March 2008
90 posts
February 2008
76 posts
Bacon Cups →
Brilliant! from notmartha.org
Early Concerts →
I just posted a Depeche Mode song, in memory of the first real concert I ever attended. By real, I mean without my parents, and at an actual venue. An older child of a friend of the family had an extra ticket, so my parents let me tag along.
I think my very first concert was The Beach Boys, in Atlantic City with my parents, probably around 1985.
Other early concert memories that come to mind:
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Depeche Mode - Just Can’t Get Enough
The...
Bon Iver - Flume
This was my second choice for...
Oh No! Oh My! - Walk in the Park
It’s a...
Loving the new Tumblr home page
I agree, the new home page is excellent. The top search referral to my blog has been to my post on finding tumblrs (#1 google result for that phrase by the way…) and now the answer is much easier!
bijan:
There is a lot to love about the new Tumblr home page David and Marco told us about their vision at the last board meeting and I think they did an amazing job. It looks beautiful and...
10 less-than-great personality traits of... →
I’m an 8/10. Not much for telling tall-tails, and I prefer to shower every day. I get 1/2 points on a few others, but the +2 for moodiness makes up for it :)
fred-wilson:
I love entrepreneurs and all of these traits are spot on but in my mind good traits not bad traits.
She and Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
I...
Wilco - Thirteen (Big Star Cover)
This song has...
Google Scalability Conference 2008 - Call for... →
Last year’s scalability conference was fascinating. There were talks on BigTable, MapReduce, and distributed filesystems, as well as presentations from Amazon, VeriSign, and YouTube about their scaling challenges and solutions.
It’s free, and it’ll be at Google Seattle this time, so I’m definitely looking forward to attending!
Six Principles for Making New Things (Paul Graham) →
Paul Graham says:
I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.
As always, it’s a good read. I tend to agree with Paul, except that I like to at least turn out a somewhat decent-looking first release. While I understand...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-24) →
Jens Lekman
Vampire Weekend
Tegan and Sara
Belle and Sebastian
Massive Attack
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
MySpace DevJam - Seattle →
This should be fun…
The Shins - Girl Sailor (Live) Love this song,...
Tulsa - Shaker
Heard this song on KEXP. Catchy...
Why blist Chose Flex and Flash →
My friends at blist have built a gorgeous UI using the Flex and Flash. In this post, Kevin talks about why they chose the Adobe platform. I think it was an excellent choice.
Flash is ubiquitous, and Flex has made it easy to build highly data-driven sites on top of it. The Flex framework is still a little bloated, and, like anything, there are some quirks to it, but the next release addresses a...
WatchThis isn’t a recommendation that any of you waste an hour and a half watching the new Knight Rider, just a reminder to myself to watch it! (and i think it’s pretty cool to be able to embed a full-length tv movie legally)
Belle & Sebastian - Judy and the Dream of...
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Wii Loop Machine v2.0 Demo Cool music software for OS X that uses the Wii remote for controlling a gesture interface (and now for sampling as well!) via kim’s twitter
Seattlest: Mayor Nickels Needs to Work on His... →
In the “State of the City” address on Tuesday, Mayor Greg Nickels introduced his new plan to make housing more affordable in Seattle. Definitely something Seattle needs to tackle with verve and determination, we just don’t think anyone is going to take the “Affordable Seattle Strategy” (ASS) that seriously.
For those of you who don’t know, we also have a fairly...
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - The Charging...
lowsrc?
i’m on my iphone so i couldn’t view source, but i love how tumblr either uses the old school lowsrc attribute or some new school javascript to load the images on the followers page so that when it first loads on a slow connection I see the default picture for everyone, then the custom avatars slowly load for each person.
people often forget about slow connection, I love that...
How to Properly Use the Semicolon →
I find that a lot of programmers use semi-colons incorrectly; in many programming languages, a semi-colon represents the end of a statement.
(was that sentence gramatically-correct?)
nostrich:
Just as a footnote to my earlier post about the semi-colon, here’s a pretty good guide to using one. (And yes, the post seems to have a few other grammatical mistakes, including a split infinitive in the...
The 1900s - When I Say Go
So much good music in...
Mario Kart Wii Preview →
This is very exciting. Mario Kart has been my favorite series for a long long time, from the days of the SNES and N64 to more recently, when my wife and I would spend late nights together in bed, having marathon sessions of head-to-head racing on our DS’s :)
caseyliss:
This should be awesome.
Tegan & Sara - Back In Your Head (RAC Remix)
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Ticketmaster Followups
A month or two ago, we went to a Sonics game. A few weeks later I received a call from one of the marketing people at the team, asking if I’d be interested in coming to another game this year. She then said, “well, I have your email address, so i’ll send you some info in case you’re interested”.
Today I received an email from a local concert promoter, thanking me...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-17) →
Soul Coughing
Cat Power
Cold War Kids
Ryan Adams
Jeff Buckley
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Jeff Buckley - Satisfied Mind
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Use Google Analytics to measure your traffic |... →
One of my favorite services that I’ve started using recently is Clicky.
It might not be as powerful as google analytics in some ways, but I think it’s perfect for a blog/tumblelog with its ajaxy user interface, pretty much real time data, and a lot of details about each visitor and their actions.
If you want to try it out, here’s my referral link.
jonathanmarcus:
For anyone...
DeVotchKa - We’re Leaving
I first...
Song Circles →
I couldn’t agree more.
fred-wilson:
Sometimes the best things on the internet are not intentional. Over the past several months, I’ve developed a song circle with a small group of friends on tumblr. They include Rach, Bijan, JoeLaz, Daryn, and Lindsay. I know a few of these people and plan to meet a couple more shortly. But we never planned this song circle. And this is my song circle....
that bacon chocolate bar..
For the record, the Vosges Mo’s Bacon Bar is really quite tasty. The bacon isn’t like bacon bits, but actually still a little meaty, very flavorful, and goes quite well with the smoked salt and chocolate. I wouldn’t buy it everyday, and not just because it was $7, but if you’ve got the curiousity, it’s worth a try.
Nada Surf - Ooh La La (Faces Cover)
Found on...
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Foo Fighters - Keep the Car Running
I saw the foo...
WatchTriple reblog thoughts:
A coincidence, I’m sure, that a charmingly hard-to-understand frenchman announced his funding today.
I need an accent.
lindsaycampbell:
Fucking fantastic. And good set, too. katomate: jonathanmarcus: Startup Wisdom: “The Less Understandable You Are, The More Attractive You Are.” - Silicon Alley Insider Ive read about the launch of at least 5 new “How...
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Shout Out Louds - Man on the Moon (from...
New Jenny Lewis Record in Production →
“In addition to boyfriend Johnathan Rice and Interpol touring player “Farmer Dave” Scher, the forthcoming disc (release date TBD) allegedly includes contribution from Zooey Deschanel, the Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, M. Ward, and Elvis freakin’ Costello. “
KEXP expands to NYC →
Used to be New York radio had swords for teeth and razors for claws. Then a bunch of businessmen neutered it.
I’m sure my brother, who lives in NYC, and listens to KEXP on the web, will be very happy.
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Elliott Smith - All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled...