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2008-03-03T06:33:00.003-06:00

Enjoying an abstract painting by "the wife of one of Jon's best friends from high school"
Listening to Amplive's great (& free) remix of Radiohead's Videotape from the Rainydayz Remixes. Download the set.
Looking through the collages of Lance Letscher
Bill Maher talks about Obama & Clinton: "Is it just me, or do they look like the local weekend news anchor team?"
Laughing at geek singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton's cover of Baby Got Back
Wondering how I missed "Battlestar Galactica: Razor" this past November - it is already on DVD
Adding a few books to my LibraryThing catalog
Wishing I could add my LibraryThing feed to my FriendFeed stream

As seen on Twitter.

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2008-02-15T06:31:00.005-06:00

Admiring the amazing laser-etched moleskines on Etsy via friendfeed.com/kfury
Awesome, Barack Obama dedicated a song to me, barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com
Listening to the funky perfection of Jamiroquai. A live show from 2003 is playable on Stage6
Resisting the urge to dive into the freshly published panel schedule for SXSW Interactive
Listening as "Thom Yorke shares some of his favorite music with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen" on NPR
Bookmarking the videos from Interaction08 "geared at anyone who practices Interaction Design"
Thinking Zero 7's "In The Waiting Line" sounds nice live

As seen on Twitter.

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2008-02-07T21:34:00.000-06:00

Loving Apparat's beautiful album cover
Surprised I like a painting that includes glitter
Thought you might enjoy J Smooth's commentary on the State of the Union and the Democratic candidates
Adding the character count plugin to Pidgin IM for easier Twitter posting via IM
Grooving to a band from Denton, TX called Ghosthustler (didn't expect that sound from Denton)
Staring in disbelief at the new Capital One logo featuring "a swoosh with gradients and bevels"
Sharing links to Obama's New Hampshire speech & subsequent all-star music video
Disgusted by the turn of events in Denton at the old Fry Street "development" near UNT campus. Historic buildings with local businesses were torn down and/or relocated to make way for a generic shopping center with a CVS, whose plans appear to be falling through.

As seen on Twitter.

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2008-01-27T23:33:00.000-06:00

Enjoying art on Flickr by swallowfield (collage) and livefunky (hand-altered prints).
Listening to Rhymefest's free Michael Jackson mixtape. Mark Ronson mixed up MJ tracks & Rhymefest rapped over 'em.
"Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work." Chuck Close via Brian Oberkirch.
Trying Last.FM's on-demand streaming. Kanye's current release is preview only but his previous disc is playable.
Surprised that the entire 45-minute Run track LCD Soundsystem made for Nike is playable on Last.FM.

As seen on Twitter.

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2008-01-22T22:31:00.000-06:00

Loving several of these Sid Dickens tiles, especially Opaque T192. I collected them in the 1990s when they were $60 each rather than today's $90 each.
Finally listening to Radiohead's NYE broadcast. They sound great.
Thinking we'll never see what the deal is with that island after JJ said "Mystery is more important than knowledge" in his TED Talk (via Eric)
Listening to Vampire Weekend's A-Punk way too many times.
Digging the TaskSwitchXP app for alt-tab app switching. It has plenty of config options and a tiny RAM footprint.

As seen on Twitter.

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2008-01-10T07:34:00.000-06:00

Looking through the abstract paintings of Jackie Saccoccio (via ArtCal)
Really enjoying the direction Moby has taken with the new song Alice, tinyurl.com/289ony. The album drops in March.
Planning a visit to the Dallas North Aquarium. I may get more fish for my new tank
Amazed that Bob Staake is using Photoshop 3 in this video creating a fun illustration
Planning to purchase the Charles & Ray Eames postage stamps when they're released next summer, tinyurl.com/3aejd8
Installing the Windows freeware app DisplayFusion to manage my dual-monitor desktop wallpaper, www.binaryfortress.com/displayfusion/

As seen on Twitter.

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2008-01-02T06:34:00.000-06:00

Admiring Mike's marker & pencil illustrations of several vintage Leica cameras
Listening to Diplo spin his BBC Radio 1 Essential mix (stream or DL), tinyurl.com/28cbo4 (via Party Ben at tinyurl.com/2aj9un)
Considering the Pixel Tools tee shirt, www.insanelygreattees.com/shirt/pixeltools
Becoming a fan of The National way late. The Boxer album is fantastic - it sounds like alt-country Joy Division, tinyurl.com/2zmebq

As seen on Twitter.

