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Regular night out at the club

Jason Woodard — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:25:54 GMT

Regular night out at the club, originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

Jazz club that is.

All or Both?

Jason Woodard — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:35:36 GMT

All or Both?, originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

It's only 2 liters of beer.

Jason Woodard — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:51:24 GMT

It's only 2 liters of beer., originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

Discovering the Avett Brothers

Jason Woodard — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:03:03 GMT

Saw the Avett Brothers at Terminal 5 over the weekend. In short, performers - Good, Space: full of douches and lousy sightline, Sound: poor, vocals too hot and acoustics of said space leave a lot to be desire, Lighting & Set: Actually really well lit and cool backdrop of the Williamsburg bridge.

I first heard the Avett Brothers on the KEXP song of the day podcast on May 31, 2007. Really liked the song and dug into the band a bit. I bought Emotionalism and went back and forth on whether I liked them. My buddy Bobert said he liked them, so I bought Live, Volume 2 to get a feel for their shows and bought the tickets. They have not made my list of favorites, but I keep listening. Have a listen for yourself.

Amazon.com Widgets

Superheros on the subway.

Jason Woodard — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:33:49 GMT

Superheros on the subway., originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

I know it's kind of crappy to take photos of strangers, but my
imagination told me these were comic book superheros. Wonder what
their powers are?

Rabbit Fur Coat and Twins

Jason Woodard — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:43:41 GMT

Really dig this album. Been hearing parts of it on Pandora and finally took the plunge:

Rabbit Fur Coat
by Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins Lewis

Amazon.com Widgets

15th between 7th & 8th

Jason Woodard — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:48:36 GMT

15th between 7th & 8th, originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

CPR available

Jason Woodard — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:02:16 GMT

CPR available, originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

It is probably better if they keep it behind the counter. Do you
suppose they charge extra?

Someone had to say it

Jason Woodard — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:39:16 GMT

Agricultural Supplier Ads - What's not to like?

Jason Woodard — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:57:11 GMT

I ordered some rubber boots from Gempler's. Now I'm on their mailing list. What's not to like about their ad?

US Postal Service owns LostInTheMail.com

Jason Woodard — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:10:56 GMT

The United States Postal Service is a 'sunny day friend'. There for you when days are bright and trouble is out of sight, but when something goes wrong they want none of it. They have managed to lose a package with a one of a kind item bound to a customer between New York City and Morristown NJ (some 35 miles) with tracking/delivery confirmation paid for. It's now been 15 days since I sent the package, that was shown as delivered on day later and then the following day shown as "Undeliverable return to sender" on the USPS tracking website.

15 days on now, several phone calls to an automated serviced in search of a human, two calls to the morristown nj post office, 2 face to face conversations with postal employees at two different post offices later all anyone has told me is that the other guy has he package and that I should contact them. Two of the three postal employees I have spoken with have taken my phone number with the promise to call me before the day was out, but my phone has not rung, except for my intrepid customer who went to the Morristown NJ post office at which the tracking showed the package to be where he was told it was not there it had been sent back to me in New York.

Have I mentioned that was 12+ days ago. At my local post office where the return address pointed I was told that the parcel was likely at a returned mail facility and that parcel post gets slower handling than other mail there - odd the package I sent was 2 day priority. Everyone is quick to agree that because there is tracking on the package that it should be scanned every time it moves, but seems to find no contradiction in the idea that the package is not where it's tracking says it is but somewhere else. Every postal employee has passed the buck and refused to own the problem.

The punch line of this story is, the US Post Office owns the domain LostInTheMail.com. I found this out because I wondered if there was any sort of watch dog site that I could go to and list my tracking number as one that was lost. Some aggregator of dissatisfaction where I could lend my story to what must be thousands of others just like me. Obviously someone needed to build - LostInTheMail.com. Well a quick flick of the browser and there I was, nothing. A quick hop over to godaddy.com turns up it's already owned by the US Postal Service.

