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Once again, host Dick Gordon manages to suck the life out of an interesting topic…
Monthly Archive for March, 2005
“hopeless friend”, posted by nedward
Presley is in nyc for a conference, but that didn’t stop me from leaving the house last night. I caught Graham Coxon, former guitarist for a little britpop outfit called Blur.
I love Graham’s new album, Happiness in Magazines, and was delighted to find out that he also puts on a hell of a show, for such a shy guy. His vocals especially were quite strong, though he freaked out and stopped in the middle of a song because the lighting guy put a spot on him…
My first Blur show was in March of ‘97, in the Middle East Downstairs, when I was a freshmen (yikes) in college. Rivers Cuomo was hanging out at the bar, Damon soaked me with water from his many bottles, and Graham mostly sulked in the corner, strumming veraciously. That was the best concert I have ever seen.
Seeing Graham kind of makes me wish he was still in Blur, and they were still playing little clubs…
Some old posts about Blur and related projects:
I watched a bit of FoodTV on Sunday, and suffered through Rachael Ray and her awful accent and mannerisms… I’ve never once wanted to eat anything she cooks, because she annoys me so much.
But after Rachael, a delightful woman came on, who I’ve never seen before: Giada De Laurentiis, and she apparently cooks Italian. Sure, she’s hot, but the production values on this show are a little more modern, (think Nigella), with nice lighting and editing.
The show was so pleasant to watch, I ended up cooking her Steak Salad for Presley and I last night. I went a little overboard on the Gorgonzola, but I really love the creamy taste. And, you can never have too much cheese, right?
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“…giving out models to selected users, setting them up with a blog, and having them document their experiences…”
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i love his stuff — especially the artwork for Blur’s last album Think Tank
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“…you can get a look at what del.icio.us users are saying about (or at least how they are tagging) nearly any web page…”(categories: del.icio.us tags)
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Veerle provides a nice little summary…
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I do this same method — Ch*aptickets.com is my worst offender
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a shot across the bow…(categories: weblogs)
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pretty cool shots…
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The Boston Globe (sic) reports on a successful Craigslist “missed connection”
When I’m designing and building a website, I dread the point where I’ll have to shift from working locally, to working on the server. Once the initial layout and CSS is done, it’s time to start scripting with PHP, and pulling content in from MySQL databases — and time to fire up ye olde FTP. This constant uploading is frustrating, and gives me carpal tunnel…
I’ve always known that it was possible to set up PHP & MySQL locally, as Mac OSX has the Apache web server built-in… but, that always seemed like such a hassle. After a few minutes of tinkering, I’d throw my hands up and think, wouldn’t it be helpful if someone put together an easy install package?
Well, somebody has… MAMP promises to be my salvation:
MAMP installs a local server environment in a matter of seconds on your Mac OS X computer, be it PowerBook or iMac. Like similar packages from the Windows- and Linux-world, MAMP comes free of charge.
This should speed things up considerably, and allow me to work without an internet connection… on the plane, in the park, etc.
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a resource for the pimping of Apple’s Safari web browser
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sounds like a nice arrangement(categories: weblogs)
Well, it’s official — the worst kept secret around, Flickr was acquired by Yahoo!, and was announced on the Flickr Blog:
bq. Holy smokes, SOMEBODY out there is bad at keeping secrets!! Yes! We can finally confirm that Yahoo has made a definitive agreement to acquire Flickr and us, Ludicorp. Smack the tattlers and pop the champagne corks!
My initial reaction, as an avid Flickr user, is very wait-and-see. Despite the occasional downtimes, I’ve been impressed by how they’ve managed to scale up, as the site has grown exponentially. But obviously, there comes a point where a Yahoo! can really help.
What I’m worried about most, was only slightly deflected in Caterina’s post — it’s not that Yahoo! will get “flickrized”, but that Flickr would end up “Yahooed!”:
Yahoo Photos will get a lot of Flickr features, and there are alot of other areas around Yahoo that will also be Flickrized where Flickrization would be good.
