I’ve finally gotten somewhat settled into my new house. Here’s another doodle, also from the fridge, that was once accompanied by a somewhat passive-aggressive note that read “If you eat food that isn’t yours, you are a communist.” It makes me laugh, and my milk was thereafter safe.
Leave a Comment July 31, 2008
I can’t recall when it was that I first ran across these typographic representations of film clips. Recently though, I discovered a few more videos, non film related, that really grab me with the way the type is used to express moods and ideas. Here’s a playlist:
Bonus: Also, I don’t know if there is a video of this, but I found this via StumbleUpon a while back. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
Leave a Comment July 19, 2008
As I prepare to move to my new apartment I’m trying gather all my little doodles and drawings which seem to have skattered throughout the house over the past year. I’ll try to post more as I prepare for the move.
Leave a Comment July 17, 2008
The past few days here have been wet and gray, so here’s a short list of some of my favorite web games (-10 to productivity). I was feeling nostalgic after spending an hour playing Line Rider, which is as far as I can tell, endless fun. So, I decided to revisit a few of my favorites. Each is relatively simple, some taking less than five minutes to complete, some, with no actual objective could be played for hours. Enjoy.
This game is beautiful. You control a small aquatic creature through the ocean as it eats other creatures and evolves to become more complex.
This is a sort of puzzle where the secret to unlocking the 16th level is to “cooperate with yourself”. It can be a little frustrating at first.
I’m convinced that this is one of the coolest and most relaxing games on the web. The art and the sound effects are great.
In this flash-based game the goal is to untangle each puzzle. I’m still working on this one.
The original Line Rider game was perfect. If you haven’t played it yet, beware, it will suck you in.
This java-based phyiscs toy could keep me entertained for hours. Its simple interface invites you build a volcano or a vacum cleaner.
Leave a Comment July 9, 2008
At Your Convenience. This muxtape is the second in an ongoing series of posts, the eight songs I chose are ones that I feel represent a sort of slowed and relaxed state that I tend to find myself in. Otherwise, it’s a relatively unorganized collection of good music. Enjoy.
Muxtape Monday is a bi-monthly feature in which I provide a musical playlist containing a selection of music that has to do with various themes, ideas, etc. The framework established by the creators of Muxtape allows only twelve songs to be uploaded at any one time, therefore, each playlist will only be available for 2 weeks.
Leave a Comment July 7, 2008
I have been remiss about posting any of my drawings online.
Here’s a little something from my sketchbook. I’ve been wanting to post this for some time now, it’s an illustration I did last year one morning at work. This friendly looking lady was drawn on a spare sheet of white paper with a pen and a few markers. Check back soon for more drawings.
Leave a Comment July 5, 2008
Retta tagged me so I have no choice:
I was 12 years old, so probably not a whole lot aside from consuming mass quantities of Kool-aid and running around outside.
Apologies for tagging everyone twice, but if you think I’m going to sit here and let the blogging gods strike me down for web-heresy you are mistaken!
Leave a Comment July 4, 2008
One of the biggest selling points that makes Firefox the browser of choice for me are the extensions. I’ve been using Firefox for roughly 4 years now and during that time I’ve gone through my fair share of third-party extensions/plugins. The most important ones, to me, make my browsing happier and easier by streamlining my surfing or making it more safe.
I would like to publicly profess my love for the following plugins:
That said, if I’ve left out any extensions which you find especially useful, leave a comment and share your experiences with other extensions.
Leave a Comment July 3, 2008
I ran across the idea for this post at Warren Ellis’ blog early last month and I thought I’d get my own list together and see what came of it.
“List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to.”
In no particular order:
A fairly humble song, laden with simple things, yet so well balanced/sequenced that I can’t help but put it on repeat and just listen listen listen. This one hails from the second Aesop Rock album I ever owned, Labor Days. I can’t describe how much I love this song, it makes me think in ways most songs can’t. There’s something incredibly thought provoking about the lyrics in this song.
I ran across this song last summer on YouTube, and it’s just amazing. Its pure, unadulterated, think-for-yourself message is something I wish we had more of in hip-hop today.
This is a relatively new to me interest. I don’t have much to say about this song, there’s just something about the jumble of piano and lyrics that makes me relax.
Again, another recent discovery of Hip-Hop goodness, found one late night at a friend’s house. I don’t know what it is about this song that does it for me. Maybe it’s the very primal sound of the drums, or maybe even the lyrics that dance tauntingly over the stale corpse of major record labels’ idea of Hip-Hop. “It’s time to clean MTV outta your ears”
I don’t consider myself a TOOL fan, but the introduction to this song is simply mesmerizing.
Another YouTube find, this one from late 2006 and by far my favorite Johnny Cash song.
I now have no problem imagining Kris Kristofferson bludgeoning me to death with a crowbar.
This song is available on Atmosphere’s Lucy Ford album. Aided by the quieting instrumentals, I can play this song a few times in a row and it never fails to move me. I was introduced to both Aesop Rock and Atmosphere by my brother-in-law around the same time and have been returning to this song year in and year out. In the true spirit of hip-hop evangelicalism, this is one of those songs that I habitually, no, fanatically, push on people who are unfamiliar with Atmosphere.
My musical interests shift fairly often so I plan on revisiting this post sometime later this year. Though, for now, I suppose that I should pass the buck on to seven other people.
Tag you’re it…
Lindsay
Chris
Jim
Pam
BT
Dave
Story Pixel
Update: I retro-tag Retta because this is my blog and I make the rules, dammit!
Leave a Comment July 2, 2008