Yelp + Augmented Reality = UseCoolfulness

Jason Woodard — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:20:07 GMT

Love Yelp. Love the promise of augmented reality. Unfortunately it only works in the 3GS. Thanks to Ben Parr and the folks at Mashable for this.

EASTER EGG: Yelp Is the iPhone’s First Augmented Reality App>> Yelp’s new iPhone app is now the first iPhone App with Augmented Reality. It takes Yelp information and overlays it into the real-world. It’s actually a secret easter egg (discovered by Robert Scoble), which may be why Apple didn’t reject Yelp’s augmented reality app. We have screenshots and a demo video to show you what this is all about.

You've got potential

Jason Woodard — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:18:06 GMT

Been getting more spam than usual lately that slips through, but this one caught my eye:

Women will bake you pies because of your mega size. The whole galaxy will be yours with the size like that.

I do like pie.

I'm big in Japan?

Jason Woodard — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:39:13 GMT

Isn't that how the advice goes to musicians. Regardless of how obscure or little known your band is, when justifying your popularity - or just talking smack, I think the line is supposed to be "We're big in Japan". Actually, ShopSavvy for iPhone and Android is made by a shop called "Big in Japan". I have no association, but I do like ShopSavvy for the Android. I have yet to try it on the iPhone.

This isn't what this post is about. Apparently, I'm actually big in China - and by big I mean, i got one visit. But it was a fairly interesting visit. Apparently Amazon MP3 Clips widget". Yeah, weird. Not a great claim to fame, but I'll take it.

The Rough Seas - Neat band from Canada I'm trying to find.

Jason Woodard — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:48:47 GMT

Heard them this morning on CBC Radio 3 New Music Canada Track of the Day Podcast (yes Canadian Broadcast Company). I think they were featured on February 25th. At any rate, head on over to their MySpace page to hear the track I like (so far) Drawn in Crayon

Oh, I guess you can buy their EP on iTunes... I'm looking for another outlet. I don't buy from iTunes if I can help it. DRM Yo. Let me know if you find anything about them.

Will someone please tell Classmates.com to stop emailing me (and they missed to the boat)?

Jason Woodard — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:59:39 GMT

So I want to document here and for all humanity. Tonight, after months of looking for a clear and simple unsubscribe link in the bottom of the useless and unwanted email I get from classmates.com, I signed on to their cursed site (hate them slightly less than evite.com) and unsubscribed from everything. What I realize now I should have done is munged my information and email to be something like youmissedthesocial@networkboatyoufools.com. Then curious I wanted to see what their traffic was like. So I bopped over to Google Ad Planner and looked them up.

Classmates.com Demographic Data on Google Ad Planner

So then I got to thinking 17M Uniques Worldwide (Nearly all of which are US) doesn't suck, but I wonder how it compares to say another their's to lose early player in the social network space, Friendster.com
Friendster.com Demographic Data on Google Ad Planner

So I guess there is some consolation for the craptastic classmates.com - they are handily beating friendster.com in the US. Now, why all the hating on classmates.com?

They violated the I-give-you-my-email social contract of the web by not having an easy unsubscribe link in their email
They are not remotely relevant to me, their demographic sweet spot appears to be women just shy of my mother's age who started but did not finish college
With the information I've given them they should be able to tailor a marketing message that remotely piques my interest?
I am never going to become a gold member! - stop asking

Finally, because it wouldn't be laughable without including the email here it is below. Note, the "One Sweet Day" reference... To my point above: Are they really asking me if I blared "One Sweet Day" in the school parking lot? The song that came out a couple years after I graduated High School sung by Mariah Carey featuring Boyz II Men. At any rate, I'll be sure and let you know when the emails show up again. I don't believe for a minute that my email-confirmed-your-settings-are-saved interaction will stick.

