January 2009
55 posts
Picard laughed out loud →
Lego Galactica Clusterfrak So Big It Can Probably... →
Photographs of cute cats and kittens by Jane... →
…. breathe in aaaaaaand relax. With kittehs.
“Twitter’s stream of mundane chatter is slowly becoming diluted amidst a rising...”
– diamond geezer nails, it as per uszh. (via miketd) (via megpickard)
Bollocks. I’m sorry to say, but I find some slebs’ twittering infinitely more engaging than the daily drone from the rest of us. Yeah, including my own boring crap. To be honest, I’ve tuned out of a lot of tweets...
http://www.howtousetwitterformarketingandpr.com/ →
“GenkiWear, LLC is developing a trio of fragrances celebrating classic Star Trek....”
– Who wants to smell like a rutting Vulcan?
On Top Chef
dyfl:
howsyrface:
dyfl:
maura:
brokedownpalace:
maura:
I’m starting to feel kind of bad for Leah, even though I don’t like her very much, because Hosea seems like the type of smug dick who of COURSE would start a romance with an also-attached girl eight years younger only to back off when it was clear that she was interested in more than just pumping up his ego with eye-flutters and...
“Dieses Album macht Spaß und es wird vor allem auch U2s eigenem Anspruch gerecht:...”
– Björn Lampe reviews No Line on the Horizon
Pictures of London from above →
Oh my, so gorgeous
Family ties →
“My father and brother inherited the Ukrainian rapist’s good looks, and I inherited his thirst.”
Zeldman doesn’t write personal stuff very often these days. But when he does, it matters.
WatchNever mind the video content… I’m just proud of our new videoplayer. Such an improvement over the old one. No more teal!
Watch“Statistically speaking, there’s at least one person on Earth who’s a fan of Eminem and Benny Hill and Doctor Who. This video is for that freak.”
Chinese New Year - Welcoming the Ox →
“Millions of people traveled long distances to be with family during this Spring Festival, choking transit systems in China especially. Collected here are photographs of people celebrating and preparing for this Lunar New Year festivities.”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-25) →
U2 (16)
The Smiths (4)
Depeche Mode (4)
Late of the Pier (2)
Morrissey (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
WatchMy uncle’s ex. :-) Did well at the Eurovison once.
Knitted cylon hat →
A Siberian trip with David Bowie →
“Geoff MacCormack hitched a ride during Bowie’s glam-rock heyday and took these snaps”
Lovely *big* pictures of the inauguration at... →
WatchHey look, it’s me hiding behind a Moleskine. (I don’t mind pictures so much, but really hate seeing myself on video.)
Elbow's cover of U2's Running to Standstill →
Link to the song at the end of the post
WatchCabs in Times Square honking as Obama is sworn in
“It’ll be interesting to see the effect a US President with such a command of...”
– In praise of Obama’s rhetoric
WatchT-mobile advertisement filmed at Liverpool Station
All the Battlestar Galactica S3 webisodes ('The... →
“Stay tuned for next week when Hera gets started mainlining heroin and FOX News;...”
– TWOP’s Jacob on last night’s Battlestar Galactica episode ‘Sometimes a great notion’
If global warming is real then why is it cold? →
“With any luck, the producers will have ratcheted up the adventure and suspense...”
– So there you have the New York Times arguing in favour of dumbing down Battlestar Galactica. Fuck off, man, we WANT the big ideas.
“It is dense, twisty, shiny, modern pop music, a big mash up of Eno ambience,...”
– Neil McCormick has heard the new U2 album
WatchBaby barn owls
“The new media, which were supposed to put people in closer contact with each...”
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How society has lost its voice - Times Online
I can’t agree unreservedly with this article’s conclusion (in some areas my views are almost completely opposed), but it does raise some very interesting issues - “popular music has changed in response to the new way of consuming it” - and it’s...
