July 2008
10 posts
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog →
It’s hard to describe this as anything other than awesome, and is a great way to spend your Friday lunch break.
Neal Patrick Harris plays ‘Dr Horrible’, an everyday super villain trying to get the girl of his dreams while gaining acceptance into The Evil League of Evil . It’s done as a musical, sports some excellent dry humor, and should not be missed.
Acts I and II are...
Kurt Vonnegut: How to Write With Style →
Why should you examine your writing style with the idea of improving it? Do so as a mark of respect for your readers, whatever you’re writing. If you scribble your thoughts any which way, your readers will surely feel that you care nothing about them. They will mark you down as an egomaniac or a chowderhead —- or, worse, they will stop reading you.
season opener →
season opener is my submission to yewknee.com’s Summer Mix Series. The concept behind the mix was simple: use only opening tracks from albums released this year. 15 songs, 56-minutes of music. Here’s the tracklist:
Islands - The Arm
Santogold- L.E.S Artistes
Cut/Copy - Feel the Love
Dosh- Don’t Wait for the Needle to Drop
Sigur Ros- Gobbledigook
The Virgins -...
WatchBon Iver - “For Emma, Forever Ago” (from his Take Away Show)
He nailed it.
Steven Frank on Blogging →
Steven Frank, of Panic, explains the “existential crisis” he’s having when it comes to blogging:
Depending on which side of the bed I wake up on, blogging is either the vainest possible act of self-puffery, practiced by those who want to believe they are a lot more important than they actually are, or an unprecedented revolution in human communication, no less important of a...
37signals to Drop IE6 Support →
On August 15th, 2008 we will begin phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 across all 37signals products. In order to continue using the products without any hiccups, Internet Explorer 6 users should upgrade to a newer browser
This should make my web design life much easier. IE6 is a constant bear on web designers/developers and as more big-name sites (Apple’s me.com being another)...
Summer Mix Series 2008 →
The Summer Mix Series, courtesy of Michael Eades of yewknee.com, is one of my favorite things about summer, and this year’s series started today. For the unfamiliar, the premise is simple: compile a summer mix and submit it to the series. While doing that, you should be downloading and soaking up the torrent of music being submitted by others.
The series just started today, so there are...