Category Archive for Blogfinds
September 11, 2004
It's a long, long way from Key West
I used to be a parrothead in that my wife and I were happy co-habitants with several avian companions over the years, but I'd never call myself a "Parrothead" in the capitalized sense. I do however, work in the great city of Boston and my regular parking spot is in fairly cloe proximity to the hallowed pasture that is Fenway Park - this allows me ample opportunity to witness the perpetual migration of Sox fans both to and from the park. Yesterday I was a bit, well let's say disturbed, by the apparent mass-infiltration of the Fenway / Back Bay area by countless minions of the man from the Keys who sings about cheese(burgers). The always superb (and recently renovated) blog crafted by that literary pundit of the technorati, Andy Ihnatko has a hi-larious take on the whole Buffett shebang:
There's just something about being wild and cutting loose and expressing your individuality -- but doing it in exactly the same way that 30,000 other people are doing it -- that I find highly suspicious. 30,000 similarly-attired people in a stadium doesn't say "rock concert." It says "cult mass-wedding." There's a hollow, desperate undercurrent to the proceedings. I just don't see these people as deep, abiding fans of Buffett...or of anything, really.
read Andy's whole spiel right here.
Posted by Turfdigger at 3:57 AM
August 10, 2004
Been A Long Time
No. Not since "the rock and roll", but rather since my posting here.
Always makes me wake up when:
a) I look here and see that my postings have lessened to the point of my columns appearing all whacky-like.
b) I've been on vacation and have photos to post (posting is imminent - sorting through 287 vacation photos for the wheat from the chaff is a bit, well, time consuming and all.
c) I hear about a great new blog like the one currently in residence at east3rd.
At any rate, here's a new post. And check out the great photos at east3rd. Dave is really onto something there.
Posted by Turfdigger at 2:38 PM
June 18, 2004
Cleaning With Light?
Also seen on the Kevin Kelly -- Cool Tools blog:
Fresh2 makes fluorescent compact light bulbs coated with a titanium dioxide film. The fluorescent UV light causes a chemical reaction with the film, and the resulting oxidation eliminates odors. I know it sounds far fetched, but the things really work.
Posted by Turfdigger at 9:48 AM
Big Sound, Little Package
Seen recently on the wonderful Kevin Kelly -- Cool Tools blog is the iPAL:
This is a weatherized, rubber-coated radio/speaker that accepts an iPod (or any other music device with a mini-plug). The tiny PAL has an amazing rich and deep sound. You plug an iPod in, turn up the volume, and it uses its internal rechargeable battery to play your musical playlists longer than your iPod battery will last (I can get 8 hours on the PAL in one charge). Clear, marvelous sound from a small, rugged box that has survived rain and being dropped into a pool.
Posted by Turfdigger at 9:47 AM
June 3, 2004
The Beatles Still Make For a Mean Video
Superb Flash vid for "Come Together" - check it out!
Posted by Turfdigger at 9:47 AM
March 17, 2004
Accomplish More by Doing Less
Interesting book find via the always interesting Cool Tools:
Slack -- in praise of inefficiency
Posted by Turfdigger at 3:53 PM
March 16, 2004
Laffs from the Military
Seen recently via memepool:
Avalanche Company: The 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to Do in the U.S. Army
Posted by Turfdigger at 2:43 PM
March 14, 2004
Blasts from the Past
Recently seen at milkandcookies:
The Electric Company MP3 Archive
Takes me back. Man.
Posted by Turfdigger at 1:17 AM
December 7, 2003
Un-released Jaguar ads
AppleInsider has some apparently scrapped Jaguar ad spots. [Thanks, Joe!]
Posted by Turfdigger at 3:22 AM
November 22, 2003
acronym-o-cide
C-NET kills MP3.com: So Vivendi sold off the mp3.com domain and all of its contents to C-NET. The tragic thing is that the whole shebang will be flushed down the virtual hopper on December 2. C-NET intends to shut down the mp3.com domain AND DESTROY the massive compendium of digital media. Read more about it at The Register.
Posted by Turfdigger at 11:55 AM
June 29, 2003
Pre-flight Security?
Airport feds rip off travellers
posted by Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing
The Transport Security Agency requires all fliers to travel with their luggage unlocked, so that highly trustworthy federal employees can rummage through them and ensure that they are WMD-free. And steal things. TSA employees are ripping off choice items ($1,000 binox and such) from the mandatorily-unlocked bags of America's travellers. I feel safer already.
Link to story | Discuss it at BoingBoing | [go to BoingBoing]
Posted by Turfdigger at 5:03 PM