Doughbies

posted January 8, 2015 #

cookies, delivered in 20 minutes. the internet is real.

We Own This Town - Volume 64

posted January 8, 2015 #

I mentioned previously that I had taken some time to post all the episodes of the We Own This Town podcast over on Mixcloud. In doing so, I accidentally inspired myself to make another installment.

Download MP3 | Download M4A | Stream It

The newest installation is largely culled from music released during the silent interim. So, most of this music isn't "new" to the Nashville area but it's still mostly new to the rest of the world.

I'm happy with how it turned out and have another volume already forming. Turns out that compiling music into a sequential listen is actually a lot of fun.

Destination Ephemera

posted January 8, 2015 #

On the days when the most is happening, the time for browsing and posting is limited.. enter: Link Ephemera. Random tidbits to consume in your free time.

Original Penn Station - As a fairly new NYC resident, I am fairly ignorant to the history of the city. Turns out Penn Station (and Madison Square Garden) are not their original incarnations. The original Penn Station was an absolutely beautiful piece of work, the opposite of what it is now. Also, there is apparently a 99% Invisible episode specifically about just that.
This Saul Bass Quote - just good words to have in your brain.
This Question - "Imagine I've never seen a single movie. What are 5 I NEED to watch?" Respond here

posted January 7, 2015 #

loving this Banksy installation http://t.co/JqxcTczd4P

posted January 7, 2015 #

"Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.? ?Salman Rushdie http://t.co/v2v9KeUKv9

The Green Children of Woolpit

posted January 7, 2015 #

fun, worthwhile, urban legend from the 12th Century.

snabbt.js

posted January 7, 2015 #

snazzy animation helper. very smoove

posted January 7, 2015 #

We could not be more excited about 2015?which starts with closing our Series B fundraising round w/ @ComcastVentures! http://t.co/FzV9fuqGUW

A Teenager’s View on Social Media

posted January 7, 2015 #

Facebook is lame, Instagram is cool. Excellent read.

VHX Series B

posted January 7, 2015 #

The new is officially out - VHX raised a Series B - around $5 million to be exact with Comcast Ventures leading the way.

There will be an official post of sorts over on the VHX Blog but it's great news. Having the funds to expand the business, focus on making more awesome apps and just generally continuing to empower filmmakers and distributors to sell their goods is, personally, incredibly exciting.

2015 will have plenty of impressive VHX announcements, expect more greatness of this kind to come.

Richard Perez 2015

posted January 7, 2015 #

It you haven't been paying attention to the latest offerings from Richard Perez - aka Skinny Ships - please stop what you're doing immediately and go investigate. His illustrations are delightful, period. I love the diversity of their implemention - skatedecks, Google promotions, avatars, Facebook icons, Android Wear, show posters.. you name it, his work works. I am, not so secretly, a super fan.

MS-DOS Game Library

posted January 7, 2015 #

The team at Archive.org seems to have been hard at work at fleshing out their MS-DOS Game Archive, a huge repository of old games that you can now play directly in the browser. I'm also quite intrigued by their hand-picked Showcase of the archive as it features personally familiar titles like Castle Adventure and Commander Keen. Loved those.

The archive serves as a way to feed your own nostalgia but it can also be a nice teaching tool to enlighten new gamers as to what their favorite titles are rooted in. Take this Andy Baio story on raising his kid with retro games first before transitioning into today's world.. this archive could serve as a nice supplement to that experiment. What kid wouldn't want to steer a non-descript block cursor around to fight off ascii dragons??

Yes Yes Y'all Returns

posted January 7, 2015 #

It's great to see that Yes Yes Y'all has relaunched their site to kick off 2015. The site, if you are not familiar, is a full browser music video playlist - plain and simple. It's like MTV for the Internet but with actual curators behind it that have serious taste - both musically and visually. There's also a User Submitted playlist so you can see what others are bringing to the site. It tends to lean a bit heavier on the electronic, dance and hip-hop side of things but there's plenty of good ole indie rock mixed in to keep any ears pleased.

Thanks to Madrid for originally making me aware of this site and it's relaunch. Happy to see it back and active in the world.