This has been my jam for the last two weeks. I had read about what I big deal these guys were supposed to be so I immediately wrote them off. I hate getting sucked in by the hype, to the point where I will dismiss just about anything that’s ‘The Next Big Thing’. I know. [...]
‘Death of a Disco Dancer’ From the classic Strangeways, Here We Come, ‘Death of…’ starts with a slinky little bass line and ends with the big, shimmering guitars that I have always been a sucker for. What’s your favorite Smiths’ song?
Last year I fought my way through Neil Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon and, while exhausted, I discovered a new interest in the idea of cryptography and wanted to read something more historical about it. Curiously, my father was working his way through a bunch of books on the subject and he heartily recommended Stephen Budiansky’s Battle of [...]
This was the NW-facing view from my front porch on Saturday, March 27th at 9:30 am: Please notice that there really isn’t much to see because of the world’s largest magnolia tree. This particular tree was planted over 40 years ago and is, by most accounts, “the damn biggest one of those I’ve ever seen”. [...]
I take solace in the fact that most of this went right over my head. 28.571428571428573% of me is a huge nerd! How about you?
Awesome. Obishawn here has mod’ed his Honda Civic Del Sol into an A-Wing fighter, complete with trunk-mounted R2 unit, lightsaber rack, and a dashboard Obi-Wan. Courtesy of Wired.
The Kingsbury Manx is one of my favorite bands. I’m glad to see them getting some exposure. Link is here. Cribbed from the utterly essential Largehearted Boy.
Satan’s Laundromat is an awesome photoblog. It’s all by Mike who describes his site as: “a Brooklyn-based photolog with an emphasis on urban decay, strange signage, and general weirdness.” It’s been in my regular viewing rotation for a while and it’s really held up for me. He updates a bunch and some of his pictures [...]