Twitter + Brand + Customer Service = Something Useful

Jason Woodard — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:07:03 GMT

Surfing the NY Times on a ridiculously gorgeous July 5th - don't worry I'm on my way out. There is an interesting piece about how Twitter has turned up as something useful. Turns out the savvy brands are watching their names on Twitter. Have a look for yourself:

PRACTICAL TRAVEL

Twitter Comes to the Rescue
By MICHELLE HIGGINS, Published: July 5, 2009
From bad airplane seats to poor room service, customers are getting surprisingly fast responses to their tweets.

KGW new Album - Mrs. Equitone

Jason Woodard — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:48:20 GMT

New album from KGW (whose work was largely unknown to me) until I checked out their stuff. Graham Smith works at the same company I do and while I fancied him a multi-talented guy, I had no idea he was that good.

You can cop a listen at kgw.me track 17 man at his saddest might be my favorite. Will require another full listen.

Do Re Me - In Antwerp station

Jason Woodard — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:45:07 GMT

Thanks Laura, this is pretty great.

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British Press is so much more fun - Teenager paints 60ft phallus on roof of family home - see what I mean?

Jason Woodard — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:17:04 GMT

Well credit goes to Dave for putting this on his Google Reader shared items, but the article is from the Telegraph

Teenager paints 60ft phallus on roof of family home
A teenager got away with painting a 60ft phallus on the roof of his parents' home for a year before his parents found out.

What more is there to say really?

WSJ thinks IE8 could be a contender

Jason Woodard — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:53:18 GMT

IE launches today - I hadn't realized. MS hasn't made a browser I cared about beyond cross browser testing for a few years now. But after reading what Walter S. Mossberg of the WSJ has to say, I will be checking it out.

Bottom Line
Internet Explorer 8 is a well-done advance on an important product used by most people to surf the Web. If it were faster, I would say it was the best browser currently available for Windows. But even so, it will be an improvement for current Internet Explorer users, and might even tempt some folks to switch.

I am spared a hard choice - Fallon sucks

Jason Woodard — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:59:01 GMT

I flipped over to Fallon last night right in the middle of the DeNiro interview, and the good news is I never have to do that again. It's not that the interview was flat and lame, it was, but I just found Fallon downright annoying. After what seemed like 20 minutes (probably closer to 7 minutes) both my wife and I were sick to our stomach and changed the channel. So good news is, there is only one late night option for me - Letterman.

So, after the late night reshuffle I will once again be one of those guys who can talk about how good it was in the old days...Let's see how did that go again: "I remember when the Tonight Show was great with Carson at the helm. I can't stand that Leno guy. I remember when Late Night used to be about seeing who was on Letterman and who was on Conan and making some hard choices."

I feel good about Conan on the Tonight Show and will pleased to get back to the business of Carson and Parr

Long Island snow-storm timelapse

Jason Woodard — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:23:05 GMT

Joe sent me over a link to a clip for iReport about the snow accumulation on Long Island, NY. It's a bit subtle, but very cool.

It's easiest to watch the edge of the pool to see the growth.

House on ice

Jason Woodard — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:42:15 GMT

John was telling me about this house that was moved across a frozen lake in Minnesota. It sounded crazy but then he sent me over a photo from the StartTribune. Check it.

Where did my sound quality go?

Jason Woodard — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:09:26 GMT

Same folder from 2005, interesting tidbit in wired about different ways sound quality breaks down from recording to your stereo.

I'm sure today's lust for high-fidelity and improved data storage on all kinds of medium have addressed some of these failings of sound reproduction. I'll trust the chase-out on that to my audiophile friends.

A gadget for the neurotic

Jason Woodard — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:28:50 GMT

I am cleaning out my clippings folder - ah less paper - and found this tidbit I'd clipped from Wired (in August of 2005). Lucky for you, it's online on the Wired site. It's a key-chain that interacts with wireless sensors in your home and takes a snapshot as you walk away. I was checking out the website of the company that makes it, Eaton - Home Heartbeat, and it looks like they have water sensors that will trigger a water shut off valve in the case of leak or flood. That's pretty cool.

