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File Under “Things I Wish I Had Thought of, Sooner”:
Deadpan Existential Jokes
Would work great as a blog name or profile description
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#cantyoureadthesign
I did not know, or I forgot, that the Newton was powered by an ARM processor
Dave Chappelle: 8:46
I just learned you can get the Apple TV aerial screensavers on your Mac.
Just unboxed this Macally keyboard and I’m already a fan!
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Tron Legacy character Zuse is probably not a reference to the Hellenistic pantheon as much as a nod to Konrad Zuse. I had wondered why the character was so vulnerable.
I have been using Foursquare (now Swarm) for location check-ins for 10 years, now. I’m not consistent with lots of technology tools, but this one has stuck.
It’s fun to look back at where I have been. When I look at a sequence of check-ins, remembering where and why, it helps me to reconstruct a day. It’s a fun tool that has helped me personally and professionally.
“If there’s anything I’ve learned about politics it’s this: as soon as you conclude the other guys are complete idiots and intentionally doing evil things, immediately stop – because something is wrong. Your BS detector should be going off like a fire alarm.”
Remember: Nuclear Detonations, 1945-1998
One last re-watch of The Polar Express before… Mama and Poppa perform elven magic
The Death of the Rude Press
“In the elite press—on cable news, in newspaper opinion sections—you can say the most monstrous things imaginable, as long your language is polite. What you can’t do is rudely express a desire for a more just world…”
“…If your local media has no place for people who voice contempt for your city’s police chief, say, or your state’s attorney general, or the publisher of your city’s largest newspaper, all of those people will feel more comfortable in abusing their power. They will grind you down, and in the process, they’ll tell you to be civil about it.”
“It is expected that work of all kinds will be generally suspended, and that the wage workers of the whole city will enjoy the holiday.”
Minneapolis Tribune, 1894
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A music blog with the tagline: Your resource for all things shoegaze and dream pop
Science Museum of Minnesota
I still love dinosaurs!
Rhone said it better than I was going to:
If you are Minnesotan, you will nod knowingly.
Lumiere Brothers footage of Paris, late 19th century
Sense of Loss
Did we ever deserve them? Did we love them enough?
I listened to the Purple Rain soundtrack, watched the video of Prince’s Superbowl halftime performance, then spent at least an hour listening to the song Purple Rain on repeat.
Joy. Awe. Sadness.
Tears.
Awash.
Pink Moon
There is no end to discovery in music.
I have been listening to Pink Moon by Nick Drake on repeat for about the last two hours. Just the one song, which is something I rarely do.
I watched The Lake House on TV last night, and it was featured in the soundtrack. And I remembered that it was in Volkswagen convertible commercials a long time ago. Maybe ten years ago? I had assumed at that time that it was a current song by a current commercial artist. You know, because Volkswagen and Mitsubishi had been using Crystal Method, Dirty Vegas and Propellerheads tracks. I won’t lie: I have purchased albums on the basis of television commercials.
Kim and Jessie
Kim and Jessie is a song that I can easily put on repeat.
M83’s last two albums have been trending toward a sound that is very nostalgic for me, and this particular song is a stand out example.
Though the song was released in 2008, it is heavily evocative of mid-1980s groups like ’Til Tuesday, Flock of Seagulls, and Tears for Fears. If you played a string of Top 40 hits from 1985 or 1986, and slipped in Kim and Jessie, I think a lot of people would think it sounds similar and familiar. Whether that makes you die inside a little or makes you a little giddy is personal, of course.