May 2008
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May 31st
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Today- Hoy!
After a bit of a rude awakening this morning, I’ve had fun laying in bed, imagining what I’m going to do today!  Here’s what I’m thinking: Start off with a trip to Atlas Cafe for some delicious coffee, maybe an egg sammich, my journal and a book. Grab all those clothes I’ve set aside to sell and bring selected to Painted Bird, and the rest to Buffalo Exchange. ...
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My Favorite Grilled Kabob Recipe  →
How fricken delicious does this Muhammara Slather sound?  Fricken delicious! But seriously, where the eff does one buy pomegrante molasses?
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MySpace.com - John Cusack - 41 - Male - Los... →
After visiting John Cusack’s MySpace page, does it all strike you as… odd?
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“Don’t wait. Get small. Think big.”
– Seth Godin on Marketing to the Male Shopper & Thinking Big about Smal, interview by Etsy’s Storque
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“Attention label folk: If you can’t market yourselves, how on earth are you able...”
– Jesse Kanne, Sr. Director of Digital Strategy at Capitol/Virgin EMI Music hypebot: Building The Label Brand
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A New Label for Music's New Blood by NPR Music →
New classical music model? I’m in!  Too bad I don’t have time to read this right now.
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“And so here we are. It’s an involved batch of music. There’s a good...”
– Will Johnson, lead singer of Centro-Matic Centro-matic: Dual Hawks Special Edition
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“English is a tool, just like a piece of technology. Much of the world’s economy...”
– What Will Globalization Do to Languages? A Freakonomics Quorum Indeed. 
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Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel Knows How Stonehenge Was... →
Watch the 5 accompanying videos with the dude from Spinal Tap talking about Stonehenge.  Totally droll and fantastic dry wit.
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“If you can live the role, really be in it, and be transparent about your...”
– Seth’s Blog: Let’s put on a show Thank you, Seth Godin 
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Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac... →
“The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.” This sounds awesome and very You Suck At Photoshop.  
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“Zappos doesn’t want any half-assed employees, people who are going to cut and...”
– Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » The Zappos Story I appreciate Lefsetz sheer enthusiasm.
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Monkeys Control a Mechanical Arm With Their... →
THIS HEADLINE JUST BLEW MY MIND
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Macromedia Breeze →
google tutorial. don’t ask.
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“In Silicon Valley no one would care except a few real estate agents. What...”
– Cities and Ambition I  see this all the time.  People always want to hang out with other people they perceive as having more influence.  Sometimes, it infuriates me.  
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FOODPAIRING →
Food pairing?  I’ll be using this in my attempts at cooking from here on out. Man, it might be fun to make something using ingredients from these without a specific recipie in mind.
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Learn to EXPLORE DISTANT, REAL, ADVANCED ALIEN... →
“I invented EXTENDED REMOTE VIEWING. Enables students to use Meditation (a fun quick format) to QUICKLY FIND ADVANCED ALIEN CIVILIZATIONS ACROSS THE UNIVERSE. If you only want to check out/explore Earth locations, that’s cool too!” Craigslist brings out the best in the city. 
May 28th
Climbing @ Owens River Gorge - a set on Flickr →
These pictures sun up my Memorial Day weekend beautifully.  Thanks Maria!
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“Spielberg even shot the film with one of the very lenses used for the first...”
– ‘Indiana Jones’ graphics meant to go unnoticed | Crave, the gadget blog - CNET I almost spit out my gum in shock.  TWENTY SEVEN YEARS?!?  
May 28th
Fun with Mixwit
I hadn’t tried Mixwit yet. And believe it or not, it seems more complex, but I think I prefer it to Muxtape. 
May 28th
“With the disappearance of advantaged label competencies such as superior...”
– Aloha, Mr. Hands: What I would do with EMI’s new music business at FISTFULAYEN Please read Mr Rogers.  
May 27th
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, a Mission on... →
Silly me, I can’t wait to take this mission later when I get home. 
May 27th
“The web is nothing but a system, a bunch of (largely unwritten) rules regarding...”
– Seth’s Blog: The spirit of the game Another great article from Seth Godin.  Does the man sleep? 
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Hacker News | PG: Disconnecting Distraction →
This essay is about time waste and the internet.  The author suggests having a different computer for work and for internet surfing so that you are VERY aware of when you’re doing what activity.  This is a great idea however, when your work is ON the internet, when it’s you job to be attentive to certain types of internet subjects, for example like music, you are constantly on pages...
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