January 2011
2 posts
“Here is no water but only rock
Rock and no water and the sandy road
The road...”
– TS Eliot
December 2010
2 posts
April 2010
8 posts
“You know, parkour. The ancient french martial art of going over and/or around...”
– Tracy Morgan, “Cop Out”
Looking for Trouble
stevemail:
On Mar 27, 2008, at 3:01 PM, John Doe wrote:
Dear Steve Jobs,
I wanted to write and express my concern about some recent problems that I have had with Apple Care. This week, my MacBook Pro unfortunately sustained water damage. I understand this is entirely my fault but it is still something I would like to get fixed. After three or four calls I was finally able to get a straight...
Google, Kansas
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html or just go to google.com ; yeah its that serious.
Not too long ago Topeka, Kansas changed their name to try and persuade Google to test their new ISP goals in their city. And who wouldnt want free, ultra fast internet to be tested in their town? Well now Google strikes back, appropriately on April Fools.
What.cd →
Crack their code if you care about good free music. If not, I’ll invite you in once I crack it.
March 2010
13 posts
Miike Snow
All around good band. Last night at the TLA had a great light show, and they didn’t just play their songs, they melded them. There were ambient sections and some twangy rock parts, and best of all the ‘wall of sound’—as I like to call it—when all of your ear cilia are engaged and overloading and everything’s just thumping: there’s no way not to dance. Even...
“Nice one, ‘Britta’dict Arnold.
OH, COLONIAL BURN!”
– Donald Glover gets it. Community is a great show.
“Look at these! How are you gonna give me carbon fiber plated gloves and expect...”
– video chat with my friend from the Army, stationed in Iraq. A good metaphor.
“Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that...”
Social Responsibility
Everybody’s got it. It’s that little voice in your head that says, “Hey! This may hurt someone else while I gain. Am I ok with that?” Obviously in a capitalist society, someone’s going to get hurt, but as someone who considers themselves as part of the modern Talented Tenth (DuBois), I cannot condone the pain of others for personal gain. Mostly because what you do for...