February 2009
57 posts
January 2009
48 posts
Google introduces offline gmail →
thedco:
(via millertime83)
This is huge, actually.
Offline cached e-mail tends to be a critical function for business e-mail deployments (see: last Friday, Monday and Tuesday at work for me). Once the kinks are worked out of this feature, Gmail will be a product that is very competitive with Outlook/Exchange e-mail for 90-95% of corporate users (e.g. ones that require no 3rd-party product...
Ugh.
smallison:
blacklungsblackhands:
I’m still fucking drunk.
me too. sucks.
I’ve got a relatively mild hangover, but I suppose that’s all the better since I have to record today.
…But yeah, definitely been there.
TED Blog: Theremin-in-a-mug
ALSO very cool. I love theremins.
“Star Wars, as told by someone who’s never seen it”
AMAZING.
smallison:
I could really go for some whiskey right now.
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Amen.
Something that probably should've been posted on...
But is still interesting (at least to me):
Most of the bands I like — especially the more “chaotic” or “weird” ones — play about 2-3 clicks faster live than on their records. For people that’ve ever played music to a metronome, that’s NOTICEABLY faster.
Maybe I just like the extra energy? Or the spastic nature of performing? Who knows.
ART SCHOOL PUNK RANT
thedco:
oneafter909:
awesome-everyday:
drned:
when was the last time someone you know got really into a punk band that wasn’t on a major label that didnt sound like washed-down mid 90’s Epitaph? i swear, dude. we’re living in an entire generation of People That Like Bands Who Wear Comfy Sweaters. this is not good. i mean yeah, nothin’ wrong with curling up into a little ball with a Joanna...
Porn Star Names!
We were discussing “Porn Star” names at work today. You know the kind: where you take your middle name and the street you grew up on, and that’s your porn star name.
Mine is “Daniel Woodlot.”
This wasn’t nearly as good as one of the techs, whose name is:
Charles Lindbergh.
Not even kidding.
thedco:
Kenan Thompson does a lousy Roland Burris.
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Kenan Thompson does a lousy everything.
Pitchfork Review: Animal Collective - Merriweather... →
thedco:
yvynyl:
amenbreak:
“On Merriweather Post Pavilion everything that’s defined Animal Collective to this point is refined and amplified, resulting in an album (released tomorrow on vinyl and digitally, and in the next week or two on CD, depending on your location) that puts the group’s quirky and forwardly expressive style in its most accessible light.”
Wow. 9.6, huh?
Didn’t they give...
WiTricity - Wireless Electricity - to Debut at CES... →
Sick. Lord knows I don’t want to charge my phone, like, ever.
Band Has a Blog Too
http://venicesunlight.tumblr.com
Do it and you’ll see how I sound when I sing.