February 2010
60 posts
Hey, John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan Books, Screw... →
Smart move, really smart move. “First, to clarify what is happening here, you are already getting your money: You are selling ebooks to Amazon at whatever price you set ($10-$15), and Amazon is turning around and selling them at a loss, sometimes for $9.99. We’re not against your charging what you want to for your books. We’re against your telling Amazon what it has to charge...
Why My Mom’s Next Computer Is Going To Be An... →
This makes sense to me.
January 2010
30 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Passion Pit (83)
Faded Paper Figures (43)
Phoenix (11)
Peter Bjorn and John (10)
Kid Cudi (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The Swell Season - Strict Joy - Feeling The Pull
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Vampire Weekend (39)
Discovery (18)
Phoenix (18)
Cut Copy (14)
Animal Collective (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
3 tags
Lasso - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
“We are mildly dog obsessed. We’ve been known to torture ourselves for hours...”
– The Puppy Diaries - It Takes Patience to Raise a Puppy - Web Log - NYTimes.com
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
Phoenix (25)
NPR (17)
Frightened Rabbit (15)
Dinosaur Jr. (7)
Fleet Foxes (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Custom seems to mean something different now, where personal urges get veto...”
– Silence Kit - Competitive Cyclist
Brendan Quirk from Competitive Cyclist as to why they have stopped the sale of Pegoretti frames.
WatchSarah and I had dinner with the one and only J-Pows and the lovely Emily on Saturday night. Colt McElwaine from cyclingdirt.org was there to film it for the site. I know Colt from racing back in the day and it was great to sit down and hang out for a bit.
Part II coming soon.
2009 Disappointments : Things by Cultured Code
I’ve talked about how I use and like Things by Cultured Code before.
You can read their blog (Things Blog | Cultured Code), they haven’t updated it since Sept. As much as I like their apps and will continue to use them one of the bigger disappointments of 2009 was that they still haven’t figured out how to make them sync. It’s very frustrating that this doesn’t work...
WatchJeremy and I went out to ride around in the snow yesterday.
Netflix Stabs Us In The Heart So Hollywood Can...
Below is a link to an article written by MG Siegler on TechCrunch about the recent deal with Warner Brothers and Netflix. I’m not going to rehash what Siegler eloquently states better than I could but it’s not a great end situation for anyone.
The strongest point that is made is this, “The problem here is that the assumption is that Hollywood will be ready and willing to...
Woody Allen
Fresh Air has a couple of episodes recounting their best interviews of 2009. Below is a snippet from the interview with Woody Allen in which I thought he was spot-on with his answer.
TG: "...do you care what people think of your personal life?"
WA: "well, if say that I don't care it sounds so cold and callous, but let me put it this way, how could you go through life taking direction from the outside world. I mean what kind of life would you have if you made your decisions based on the outside world and not what your inner dictates told you. You would have a very inauthentic life."
WatchPhoenix - 1901 - A Take Away Show (via Vimeo) Simply amazing.