clone Wars was released, and though it was a much anticipated event (or ploy) to get every Star Wars geek to the theater for something a little different, you might spend your money…
U.S. Wind Power Could Hit 150 Gigawatts by 2020 →
The U.S. will shortly be the world’s largest producer of wind energy, surpassing Germany’s 22 gigawatts. If the rate of growth continues, and ideal wind energy areas are exploited, the report says we…
Potatoes May Hold Key To Alzheimer's Treatment →
A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and researchers have used that to develop antibodies that may…
Is Jon Stewart The Most Trusted Man in America? →
Jon Stewart, tied Tom Brokaw, Brian Williams, Dan Rather and Anderson Cooper among admired journalists. And that was last year.
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Mini vMac - a miniature Macintosh emulator →
a miniature Macintosh emulator. “Mini vMac emulates a Macintosh Plus, one of the earliest of Macintosh computers, sold between 1986 and 1990. It can run old Macintosh software that otherwise couldn’t be used on recent computers, and so helps to preserve history, from the era when the modern user interface for computers was being defined.” This site has ROMs and working images. (Via...
Writing My Twitter Etiquette Article: 14 Ways to... →
What Does Michael Phelps Eat for Breakfast? More... →
Underwater photos from the finish in the men's...
yooniverse:
(EPA/Patrick B. Kraemer)
“Just before Phelps (left) and Cavic (right) touched the wall and just after. It’s amazing how far Phelps was behind before his half-stroke.”
via Kottke
“Sports Illustrated has a detailed sequence of photos that provides the best visual evidence so far of a Phelps victory.”
via New York Times