February 2010
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Feb 1st
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Beyonce:
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January 2010
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Jan 31st
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Morning Thoughts 001.
My brain fires on all cylinders early weekend mornings these days, like all the information and motivation collected during the week needs to be eggressed (is that the right word?) early in the morning.  The right word may just be more like ejected.  All the information gathered from the work week to the rest of the shit brought during the week that I don’t get much of a chance to process, it...
Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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“Writing for the Internet is one thing that has had a huge impact on the...”
– jami attenberg in the chicago tribune, on her new novel, the melting season. (via meaghano and bibliotheque). Yeah, you know, I’ve definitely noticed that quite a bit in some of the things I’ve been writing lately, in the last year or so. Like Jami said, it creates a more conversational...
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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“The reason there are thousands of tumblr sites and countless photo blogs that...”
– Maddox, king of the fucking internets. (via alaskamiller). Yep, this is pretty much why I try to keep diatribes in general to a minimum for exactly this reason, and generally try to keep the post count per day down. Because, frankly, we’re all busy people and I’m sure people would...
Jan 30th
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INFINITE JEST's James O. Incandenza's films... →
And it’s showing at the LeRoy Neiman gallery. Included as a footnote in Wallace’s novel is the Complete filmography of James O. Incandenza, a detailed list of over 70 industrial, documentary, conceptual, advertorial, technical, parodic, dramatic non-commercial, and non-dramatic commercial works. The LeRoy Neiman Gallery has commissioned artists and filmmakers to re-create seminal...
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Just received my Lit Research Assignment list.
And naturally it is rife with pretension. I wonder what it is, how English professors and students can’t stop themselves from coming off as entitled, self-important people in the things they write. Why can’t these people just be clear, engaging, and without their Wicked-Witch-of-the-West-like nose stuck up in the air writing such things as: List each book and article in proper MLA...
Jan 28th
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You really want to download this now. →
andykhouri has a new mix: Right-click or CTRL-click here to download (233MB MP3) This is my latest DJ mix, inspired by the beautiful Los Angeles rainstorms of the last several days. The songs were selected and the mix was compiled specifically for rainy day listening, preferably in a setting where you can also hear the rain in the background. Obviously, I missed getting this out while the L.A....
Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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Hey.
Weren’t they supposed to say something about a Verizon iPhone?  Maybe I’m just reading the wrong shit.
Jan 27th
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“The attempt is based on the belief that reality never presents us with an...”
– C.S. Lewis, in the preface to The Great Divorce.  He sure does a great job at the “wha-huh?!” analogy.
Jan 27th
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here you can read the obligatory "can't sleep"...
Everyone has one.  Not me, generally, because most of the time I pass out rather easily and even when I’m not tired.  Not tonight though. Tonight, I slept for about five hours and spent the last hour staring at the ceiling. I generally like this kind of night, it leaves me alone with the thoughts of the day ahead. And the garbage trucks hauling away the stuff we don’t care about, like...
Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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Subway Dispatch 002.
While on the subway this morning, heading to Marvel, I started writing a bit of text thinking about all the tech around me.  Five people are reading from Kindles, two people are writing messages into iPhones, and I’m taking notes down on my Blackberry. At the time, I wrote down: “I wonder at what point will the tech we have for convenience completely take over things we used to do by...
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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Apple To End AT&T iPhone Exclusivity On Wednesday →
(via nickmcglynn and soupsoup)
Jan 25th
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Listennedhepburn: Daft Punk ‘Fragile’ (Tron Legacy...
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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“To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me...”
– Conan O’Brien (via via elizabethanne, megmess, and leeshiebean). A gem of a person. Thank you sir, see you on the other side.
Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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WatchWatch
soupsoup: The glorious, vicious Jon Stewart takedown of Keith Olbermann
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Rotten Tomatoes ranks 10 films to see at Sundance. →
My God, I would give anything to be going to Sundance.  Maybe next year.  Anyway, a lot of these are rents, but a few are musts in my mind. The Killer Inside Me. Jim Thompson. Casey Affleck. From the Assassination of Jesse James people and I don’t think I can get in line fast enough. The Extra Man, not just to jump on the Jonathan Ames bandwagon, but because Kevin Kline is awesome. Howl,...
Jan 22nd
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Analyst Predicts Verizon Will Break AT&T's iPhone... →
About damn time.  I really hope this happens.
Jan 21st
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Use Chrome, Stay Focused: New Plugin Limits... →
Akin to LeechBlock for Firefox, Benedetto’s StayFocusd attempts to correct fundamental productivity issues associated with the social Web by allowing users to only spend an allotted amount of time on a “gray list” of websites. For example, if you give yourself 20 minutes a day to screw around on Twitter and Facebook, StayFocusd will block your access to those sites once...
Jan 21st
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Some thoughts on movies I've seen this week.
Adam: Hugh Dancy was fantastic, and shocking to me, Rose Byrne wasn’t one eighth the bitch she seems to be on Damages. Teeth: Yeesh.  Watched this last night on the Instant Queue, I’ll never look at that nice girl who used to hang out at the Rocketship comic store in Carroll Gardens the same way ever again. Great job by Jess Weixler though. Moon: A total gem of science fiction. A...
Jan 20th
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“This may have been the most uninspired hire ever.”
– Jim Rome on the Chan Gailey hire in Buffalo. Couldn’t agree more, but it’s also typical.
Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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While I'm doing this, check out my story on the... →
Jan 19th
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“What Should Win: Of the five up there, Basterds. If we’re counting...”
– Shiny Balls: Your Golden Globes Field Guide by Richard Lawson. Yep, pretty much sums up my point of view on this year’s Golden Globes. Also, someone tell me if Ricky Gervais is being funny, because I can’t tell…
Jan 18th
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Sunday's Gallery.
[duke, duke, gonzo] [ten eleven] [Tesla!] Via Spaptastic.
Jan 17th
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