Media Update: The Pinker Tones and more

Music: Totally addicted to the song "Sonido Total" from the album The Million Color Revolution by The Pinker Tones. They are out of Barcelona. They make me shake my booty all day long.

Games: Started up "Animal Crossing" Fucking Bob wanted me to deliver a picture book to Mitzi WAYYY to many times, so I dug up holes in his front yard and sent him a letter telling him he was an old queen with no taste. No response. Also almost finished the Potato Salad level in Cooking Mama on the DS. I can't get the potato peeling down, no matter how hard I try.

Websites: Boingboing is my continued favorite this week.

How about those printed solar panels?

10 Tech Concepts for 2007 (Popular Mechanics via Slashdot)

This was really interesting read and one which I would find at the beginning of every year. New technologies and the level at which they might impact us in the coming year. A couple stand out:

1. Printed Solar Panels : LOW IMPACT Next step is an energy-generating pair of jeans or solar roofing tiles. Nothing but good can come from this.

2. Plasma Arc Gasifiction: LOW IMPACT (2009) Superheated trash with helpful by-products. Bring it. Build on the craters left by the landfills and do it right.

3. Data Clouds: HIGH IMPACT On it. I can see this one being huge for us in the next year. Ubiquitous data is everything. And it has arrived.

What's your most exciting tech for 2007, whether on or off this list?

Kelvin Kelley's Cool Tools

This is a plug for a site I frequently visit, Cool Tools. It has a rundown of mostly helpful, well-made and super value products and services. In my quest to dsign my life as a simple, effective and cheap machine, I've been scouring and gleaning from Cool Tools for several years. A couple of successful conversions:

Surefire G2 (Buy the battery 12-pack, too.)
Gorillapod (UPDATE: It broke. The plastic just sheared off with little pressure on it. Not really recommended.)
Gorilla Ladder
and not something I bought, but encouraged me to get the catalog: Duluth Trading Company Presentation Twill Jacket

Please comment on anything you find there which you think would be of use. It is a great – and from what I can tell, uninfluenced by sponsorship – site to visit regularly.

Tag of the month: Cooking Obsession

I have an unorthodox way of doing tags. I create new tags for every entry, then slap five old ones on whether they make a lot of sense or not. If you look in the right column and scroll down, you will see a list of them. Go ahead. Explore. Find a common thread. Though it may not seem it, there is a logic: Me mood. A long time ago I realized there are no rules where you don't need them. Unrestricted freedom is rare and should be abused.

About cooking obsession: My boyfriend has a cooking obsession. I get a great payoff because he makes me food. Delicious food. I eat it and ay things like "Mmmm." or "Delicious. Just the right amount of __________." I am going to buy the Wii game "Cooking Mama" the day it comes out to make him happy. I like him happy Jim because that means I am full.

Learning Movable Type

So I am finally learning Movable Type (a blogging software) for a project at work. All said I think it is a bit clunky and difficult to understand. I'm a touch concerned that my content creators will get hung up on some parts of the editing process – and they are computer savvy. I'm looking at plugins to improve the experience a little but they come with another whole set of problems (i.e. compatibility, configuration, etc.)


While on the subject of geek, look here:

Online Generators

It has image and code generators galore. like the Concert Ticket Generator and the Avatar Maker is useful, too.

The Essential Guide to Springfield

I recently rediscovered this site in some files. It is about twenty minutes of activity, looking closely at the names the writers have invented. Especially good: Sprawl Mart.

Tighten up you crazy cords.

I have what looks to be a computer nest under my desk. It has to go away. A friend and I were discussing the techniques to properly do this and I found the answer here:

Cord Control from Lifehacker


Get to it.

Little Tip fer ya #1

Perhaps I'm not seeing well and this was in another release, but I just noticed that iTunes 7.0.1 has the downloads listed below your shopping cart while you are still downloading. It is always the subtle things that turn up in downloads that make me the most satisfied.

Go ahead and download a Podcast and feel the magic happen.

New Idea #3: Just start drawing.

Actually, I did some work on an illustrator tutorial, which helped me create the nut on this page.

Drawing Nuts and Bolts


I really like this kind of drawing. Reducing detail and geometric shapes adding to others. It feels honest. Or simple. Or like a little puzzle. Or whatever you want to call it. If I were to get stuck in a rut, this would be it and I'd totally deal fine with it. Actually sounds kinda awesome.