As I become more neurotic and irrational the idea of a device that senses if my door is closed or the iron off has a certain appeal. My current solution is to just about face and walk up 3 the three flights and double check. Ah neurosis my old friend - like a warm blanket of senility.

HP blows stuff up - it's for science baby.

Jason Woodard — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:54:53 GMT

All right, it's a marketing video and it's got all kinds of marketing schlock going on... Yeah I watched the whole thing. Kinda cool.

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I spotted it on a slashdot post.

Stop wasting your life and listen to Cangelosi Cards and down home radio

Jason Woodard — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:14:25 GMT

In nerfing around on the site for Frankie Manning's 95th birthday (who is Frankie Manning?) looking at the bands that are playing and the Cangelosi Cards caught my eye. So I clicked through. Turns out they are an old time jazz swing band, or something the like. A search yields a link to Down Home Radio where they appear to be a frequent guest band. There are also a few video's on youtube of varying quality. All in all there stuff sounds great. Their vocalist, Tamar Korn, makes the old vocal style sound effortless. They play some dates around the city (New York City) and so I must go out and find them. Ive also subscribed to Down Home Radio's podcast and look forward to consuming the back episodes.

A little bit addicted to Ontion TV

Jason Woodard — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:27:24 GMT

Reduce costume and theme parties... ha ha hah.

Onion TV spot hysterical and shot in front of Best Buy in Astoria

Jason Woodard — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:43:17 GMT

First of all the piece is hysterical. As I was watching I realized the BestBuy looked familiar. And while I don't have confirmation, I'm pretty damn sure they shot it at the location below. Let's have a look at street view and see.

Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work

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Yep, tree, billboard, brick color, narrow street. I'd say that's the one.

I'm big in China?

Jason Woodard — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:04:00 GMT

I was looking into my analytics and saw a hand full of traffic from China. I had blogged a bit about Baidu's spider being hyper active and I wondered if that didn't get me on the Chinese radar. Then I looked at the landing pages they were hitting it turned out it was comment page. You see where this is going, comment spam. I guess I had turned off my Akismet off when I made some changes a bit ago. Yeah, I've put comment spam screening back in. I am curious to see what happens to my Chinese traffic once the spam door closes.

The Great Escape - A great Wired article about escaping revolutionary Iran

Jason Woodard — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:22:39 GMT

As you probably have figured out by now, I use my blog as my memory. And in cleaning out my (overly large pile of clippings) I came across this article The Great Escape: How the CIA used a fake science fiction film to sneak six Americans out of revolutionary Iran by Joshua Bearman with illustrations by Tim Burgard.... Yeah see now you're interested. It was in the May 2007 Issue, and it was really amazing. For some reason the permalink doesn't work, but you can link to a PDF from their page here or Here is the link to the PDF . The article is nothing short of riveting and the illustrations are great.

Actually after looking at the page, there is another interesting pieces you can get PDF from the Wired page:

Pop Up Cities
One day soon, a marshy island not far from Shanghai will become home to a half-million new people. Design company Arup and architect Alejandro Gutierrez have created a new urban model for China. Welcome to the high-density, instant-assembly, bright-green metropolis of the future.

And now I have one less piece of paper in my life.

Winnipeg Manitoba warmer than New York City

Jason Woodard — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:25:05 GMT

All, right, it's not by much, but still. So it must be pretty tropical for this time of year in Winnipeg, and it's pretty freakin cold here in NYC

What is curling?

Jason Woodard — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:13:42 GMT

When I tell people I've taken up curling I keep getting asked, "Wait, what is curling?"
And so I do a lot of explanation. However, curling's been getting more than the usual press lately - some might say it's 'heating up'. Yeah groaner I know. At any rate, here is a brief video about curling and was shot at my club (available in HD as well).

