“In some ways, then, the iPod revolution is a Rock Snob’s dream. Now, nearly all rock music is easily and almost instantly attainable, either via our friends’ computers or through online file-sharing networks. “Music swapping” on a mass scale allows my music collection to grow larger and faster than I’d ever imagined. And I can […]
Entries from August 2005
Death of the rock snob
August 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on Death of the rock snob
Tags: tivo + movies + music
My Name is Earl
August 24th, 2005 · Comments Off on My Name is Earl
Jason Lee has always been a hero of mine … since the days of Blind Skateboards, his artwork, his involvement later on with WE and his company Stereo Skateboards … I hope this show does well … “You could say that Jason Lee is almost famous. But in a few weeks, the actor best known […]
Tags: tivo + movies + music
Links for August 24th
August 24th, 2005 · Comments Off on Links for August 24th
This to That (how to glue) http://www.thistothat.com/ A List Apart 4.0 http://www.alistapart.com/articles/ala40 Time to plan out your moon bases http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn7880 Adam Savage Interview (Mythbuster) http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000408.php Panorama from the top of Mt. Everest http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full22.html Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire trailer http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/harry_potter/thegobletoffire/ Instantly see what company controls a phone number http://fonefinder.net/
Tags: links + bookmarks
Screen Capture Image Type 1.0
August 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Screen Capture Image Type 1.0
SCIT (Screen Capture Image Type) 1.0 – Mac OS X “Use this app to change the image format for the screen capture function, (known types are: BMP, GIF, JPG, JP2, PCT, PDF, PNG, PSD, TIF). The changes takes effect immediately, no need to logout and then re-login. Requires Mac OS Tiger (10.4 or above)” http://www.daniele.ch/downloads.html […]
Tags: tech + the internet
The Greatest Easter Eggs In Gaming
August 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off on The Greatest Easter Eggs In Gaming
“According to
Tags: games + diversions
The Chumbawamba Factor
August 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off on The Chumbawamba Factor
“Chumbawamba sold a lot of records, and every single one of them ended up in a milkcrate at a yard sale, six months after it was purchased. And what we told [the record labels] is, ‘Look, you had a great long run of business essentially built on regrettable impulse buys,’” says Garland. “‘That was a […]
Tags: tivo + movies + music
Flower
August 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off on Flower
Flower, more photos found here. Some fun canoeing yesterday north of Hull, http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevey/sets/800194/
Tags: montreal + canada + the world
The Pirate Bay
August 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on The Pirate Bay
“thePirateBay.org is a Swedish bittorrent site. They have received cease and desist orders from the heavy hitters in the software/movie industries.” Great responses to legal threats/notices/etc. http://thepiratebay.org/legal.php
Tags: hacks + do it yourself
Happy Mac – 1984-2002
August 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on Happy Mac – 1984-2002
Nice Printable obituary style poster for the happy mac icon. http://www.guidebookgallery.org/extras/posters/pics/happymac“
Tags: tech + the internet
Einstein’s Big Idea
August 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on Einstein’s Big Idea
“Exactly 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to a startling conclusion: mass and energy are one, related by the formula E = mc2. In “Einstein’s Big Idea,” NOVA dramatizes the remarkable story behind this equation. E = mc2 was just one of several […]
Tags: tivo + movies + music
Friday Design
August 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on Friday Design
Tags: design + art + typography
Links for August 17th
August 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on Links for August 17th
Fat Fingers – Find mispelled items on ebay http://fatfingers.com/ Voo2do – Basecamp type knockoff http://voo2do.com/ New Bryce … Terragen http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/ How you’re “seen” on the internet http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/aboutyou.ch Great Tornado photos !! http://ccdigg.blogspot.com/ Credit Card payment calculator http://www.creditreliefsoft.com/products/creditcalc/demo/ Possible Crocodile Cure for Strong Viral infection http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-08-16T050539Z_01_DIT618322_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-AUSTRALIA-CROCODILE-DC.XML Great photos from the last Discovery launch http://www.ktb.net/~billmeco/sts114A.html Origins of […]
Tags: links + bookmarks
Animation Film History and Pixar
August 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on Animation Film History and Pixar
“Animated media has roots in history that stretch as far back in time to when ancient man learned to illustrate using even the most primitive tools. Though they probably didn’t create what we would consider to be animations or ‘illustrations-in-motion,’ they did try and portray remembered moments from past hunts, future quests, or encounters with […]
Tags: design + art + typography
Conan vs. The Bear
August 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on Conan vs. The Bear
Some great and some terrible… overall though – very strange … http://www.conanvsbear.com
Tags: surf + skate + snow
Sympathy For The Devil
August 15th, 2005 · 2 Comments
Awesome comic depicting the famous Rolling Stones song …. Full image (1.8meg)
Tags: surf + skate + snow