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Why I love Wikipedia
From the entry for Skeletor, He-Man’s mortal enemy (and don’t ask me why I was reading Skeletor’s entry on Wikipedia): Although Skeletor can clearly hear, he has (virtually) never been depicted as having ears. He does seem to have a sense of smell though, as he is shown in the 2002 MYP series attempting to […]
All hail the Hipster Unicorn!
And the song’s pretty good, too, if you’re a dude what likes Ladytron (I think Frank and I are the only ones who will still admit to that.)
I Should Be Asleep.
I can’t sleep. Damn you, nocturnal circadian rhythms! That is all.
Portfolio 2.0
So I just re-did my portfolio in HTML, rather than Flash. Check it out.
Help Gregory Crosby
I got an email from my friend Gregory Crosby, erstwhile Las Vegas poet and current NYC teacher, asking for help — without getting too far into the personal details, it seems that someone he trusted very much abused his trust and defrauded him badly, smearing his own credit in the process. Now Gregory’s got two […]
Sleeping In Flame
Those of you who’ve paid attention may know that I have a song called “Sleeping In Flame”, which is, I think, the best song I’ve written. You might also know that I’ve recorded, like, five versions of it, because I could never get it quite right. I got it quite right. Sitting here in Thom’s […]
links for 2008-09-07
How to Write Your Own IM Bot in Less Than 5 Minutes (tags: programming im php code) Steve Rose talks to visionary architect Paolo Soleri | Art and design | The Guardian I really ought to go down to Arcosanti one of these days. (tags: architecture urbanism sustainability futurism arcology)
Top 15 criteria for new or interactive media art
From the Near Future Laboratory comes this hilarious (and completely on-the-mark) list. The Near Future Laboratory Top-15 Criteria for New or Interactive Media Art It doesn’t work It doesn’t work because you couldn’t get a hold of a 220-to-110 volt converter/110-to-220 volt converter/PAL-to-NTSC/NTSC-to-PAL scan converter/serial-to-usb adapter/”dongle” of any sort..and the town you’re in is simply […]
links for 2008-08-29
Please Buy My Record: The Futility Of Flogging Music – Music Think Tank – Music Think Tank This is one of the best pieces I've ever read on the modern musician's dilemma. Seriously, if you care about the whole debate about music right now, you need to read this. (tags: music business)