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2007-12-31T06:36:00.000-06:00

Digging this letterpress poster for a recent Spoon concert that was printed with "wood type & actual 45's," tinyurl.com/yuaj89
Watching the making of the 1966 cartoon "How The Grinch Stole Christmas!" - hosted by Phil Hartman, tinyurl.com/2aelht (via drawn.ca)
Ordering the Helvetica documentary DVD, www.helveticafilm.com (I couldn't get a seat at the SXSW screening this past spring).
Geeking out watching the creator of the xkcd.com comic speak to a group at Google, tinyurl.com/248g96 (via laughingsquid.com)
Listening to Refinery29's favorite albums of the year (stream or download), tinyurl.com/388mso (via Michael at DesignNotes.info)

As seen on Twitter.

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2007-12-22T14:52:00.000-06:00

Uploading abstract collages I made recently with cardstock, an old map, papers, and a clothing pattern, tinyurl.com/2buoec
Jamming to Ursula 1000's "hard-hitting breaks mix with a retro vibe - lot's of beeps, distorted bass," etc. tinyurl.com/37grtb
Making beats with an old freeware program called HammerHead Rhythm Station, www.threechords.com/hammerhead/
Scanned & posted a Batman and Robin ad for a 1966 sweepstakes to Flickr, tinyurl.com/2c95gh

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2007-12-21T23:00:00.000-06:00

Finding art on a record sleeve, tinyurl.com/379xk6
Thinking @stephenanderson & I saw the same unicycle commuter, tinyurl.com/3bw2aj (not my pic). I was on Coit in Richardson.
Listening to the Go! Team perform on Triple J, tinyurl.com/3ox4z (via Ben's Top 10 Online Radio Streams, tinyurl.com/yo53vd)
Looking at my artwork a new way with TiltViewer. Zoom & flip images or change tags (in the URL), tinyurl.com/24an7v (via Coudal.com)

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2007-12-19T07:02:00.000-06:00

Loving these "dense pieces that deal with the absurdity of our culture" by artist Hilary Williams, tinyurl.com/2sa4hg (via design-milk.com)
Listening to Diplo's fun remix of Spoon's Natural History cover Don't You Evah, tinyurl.com/2q5lh6
Downloading the Kleptones' mashup set from Bestival: Live'r Than You'll Ever Be, tinyurl.com/25m2h5 (via Matt @ Beatmixed.com)
Listening to the best songs of 2007 as picked by Paper Thin Walls' favorite music writers (download it or stream), tinyurl.com/2bd2yg
Paraphrasing: "All creative people have a little hater that lives inside our heads & tries to set up traps for us" tinyurl.com/29qs75
Jamming to a "super old Dr. Dre cassette from 1986 that he did on a four track in the back of the club he DJed at." tinyurl.com/2yr9w6

As seen on Twitter.

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2007-12-11T07:04:00.001-06:00

Giving permission for one of my photos to be used in an online Austin guide (the photo) #
Impressed by the online editing options available inside Flickr with Picnik. Just click "Edit Photo" on any of your Flickr photo pages.
Bookmarking the PolarClock screensaver to try later. The colorful and swirly display looks neat.
Received an alert that Amazon had the Wii in stock @ retail price & put 1 in my cart successfully. It was stolen from cart during checkout.
Activating photo statistics on Flickr (thanks @garrettdimon).
Flipping through Stephen's slides from his Refresh Dallas presentation on Star Wars & User Experience Design.

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2007-12-07T07:07:00.001-06:00

@cgriego It is always fun to make changes to a site with shuffled, non-semantic classes (i.e. p.green is red & div.rightCol is on the left). #
Listening to Dev/Null spin a high bpm "oldskool-rave set at a Beat Research party" tinyurl.com/yq3ngg #
Bookmarking the Flickr set of Ralph McQuarrie Star Wars Concept Paintings, tinyurl.com/34n8no (thanks @stephenanderson & @Kraemer) #
Starting to think that if you add the words Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger to a song (any song), I will like it, tinyurl.com/2g88g3 #