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Photoshop in a browser

Jason Woodard — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:08:51 GMT

I just discovered sumopaint.com where you can use their online image editor to do crazy stuff. I just played with it for a second, but it seems like it has the basics of what I'm looking for when I'm doing quick image touches.You can access the app here

Baidu has a hyperactive spider

Jason Woodard — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:50:09 GMT

Either I just got on their radar, like today, or baidu.com has a hyper active spider. Why exactly does it need to hit my site 57 times?

Random Restaurant reccomendations - Scottsdale, AZ and Smyrna, GA

Jason Woodard — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:27:22 GMT

I've been meaning to write up theses two places for a little while. One is a 'New Mexican Grub' restaurant in Scottsdale, AZ the other is a Pizzeria in Smyrna, GA

Carlsbad Tavern, Scottsdale, AZ - Let's be clear it's not amazing food it's just a great place. I think I saw a description that described it as 'the bat cave but better' and I gotta kind of agree. This is definitely somewhere I will find my way back to. Next time I'm aiming to sit on the patio (pictured). Here is what the folks over at yelp.com have to say.3313 N Hayden, Scottsdale, AZ 8525

Bella's Pizzeria, Smyrna, GA - We found this place wandering around in Smyrna. We actually stopped into a liquor store on in the Vinings we went in to pick up some local beer. They fellow in the store gave us some great guidance on the beer and recommended Bella's. We got a pie to go, took it back to our hotel and relaxed with some good beer and great pizza. We liked it so much that we actually went back the next night and ate in with my Mother and Grandmother. It has that fabulous old school pizza joint atmosphere with a laid back cheerful wait staff and good food. I feel like I had a calzone the next night. 3599 Atlanta Rd SE # A13, Smyrna, GA 30080

Added an ad unit

Jason Woodard — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:47:28 GMT

I've been meaning to change it up a bit for quite a while. I added an ad unit on the right. This involved getting rid of the categories list and moving down the links to my friends' blogs (sorry guys).

Improv Everywhere No Pants Subway Ride 2009

Jason Woodard — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:22:10 GMT

Improv Everywhere's 8th No Pants subway ride was January 10th. And as you can see from the video it was pretty freakin hilarious.

Guy Walks In to a Bar - a good NYT Read

Jason Woodard — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:05:29 GMT

NYTimes article by Brian McDonald about his life behind the bar. A good Friday evening read as you wait for over 3 million lines to parse. I'm coming home soon dear, I swear (although I don't have the heart to call you again and apologize for being late). It's peppered with classic jokes. Thanks Brian, a nice read.

Guy Walks In to a Bar

By Brian McDonald

Two guys are walking their dogs. One has a big German Shepherd, the other a tiny Chihuahua. They pass by a very fancy restaurant and the guy with the Shepherd suggests they stop in for a drink. “They’re not going to let us in with the dogs,” the man with the Chihuahua says. Just do what I do, his friend assures him. The guy with the Shepherd walks in first and the maitre d’ stops him. “We don’t allow animals in here, sir. Sorry.” This is a seeing-eye dog, the man says. The maitre d’ apologizes and the man with Shepherd sits at the bar. Then the man with Chihuahua comes in.

“We don’t allow pets in here,” says the maitre d’.

“This is a seeing-eye dog,” says the man with the Chihuahua.

“That’s not a seeing-eye dog, that’s a Chihuahua.”

And the man says: “They gave me a Chihuahua?”

Plane crashes into Hudson River and watches

Jason Woodard — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:42:41 GMT

This is a really odd creative to begin with, but paired with the headline it's just unfortunate.

Next Star Trek Movie - I'm excited

Jason Woodard — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:05:33 GMT

I just wanted the trailer for the new Star Trek movie, a prequel around the life of Kirk, and I'm pretty excited.

Thanks go to Foo for posting it.

