Jack's Note

I just stumbled this.


Matt

p.s. If you have been under a rock and haven't seen this yet. Check it out.

Surely, these places can't be this lame

Recently I went through all of my music and entered in where the artists were born (in the case of bands, where the band was formed). I think this info will be fun for making road trip playlists. I was hoping to have someone form each state in the US but I fell short by 10. So now I'm scouring the Internets to find bands to fill these locational voids. I've managed to find music to download from all but two states. One of them is New Hampshire, the other is North Dakota. Do any of you know of any good musical acts from either of those two states? Thanks.

Matt

Dead Pixel

Here's another result of stumbling. I love that there are people out there who have my sense of humor and are more motivated to nonsense.
- Dead pixel in Google Earth.

Matt

It's Been A Long Time

Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything. I think that the longer it is since my last post the better I think my next post has to be. So as I keep thinking that things are not up to par the bar gets raised higher and higher. But really, fuck that. I don't have too much to say right now but this was a cool post over at Boing Boing.


Matt

ps. I bought a robot this past weekend and it is the coolest toy I have ever owned.

Curry's Paradox

This is a nice animation: Link.

Also - Question: You know what I hate?  Answer: Well, lots of things, but right now I'm hating people who use the say things like: “Our next performer needs no introduction.”  Actually, that's not what pisses me off.  It's the sentence after that.  Just once, I'd like to hear someone just say that sentence and leave.  I also hate coffee table books.  What a worthless invention.

- Seth

Ok I'm Getting There...

Sitting here looking at photos from the event has got me all giddy. I think it is starting to sink in.

Here is the video that Carrie happened to have going when the announcement went up on the screen:

Matt

Yes We Did

Well, we just returned home after attending President-elect Barack Obama's victory rally here in Chicago. What a night. My first thoughts are of relief and happiness. However, it turns out I'm not really sure I know how to feel right now. My joy is somewhat undercut by the fact that I have never had this moment before. Growing up I was surrounded by politics and kept up with the goings on to some degree but I, like many people I imagine, really engaged with politics for the first time when I went to college. As a result my political consciousness has developed in hard times. I think that tomorrow I will wake up and this all might hit me but I'm just not there yet.

Matt

I'm Goin' To The Obamabash!

I don't know how to express just how excited I am about this so I'm going to use the a lot of exclamation points now:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh boy!

Matt