Generalized observations

Lately I’ve been dumping massive blocks of text on your heads, but leaving out the linkage and little pointed personal comments. Has this soured some of my readership? Well, let’s see if that can’t be fixed. We’re gonna try something old here — or is it new with just a hint of rustic styling for flavor? Damn if I can tell, but time to drain the old brain for public consumption and enjoyment.

Make sure to preheat your ovens to 425° before baking:

  • Probably the funniest Strong Bad Email ever, though the spawning of a popup via Flash unnerves me a bit. In the wrong hands this knowledge could be big trouble, as Chris at decaffeinated points out.
  • XM Radio is giving people a chance to listen to their broadcasts online free for three days. Hopefully Opie and Anthony’s channel is in the mix — I’m curious to hear how the new show is shaping up.
  • I have been graced with the opportunity to give BrooklynVegan a new face and a shiny new logo to match. Good to be working on someone else’s blog for a change and getting paid for the honor is just icing on the cake.
  • JamBase has a review of the Lynard Skynard tribute album “Under the Influence“. Sounds like it’ll be worth the price of admission.
  • I have a bunch of Gmail invites that I can’t get rid of fast enough. Anybody want one? If so, drop a line. (Update: All gone! Sorry.)
  • Tired of waiting for the PSP to launch, someone decided to hack together a truly portable PS2. Either someone is really impatient, or they have way too much time on their hands. Maybe both.
  • With all the time I’ve missed over the past 90 days or so, I’m luck my desk didn’t look like this when I got back to the office. Some truly vindictive people live in this world of ours.
  • On the home front, it has been personally observed that splitting up my weblog into two separate beasts was a good idea in theory, but bad in execution. Expect everything to fold back together in the near future (along with other changes).

That’s about it for now. Let’s see if this can be made into a semi-regular feature as the written voice is tweaked yet again.

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One Response to “Generalized observations”

  1. joanna says:

    i wanna plug XMOnLine as well as the resurrected O&A show.

    O&A: if you were a faithful listener back in the WNEW days… you’re missing out. IMO without the FCC imposed censorship bullshit imposed on the regular airwaves… O&A are better than ever… the show has a fresh new air of freedom that’s in keeping that the climax the show reached on 102.7.. that never let down even before the FCC pulled the plug on them… Jim Norton and Old Dirty are still staples of the show… and other regulars like Frenchie still make appearances…

    do miss the retarded lavern and shirley and old school regulars like spaz… but either ways O&A still got edge… HIGHLY recommended from a faithful listener of over 5 years….

    plus you get the added plus of the great line up of music on XM….