May 2009
40 posts
May 1st
April 2009
31 posts
“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”
– Winston Churchill
Apr 29th
Qwitters on Twitter
zadi: Oprah is bored with Twitter and Nielsen finds majority quit Twitter after only a month. (via fimoculous / baltimore sun) Not quite sure how Nielsen is gathering their info, but this doesn’t surprise me. I think there are a couple of things happening. Social Media fatigue. Not being able to figure out how to use Twitter effectively. Realization that most of the world consists of...
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-26) →
Howie Day (8)  Matt Nathanson (7)  Lil’ Wayne (5)  Bob Dylan (4)  Death Cab for Cutie (3)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 27th
My Personalized Alltop.com Page →
I stopped using alltop.com when igoogle came around, but this feature has brought me back.
Apr 27th
TweetDeck Adds Features, Facebook Integration →
Apr 26th
ListenBoreta (The Glitch Mob) - Bubblin’ in the...
Apr 25th
Apr 25th
Apr 25th
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Social Media and the Culture of Change →
It’s been a turbulent 2009 for many social media stalwarts. Facebook has battled users over it’s new Twitter-like interface, and its broadly bemoaned change in terms of service. After last year’s…
Apr 24th
Songs Reimagined as Windows Dialog Boxes →
Brilliant for a Friday…my favorite:
Apr 24th
5 Hit Songs That Almost Didn't Get Released →
Apr 23rd
“He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”
–  Noel Gallagher, on his brother Liam [via TwentyFourBit]
Apr 22nd
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Apr 22nd
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“Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a...”
–  Jon Postel - One of the “fathers” of the modern inernet
Apr 21st
Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
Apr 19th
Ghostbusters Wii Game Coming in June →
There are actually two Ghostbusters games coming this year…one a more realistic version tailored for next gent consoles and this one for the Wii.  I’m actually pretty stoked about the way this one looks too.
Apr 19th
Apr 19th
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"Monster Cable Sucks" →
Apr 18th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-12) →
Phoenix (2)  The Lonely Island (2)  Flying Lotus (2)  The Beatles (1)  Semisonic (1)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 15th
“They’re going to give a lot of people headaches”
–  Ozzie Guillen, about the Kansas City Royals
Apr 9th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-5) →
Flying Lotus (19)  Kings of Leon (12)  Lil’ Wayne (3)  Matt Nathanson (3)  Nirvana (2)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 6th
Microsoft Commercials More About HP Than...You... →
These commercials have always struck me as odd, but aside from the obviously phony “real life” actors, I couldn’t put my finger on it.  Gizmodo helped me sort it out: “…as any Apple fanboy knows, with Apple, your premium pays for the software, and for Microsoft (primarily a software company!) to take the position that software has no impact on value is an odd...
Apr 5th
Apr 5th
Iowa's "Got your Prop 8 right here, California" →
Apr 3rd
Really NY Times?
joshuatopolsky: By the end of the year, consumers are likely to see laptops the size of thin paperback books that can run all day on a single charge and are equipped with touch screens or slide-out keyboards. Really guys? All day on a single charge? “Touch screens” or slide-out keyboards? Okay.
Apr 3rd
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New Nine Inch Nails Record...April Fool's →
Apr 2nd