Pontiac does Spy Hunter (aka 25 cent slice of perfection) and sponsors a great show

Jason Woodard — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:45:46 GMT

I was watching Cool in Your Code, Woodside: Queens; Little Melting Pot -11377 today which I had PVR'd from the broadcast on WNYC. I think they'll let you watch the whole episode online. It's a great show for getting a micro look at the good stuff around NYC. I do have to warn you the hosts are a touch over the top, I don't think you can call it schmacting if it's hosting a show, but it's close.

Cool in Your Code is actually how I found Arnold Hatters, perhaps one of the best hatters in the world, ( 535 Eighth Avenue, Between 36th & 37th Street ). I have purchased a brown fedora, and two straw hats (for the summer obviously) from them. Their customer service and commitment to quality is unmatched. My wife has a coconut tele (as you see on the right) and noticed a slight problem with one of the stitches, she stopped by and they replaced her hat before she could completely tell them there was a problem. They take care of you with an almost saintly patience and nearly insist you try on half a dozen hats before you buy. The gentleman I usually speak to also taught me the secret of how to wear a hat properly.

The two things you should know about hats are:
First, A proper hat is worn with a slight angle to one side, left or right, you choose. Wearing it square on your head makes you look like a rube. Seriously, check the old movies. Once you put a hat on properly, it's the most obvious thing inthe world.
Second, a bit of etiquette, a man does not touch another man's hat without permission - let me re-phrase because some people don't understand this - a man DOES NOT touch another man's hat without permission.

Oh yeah, and what I started blogging about, a Pontiac commercial. Don't own a car so doesn't much sell me on anything, but I do love the treatment of Spy Hunter. Brilliant.

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Buying Art online

Jason Woodard — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:13:26 GMT

This comes from my clippings pile (from February 2008 Wired Magazine). They have short piece, Online Art Galleries Peddle Original Works at the Right Price, about where you can buy prints of art online ranging from cheap to not so cheap. This one caught my eye, but it's worth exploring.

This community of illustrators tends toward pop surrealism — take the blinded characters of Eduardo Recife (3) or Brian Taylor's not-quite Looney Tunes. Prices: $15 to $45 (archival giclèe prints). Best for: Refined do-gooders: 10 percent of each sale goes to a charity of the artist's choosing.

For Mike: Still Alive

Jason Woodard — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:28:51 GMT

I've been following sweetafton23 for a bit now, after the Harvey inspired by the Bruner turned me on to her. I was working a bit late tonight and wanted a short reprieve from work so I happened over to youtube to see if there was an update. I was surfing her old posts and saw she had covered "Still Alive". It sounded familiar enough so I clicked play. Little did I know that Mike had already played the song for me after privileging me with watching him complete Portal on his Xbox 360. At any rate, it's pretty funny little song written by Jonathan Coulton. So without further ado, except thanks to Mike for keeping from falling off the edge of cult hits into the mainstream, I give you sweetafton23 doing "Still Alive". (be sure and listen to the words)

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Look ma I made a movie

Jason Woodard — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:48:16 GMT

Through various circumstances and noble pursuit I ended up having a spare $200. So I bought myself a Flip Mino HD (from Amazon whose affiliate link creator is screwy with this product for some reason), the deliciously pocket sized HD camera. In case the Flip people ever make it here, it was David Pogue's review in the New York Times that introduced me to the HD version of the product and ultimately was the factor that put me over the edge to purchase one.

So this Christmas I took a brief 3 day road trip from Phoenix, AZ to San Diego, CA. I had the camera shipped to me in San Diego and took some video on the way back. Then I used the footage and iMovie HD on my mac book pro to make a short (6 min 21 sec) video. With the learning curve and my aesthetic sense it took about a day to edit 6 min of video from less than an hour of raw footage. I think it looks pretty good, but there are some obvious rough spots. One of which is the trans coding to post on Vimeo.com. It comes through a little pixelated. The original is very crisp and the overall quality of the end product is fantastic. Have a look for yourself:

San Diego To Phoenix: A Road Trip from Jason Woodard on Vimeo.

