New Site!

I have a million things I should have done today, including research a paper, read Portrait of a Lady, watch Black Books with a friend, watch Jean-Luc Godard films for a paper, look for jobs, look for apartments, get off the couch, etc. (I did get laundry and dishes done, and watch a lot of [...]

WordPress 2.5 Available

WordPress 2.5 is now available for download at WordPress.org. I just upgraded; the dashboard is very different, but I’m already getting used to it, and the Media Library integration is MUCH improved.

February 2008 Watching/Reading/Gaming Recap

Click through for reactions to Them!, The War of the Worlds, Superbad, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, The Assassination of Jesse James, Sunshine, Vanity Fair, Bleak House, Call of Duty 4, and more.

Featured Video: Wall*E Trailer

I’m not sure how Pixar keeps doing this, honestly. The new Wall*E trailer has charmed me so much that I suddenly want to cuddle and coo over a hunk of metal. This little robot guy has more personality than many actors I could name. The only thing that worries me is usually [...]

Music Monday Tuesday: SXSW Finds

No, I wasn’t at SXSW.  But that doesn’t mean I haven’t already benefited from it. 
Vampire Weekend
According to one of my friends, Vampire Weekend were one of the more hyped shows of the festival and she thought they lived up to the hype, and then one of their songs turned up on XMU (aka the [...]

Belle and Sebastian Cheap on Amie Street

Amie Street has all of Belle and Sebastian’s albums now, for pretty cheap.  Get them now before demand drives the price up!

Featured Video: SXSW2008 Montage

SXSW 2008 from mikehedge on Vimeo.
Lovely short film made up of stills taken by Mike Hedge before, during, and after this year’s South by Southwest. He hit all three parts of the festival: film, interactive, and music, and looks like he had a blast. I wish I’d made it down there. Someday, maybe. [...]

Penguin Books Site Mashes Up GoogleMaps and Stories

Interesting new site from Penguin Books, overlaying classic-book-inspired stories on GoogleMaps.  A step toward a possible future for interactive fiction?