your chance to own a piece of poo history!
Don't say I never did anything for you.
/edit
I guess the Scientologists ganked the Ebay listing, but here's what you needed to see.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
music: live thursday
some of my favorite songs of recent vintage, live
TV on the Radio: Young Liars (showbox seattle)
quality is so-so, but what a performance.
Wolf Parade: I'll Believe in Anything (showbox seattle)
Arcade Fire: Wake Up (french TV)
clap your hands say yeah: By The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
serena-maneesh: Drain Cosmetics
I can't find anything live (maybe cause they're Norwegian), but here's a 'music video'
Spoon: The Beast and Dragon Adored (austin city limits)
TV on the Radio: Young Liars (showbox seattle)
quality is so-so, but what a performance.
Wolf Parade: I'll Believe in Anything (showbox seattle)
Arcade Fire: Wake Up (french TV)
clap your hands say yeah: By The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
serena-maneesh: Drain Cosmetics
I can't find anything live (maybe cause they're Norwegian), but here's a 'music video'
Spoon: The Beast and Dragon Adored (austin city limits)
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
why the internet rules
one of my boxing pals had a bad experience with a mover- he arrived at his new home to find the truck with all his belongings was lagging a week behind. His interactions with the company being unsatisfactory, he took his case to the internet...where the van line was found guilty by the readers of his blog.
HAH.
Further details of his trials and tribulations can be found here.
And he recommends this interesting site on avoiding moving scams. I learned a few things!
HAH.
Further details of his trials and tribulations can be found here.
And he recommends this interesting site on avoiding moving scams. I learned a few things!
taco trucks
Along the lines of that one site where the dude wants to rate every taco stand in LA, this one shines a light on the Taco Trucks of the East Bay.
Monday, August 28, 2006
movies : Pirates & Sunshine
After weeks of subtle and not-so-subtle conniving, the wife lured me into the theater to check out the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel.
I'm usually down on sequels because they usually suck ass.
The only reason they exist is to make money off a built-in audience who crave more of whatever magic the original delivered, said delivery in a sequel being severely compromised by corporate terror of changing anything in a formula that works.
Any big budget film is a triumph of cash over creativity and in a sequel situation the table is rigged even more ridiculously in favor of the of the house.
Taking all that into account, I had a good time with Pirates II.
In fact, on first pass I liked it better than its predecessor. The oceanic undead crew of Davy Jones routed the snore-inducing zombie pirates of the first flick, and with so much screen time in each dedicated to the opposition this was a major improvement.
A good summer watch, even if I waited until the tail end of the season to catch it.
On to a real movie, Little Miss Sunshine.
We caught this one during our midwest swing, at the gorgeous Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor (the only town we visited with any signs of cultural life obvious to a touristy sort).
Great flick, I recommend it to everyone.
It's an interesting hybrid.
The underlying structure could not be more mainstream Hollywood- family undergoes journey of discovery (the 'journey' being made explicit via that hoary cinema cliche, the road trip), obstacles are overcome, lessons are learned and everything is neatly wrapped up in the appropriately heartwarming finale.
But that hackneyed Syd Field structure is populated by living, breathing (and excellently acted & written) characters, and utterly free from the creative straightjacket imposed by the corporate studio system currently suffocating mainstream American cinema.
It's a mainstream Hollywood family drama re-imagined by people with talent, which supports my long-held belief that nothing's wrong with Hollywood that locking up the suits and letting genuinely creative people operate free of focus groups and corporate meddling wouldn't fix.
I'm usually down on sequels because they usually suck ass.
The only reason they exist is to make money off a built-in audience who crave more of whatever magic the original delivered, said delivery in a sequel being severely compromised by corporate terror of changing anything in a formula that works.
Any big budget film is a triumph of cash over creativity and in a sequel situation the table is rigged even more ridiculously in favor of the of the house.
Taking all that into account, I had a good time with Pirates II.
In fact, on first pass I liked it better than its predecessor. The oceanic undead crew of Davy Jones routed the snore-inducing zombie pirates of the first flick, and with so much screen time in each dedicated to the opposition this was a major improvement.
A good summer watch, even if I waited until the tail end of the season to catch it.
On to a real movie, Little Miss Sunshine.
