Listening: A Little Bit of Knowledge
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It almost goes without saying that these usually make more sense than real Garfield strips do, even though they’re more surreal.
THE ENDURING POPULARITY (AND UBIQUITY) OF THE 1989 UPPER DECK KEN GRIFFEY JR. CARD

I still have the Griffey card I got out of a pack when I was a kid. It was a really weird time, with baseball card collecting.

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Circuit 17
What I’m doing with a Saturday.
C++ Frequently Questioned Answers

Discipline

Nine Inch Nails has a new single out, available for download for free: Discipline.

It’s kind of a B-B+ affair, but still, how cool is that? Just coming up with a new song, and distributing it for free, especially when he’s well known enough to distribute it as a $5.99 CD single, and get away with it.

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It’s yet another year where I didn’t accomplish what I wanted to.

The solace we can take here is that there’s only one more year of failing left. 

New Music

Listening to Dig, Lazarus, Dig!, the new one from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, and Mountain Battles by the Breeders (yes! the Breeders! Are back! Huzzah). Both are rather nice — not blowing up my skirt yet, but it takes a few listens for me to appreciate something — but I’m so not turned off right now.

 Also, having some beers. Hi. 

Johnny Lee TED talk.

Awesome hack — simple, elegant, cheap, effective.