+Playlist: You ain’t from Russia, so why you rushin?
This is basically the best thing Nelly has ever produced.
Linux? PC? We are Mac-guys, Chuck. We are IT artists.
-Chuck, Pilot Episode
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Don’t blame the paper, it’s blank. Don’t blame the pencil, it’s just doing its job at minimum wage. But the eraser, uninvited and bourgeois, you could do without.
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Eye of the Tiger
What sounds better, Panda Escape or Zoo Bounce?
Have something to say about this post? Contact me.3 reasons against Spotify
#1
I can’t seem to find Adele’s “Someone like You” in its original format.
#2
It’s a complete memory hog on my phone, much much worse than Pandora. My keyboard/touch screen acts up while it’s running. Not to mention the battery usage is way too much, once again, when compared to other music streaming software.
#3
Maybe I’m blind, but I can’t find a “tracks similar to this” feature.
Oh well.
Uninstalled.
Slash, greater than.
Mechanisms old and worn
Look at the bright red sign in the back of the room
In with the new!
The rusty cogs seemed to say,
But they said nothing,
Their squeaks had been cold and bright years ago, now just dry and silent. So they
Left,
And there was maybe one word, (cope?)
And it was do
ne.
My Android tinkering so far: Win7 inspired lockscreens & A Steampunk Slider [Keypunk]
Woo! It’s been fun doing this. The most hilarious part is it took me forever to figure out how to take screenshots. It’s actually quite easy now that I have the hang of it. There are 3 variations of this background. The classic Win7 Login page, The Orion Nebula, and a green version of the classic Leopard background. (A bit schizophrenic in today’s world of cutthroat Apple vs. PC.) So, the Win7 Style Lock screens you can download from here or the QR code below. For more info on how to install & use them, read this. You’re really really gonna want to read that thread.
And now, the first thing I made. My little baby.
The steampunk slider is a bit more complex. You actually move the straggler key to unlock the screen. The movement is smooth but since the keyring doesn’t rotate so it isn’t perfect. It actually kind of looks like the items in a really old RPG. MOVE THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE SCREEN. MOVE FORWARD 3 SPACES. By the way, that’s a fully functioning compass (Super Compass, free in the marketplace). I wish I found a better background. I think it would look really sweet on a desk background with candles, a gun handle, the edge of a glass of whiskey, with the keys just laying on the desk or an old book. This was my first experiment and I was basically testing the limits of the WidgetLocker sliders. This one you just download and install on top of WidgetLocker. You can get WidgetLocker from the Marketplace. Okay, enough chit chat. Here’s the download link for this slider! And the QR code:
If you’ve used anything I’ve made so far or you just pity me, feel free to donate:
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Notebooks, great and small.
Can a notebook be great? Of course it can. Girls will know of all those journals we bought when we were younger, just cause we liked ‘em, not that we were going to fill them up with something awesome. I rarely ever did, but when I did, it was amazing. And I do think the notebook has a lot to do with it.
The notebook of Hemingway …
Moleskine claims Hemingway used their notebook … he didn’t. I could get into the history and the source of their claims but it would be a bore. Moleskin as a company didn’t exist until much later. And the greats – Oscar Wilde, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, Henri Matisse and others – used nameless notebooks made by Parisian manufacturers. Rumor has it .. the construction wasn’t all that great and they were cheap and easy to carry around.
Moleskine is sort of like that except it’s not cheap. I really like the thinness. The cardboard cover leaves much to be desired, but the rounded edges and many sizes and types makes up for it. Moleskine as a brand is not the ideal, but the size and shape is. If anyone knows where I can find similar thin notebooks for cheaper, let me know. I don’t think Moleskine has any significant paper quality over the average drawing pad.
Most notebooks these days are way too big, and unless you spend your whole day at a desk, they are pointless. Inspiration strikes at random. My notebook is next to me most of my day. This means when I want to draw I can. When I hear a song lyric that makes me think, I can write it down. When I need to record something, I can. While most of these things can be done via smartphone now, I still think drawing is important enough to me that I should strive to have my notebook on me 100% of the day.
So, key points:
1. make it thin.
You’ll use them up faster but you’ll end up with a lovely collection this way. If you lose it, you only lose a bit of your thoughts and scribbles, yay!
2. small enough to be carried everywhere.
Pocket size is awesome. Also make sure it’s not too heavy, so a thick cover is a no-no.
3. Don’t stress over paper quality.
Make sure it doesn’t fall apart but the notebook is not a final product, so the materials don’t need to be top notch. If they’re top notch, you’re less likely to take it everywhere.
Lastly, have a pencil on you. If you prefer pens, I really like Space Pens. I got a Space Pen as a gift and it’s one of my favorite pens, but it’s so expensive I’m scared to carry it around everywhere. It’s on a necklace, but sometimes it comes loose. So, cheapness comes in handy. Don’t let the cumbersomeness of losing things get in the way of your notebook’s constant presence. If you lose it, let it go.
Rules are meant to be broken and things are meant to be lost.
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