We caught this one during our midwest swing, at the gorgeous Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor (the only town we visited with any signs of cultural life obvious to a touristy sort).
Great flick, I recommend it to everyone.
It's an interesting hybrid.
The underlying structure could not be more mainstream Hollywood- family undergoes journey of discovery (the 'journey' being made explicit via that hoary cinema cliche, the road trip), obstacles are overcome, lessons are learned and everything is neatly wrapped up in the appropriately heartwarming finale.
But that hackneyed Syd Field structure is populated by living, breathing (and excellently acted & written) characters, and utterly free from the creative straightjacket imposed by the corporate studio system currently suffocating mainstream American cinema.
It's a mainstream Hollywood family drama re-imagined by people with talent, which supports my long-held belief that nothing's wrong with Hollywood that locking up the suits and letting genuinely creative people operate free of focus groups and corporate meddling wouldn't fix.
Windows DRM cracked
Another blow struck for consumer freedom.
.wma file quality sucks ass and I'd never willingly use it, but I'm glad Microsoft's gimped 'security' measures have taken a fatal blow.
I also hate their name for it- PlaysForSure.
Pimping your crippleware as some kind of customer service is Orwellian.
.wma file quality sucks ass and I'd never willingly use it, but I'm glad Microsoft's gimped 'security' measures have taken a fatal blow.
I also hate their name for it- PlaysForSure.
Pimping your crippleware as some kind of customer service is Orwellian.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Russian prison shanks
The pictures are interesting, but it's the captions I love.
"This is top-designed. There is a saying simplicity means geniousity."
and
"The one thing scares me about all of the devices depicted is that they probably were used to cut and kill real flesh. That’s crazy."
are my two favorites.
"This is top-designed. There is a saying simplicity means geniousity."
and
"The one thing scares me about all of the devices depicted is that they probably were used to cut and kill real flesh. That’s crazy."
are my two favorites.
wallpaper for high-res monitors
The only down side to running my monitor at extrememly high resolution is a lack of decent wallpapers.
voila!
Nothing mind-blowing there, but it's the best selection of really high res images I've come across.
voila!
Nothing mind-blowing there, but it's the best selection of really high res images I've come across.
One for Ivan & Bobo
Puke Planet.
Claiming to be "The Internet's only site devoted to Puke and Vomit. Guaranteed."
It's exactly what it says, so don't post militant comments about how I ruined your lunch!
sites of related interest:
air sickness bag virtual museum
E! Online's top ten puke scenes (pretty good list!)
and for the pet lovers, Katpuke.com
Claiming to be "The Internet's only site devoted to Puke and Vomit. Guaranteed."
It's exactly what it says, so don't post militant comments about how I ruined your lunch!
sites of related interest:
air sickness bag virtual museum
E! Online's top ten puke scenes (pretty good list!)
and for the pet lovers, Katpuke.com
update the first
It's mildly amusing that the Blogger spellchecker doesn't recognize the words blog, blogger & blogging.
Day of Updates
So, for those of you wondering just how lazy I am...an answer.
In the wake of Google "improving" the blogger interface they locked out the browser I use at work, an ancient version of Firefox from when it was still called Firebird. It still works with everything except blogger, and given it has roughly a century of accumulated bookmarks that I can't export you'll understand I am loathe to discard it.
Happily Blogger has started working with newer version of Firefox, like the one I'm using now.
And this brings us back to how lazy I am...switching from my preferred browser to this one to post updates fills me with existential ennui and triggers a desire to light up aGauloise, hit open mic night at the local cafe and shoulder aside the reeking horde of street poets, avant-jazz combos & budding stand up comedians to deliver my dire message of apocalyptic woe to a bemused crowd of hipsters typing on their Macbooks.
This, dear reader, is why you have been so sorely neglected the past while.
Thus, the Day of Updates.
Let loose the doves and balloons, sound the trumpets and prepare for the blogging rapture of angelic updates fluttering onto your monitors in an unending stream!
Well, at least for the next couple of hours...
In the wake of Google "improving" the blogger interface they locked out the browser I use at work, an ancient version of Firefox from when it was still called Firebird. It still works with everything except blogger, and given it has roughly a century of accumulated bookmarks that I can't export you'll understand I am loathe to discard it.
Happily Blogger has started working with newer version of Firefox, like the one I'm using now.
