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gary:

I was pranked called at 5 am at SXSW
What I think is interesting here is that like I have said many times, we now live in a very transparent world and every interaction maybe recorded, The question is, if I handled this differently would it have impacted how some may look at me?

I probably wouldn’t have been able to recite my own name at 5 am, thank you very much.

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gatekeeper:

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sneakgeekz:

Citizen Jones and Industry Films announce the release of Tokyo/Glow, a branded short film produced in partnership with Los Angeles shoe designer The Generic Man.

sneakgeekz:

TOLA! Presents : Bridging the Gap V1. Directed and edited by me, Joseph Lobato :) Introducing an awesome rider Hernan Montenegro from Santa Monica, California.

Nice. Love the music & the way it’s shot.

Allston II - Jessica Hess. This isn’t a photo; it’s a painting.

merlin:

Check out TextExpander’s new “Fill” functionality. In. Sane.

My love for TextExpander knows no bounds.

Pasties for the three snippets I mentioned (which need to be tweaked for your own setup):

• youtube embed
• mp3 embed
• flickr link with credit

Also mentioned: Make Link is an indispensable Firefox extension that lets you grab a customized, marked-up, “one-click” pasteboard of the current web page (including variables for title, URL, and quoted text).

My bags have no name on them because I have to give at least two everywhere I am going. To the man at the ticket counter, at San Francisco International Airport, at John F. Kennedy, at Ronald Reagan, at Logan, and at Back Bay Station and Penn Station, and to JetBlue and to Virgin and to American,…

Wow. Click through to read the rest. Liking this very much.

somesongsconsidered:

“Only Happy When It Rains” – Garbage
(Words/music: Garbage, available on Garbage, Almo Sounds 1995)

For the record, I hate the rain.  The only thing that made me happy about all of the rain in the Northeast this weekend was that it wasn’t snow.  While driving home in the rain today and listening to the radio, something (I wish I remembered the song) made me think of an accusation a friend made several years ago.  “You listen to sad music,” she said, and while I do like sad songs, it’s never been strictly because the lyrics are sad.  I know that some people like to put on sad movies when they are sad, but I’ve never really felt that way with music.  Instead, I find myself retreating into favorite albums when I’m sad.  If anything, I think I gravitate toward happier music – or at least music that makes me happy.  If anything, “sad songs” generally need to be that much better. 

So I imagine this was a statement on the sound of the music – quieter, more somber arrangements tend to sound “sadder” than something with a lively beat.  A quick survey of the songs I’ve written about (via the “random post” link in the sidebar) led to a disproportionate amount of lively, happy songs, which would tend to disprove this idea.  Anyway, the combination of all of these thoughts – this random memory and a rain soaked weekend – made me think of “Only Happy When It Rains.”  In the context of this discussion, this is a song that doesn’t overtly sound gloomy, save for the repeated declarations that happiness requires misery.  Members of the band claimed it was a tongue-in-cheek reference to liking alternative rock, but I always thought of that as reductionist thought anyway.  If anything, this is a song about finding happiness in a sound that others find gloomy or jarring.  If every single person saw happiness in the same things, our world would be less interesting. 

So today, my thought is that the music itself is neither happy nor sad.  Instead, we fill in the emotions.  These might change over time and they may not transfer from person to person, but I suppose that’s why we have so many different songs in our lives.  If one doesn’t make you happy, there are plenty of others out there that will.

More on Garbage: Allmusic | Amazon MP3 | Emusic | Last.fm

Addicted.

gatekeeper:

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Fifty People, One Question

Nancy Tobey

Lori Lochner

Smart pigeon.

gifparty:

GET IN THE WATER! GET IN! I’m sorry — get in the water, baby. Baby, would you get in?

watermelonbread:

thirtyfivemm:

“The Sandpit” – A day in the life of New York

A day in the life of New York City, as a Tilt-Shift Stop-Motion Video the work of Sam O’Hare.

For more Information about how did he do that? click the Picture.

