Entries for week beginning August 30, 2009
➠ September 4, 2009
If you want to hear the effects of the remastering, try this Harrisong: http://rdbgb.us/TYj
Posted to Twitter at 11:07 p.m.
Doing some A/B tests with the remastered Beatles. It’s not earthshattering, but bugger-me-sideways the songs sound great. LennonMcCartney++
Posted to Twitter at 10:46 p.m.
The Beatles Box Set torrent on what.cd isn’t fully seeded yet, but over 10TB of data has already been transferred between 5,600 peers.
Posted to Twitter at 11:18 a.m.
➠ September 3, 2009
The Beatles remastered box set (due out next week) appears to have leaked in lossless FLAC form. Excitedly firing up my torrent client.. NOW
Posted to Twitter at 3:04 p.m.
➠ September 2, 2009
Fear I may have started a round of “The Circle Game” at @SlideInc. http://brizzly.com/pic/4CM
Posted to Twitter at 4:46 p.m.
Just Say No to Wonka | Overthinking It
Theory by TC Cheever on the drug allusions of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
➠ September 1, 2009
Laura Ling And Euna Lee Make First Statement Regarding Events Leading To Capture
The story behind why they were in North Korea to begin with. Here’s hoping that the media circus behind their capture and release can help put the spotlight on the human trafficking they were there to explore.
MLB iPhone app now lets you watch any game live for $0.99. Watching the Red Sox/Rays game live on my phone.
I love living in the future.
Posted to Twitter at 5:09 p.m.
Also in my Y! Mail: Yahoo 360 is closing in July 2008. Yahoo Mash is closing in September 2008. I’m glad I paid attention to these messages.
Posted to Twitter at 2:28 p.m.
Logged into my Yahoo Mail account for the first time in years. Apparently the Yahoo Points service is closing on June 30, 2007.
Posted to Twitter at 2:20 p.m.
➠ August 31, 2009
Yahoo Serious Festival
For your RSS reader consideration: A new Tumblelog I’ve started, which will highlight ace online videos. Might turn it into a group blog at some time.
(And yes, the domain name was bought first, then the idea for the blog came later)
Team @Reddit (http://www.kiva.org/team/reddit) has loaned over $14,000 to people in developing countries on @Kiva. That’s fantastic.
Posted to Twitter at 1:15 p.m.
Just seen one of my @Kiva loans repaid in full for the first time (http://rdbgb.us/xUM). If you have any spare cash, go loan it out!
Posted to Twitter at 1:15 p.m.
God, the coffee in the @SlideInc kitchen is so fucking nasty.
/me goes to pour another mug
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Posted to Twitter at 11:48 a.m.
Sad but true: When I put on a new pair of New Balance 992 trainers this morning, I felt just a smidge like Steve Jobs.
Posted to Twitter at 11:39 a.m.
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