That’s not reassuring… I guess we’ll wait-and-see.
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“…because of the pair’s differing approach to launching new products…”
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interface for your mac and tv
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I still can’t beleive Dave is a dad
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Is the reign of Verdana, Arial, Georgia and Times New Roman over?
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nice little Firefox extension, which creates a sidebar full of Flickr images
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try as you might, Toyota-san, nobody under 40 wants your cars…
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Apparently there is a new documentary on the most famous art-theft in history
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i finally tried this out, and it works quite nice…
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whether they were actual Feds, or not, this is scary…(categories: politics Republicans)
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How the iPod Ran Circles Around the Walkman…
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hooray! One of the things that Outlook does very well, comes to OS X
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A-list authors explain their processes for doing large-scale CSS sites
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They finally inked the deal…
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good to see Think Secret is still giving us the goods…
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interesting… and it works in Firefox. Can’t wait for support for OPML import.
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allows you to import IE bookmarks.
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Great NYer piece by Jeffrey Goldberg which asks the question, “Can the Democrats make themselves look tough?”
I spent the morning and a good part of the afternoon today sitting in the dealership, watching the snow come down in buckets, waiting for my car to get it’s new wheels. 2 new rims, and 4 new tires…
But watching all of this snow got me daydreaming about nicer weather, and all that it entails… grilling, scooting, the beach. And, as long as we’re daydreaming, how about this $40,000 convertible?
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the entertainment value of this track rivals Fountains of Wayne’s cover of Britney Spear’s first single
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I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t want this phone I’m sure it will sell well…
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“Connoisseur makes managing your recipes as easy as iTunes makes managing your music.”
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firefox extension that lets you highlight a phone number, and get driving directions to that number’s address
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handy little guide
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EZ Prints is the printing partner… I’ve never heard of them until now, but can’t wait to check it out
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for driving with a suspended license? Apparently they cuff and book ya for that in NYC.
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He’s been on tour, presenting a “video remix” of the racist 1915 film The Birth of a Nation…
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made in shockwave, I can’t believe how well implemented this is…
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Includes a nice quote from our friend Steve, who is an history teacher at the school. It sounds like a great school, but the key to all schools’ success is class size… a low student/teacher ratio offers the best hope of boosting achievement.
“Hot Hot Heat”, posted by nedward
Pet peeve for the day: How can Axis call itself a night club when it begins shows at 6:45pm and ends them by 9:30pm? Isn’t that just an evening club?
We went to see Hot Hot Heat on monday night, but due to the early show-time, managed to miss Louis XIV, and their lady-killer hit anthem, Finding out True Love is Blind (iTunes).
As for HHH, they’ve “blossomed” into full blown rock stars since we last saw them. When singer/keyboardist Steve Bays walked out with a teased up white-boy afro, I decided this would be my last HHH show. We’ll have to see about catching Louis XIV again, sometime.
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values should drive business decisions…
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angie mckaig writes a little “art appreciation” piece…
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and I just got my Siemens s66 1.3 mega-pixel (sic) phone…
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Still, the ROKR phone which Apple helped design won’t be available until Xmas
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i will believe it when i see it…
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“x-ray” feautre shows an instant preview when CSS editing
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a pretty good rundown
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from the folks at McSweeney’s…
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i need to get some business cards done…
“the room”, posted by nedward
Dear Leader started as a side project for x-Sheila Divine singer Aaron Perrino, but now is a fleshed-out band that includes musicians from past Boston bands such as Tugboat Annie, Orbit, and Cheerleadr…
Presley and I used to be Sheilas junkies, so I’m not sure any Dear Leader show could even come close, but it was a fun night. The opening band was Taxpayer.
(Also, we ran into Jim Gilbert in the crowd, and he remembered both our names… quelle suprise!)
