December 2008
29 posts
NYE in Bucharest is crazy. People lighting firecrackers all day.
Very full from too much Sarmale
Happy that we have a bye and I’ll be back for first game
Train back to Vienna to grab plane to Bucharest.
When I say Buda you say Pest!
5 hr 5 course meal with Isabel’s cousins in Vienna. Awesome!
Eating sausages and drinking beer in Vienna
5am: going to airport. Next stop Vienna!
Woke up at 4:30am just in time to watch 4th qt of Giants win on espn gamecast. G-men - #1 seed!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Jack Johnson (14)
The Killers (14)
Mother Mother (13)
The Notwist (12)
Blitzen Trapper (12)
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In Amsterdam. Flight was delayed 5 hours on runway. Got 1 hr of sleep. Powering through!
Looks like we are going to depart on time. Amsterdam here we come!
How come on the day I fly out it decides to snow like crazy? Not fair!
Ruxy in Gizmodo
Ruxy (my sister-in-law) was featured in Gizmodo tonight for her finals project at ITP - DraWiing Jackson Pollock! The project is amazingly cool. You stand over a projected image on the floor and paint a Pollock using the Wiimote! You have to see it to believe it. I still can’t believe this was Ruxy’s first project at ITP. I’ve said it before, but it just amazes me how much the...
Boxee
Recently I got my hands on an alpha build of Boxee, thanks to Fred Wilson. Boxee is an open source application that allows you to access your home media as well as web media on your Mac with a ‘10 ft interface’. A ‘10 ft interface’ means that you are meant to access it using a remote on a tv. Since my iMac is hooked up to my 46 inch lcd and my stereo, I am the perfect...
Streampad updates
We pushed out some nice new updates to Streampad just now. The first is that you can now pop-out the player into a new window. This has been a long-standing request from lots of people, and I am happy to finally get it out there. You can find the pop-out button on the right side. To the left of that button, is a new playlist button. Click it, and a small drawer will open that reveals the playlist...
Missing the cats
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Glasvegas (28)
The Sea and Cake (12)
Starfucker (11)
Ben Kweller (10)
Blitzen Trapper (8)
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My Top 10 Albums of 2008
Here it is. My top ten albums of 2008:
10. Feed The Animals by Girl Talk
This album makes the list because of the incredible shows Girl Talk puts on. I don’t listen to this album that much, but he pretty much plays them at his shows and they were amazing. I paid $0 for this album, but I would recommend picking it up for $9 on Amazon.
9. Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne
I...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →
Keane (47)
Blitzen Trapper (45)
The Killers (36)
Hall & Oates (18)
Brother Ali (14)
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You Haven’t Told Me Anything by Keane. I...
I Can’t Stay by The Killers. I loved The...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30) →
The Killers
Mother Mother
Morcheeba
Starfucker
Viva Voce
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