January 2010
96 posts
Happy Happy
Birthday to MBO’s Thomas “The Tech Hog”!
Party hard. Party true.
Socks Make Boners
Here’s conclusive proof that American Apparel is really just a stones throw away from doofus/ Sasha Grey/ hipster porn. Not that their is anything wrong with that.
Homer Quincy Smith
“Nostalgia - it’s delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek,...”
– Mad Men episode 113, “The Wheel”
oro24k:
“Do you know what would have happened if he were to dry accelerate this jetski on land? He would have RUINED it.”
-Kenny Powers
“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to...”
– J.D. Salinger is dead at 91
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Disqus Sucks?
Im real close to saying goodbye to the Discus commenting system. It’s pretty wonky functionality wise, and the support is non existent. Well, to be fair, they did answer my request two weeks ago..and then did not bother to reply.
So Im on the hunt…
“To the library! And step on it!”
– David Foster Wallace. As told to me by Phillis last evening.
No Poe Toaster
The man in black failed to show. Nevermore. Nevermore.
Steely Dan: “My Old School”
Crank it...
Democrats Loose Mass →
And no one really cares….
“Zappa was important to me because I realised I didn’t have to make music...”
– Quite a few people have sent me links to this wonderful Eno interview in the Guardian. Sigh..Eno.
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The Conet Project →
This collection has been around for quite some time..but for those who have yet to hear it..The whole collection is now available for free online!
“For more than 30 years the Shortwave radio spectrum has been used by the worlds intelligence agencies to transmit secret messages. These messages are transmitted by hundreds of “Numbers Stations”.
Shortwave Numbers Stations are a perfect method...
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When I was little my pops had a old shortwave that glowed a lovely green in the dark. I can still close my eyes and remember the arcane dial, populated with numbers that I could never have hoped to understand, and the unique smell of hot tubes burning off dust.
And of course I remember the distant, hollow, haunted voices that came though the tiny speaker. To this day this shortwave sound evokes...
“Desperate Man Blues” John Fahey
Haiti update →
(via Boing Boing)
And to think the largest news in our country is the Conan vs Leno late night war. Sigh.