And this brings us back to how lazy I am...switching from my preferred browser to this one to post updates fills me with existential ennui and triggers a desire to light up aGauloise, hit open mic night at the local cafe and shoulder aside the reeking horde of street poets, avant-jazz combos & budding stand up comedians to deliver my dire message of apocalyptic woe to a bemused crowd of hipsters typing on their Macbooks.
This, dear reader, is why you have been so sorely neglected the past while.
Thus, the Day of Updates.
Let loose the doves and balloons, sound the trumpets and prepare for the blogging rapture of angelic updates fluttering onto your monitors in an unending stream!
Well, at least for the next couple of hours...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Vikings, Ho!
hot native american vs viking ak-shown courtesy of Ivanusk, who says
"It's been a long dry spell for viking movies."
"It's been a long dry spell for viking movies."
Sunday, August 20, 2006
name generators
silly superhero names
samples:
Reptile Bureaucrat
Yawn Beast
Giant Democrat
Professor Whiner
Underwear Psychic
heavy metal song name generator (one of my all time favorites)
samples:
Glazed Lusty Tumor
Hysteric Norse
Golgothan Vagina of Hurt
Cemetary of the Smoldering Torso
the Unitarian Jihad Name Generator, for a more focused demographic.
for Ivan, a Viking quiz and name generator
and in a postmodern vein, the Name Generator Generator.
samples:
Reptile Bureaucrat
Yawn Beast
Giant Democrat
Professor Whiner
Underwear Psychic
heavy metal song name generator (one of my all time favorites)
samples:
Glazed Lusty Tumor
Hysteric Norse
Golgothan Vagina of Hurt
Cemetary of the Smoldering Torso
the Unitarian Jihad Name Generator, for a more focused demographic.
for Ivan, a Viking quiz and name generator
and in a postmodern vein, the Name Generator Generator.
neat online word processor
One more step toward Google world domination.
I use openoffice for serious processing and a little freeware text editor for jotting stuff down, but I can see the utility of having your shizz online.
If you travel around a lot or whatever, could be handy.
I use openoffice for serious processing and a little freeware text editor for jotting stuff down, but I can see the utility of having your shizz online.
If you travel around a lot or whatever, could be handy.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Friday, August 18, 2006
fuck blogger...also, a recipe
it's just refusing to work with Firefox at all now, I'm posting this via (gag) explorer. >:
anyway, a quick recipe for turkey burgers. Made it for lunch and they're excellent.
1lb turkey burger
ample salt & pepper
1 tsp sage
several shakes of onion powder
4-5 shakes of Worsteshire sauce
break up burger in a large bowl, add spices and combine.
divide burger into 4 equal portions.
Make a loose ball, form into a patty, press down in the center (this keeps it from lumping up in the middle).
using a grill pan, preheat on high then reduce to medium-high after adding patties.
cook 5 minutes, flip and cook 3-5 minutes more, depending on desired done-ness.
Savory, juicy and delicious.
anyway, a quick recipe for turkey burgers. Made it for lunch and they're excellent.
1lb turkey burger
ample salt & pepper
1 tsp sage
several shakes of onion powder
4-5 shakes of Worsteshire sauce
break up burger in a large bowl, add spices and combine.
divide burger into 4 equal portions.
Make a loose ball, form into a patty, press down in the center (this keeps it from lumping up in the middle).
using a grill pan, preheat on high then reduce to medium-high after adding patties.
cook 5 minutes, flip and cook 3-5 minutes more, depending on desired done-ness.
Savory, juicy and delicious.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Blogger blues
It seems Google bought Blogger a while ago and they just started "improving" it while I was on vacation.
Their idea of improving customer satisfaction seems to be completely fucking up the login system and making posts vanish into the ether....yipee!
Anyway, I uploaded a truckload of vacation pix to flickr last night, so use the link on the sidebar to check them out.
Future updates will depend on how soon google gets their hash sorted....
Their idea of improving customer satisfaction seems to be completely fucking up the login system and making posts vanish into the ether....yipee!
Anyway, I uploaded a truckload of vacation pix to flickr last night, so use the link on the sidebar to check them out.
Future updates will depend on how soon google gets their hash sorted....
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Home again, home again jiggity jig....gooooood Evening, JF!
