Distant Seconds

"You know why people like Cypress Hill’s “How I Could Just Kill A Man”? Because..."

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:40:00 -0400

“You know why people like Cypress Hill’s “How I Could Just Kill A Man”? Because they couldn’t, but wish they could.”

"Sent with my voice via Jott: Jott Work: Oh shit, I forgot what I was gonna say."

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0400

“Sent with my voice via Jott:
Jott Work: Oh shit, I forgot what I was gonna say.”

"I need to check my spelling when tweeting and commenting. I need to think more carefully about what..."

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:34:31 -0400

“I need to check my spelling when tweeting and commenting. I need to think more carefully about what I say. I need to communicate effectively, not hastily type and click that publish button.”

Interview with the founders and head people over at Twitter.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:50:20 -0400

Interview with the founders and head people over at Twitter.

Dear gods and goddesses

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:32:25 -0400

Dear gods and goddesses of old:

You’re all fired. Please clean out your desks, turn in your badges to security, and exit the building.

Thank you.

Music by Aphex Twin. Video by Chris Cunningham. Haunting,...

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:39:27 -0400

Music by Aphex Twin. Video by Chris Cunningham. Haunting, disturbing, beautiful.

Moby on the making of his new album.

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:11:52 -0400

Moby on the making of his new album.

Photo

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:27:37 -0400

Autechre - Second Bad Vibel, directed by Chris Cunningham. This...

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:05:27 -0400

Autechre - Second Bad Vibel, directed by Chris Cunningham. This has been one of my favorite videos/songs for the longest time. I never get tired of it.

The Machine is Us/ing us. Rock.

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:34:00 -0400

The Machine is Us/ing us. Rock.

Amon Tobin - 4 Ton Mantis

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:22:30 -0400

Amon Tobin - 4 Ton Mantis

Advertising on Pandora

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:56:52 -0400

The success of relevant text-only ads has been proven by Google and others. And yet, when I use Pandora (a service I love) I see nothing but giant flash ads for things I don’t care about.

The ads certainly don’t seem like they’re related to the music at all. Even in the cases where the ads have Pandora stations you can listen to, most of them are not the kind of music I like.

In spite of the fact that Pandora has all the fine-tuned settings of all my stations, and all my bookmarked songs, artists, and albums, it does not display ads that are relevant to someone with my tastes in music.

There’s a lot of room to the right of the Pandora player area to display ads. You could place a lot of text there, and provide real information that might give someone something to think about, and perhaps convince them to click on a link to learn more. It’s almost enough to put half a web page, depending on the visitor’s monitor size and resolution.

As I said, I love Pandora. They could get a lot more creative and effective with their advertising.

2 Dreams

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:33:55 -0400

These are two dreams I really had last night, one after the other. Each one “stars” two people of the same sex.

Dream #1

Two men are in a cave. The cave is so vast, they never touch walls or ceiling. They just keep walking, staying near each other by the sound of their voices. They are extremely scared they will never get out.

They finally do emerge into the light, to a crowd of reporters and gawkers. They fall to their knees and sob, ignoring everyone.

Dream #2

Two women sit amid the smoking wreckage of their homes and neighborhood. They are arguing with each other about something. They are covered in dust and soot, utterly disheveled. One finally has enough of the other, and she picks up a broken chunk of concrete and throws it her neighbor, who ducks and it misses.

These words won’t mean anything to you now, but if you...

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:07:48 -0400

These words won’t mean anything to you now, but if you watch the video, they will make you spray your beverage out your nose: “hang a pork chop around a skinny bitch’s neck.”

Original here.

“There are some people who live in a dream world, and...

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:46:51 -0400

“There are some people who live in a dream world,
and there are some who face reality;
and then there are those who turn one into the other.”
Douglas Everett

"Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go..."

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:32:15 -0400

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

- Harold Whitman (via Phil Gerbyshak - Thanks, Phil!)

lucky man

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:14:00 -0400

I’ve been feeling stressed lately because of all the work I have to do. I started to get down about it, and then I thought…

What the fuck am I down about? I’m not dead. I have a wife and a family that loves me. I have more than enough money because I’m working so much. I get to do all these cool things with blogs and computers and cool people. I don’t have any major, serious problems in my life like disease or enemies or government oppression.

So, I told myself, stop being a whiny bitch and get back to work. Be glad for what you have. It’s way more than what many people have.

I had forgotten what a lucky man I really am.

I hope that you remember what’s important for you, too.

Amen, brotha!

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:45:40 -0400

Amen, brotha!

I watched SNL for the first time in a long time last night. Afterwards, a female announcer said...

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:39:15 -0400

I watched SNL for the first time in a long time last night. Afterwards, a female announcer said something about going to NBC online, getting video clips and posting them to my blog.

But the way she said “…and post them to your blog” sounded weird, like she didn’t understand what she was saying. Like a guy in a suit trying to talk hip with the kids. It felt creepy.

I'm not moving to canada

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:53:00 -0400

I should say, rather, we’re moving to Canada. My family. We’ve been looking at various locations, but Victoria, BC looks like the place. Been doing lots of research and looking at tons of pictures. Victorial feels like it’s our new home.

~~This is huge. I mean, how many people do you know who are just up and leaving the country?~~

~~Not many, I bet.~~

Meh… changed my mind.