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Dry William

November 1, 2006 – 2:35 pm

Jane Espenson reminds me in a recent post about illustrator and cartoonist Scott Bateman. he publishes these curious, oddly-captioned panels that, while peculiar, never fail to elicit a chuckle. I visit his site for the first time in a while this morning. Check it out. It’s a “Dry William,” courtesy of comedian Bobby Tisdale.
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Line Rider

October 29, 2006 – 11:33 am

Taking a break from the Nightmares today. If you’re bored, check this out. I’ve been obsessed with this flash toy for more than a week now. Hours of time-wastage. A completely addicting art project that someone cooked up and posted over at deviantart.com. Play at your own risk.
Line Rider
Line Rider videos at You Tube.
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Without A Parachute

October 4, 2006 – 8:00 am

Bookmark this link on your Blackberry.
Okay, now if you’re ever swept out of an explosively decompressing airliner at 35,000 feet, you’ll have plenty of time to research how to survive the fall.
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You know it occurs to me now that we’re always talking about “surviving the fall” when we talk about those times when there’s not [...]

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The Return of Le Chic?

September 22, 2006 – 8:00 am

There are blogs, and rumors of blogs. Stirrings in the wind. The scent of perfume. Could it be? Is Le Chic Chick really back? God, let’s hope so.

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iTunes iSbogus

July 9, 2006 – 12:13 am

Interesting article over at downhillbattle.org (whose t-shirt I love and wear regularly) about iTunes and the accounting behind their “artist-friendly” business model. Before I got the Amoeba job I used to use iTunes to get some of my music. I don’t think I’d go back. DRM issues aside, my main gripe is the sound quality [...]

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A Series of Tubes

July 6, 2006 – 12:57 pm

This has been chasing back and forth across the Internets. Alaska senator Ted Stevens is an outspoken opponent of Net neutrality, supporting a problematic idea wherein Internet pipeline providers (such as Comcast and AT&T) can charge big internet companies who use a lot of bandwidth for that privilege, a policy which makes as much sense [...]

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Hollywoodland Key Art

June 29, 2006 – 8:59 am

As long as I’m posting movie art, check this one out. I’ve been getting substantial traffic to the site from people looking for info on this movie. Diane Lane looks pretty great.

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Yosemite Rockslide

June 20, 2006 – 11:11 am

NPR’s Day To Day airs a story today about Highway 140 in California, which threads the tiny town of Mariposa on the way into Yosemite. Back in April a rockslide buried the road east of town. Rocks are still falling today. It’s proving to be the clot that’s starving the town of its lifeblood. the [...]

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Black Rider

June 9, 2006 – 2:35 pm

I finally get around to seeing The Black Rider at the Ahmanson. Sean, who’s visiting me gets to come with, since I happen to have two tickets waiting for me at the Ahmanson Box Office. The tix are courtesy of new friend Stasy, who happens to be working on the show (which impresses the hell [...]

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Yo Gabba Gabba!

June 7, 2006 – 12:01 am

Oh man, I got wind of this yesterday in conversation with Hiland, Kirk and Kyle on the Mezzanine. Then I spotted this reference to former Amoeba co-worker Lance Rock’s new gig. YO GABBA GABBA! This looks like a cast of characters I can get behind. I don’t think the show has been picked up yet, [...]

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