January 2009
34 posts
Pajiba - John Cusack retrospective →
Excellent (long) retrospective. I particularly liked this observation of High Fidelity:
“Cusack spends most of the film obsessively tracing the path of passionate love, despairing over the way the fire sputters and banks in even the best relationships. And then Laura teaches him the lesson, the reality: The passion will be there as a sometime companion, but what makes it possible to get...
Now DiFranco is challenging the audience to explore new territory with her.
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– Ani DiFranco - smh.com.au
The Curious Case of Forrest Gump - Boing Boing →
But with all good things, sooner or later someone comes along to ruin it, and...
– Cowboy Bebop Movie Keanu Reeves
Tilt-Shift Photography Photoshop Tutorial →
LittleBigStar →
The first released answer to what everyone says on seeing Guitar Hero for the first time: ‘wouldn’t it be great if you could really learn guitar by playing this game’? (Usually accompanied by the assertion that playing the game on its own is a waste of time.)
I have my doubts, but it may just be that such a thing is getting close enough to ‘educational’ to raise my...
New Alela Diane - 'White As Diamonds' →
Today’s anti word of the week is “whatev.” Sometimes you’ll hear it as “whatevs”...
– Anti Word of the Week: Whatev | Better World Books Blog
Runnin' With The Songsmith →
I’d been struggling for New Year’s resolutions; it’s useless, apparently,...
– Nick Hornby » Blog Archive » Happy New Year
Yo-Yo Ma Brings Remix Culture to Music's Ivory... →
Locus Online Features: Cory Doctorow: Writing in... →
P. Craig Russell explains sequential narration →
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
Picasa for Mac Beta Released, First Look →
Offworld's Top 20 Indie & Overlooked Games for... →
December 2008
37 posts
3 Smart Things About Sleeping Late →