February 2012
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I used to get angry at pandora, everytime I typed in a female artists name the pandora channel would become a kind of ‘Lilith Fair’ and I’d think to myself,
“Just because I typed in a FEMALE rock/roll singers name doesn’t mean I want to hear all female singers I want to hear rock and roll. They don’t do that with this with the male musicians, pandora is...
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Even though I stopped freelancing 1.5 years ago I am still haunted from time to time by old freelance clients. For the most part I don’t mind, it’s good to do a little extra work and catch up with the good people from my past. But there is one client. The one client that single-handedly drove me from freelancing. The client that gave me panic attacks and sleepless nights and almost...
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The bright-side of your laptop dying on you...
What does $1645.00 buy these days? I’ll show you:
I have been watching the Bachelor/Bachelorette for years only so I can be in on the jokes mentioned in the countless hysterical review blogs that are strewn about the internet. Like this one. And as an aside, ‘Courtney’ the ‘bad’ girl… well I think I’d actually get along with her in real life because she’s right, the rest of the girls are complete bores...
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I remember when I was young there was a Kevin Bacon movie with this really intense scene when his wife is giving birth and she may or may not make it and she is criminally adorable and this song is in the background and it’s so beautiful. Anyone remember this movie?
This Woman’s Work by Kate Bush on Grooveshark
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Last night my boyfriend and I went to First Ave for our early valentines day celebration - to see ‘The Darkness’ because if we had ‘a song’, which we don’t, it would be ‘I believe in a thing called love’. After last night, ‘I believe in a thing called love’ still firmly remains in the ‘not-technically-our-song’ category as...
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Kickstarter - Elevation Dock: The Best Dock For... →
This is the third kickstarter project I’ve ‘backed’. I can’t believe he’s raised over a million dollars, crazy. So, now I sit and wait for my beautiful dock to arrive… whenever that may be :)
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I'm in heaven
Ira Glass joins Dan Savage on the savage lovecast. Damn this union is blowing my mind. Ira Glass! You are so talented! Not only do you produce the greatest show on public radio but you give smart, thoughtful, informed sex advice. Just when I thought I couldn’t be anymore impressed by you…
http://www.thestranger.com/SavageLovePodcast/archives/2012/01/31/savage-love-episode-276
How to make a doner kebab - in pictures →
I’m intrigued by this. Any excuse I can find to use a blowtorch is a good one.
AAPL Orchard: Not Everyone Copies Apple →
aaplorchard:
“[Apple is] going to continue to make the best products in the world that delight our customers and make our employees incredibly proud of what they do.”
- Tim Cook in his first email to Apple employees as Apple’s new CEO sent August 25, 2011
“The path [Sony] must take is clear: to drive the growth of our core electronics businesses - primarily digital imaging, smart mobile and...