Archive for December, 2003

Tivo’d

Tuesday, December 16th, 2003

Got a link from my friend Chris to this article at The Morning News about a person named Joshua Allen who is seeing an analyst about “a problem with his PVR”… Good read.

The Fulton Wasteland

Monday, December 15th, 2003

Naz has posted some great shots that he took over the weekend of the Fulton Market area in the West Loop (Chicago, if you’re not familiar).

These are some really nice shots, but what hits home is the very last picture in the series. This is the remnants of the old marchFIRST headquarters [...]

Google == Swiss Army Knife

Friday, December 12th, 2003

We all love Google, right?

Here’s another/new reason to love the site so much: You can now search UPS and Fedex Tracking Numbers, Patent Numbers, FAA Airplane Registration Numbers and FCC Equipment IDs right from the “Search Box”.

thanks to Kottke for this heads-up

Links For A Thursday Morning

Thursday, December 11th, 2003

yayhooray.com digifad.com

Andy Richter Loves His Tivo

Wednesday, December 10th, 2003

“It’s fantastic. If anything, your TV viewing is shortened into its hardest, crystalline, purest form. There’s no fat anymore. There’s no channel surfing. I never just sit down and see what’s on TV anymore.”

thanks to slatch.com

archive.org rocks

Wednesday, December 10th, 2003

I feel like I’ve mentioned this before, but now I’m thinking I haven’t. If you are not familiar with archive.org there are tons of amazing things to get there (legally).

One of the best parts of the site is their audio archives which has a ton of amazing downloads of concerts courtesy of [...]

Good Interview

Tuesday, December 9th, 2003

Steve Jobs: The Rolling Stone Interview

Interesting insight into Steve’s take on how technology and music are interacting with each other. Definitely worth reading. I’m interested to see if there is an expanded interview in the magazine than what’s online? I’ll have to wait until my issue shows up this week to [...]

I Found What I Really Want For Christmas!!!

Tuesday, December 9th, 2003

Who wouldn’t want a Leg Lamp like the one from “A Christmas Story”?

Observations on a Friday Afternoon

Friday, December 5th, 2003

some are obvious, some aren’t. here’s what I’m noticing today…

1.) A1 steak sauce makes practically anything edible 2.) The more “indie” the record label, the harder it is to remove the cellophane and theft protection sticker from a cd (I guess that’s the only good thing going for major record labels) 3.) The [...]

365 Days Project

Thursday, December 4th, 2003

What is the 365 Days Project?

For the entire year of 2003 (January 1st to December 31st) this site will feature one mp3 file (every day) to download. Listeners of the incredibly strange and outsider realm take note, for this is the majority of material that will be made available. Obscure (and for the most part [...]