See The Sandpit on Vimeo and (don´t forget! click HD and watch in full screen mode.)

Ein dank für den Link geht an Kai von StyleSpion.

Helen Breil Designs

sometimesagreatnotion:

I saw it attributed to Elvis Costello recently, but I had always thought it was Steve Martin (or maybe Frank Zappa) who first said it, so I went on an internet quest and it turns out…nobody has any idea who said it first.  There’s even an entire website devoted to trying to figure it out (follow the link above).  As close as they get to an answer is Martin Mull.

For such a great quote, it’s really fascinating that nobody can find it’s origins.

Any ideas?

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hersch:

harpermd:

Peter Gabriel covering Flume, originally by Bon Iver.

Ok, Gabriel. First Book of Love and now Flume. Are you TRYING to break my heart?

texturism:

smile friday three bundles of flowers, fresh air and tea edition

Maura, WHERE did you get these flowers? The multicolored tulips are amazing, as are the ranunculus. OY!

hersch:

j-p-g:

Short life (via masamitony)

yourmandevine:

merlin:

Mos Def - “Close Edge” (Chappelle’s Car, 2003)

More excellent freestyle-from-the-passenger-seat by Mos Def.

Short Letterpress Documentary (Wonderful) (via creativetechs)

<3

texturism:

ellens:loveyourchaos

NateDuval.com: nighttime in the city

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Hehe.

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jackiegarlich:

Ray LaMontagne - Empty

Ray is just fantastic. He performs a version of this song on Austin City Limits and it’s just… your heart falls to your feet when you hear it.

texturism:

giin:ninakix:

Beautiful single use device from local research institute (and former employer) ITRI and the Scenario Lab. The Flexio is a solar powered single station radio which can receive a signal over the airwaves, or internet radio via wifi and wimax. (via Popwuping)

blondesnotbombs:

This was awesome. Unless you’re Jay Leno, that is….

sostark:thedailywhat:

Early Bird Special: Jay Leno interviews Jimmy Kimmel for The Jay Leno Show’s 10 @ 10 segment.

Boom! Roasted.

[oopszie.]

This was such a bad idea. JImmy NAILS Jay.

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This speaks to me on so many levels.

youhaveabeautifulmind:

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Listen by David New - NFB

perpetua:

Whenever I encounter “Big Pimpin’,” I think of the Conan O’Brien version.

REBLOGGED FOREVER.

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This is probably the most boring thing I’ve ever put into my Tumblr, but I’m really proud of the lunch I packed today (one of my new resolutions is to take time at night to make better lunches so I’m not tempted into throwing my $ away on cafeteria food that isn’t even that great).

I had pan-roasted brussels sprouts, carrot sticks with homemade black bean dip, and a spring mix salad with carrot ribbons, grilled chicken, dried cranberries, walnuts and gorgonzola.

I mean, really. Buffalo chicken and fries? I can do so much better than that. Go me.

~J.

theidiotking:

modelsaresmart:

Models know Pavement.

Submitted by Dave Horwitz

Is there anything hotter than Joan Jett on the first minute of “Crimson and Clover”? AHHHHGGHH.

I can’t wait until the warm weather returns.

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merlin:

Writing Zen: Minimalist Word Processor

I’m totally buying a license.

I mean, as soon as it does word count, adds a timer with customizable alarm sounds and graded visual cues, supports hierarchical and free-form faceted tagging, integrates with emacs, checks my pulse, massages my scrote, and provides a weighted, point-based system by which I can interact with and compete against other people who don’t want to be distracted from writing.

Still, you gotta admit. Pretty zen.

gary:

This girl is my LIFE!

Friggin’ adorable. Congrats Gary.

Martian Landscape

Wade Robson-Burning Room-Ben Susak & Pam Chu (via wajeroent)

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ranga-sauce:

hideyourloveaway:

applescrufff:

lennonlove:

Oh…

I snorted and started choking on my water.

ahhahahhaa