January 2010
26 posts
Better Pics of the KUT Spoon Show →
By better pictures, I mean, actual photos. Unlike the teeny tiny sensor on my iPhone, these pictures were shot with a proper camera. It really was a great show and I like the style of these photos, I think they capture it well.
New Midlake Streaming on NPR →
I’m really starting to like this First Listen series from NPR. New Midlake is up today, check it out…
Apple's "our newest creation" event →
The big day is here, prepare yourself to accomplish nothing during your lunch hour…assuming you’re as big of a dork as me anyway. Ars usually provides the best coverage of these things, but there are others out there who will be covering this event live. Here’s hoping it lives up to 1/4 of the hype!
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Reminder: Money Crashers 2010 New Year Giveaway →
I told you there would be one more post, so here it is. Just a reminder that you could win a some cash or other prizes from Money Crashers. You have until the 31st to enter. It’s worth checking out some of the twitter accounts there are some good ones in there. I will try and keep contest bait out of future posts…but no promises.
Haitian Donations Deductible Against 2009 Taxes →
In case you still need an excuse to give something to help out in Haiti, here is one more push. I chose to give to Doctors Without Borders, but there are many more options to give. Give what you can for whatever reason suits you.
TabbedOut →
This is a pretty cool concept. You setup your credit card information on your iPhone and when you get to a bar that supports TabbedOut, you just show your server a confirmation code. From there you can monitor your tab, close out your tab, and leave at your convenience.
No more forgetting your credit card at a bar and if you suddenly have to run (oh crap my bus is coming in 2 minutes) you...
Win a Trip to the Real Budweiser →
British Beer Blogger (sorry, I couldn’t resist the alliteration) Pete Brown has posted a challenge. Write 1000 words on “Why Beer Matters” and you can win a chance to visit the Budvar brewery in the Czech Republic. At the Budvar brewery you can taste what a real lager should taste like. Anyway, it looks like an amazing trip and if I can come up with 1000 words then I may throw...
Tumblarity Dead?
I just refreshed my Tumblr dashboard and lo and behold that horrible, self-doubt making, tumblarity metric seems to have gone away. Now there is just a count of my posts and followers. No longer will I feel inferior every time I go to write a post…not that a simple number generated by an algorithm that I have no control over would ever make me feel that way…
Seriously though, I...
The Music Just Keeps Coming →
Apparently it’s new music Monday…er something like that. I just saw that today’s Amazon MP3 deal of the day is the new Vampire Weekend album Contra for $3.99
Hit the link above to grab the album, and if you want to try before you buy, head over to NPR to stream the whole thing. While I feel like I shouldn’t like Vampire Weekend, I just can’t help enjoying the pop...
Listen to the new Spoon album NOW! →
Sadly you can’t take the album with you, but why not listen to the new Spoon album while you’re at work. Surely it can only make your day better.
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The Last Year In The Life of The Beatles →
I caught the last half hour of this on NPR this morning. I do believe I will be going back to listen to the rest soon though. And if that isn’t enough Beatles radio documentary fun for you, check out what comes up for a search on PRX
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Money Crashers 2010 New Year Giveaway →
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, I am a horrible sucker for free crap and contests. The internet has just fed this obsession because now I can find and enter contests while sitting on my couch drinking coffee. Anyway, I came across the Money Crashers contest I think via twitter. I have to say, this one is pretty out of control. There are a whole crapton of prizes on offer from...
Look At This Fucking Idea For A Blog-To-Book Deal →
You’ve seen Look at this fucking hipster and Hot chicks with Douchebags and many of the other blog to book deal sites. Now you can skip the rest and come for all the zany new blog to book deal ideas in one simple to use site.
SXSW (Preliminary) Announces Event Schedule →
Start building your tolerance now, SXSW is just around the corner. Sadly the search function a) requires registration and b) doesn’t work. Hopefully, they will fix that soon though.
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Homebrewin' up a storm
On 1/1/2010 I put my roggenbier in bottles. Overall I think it was a successful brew, but I will know for sure in 3 more weeks. My goal for 2010 is to brew at least one batch every month. Which means that I need to start deciding my brew schedule.
I am pretty sure that for my next beer I am going to make the O’Dell 5 Barrel Pale Ale clone from Austin Homebrew. I got to try this beer at...
Extended Warranties →
Consumer Reports has recommended against buying extended warranties for years and I agree with them. Today’s Goats goes much deeper into the truly insidious nature of these wastes of money.
100 (and 1) Gaming Cupcakes →
This is true dedication. Robin Dahlberg decided to make 100 cupcakes each depicting a different game (board and video). The results are pretty amazing. Here are a few of my favorites, but you should definitely go check out the whole list.
iBusted →
I’ve said it before but this article beats my 140 characters. Anyway, fix your damn websites bitches!
Best Buy Optimization Is A Big Stupid Annoying... →
“We ran the 3DMark 2003 graphics benchmark on each laptop, comparing optimized and non-optimized settings. For two of our samples, the Gateway and Toshiba, performance changes were negligible. On the Asus laptop, however, optimized tests actually scored about 32% worse than the non-optimized setup.”
I worked at Best Buy for a few months after college in the computer sales...
