2008
New Pornographers Video
This might be enough for me to forgive them for what they…
2008
Anxious
It doesn’t bubble up to consciousness very often, but Christ I worry I’m forgetting something. Every day I’m going to forget the permission slip and have to slog through a phonics workbook while everyone else goes to the Museum of Science. It probably drives being anal …
2008
New Mountain Goats Album
Streamed here. Join me in crushing their servers, won’t you? That video still weirds me out. At least it’s a semi-original spin on the Dylan ripoff.
2008
Q: What I Think We Are
My mom tells the story of kicking my grandfather, a cop, out of the room whenever they watched Dragnet because he’d constantly be yelling at the screen. I think I’m next for that treatment with Lost. The problem’s not really Jack …
2008
2008
Alternative Uses for a Time Machine
Beyond the obvious, investing, the sports betting and a bit of comic collecting, one thing I’d like to do with a time machine is go back to right before Einstein’s Eureka! moment about the Theory of Relativity, hang behind his shoulder, wait …
2008
On Sordidness
In the interests of keeping fun levels low, the first thing that happened after I created my Rock Band band was a warning that while I could name the band “Trucker Sex” if I wanted to, it would appear as “ROCKBAND1” or some generic placeholder text. This is …
2008
On a Friday's Death
Damn you, chico, there goes Friday afternoon. Ladies and gennlemen, presenting Starlet Sea Anemone!
2008
On Starting a Project
Starting a project is one of those moments of sheer pleasure for developers, the clean sheet. While you’re laying foundations on web apps, you often need some way of interacting with the plumbing. Old friends may remember “Peterson Style”, named for an ex-coworker who would …