October 2008
37 posts
Misfits - Halloween
Bonfire’s burning...
Top Hops and Chops VC is from Los Angeles?
To my VC friends from various cities, a reminder to make sure your next trip to Seattle is on a Thursday night.
hopsandchops:
#1 VC attendee? Palamor Ventures Associate Adam Gottesfeld. Runner Up? Randall Lucas of Voyager Capital (here in Seattle). Really, a Los Angeles VC is top attendee?!? Let’s go, Madrona — we know you can pick it up!
Eels - Things The Grandchildren Should Know
I...
“MP3 bloggers aren’t pirates; they’re enthusiasts, who encourage you to buy music...”
– Nick Hornby via NYT.
Point #2 is interesting… Like the samples at Costco, there are definitely mp3’s that i’ll happily consume but would never buy. That said, I always come home with something.
I love the quote from Heather too. IAFYAF is my favorite (non-tumblr) music blog.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-26) →
The Mountain Goats
The Manhattan Love Suicides
The Smiths
Eels
Diplo
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sara Quin w/ Kaki King - Sweetness Follows
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Free Eels EP →
Follow the link to download a free eels ep (or to buy me the $205 fancy deluxe vinyl release of “blinking lights and other revelations”)
“blogging and reblogging and talking about music is one of the many pleasures of...”
– Fred Wilson
The Manhattan Love Suicides - Jonny Boy
TMLS get...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-19) →
Lucinda Williams
Belle and Sebastian
Okkervil River
Band of Horses
Jenny Lewis
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Carter Tanton - Red Balloons (Live @ KEXP)
I...
Whiskeytown - Nervous Breakdown
An Alt-Country...
CameraBag →
There are surprisingly few good iPhone photo apps. This one looks pretty cool…
courtneyj:
cubicle17:
I found this iPhone app through Dave Shea, and I couldn’t be happier that I did. A relatively simple app, CameraBag uses the iPhone’s camera to take pictures in the style of a few famous lo-fi cameras, a famous photographer, or some generic film styles. In short, this app turns the...
Hulu's 500 Error
They should have a montage of Nelson’s “Ha-Ha“‘s for 403 Forbidden errors.
huge:
Hulu.com - 500 Error
Hulu’s Server Error page is awesome
R.I.P. Mother's Cookies →
Mother’s Cookies, the nearly 100 year-old company behind those kind of gross, but oh so comforting, frosted animal crackers, has shut down. A sad day in cookiedom.
Tumblr 101 on TeachStreet
Now that I’m working at TeachStreet, I figured it was time to start teaching and learning! I haven’t decided what I want to learn first, but for my first class I thought I’d choose something close to home (home being this tumblelog, of course!).
So, if you’re in Seattle, and you want to learn how to get started with your own tumblr account, check out my new class:
Getting...
Startup Profile - TeachStreet →
The Seattle 2.0 Blog starts off its startup profiles series with a great writeup on TeachStreet (and there’s even a mention of Hops & Chops at the end!)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-12) →
Belle and Sebastian
Okkervil River
The White Stripes
DeVotchKa
Aqualung
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Belle & Sebastian - The Blues are Still Blue...
themusic:
Johnny Cash & Bonny Prince Billy -...
WatchSequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn
For those of you who don’t frequent my usual hangouts, where this has been posted widely, this is a must-view presentation from one of the premier VC firms on the financial situation, where we are, and how we got here.
Aqualung - Slip Slidin’ Away
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Happy Hour Tonight!
hopsandchops:
If you’re in the area, stop by Linda’s between 6:30 and 8:30 tonight. We’ll be at the big table upstairs!
If you’re not available tonight, don’t worry. Hops and Chops is at the same place, same time, every week…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-10-5) →
Jenny Lewis
Vampire Weekend
Conor Oberst
Talking Heads
Daft Punk
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
What's Your Tumblr Number?
I started using tumblr in October of last year, and am number 104,234.
TheMusic was created in June, and is number 308,953.
Hops & Chops, which was created 3 weeks ago, is number 420,365.
bijan:
JoeLaz is a clever soul. He figured out the numbering method for each Tumblr site.
That means JoeLaz.com was the 18,189th site created on Tumblr. A total of 442,648 sites have been created to...
Trying out EveryTrail
walk to work
My walk to work as recorded by Everytrail, an iPhone app that records the route that you travel, lets you take pictures along the way, and puts it all onto a map for you.