on Jun 3rd, 2008World’s Strangest Looking Animals
A photo thread with some of the strangest animals I’ve ever seen. The particular creature is a Star-nosed Mole.
on Apr 23rd, 2008Grizzly Bear - “While You Wait For The Others”
This new song by Grizzly Bear is amazing. I was never able to get into their first album, “Yellow House” that much. I liked it, but it wasn’t one of my favorites of 2006. This song is amazing though.
on Apr 11th, 2008Ryan McGinley
I love Ryan McGinley’s photography. Thanks to one of my favorite art blogs It’s Nice That for the link.
on Apr 8th, 2008My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
I finally got around to watching the TED talk by Jill Bolte Taylor. Wow. It’s a very emotional talk. One of my favorites of TED.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.
on Apr 7th, 2008Florence and The Machine
This artist is getting a ton of press lately. She isn’t signed to a label and doesn’t even have an album yet. I wish I would have seen her show at SXSW. She sounds like a mix between Cat Power and Diane Cluck. The video is terrible quality, but I’m definitely impressed. Here’s her myspace profile.
on Apr 7th, 2008Keep Austin Beautiful
I volunteered this past weekend at Clean Sweep 2008, which is a big event in Austin where groups all around the city pick up litter along roads, in parks, etc. I thought it was a lot of fun. In my area I think 10 people signed up, and about 6 showed up. I think in about 2-3 hours of work we filled 8-10 huge trash bags.
Afterwards there was a party at waterloo park, where the photo above was taken. It was pretty much the perfect spring day.
on Apr 4th, 2008acts_as_aspdotnet plugin for Ruby on Rails (April Fools)
Someday I’ll write my big asp.net rant.
on Apr 3rd, 2008Music and Life - Alan Watts
An Inspiring Video with audio by Alan Watts. The animation looks almost exactly like south park. I wonder if it’s from the same guys.
