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My little corner of the world

Tue, 08 May 2012 06:43:42 +0000

My little corner of the world

True Finn.

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:23:07 +0000

True Finn.

Bring it.

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:30:18 +0000

Bring it.

Playoff beard 2012. Here we go.

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:29:41 +0000

Playoff beard 2012. Here we go.

Continuing my tradition of posting unflattering photos of myself as I watch late-night hockey in the EET timezone. Game 1 starts in a few minutes, and I'M READY. I just shaved; note that I even cut myself and you can see the blood near my nose. Just like there will be blood on the ice tonight.

POP vs IMAP

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:49:13 +0000

POP vs IMAP

Why does POP still exist?

'Junk Mail for Pete'

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:46:37 +0000

'Junk Mail for Pete'

Exhibition by Lewis McGuffie at Tiib, today and tomorrow only.

LAST NIGHT'S DREAM

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:46:45 +0000

LAST NIGHT'S DREAM

Wilco was playing a free concert, with Spinal Tap opening up. Adam and I were there, sitting in the back, half-watching and having a mild debate about which band was 'bigger'. Spinal Tap played 'Big Bottom' and it was pretty heavy. The venue staff were throwing free Wilco t-shirts into the crowd and I grabbed two of them, a medium and large size; Adam and I briefly fought over the medium before realising that neither one of us actually liked Wilco. We debated the shirt's eBay potential but then threw them both into the crowd for the true fans.

Svamp Helsinki, January 2012

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:46:27 +0000

Svamp Helsinki, January 2012

A collectively-generated graphical score.

How did I never see this before?

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:30:27 +0000

How did I never see this before?

progress

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:25:39 +0000

progress

Trying to make a traditional Estonian wooden house at least slightly warm for the (surely brutal) winter ahead: 5cm thick Paroc FAS4 insulation, to be covered with a lovely red clay.

progress

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:21:36 +0000

progress

Yesterday, I went to Big Pink in West Saugerties, NY

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:02:03 +0000

Yesterday, I went to Big Pink in West Saugerties, NY

We carried you in our arms on Independence Day And now you'd throw us all aside and put us all away Oh, what dear daughter 'neath the sun could treat a father so? To wait upon him hand and foot and always tell him "No" Tears of rage, tears of grief Why must I always be the thief? Come to me now, you know we're so low And life is brief It was all very painless When you went out to receive All that false instruction Which we never could believe And now the heart is filled with gold As if it was a purse But, oh, what kind of love is this Which goes from bad to worse? Tears of rage, tears of grief Why must I always be the thief? Come to me now, you know we're so low And life is brief We pointed you the way to go And scratched your name in sand Though you just thought it was nothing more Than a place for you to stand I want you to know that while we watched You discovered no one would be true And I myself was among The ones who thought It was just a childish thing to do

The Depressed Person

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:15:51 +0000

» The Depressed Person

In many ways this is still my favourite thing DFW ever wrote, and it's great that the whole thing is available here as a PDF. ... 'the empty apian drone of the dial tone' ....

Axemen on TV

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:20:55 +0000

Axemen on TV

Joseph McElroy, Hind's Kidnap (1969), p. 128

Wed, 11 May 2011 13:40:22 +0000

“ The guardian liked to discuss with young people their 'approach.' But that word meant 'coming near,' and often what the guardian meant entailed being 'already there.'

--Joseph McElroy, Hind's Kidnap (1969), p. 128

Mon, 09 May 2011 08:50:11 +0000

This still amazes me after all these years

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:26:00 +0000

This still amazes me after all these years

My LPs

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:09:00 +0000

My LPs

And believe me, these boxes are HEAVY. Total shelf space required = 5.6 metres.

All You Have to Do is Ask

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:20:54 +0000

» All You Have to Do is Ask

I'm generally a big fan of Too Much Information with Benjamen Walker, on WFMU, but this WikiLeaks special show was particularly good.

Merry xmas

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:27:50 +0000

Merry xmas

heatless

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:50:43 +0000

heatless

Making of Naked Gun 2 1/2

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:52:31 +0000

Making of Naked Gun 2 1/2

A bushwhacked piano

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:46:09 +0000

A bushwhacked piano

LAST NIGHT'S DREAM

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:55:40 +0000

LAST NIGHT'S DREAM

I was in the theatre audience of a large awards show, on TV, and Michael Bolton was accepting a lifetime achievement award. While he was speaking, a bunch of his assistants were going through the audience and passing out dental floss to everyone and whispering for us to all floss in unison.