January 2009
Retweeting @supervegan: Have you all been following the Google-hit-a-deer saga? Catch up http://is.gd/hHMR and http://is.gd/hKLJ
My Giraffe Rag In One Hand →
Sometimes submissions come in that I just need to share, even if I explicitly disapprove them. The other day I got a submission that failed on two levels. First, it was written in Spanish. I have…
Kicking Friday off with a live DJ Cash Money mix from 1986. Niceness.
This NASA album is incredibly odd, but quite good. I mean, Tom Waits and Kool Keith? I bet this thing blows up.
Rasine and I are sitting in bed eating Veg Booty together.
A list of cities I want to visit this year: Las Vegas (for a specific event, def. not for the city itself), Portland, New York, Asheville.
It would be funny to have a news blog where every post was predated by a day to give the illusion of precognition.
My body’s doing lots of things that tell me I need to take some time off.
I really dislike dealing with web analytics. The stuff just doesn’t interest me anymore.
links for 2009-01-27 →
Jane Austen vs. The Undead Pride and Predjudice… with zombies. Brilliant! (tags: zombies literature)
D-Nice Presents True Hip-Hop Stories: Monie Love (tags: video …
Hey — any of my followers going to SXSW this year?
link: Jane Austen vs. The Undead: Pride and Predjudice… with zombies. Brilliant! http://tinyurl.com/csasqg
Jane Austen vs. The Undead →
Pride and Predjudice… with zombies. Brilliant!
Forgot to mention a new Normal Bias post from the other day. Fans of early 90s hip-hop will want to peep game: http://tinyurl.com/dfl49q
IM from a co-worker: “do you hany salt or pepper in your office?” Not odd because sometimes I do.
link: D-Nice Presents True Hip-Hop Stories: Monie Love http://vimeo.com/2976388
I contend this is still one of the best hip-hop tracks ever made: http://tinyurl.com/c2adzy//grandgood.com/
D-Nice Presents True Hip-Hop Stories: Monie Love →
So, so nice to see some actual snow today in the DC/VA area.
Enso is nice, but it crashes *so easily*. Time to uninstall it.
I get a funny mention at 51:15 in this podcast: http://tinyurl.com/cjzz7e
1S: 2009 Bloggie Finalist (Vote now!) →
This is pretty cool: One Sentence is a finalist for a 2009 Bloggie in the new “Best Microblog” category!
Thanks to whoever pushed us through the nomination process… this all came as…
Nice weekend. Vegetable Garden, shopping with Rasine, first two movies in The Up Series, coconut ginger quinoa, farm time. Now, Monday.
OMG. http://tinyurl.com/bj228e Go watch NOW.
links for 2009-01-22 →
PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama’s Campaign Promises This will be incredibly interesting to watch over the next four years. [via Waxy] (tags: politics obama)
Just... WOW. →
Yup, this would be the greatest video ever made: Pistol Youth - In My Eyes from Pistol Youth on Vimeo. Thanks to Dave for sharing this!
zpizza considering new vegan cheese →
I have two zpizza restaurants near me, one not far from my house and the other near my work. I love the fact that they have veggie meat options and offer a soy cheese pizza. The problem: their…
Raw Deal/Sounds of the Underground: January 24,... →
Here’s a portion of a really great show from January 24, 1992 (a week after this show). It picks up mid-show, so I’m suspecting I may have an earlier portion of the show on another tape.
Side 1…
Hey, One Sentence is Bloggie Finalist for “Best Microblog”! Vote for me, will you? http://2009.bloggies.com/ (scroll horizontally)
PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama's... →
This will be incredibly interesting to watch over the next four years. [via Waxy]
link: PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama’s Campaign Promises: This will be incredibly interes.. http://tinyurl.com/6unxgt
Feeling psyched for dinner at the Vegetable Garden tomorrow night with the farm crew. @debiguity You’re coming, right?
links for 2009-01-20 →
The country’s new robots.txt file Bush’s robots.txt vs. Obama’s robots.txt. Transparency, indeed! (tags: robots.txt politics bush obama)
One of the things you’ll say to a 2-year-old that you wouldn’t say to an adult: “Hang on, let me get the grits out of your hair…”
Why do none of the Adobe AIR twitter clients give system tray notification of new tweets? That’s all I’m looking for, folks.
Man, I love me some Clif Mojo Peanut Butter and Pretzel bars.
For my few jazz nerd followers: which (Rahsaan) Roland Kirk album from his freer/avant period do you like best?
Listening to: http://tinyurl.com/95e8xk Back in the day, Lakim Shabazz made me want to be a 13-year-old white 5 percenter.
Waking up an hour late is always a fun way to start the day.
The country's new robots.txt file →
Bush’s robots.txt vs. Obama’s robots.txt. Transparency, indeed!
link: The country’s new robots.txt file: Bush’s robots.txt vs. Obama’s robots.txt. Transparency, .. http://tinyurl.com/84ljpb
List of people pardoned by George W. Bush →
Because I was curious.
link: List of people pardoned by George W. Bush: Because I was curious. http://tinyurl.com/hbykw
I’d forgotten what it’s like to have a president that I actually agree with on some things. It’s so… strange.
He included athiests in his speech… nice. I bet the Zoroastrians are feeling shafted, though.
Welcome, President Obama. Lots of work ahead to do… and undo…
Retweeting @bazu: W came out to loud boos and a guy next to me yelling “everyone take off your shoes!”
MSNBC is doing a good job of not over-commentating.
Did George HW just follow his salute with a butt pat?
Is there something going on downtown today? There seem to be a few more people than normal on the mall.