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links for 2008-08-28

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:24:42 -0700

links for 2008-08-28:

Garret van Swearingen

An ancestor of mine whose portrait has survived. (He hella looks like me.) Interesting to know this guy’s DNA is somewhere in my genetic makeup.

(tags: genealogy

Garret van Swearingen

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:48:22 -0700

Garret van Swearingen: An ancestor of mine whose portrait has survived. (He hella looks like me.) Interesting to know this guy’s DNA is somewhere in my genetic makeup.

Exclusive Excerpt: Stephen Davis’s ‘Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N’ Roses’ -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:48:22 -0700

Exclusive Excerpt: Stephen Davis’s ‘Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N’ Roses’ -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine: Hee hee hee. This is actually pretty awesome, and I’m not a G’n’R fan.

Currently Listening: 08-27-08

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:23:51 -0700

Currently Listening: 08-27-08:

Cowboy Junkies, Whites Off Earth Now! (Their first album, and for me a neck and neck tie for their best, along with, of course, The Trinity Sessions)
The Verve, Forth
The Bug, London Zoo
…

I’m In Hell

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:13:12 -0700

I’m In Hell:

A couple of clients not paying me, so I’m broke. Other clients flaking on promised work, so I haven’t got any more coming in immediately.

Dude not moving out of the apartment I was supposed to move…

New Portfolio!

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:13:10 -0700

New Portfolio!: My new portfolio is up. Lemme know what you think. It was a massive undertaking, most of it programming.

Fox News gets pwned in Denver

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:26:39 -0700

Fox News gets pwned in Denver:

Perfect.

Dear BitTorrent: Please give me the last 4% of the first Cowboy Junkies album. My CD is unreadable...

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:53:22 -0700

Dear BitTorrent: Please give me the last 4% of the first Cowboy Junkies album. My CD is unreadable and it’s out of print. I love you!

Mark Millar signing at Alternate Reality comics today!

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:40:21 -0700

Mark Millar signing at Alternate Reality comics today!

links for 2008-08-20

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:14:21 -0700

links for 2008-08-20:

Also, dryer in apt. complex doesn’t seem to work. So I have wet clothes. No clean dry clothes....

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:33:57 -0700

Also, dryer in apt. complex doesn’t seem to work. So I have wet clothes. No clean dry clothes. Don’t push me, ‘cause I’m close to the edge…

I am SO done with this shit.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:33:57 -0700

I am SO done with this shit.

GF gets couch surfer from Couchsurfing.com. GF tells me to find somewhere else to sleep so she can...

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:27:52 -0700

GF gets couch surfer from Couchsurfing.com. GF tells me to find somewhere else to sleep so she can host stranger. GF wonders why I’m so mad.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Selections From H.P. Lovecraft's Brief Tenure as a Whitman's Sampler Copywriter.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:42:57 -0700

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Selections From H.P. Lovecraft's Brief Tenure as a Whitman's Sampler Copywriter.

The Quietus | Features | Rapper Immortal Technique Swaps The Mean Streats Of Harlem For Afghanistan

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:42:57 -0700

The Quietus | Features | Rapper Immortal Technique Swaps The Mean Streats Of Harlem For Afghanistan: Nice! Tech was one of the artists I pursued for Mperia back in the day. One of the most brilliant MCs out there

Scientists Say We Can See Sound | LiveScience

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:38:09 -0700

Scientists Say We Can See Sound | LiveScience

This is the painful truth about being a music nerd: http://tinyurl.com/5vpa3c

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:53:02 -0700

This is the painful truth about being a music nerd: http://tinyurl.com/5vpa3c

Playing it by ear: a short interview with Jack Womack

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:12:52 -0700

Playing it by ear: a short interview with Jack Womack: Jack Womack is one of speculative fiction’s secret treasures. His 1995 novel Random Acts Of Senseless Violence is one of the most remarkable and emotionally affecting works I’ve ever read and the…

Ahoy, Dr. Bell speaking

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:09:44 -0700

Ahoy, Dr. Bell speaking: Did you know that the word hello did not enter the dictionary until 1883? And that it was a relatively rare greeting until Thomas Edison suggested it as a way of answering the recently-invented…

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:09:40 -0700

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today:

This (if it’s showing up for you; maybe not) makes me very happy.