I also wanted to mention the fantastic artists whose music influenced the video and whose albums I really enjoy. Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: One Hour Mama

and The Airborne Toxic Event

SpamHisAss dot com

Jason Woodard — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:50:03 GMT

Well, it's difficult to describe what the business model was going to be. I never did launch SpamHisAss.com but I did build the software. Should I renew or go set them to expire? Is anyone interested. I'll give em to you cheap.

Fish taco porn

Jason Woodard — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:01:37 GMT

Fish taco porn, originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

Oh southern California. Oh fish taco.

Arizona Roadtrip

Jason Woodard — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:36:25 GMT

Arizona Roadtrip, originally uploaded by astoriahermit.

On the road to my ancestral home in San Diego. Jonesing for some mexican food.

Rice and the oldest profession, an economic lesson

Jason Woodard — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:26:50 GMT

The New York Times has a piece on the Freakanomics blog about Rice and Prostitutes - What do rice and prostitutes have in common? by Steven D. Levitt. I'll admit the subject matter was the hook that lured me in, but the discovery of a Giffen Good is what kept me. Here is the first couple sentences... I definitely recommend a quick read:

If you believe what you read, then the answer to that question is that they are both examples of one of economics’ most elusive objects: Giffen goods. But don’t always believe what you read.

A Giffen good is a product or service for which demand rises with price. In other words, if you hold everything else constant, but the good gets more expensive, the quantity consumed will increase.

The image is from ItalianGerry on Flickr and according to him it's a movie poster from La Risaia a 1956 Italian Motion Picture:

Rice Girl. Italian movies, posters and publicity. A film that played on the success of Bitter Rice. La risaia/RIce Girl, Raffaello Matarazzo, 1956.

Thanks ItalianGerry. It's pretty great.

JW

Regular night out at the club

All or Both?

It's only 2 liters of beer.

Discovering the Avett Brothers

Superheros on the subway.

Rabbit Fur Coat and Twins

Rabbit Fur Coat by Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins Lewis

15th between 7th & 8th

CPR available

Someone had to say it

Agricultural Supplier Ads - What's not to like?

US Postal Service owns LostInTheMail.com

Yelp + Augmented Reality = UseCoolfulness

You've got potential

I'm big in Japan?

The Rough Seas - Neat band from Canada I'm trying to find.

Will someone please tell Classmates.com to stop emailing me (and they missed to the boat)?

Twitter + Brand + Customer Service = Something Useful

Twitter Comes to the Rescue

KGW new Album - Mrs. Equitone

Do Re Me - In Antwerp station

British Press is so much more fun - Teenager paints 60ft phallus on roof of family home - see what I mean?

Teenager paints 60ft phallus on roof of family home

WSJ thinks IE8 could be a contender

I am spared a hard choice - Fallon sucks

Long Island snow-storm timelapse

House on ice

Where did my sound quality go?

A gadget for the neurotic

HP blows stuff up - it's for science baby.

Stop wasting your life and listen to Cangelosi Cards and down home radio

A little bit addicted to Ontion TV

Onion TV spot hysterical and shot in front of Best Buy in Astoria

I'm big in China?

The Great Escape - A great Wired article about escaping revolutionary Iran

Winnipeg Manitoba warmer than New York City

What is curling?

Photoshop in a browser

Baidu has a hyperactive spider

Random Restaurant reccomendations - Scottsdale, AZ and Smyrna, GA

Added an ad unit

Improv Everywhere No Pants Subway Ride 2009

Guy Walks In to a Bar - a good NYT Read

Guy Walks In to a Bar

Plane crashes into Hudson River and watches

Next Star Trek Movie - I'm excited

Pontiac does Spy Hunter (aka 25 cent slice of perfection) and sponsors a great show

Buying Art online

For Mike: Still Alive

Look ma I made a movie

SpamHisAss dot com

Fish taco porn

Arizona Roadtrip

Rice and the oldest profession, an economic lesson

Rabbit Fur Coat
by Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins Lewis