Sexy Video
I think sexy and fun without being sexist – what do you think?
Via Zuco.org
Zombie Watch! Part 1
Because I’m going to be submitting a dissertation proposal that involves zombies as part of my application to the University of Hawaii Department of Theatre’s Ph.D. program, I’ve started watching a bunch of zombie movies that I’ve been meaning to see. Now, my proposal doesn’t look at zombies in film per se because I’m more …
300 Words for 30 Days Writing Challenge Conclusion
I just finished up the second writing challenge that I’ve set myself since July. I found I wasn’t quite as focused on The Devious Astroblabe but the upside of that is that I now have first drafts of two new short stories. My total word count came to 13,414 with my daily average being 447 …
A Wonderful Story About Books
If you love books, there are certain stories about books that will catch your heart, steal your breath, and make your head spin a bit as you hold back (or not) tears of joy. If you love books and love stories about books, then I recommend you take some time in the next couple of …
Simple Remembrance
I saw this on Ze Frank’s twitter feed today and think it is probably the simplest and yet powerful reflection on today’s date that I have yet seen. Probably because it allows you to put your own thoughts and memories onto it:
My own thoughts? Hug someone you love, or tell someone you care.
Be good to each other.
Terminal Hacks I Can’t Live Without
Wherein I discuss two Terminal commands that make me happy.
Dropbox and You
Wherein I discuss the use of Dropbox as a document backup solution.
WordPress Users Need to Upgrade for Security Reasons
For those of you using WordPress – you need to make sure you are running the latest update because there appears to be a large scale hacker attack on WordPress blogs.
Via Daring Fireball
Snow Leopard News – The oops, that’s not good edition
Update:
John Gruber once more provides the voice of reason. I actually didn’t think this was that big a deal, but wanted to get the info to any of you who are not as geeky about following this kind of news. I was also lazy and just reposted TUAW’s article in full . . . not something I often do and not something I plan on doing again since I defeats my general effort to use this space in a more thoughtful manner and with greater attention to developing ideas and thoughts instead of posting stuff to simply post stuff.
The gist of the article is simple, if you install Snow Leopard, you should update your Adobe Flash. That is all.
Music You May Have Missed – mewithoutYou
In the Greenpoint area of Brooklyn, NY there is a live music venue called the Warsaw where you can see any number of really great indie bands and performers while you buy freshly made pirogues and other Polish foods. The sound acoustics are not very good at all, but there is an undeniable charm to the venue that makes up for its shortcomings. Plus, the pirogues are really, really good.
This was where I first heard mewithoutYou as they opened up for Minus the Bear and promptly bought their cd Catch Us for the Foxes. This was loud music, rock with a fiercely driving force behind it that assaulted the senses. Yet within moments, an equally fierce intelligence and poetry became apparent.