January 2012
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The Rumpus: Letters In The Mail →
“The Rumpus is finally starting a print subscription. We’d like to say this was the plan all along, but we’ve actually never had a plan. It’s called Letters in the Mail. Almost every week you’ll receive a letter, in the mail. Letter writers will include Dave Eggers, Marc Maron, Stephen Elliott, Janet Fitch, Nick Flynn, Margaret Cho, Cheryl Strayed, Wendy MacNaughton, Emily Gould, Tao Lin,...
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How to Search Your Tumblr and Actually Find What...
Google “Search Term site:username.tumblr.com” (or site:domain-where-your-tumblr-is-hosted.com). Example.
I’ve been doing this for awhile, but I get the idea from how often others on my dashboard complain about Tumblr’s non-functional search that a lot of people don’t know or use this workaround. It would be great if the in-site search ever worked, but in the...
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Introducing Book Boroughing: A NYC Literary Event...
largeheartedboy:
When I first moved to Brooklyn last January, I was overwhelmed by the number of literary events. Every night featured several worthwhile readings, and at least once a week something spectacular totally slipped past my radar.
I have come to depend upon the literary event calendars and previews at The Contextual Life, Book Stalker, and Slice Magazine, among others, but none...
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down the rabbit hole: part two
I unearthed an old Xanga journal (remember Xanga, you guys?) the other day that I apparently used for exactly six entries in 2006, almost all of which were overly dramatic and highly embarrassing to even skim. Luckily I managed to guess the correct password so I could change the view settings to private. As I’ve written about before, I kind of prefer to just lock down these traces of past...
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December 2011
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Movies
That I Watched Over the Weekend
Tiny Furniture: I feel like this was overhyped. I wanted to love it, but I only liked it. However, I think Lena Dunham’s screenplay totally nailed the dialogue you often hear between 20-something post-grad pseudo-intellectuals in NYC (and probably in many other places too).
The Brothers Bloom: My second time seeing it, and I loved it even more. Those...
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What happens when...
you’ve left your mother’s friend request on Facebook in pending forever? She joins Twitter and follows you there. Good thing I already cut down on/began self-censoring my use after a cousin started following me a long time ago, so it doesn’t really matter. But damn, if any family members follow me on Tumblr, I might have to quit the Internet.
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So, you finished grad school. Now what?
Make an obligatory Facebook status post announcing the fact and update the work/school information on your profile.
Update your resume and LinkedIn and start applying for jobs.
Get a haircut, especially if it’s been six months since you last had one.
Have an intense argument on the phone with your mother about why you don’t want to move back home now that you have completed all...
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Netflix Recommendations?
Can anyone recommend a very funny/feel good/zone out kind of movie (or TV show) that I can catch on Instant or even on Hulu? I could use a cheerful distraction right now (and I’m all caught up on Parks and Rec and Community).
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"Movies Starring Paul Rudd"
Netflix recommendations can often seem like completely random mashups of different categories (see: Dark Showbiz 20th Century Period Pieces; Quirky Con-game Comedies), but sometimes they just really get you.
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November 2011
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UWS Thursday Brought to You by Team CoCo
Thinking that the lines to pick up Conan tix and get into the theater for the actual taping would be around the block with long waits because that’s what people on Twitter said, I did the majority of today’s work yesterday and super early this morning. It was quick and easy to get the tickets since we went at 10:30 instead of 8am. And yeah, we could’ve gone home and went back,...
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October 2011
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If You Don't Have A Crush On Brian Williams, You... →
Jezebel knows what’s up.
How to Deal with Snow in October
Spicy turkey chili
Excellent red wine
Friends
Music
Take a cab home
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A Roundup of Nerdy (Geeky?) Things
Still not quite sure of the differences between geek vs. nerd culture, but in the last week or so, I have:
Participated in a Scrapyard Challenge workshop at the conference my boss organized at school
Gone to a live taping of the Nerdist Podcast. It’s not online yet, but the guest was Thomas Lennon, and it was hi-larious
Gone to an Arduino workshop that my DIY Cultures class TA hosted at...
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WatchMourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side), a stop-motion animated short made by Spike Jonze and Olympia Le-Tan.
The story: “On a shelf in famed Parisian bookstore Shakespeare and Company, the star-crossed love story of a klutzy skeleton and his flame-haired amour plays out amidst Le-Tan’s illustrations of iconic first-edition book covers.”
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Kern Type: The Kerning Game →
Yes, this is a game for design/typography geeks. Yes, I just hit pause on the work I was doing to play it.
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Odds & Ends
I just wanted to check in here since I haven’t in awhile. School and work have been quite busy, so apologies for my lazy blogging by bullet points about totally unrelated things:
Steve Jobs. I don’t have anything to say that others haven’t already a million times over, but I did find Frank Chimero’s “For Steve” post in particular to be quite poignant.
Seeing...
September 2011
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First Listen: Ryan Adams - 'Ashes and Fire' →
I fell asleep listening to this last night, about two songs in. That’s not to say that it’s not good, just that it was a much needed palate/brain cleanser after the heart wrenching end of The Big C’s season finale. Anyone else watch that? And cry through those last few minutes?
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marmite:
Desire - Under Your Spell
I swear I...