September 2009
48 posts
Weekly Tweet Digest for 2009-09-27 →
Bad Baby Names: A Date With Destiny →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27) →
The Weakerthans (28)
Pearl Jam (22)
Radiohead (16)
The Tragically Hip (11)
Leftfield (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
New blog post: Bad Baby Names: A Date With Destiny http://bit.ly/xbPGf
Dropped off car at Aloha Kia at 8am. They said it’d take 1 to 1.5 hrs to service, and they’d call when it’s done. 3 hrs later, no call.
Water on the Moon? Yup. It’s real! http://is.gd/3Dze5 (via @BadAstronomer)
Will this database query finish before it’s time to go home?
http://bit.ly/5GBMv
I see Fucked Up won the 2009 #Polaris Prize. I still think K’naan (@iamknaan) should have won. “Wavin’ Flags” from Mod Club concert is epic.
LaTeX doesn’t allow you to have an empty \begin{enumerate} \end{enumerate} block? Bah.
Robots need love too. They want to be loved by you.
hahahahahahahahaha Piquet Jr. wants to get a drive in Formula 1 in 2010: http://bit.ly/PO2IF Good luck there mate, nobody’ll touch you now.
I kind of want K’naan (@iamknaan) to win the 2009 #Polaris Prize just for “Wavin’ Flag”.
“Yes, a penguin taught me French back in Antarctica.”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20) →
Pearl Jam (34)
Orbital (26)
The Tragically Hip (25)
Buena Vista Social Club (12)
Jesse Cook (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Ding dong the Flav is gone.
Weekly Tweet Digest for 2009-09-20 →
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Quebecois bands have the coolest names: Les Dales Hawerchuk and Les Breastfeeders are just two.
“F***ing hell…my every f***ing disgrace, f***ing, he’s not a driver.”
Always nice when you get to use the phrase “metadata fetishist” in an email.
I can’t wait until Elizabeth can move forward so I don’t have to keep rescuing her from under the futon.
Qadbak Investments Ltd.?
Is this actually going to work?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-13) →
Pearl Jam (21)
Nine Inch Nails (21)
The Tragically Hip (17)
CBC Radio 3 (14)
Orbital (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
RT @tonymilio: WordPress admins: get update notifications by email. http://bit.ly/mTGGx
Weekly Tweet Digest for 2009-09-13 →
You have got to be kidding me: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7729
I wonder if I could rack up a huge long distance bill calling Swindon and asking how to dispose of my batteries.
The waiting is the hardest part.
“You know, Colleen? No one stamps on a burning bag of shit anymore. Nobody.”
New blog post: Time-lapse movies of UKIRT and Mauna Kea http://bit.ly/2LUmgD
Time-lapse movies of UKIRT and Mauna Kea →
Happy Labour Day! (PS Americans, it should be properly spelled “Labour” as it started in Canada. You’re welcome.)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-6) →
Arcade Fire (45)
The New Pornographers (30)
Metric (26)
Wintersleep (23)
Explosions in the Sky (22)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Hey Hilo people! Need recommendation for good tattoo shop. Brother-in-law wants to get one while he’s visiting.
Weekly Tweet Digest for 2009-09-06 →
Time to update the HCP Wordpress installation. http://bit.ly/4rT8T5
Today’s challenge: sucking snot out of Elizabeth’s nose with the bulb syringe.
Hooray! HCP website upgraded to WP 2.8.4!
Listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor always makes me want to watch 28 Days Later.
Holy shit, they tore down Richards On Richards to build condos. Vancouver truly is a no fun zone.
HELCO scheduled outage for the Volcano area on Sept 11 from 8am to 3pm.
Now to figure out what to do with the @oracdr and @starlinksoft Twitter accounts…
First Hawaiian Bank customers, beware of telephone scam going around asking for debit/credit card info!
I wish more people would put their submitted (and accepted!) papers on the preprint server.
Man, 5:30 comes early around here.
RT @ajordens It’s fun to complain that #gmail, etc. is down, but really that’s just one less distraction for me. Back to code.