September 2008
Fixture Records podcast #2: A Pop Montreal 2008...
It's natural
Me: People have a problem with necrophilia, but most of the time it's just friends doing stuff with friends.
Conor: Um. Do you mean nepotism?
Me: Maybe.
Feats of Strength Presents: Montreal 2008 →
codydjango:
burn the music, print the art, and package yourself a fancy new compact disk. Or, just load it in itunes. 01 Valleys Killer Legs 02 Tune-Yards Sunlight 03 Paper Tiger Better Now 04 Mussaver f. RCG Daredevil 05 Elfin Saddle Kaila’s Song 06 Aww Shucks Tearin’ it...
A list of descriptions that rule out me wanting to...
super group
power pop
electro
antics
fun
zany
boy/girl
toured with metric
energetic
soulful
hand clapping
toronto
jam
folksy
angst-ridden
lyrics
I finally got a chance to read the entire Pop Montreal programme last night at 2am. I felt like a pattern was developing in my tastes so I jotted down common words from band descriptions that instantly turned me off.
This list makes me...
How to automatically add facebook events to google... →
I’m actually finding more reasons lately to start using Google Calender.
1) I can’t remember my work schedule, even though it pretty much falls on the same days week after week. I just realized I can also import my spreadsheet work schedule that gets mailed to me every month from my boss. On a side note, it really bothers me that my workplace is so web 1.0 in terms of communications....
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Lawrence Lessig on Sarah Palin’s Experience
Concise and level-headed commentary from professor Lawrence Lessig.
Because it’s nice to have someone smart explain exactly why Sarah Palin shouldn’t even be in the picture here. Here’s a character study from Time about what Palin satisfies in the American dream.
This just in...
We’re going to be live-streaming the Fixture Records Showcase at Pop Montreal. More details coming soon.
Brand new recording of a classic Brenden Orange...
Falling Man
I’m not going to embed this video because I don’t think it’s the type of thing that someone should just stumble upon on a blog, though I found it via livesophia.
The video is a documentary that’s available on youtube in 7 parts, called “The Falling Man”. It looks at controversial documentation of people who jumped from the World Trade Center towers on September...
“Bobcat Urine Powder”
– a phrase I uttered yesterday while researching compassionate ways to move mice out of our apartment. Here’s a great blog with ways to use peppermint oil, ammonia, and mothballs (which could actually be doubly helpful since we have a problem with moths too).
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Generic chatter
random programmer: what kind of music do you play?
me: uh i guess "indie rock", but messy...
rp: oh, like Green Day?
me: hmm no...(searching for sweeping generic reference point) do you know pavement?
rp: like nickelback? they're from canada, right?
me: no, they're from the u.s. (asks conor) ...oh ok, you're right.
rp: about what?
me: nickelback. they're from canada.
rp: i also like linkin park. do you know them?
me: yes.
[My first conversation on A Nice Chat.com with a programmer from Turkey. The site randomly pairs you with another person and lets you chat.]
Adding comments
Ok, I just added the option to comment using Discus. I was debating it for a while, but here they are now. I’ll see how it goes.
Yes!
After one year of going into my dep (convenience store) everyday to pick up some little thing, the dep owner finally remembered me.
Every time I go in it’s to get something like a can of chick peas or a bottle of wine or something else that doesn’t require a bag to carry it two skips across the street to my apartment. And everytime, the dep lady wets her thumb and pointer finger in a...
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A new skillshare group in Montreal meeting this... →
Thanks to Ange for passing along the info.
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Here’s a great episode of CBC’s Ideas...
My top picks from TechCrunch 2008
I’ve been following this year’s TechCrunch conference on Meghan Asha’s blog. She summarized every single one of the 50 presenters, offering screenshots and videos of the newest companies showing off their services and softwares to conference-goers.
About TechCrunch, from the organizers:
We created a platform where early-stage, and frequently unfunded, companies could take...
Worn Fashion Journal needs Toronto staff
If you live in Toronto, here’s a chance to work on a really excellent independent fashion publication.
WORN FASHION JOURNAL is looking for Toronto reinforcements!
We need to fill the following positions:
* Circulation Manager * Art Director * Interns * Advertising Salesperson * Crime-fighting Ninja * Public Relations/Promotions
(All positions part-time - hours negotiable)
Worn is a...