I survived the midwest (and the south).
Back at work today after a walkabout through the central and lower parts of the country.
We visited our pals James & Courtney in scenic Bowling Green, Ohio and were swept up in several long-planned road trips they had schedules, including a lengthy sojourn to Nashville with pit-stops in Cincinnati & Louisville.
On the way home we stopped at Historic Diamond Caverns (as I sit here at home I still have some Diamond Cave mud in the crevices of my shoes, which is strange) and the National Corvette Museum.
We opted against Kentucky Down Under, warned off by some primitive survival instinct (Australia + Kentucky Cave = UNCLEAN).
The same warning bell sounded again as we passed a resturant promising "California Style Mexican Food"...I wanted to stop, just to see if it measured up to the "Mexican" food we had in Egmond Aan Zee, but was overruled.
I've got a serious case of blog backlog, so expect frequent expulsions of content as I digest more of our sojourn.
And expect a gigantic flickr update tonight once I unpack the camera.
Back at work today after a walkabout through the central and lower parts of the country.
We visited our pals James & Courtney in scenic Bowling Green, Ohio and were swept up in several long-planned road trips they had schedules, including a lengthy sojourn to Nashville with pit-stops in Cincinnati & Louisville.
On the way home we stopped at Historic Diamond Caverns (as I sit here at home I still have some Diamond Cave mud in the crevices of my shoes, which is strange) and the National Corvette Museum.
We opted against Kentucky Down Under, warned off by some primitive survival instinct (Australia + Kentucky Cave = UNCLEAN).
The same warning bell sounded again as we passed a resturant promising "California Style Mexican Food"...I wanted to stop, just to see if it measured up to the "Mexican" food we had in Egmond Aan Zee, but was overruled.
I've got a serious case of blog backlog, so expect frequent expulsions of content as I digest more of our sojourn.
And expect a gigantic flickr update tonight once I unpack the camera.
Sunday, August 6, 2006
neato flash games
Noticed a bunch of cool games on this blog, so I'll just link the blog instead of all the individual games.
clicky clicky
clicky clicky
stuff people say
Gal yesterday:
"Where are your true stories?"
Little girl up in the loft today:
"Mom! I see you down there mom! You're so small down there! Why are you so small down there!"
Courtney, describing Ohio to the wife:
"It's like a giant Fresno"
Way to get us psyched up for our visit!
"Where are your true stories?"
Little girl up in the loft today:
"Mom! I see you down there mom! You're so small down there! Why are you so small down there!"
Courtney, describing Ohio to the wife:
"It's like a giant Fresno"
Way to get us psyched up for our visit!
Saturday, August 5, 2006
what superhero are you?
these kinds of quizzes are usually ghey, but this one was pretty keen.
Your results:
You are Hulk
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test
Your results:
You are Hulk
| You are a wanderer with amazing strength.  |
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test
useful site
Old Version is a site that archives previous releases of popular software.
Very hand when that nifty freeware utility you can't live without suddenly starts charging, or a favorite releases a crap-tastic new version that makes you want to smash your monitor with a bat.
Very hand when that nifty freeware utility you can't live without suddenly starts charging, or a favorite releases a crap-tastic new version that makes you want to smash your monitor with a bat.
Friday, August 4, 2006
game: faux-Risk
An abstract version of the classic boardgame, courtesy of those crazy Japanese.
Strangely compelling!
Strangely compelling!
Thursday, August 3, 2006
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Contrast podcast
I generally get my new music cues from Hype Machine, Pitchfork, one of the music blogs I check or even the clued-in cats at the record shop next door.
The arrival of my iPod has opened up the avenue of the podcast.
Walking to work is the perfect time to audit new tunes, and slapping a podcast or two on the machine is the work of seconds.
My favorite one lately is the Contrast podcast, a group effort with themed contributions from a bunch of music bloggers from around the world.
I never like everything, but I always hear something great that's new to me.
The arrival of my iPod has opened up the avenue of the podcast.
Walking to work is the perfect time to audit new tunes, and slapping a podcast or two on the machine is the work of seconds.
My favorite one lately is the Contrast podcast, a group effort with themed contributions from a bunch of music bloggers from around the world.
I never like everything, but I always hear something great that's new to me.
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