2008

andrew bird played at the zoo, seated outdoor...

joshc: um, Harry and the Potters just ended...

“Hats off to Greenland” [very small array] shows...

joshc: 8:36 pm : home from the gym, waiting a...

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joshc: 8:36 pm : wondering if the failwhale...

joshc: Did I accidentally ask for vanilla...

Slate: How to take a Web head shot.

Can someone please send me to Beijing for the Olympics next...

joshc: On the road to a raft and possible...

joshc: 8:36 pm : riding back to the city...

Australian "Store"

Little Bavaria

joshc: 8:36 pm : pizza party birthday party...

joshc: Annoyed after an afternoon spent...

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joshc: Twitching unhappily: It is Blue Angels...

joshc: 8:36 pm : my Thursday night laundry...

joshc: @jac007 did you really name your dog...

catbird: Insound 20: Small Stakes Tees, Hoodies and Posters...

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keithgessen: Finally there’s the larger philosophical problem of comments. I think, generally...

joshc: 8:36 pm : at home, being lazy.

“You know, this is actually an insult against...”
— Barack Obama, responding to...

Graffiti artist Banksy unmasked ... as a...

yes. the daily show on the new yorker cover.

Salon: Rush Limbaugh was right

joshc: 8:36 pm : OK Maybe it's time to step...

David Remnick talks to Rachel Sklar about this week’s...

Foals, new favorite live band of the moment

joshc: 8:36 pm : going to Boom! Noodle before...

Spotlight: Fannie and Freddie

dihard: Who (or rather what) They Are: No, they’re not real people.  They are nicknames for...

‘The Wackness’ vs. ‘Kids’: Which Is More...

“Nonsociety will very likely change the way all of us—and...”
— Alex Balk wins the internet...

no age

Hadji Bakara + liquid courage (Jaegermeister) before Wolf...

joshc: 8:36 pm : Wolf Parade closing Sub...

joshc: The best part of this music festival...

That kind of weekend

joshc: 8:36 pm : waching Iron and Wine trying...

Abusing “respect the blanket” at SP20

(maura:> alexblagg:> mollylambert: plz < awesome...

Juicebox

joshc: 8:36 pm : stocking up on snacks at...

0.5L

joshc: Went home early after a day of...

joshc: 8:36 pm : hosting a trivia contest for...

joshc: Wanting to leave this meeting so that...

Wet dress

joshc: 8:36 pm : breathing a sigh of relief...

“We might still make it but it would not be for many years,...”
— approximately about the 2000...

“I was new to the city and scared, so I drank too much and...”
— Sascha Frere-Jones uncovers...

distorte: Being a writer for Gawker must be like being that Mexican girl in the TV show Heroes who...

242-242

joshc: 8:36 pm : waiting in line for ice...

out of office autoreply deactivated

joshc: 8:36 pm: catching up on neglected...

Goodbye West Michigan

joshc: relieved that this monsoon delayed my...

joshc: 8:36 pm : last family dinner fun times...

joshc: it's midnight and all around the lake...

Independence Day After

joshc: 8:36 pm : ok, third consecutive night...

Sporting Goods

joshc: Another night another beach fireworks...

joshc: 8:36 pm : celebrating america's birth...

Greetings from Michigan, the Great Lakes...

joshc: 8:36 pm : preparing for fireworks over...

joshc: 8:36 pm : washing dishes after...

joshc: 8:36 pm : grilling at Hamlin Lake. No...

joshc: 8:36 pm : three cousins dining at Tre...

O’Hare always cracks me up. If it isn’t dinosaur...

I’ll be in the air (bound for Michigan)

joshc: 8:36 pm : at the deserted gym.

joshc: My neighborhood is at all time low...

joshc: 8:36 pm : on the way to Linda's hoping...

joshc: Hundreds of mostly ladies on the march...

joshc: Realizing that I'm utterly unprepared...

joshc: planning ahead, buying tickets for a...

cutest robot of all time

joshc: 8:36 pm : having dinner on the Tutta...

Girl Talk Goes Track-By-Track Through Feed...

joshc: 8:36 pm : looking for the key to my...

more awareness of internet traditions

listening habits

I've Had Enough (or, Jakob Lodwick quits...

jakoblodwick: The last one really pushed me over the edge. Not only do these people attack me...

the worst is that i'm still half-watching...

Remember the Exxon Valdez and the drunk captain and all of...

“I’m typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac book...”
— Kanye responding to the...

joshc: Leaving work for the second time...

“If “Baroque Shins” isn’t conjuring...”
— Carrie Brownstein, fresh from...

joshc: 8:36 pm : so disoriented by an...

nothing in dubai looks real.

joshc: This coffee line at Vivace is a cross...

How smart is the octopus? (Slate)

joshc: Shouldn't we wait for a decade to end...

joshc: 8:36 pm : takeout and finishing the...

“A dozen and a half of the most mind-bendingly ridiculous...”
— Christopher Orr watches (&...

recap

“We don’t realize it yet, but the novel has just unfurled its...”
— James Wood, reviewing...

joshc: 8:36 pm : just finished an iced latte...

Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas...

My favorite sign from Under the Radar’s 2008...

joshc: The enduring psychologically complex...

Hoping that everyone has forgotten that Hypercolor was kind...

nickdouglas: “Honest possum.” (AP Photo) This probably makes...

“Reading about craft is like listening to yourself breathe....”
— Zadie Smith, from the...

joshc: Tempermentally unsuited to the parade...

In the queue to board the bus to Fremont for the Solstice...

joshc: The depressing thing about iPhone is...

Listening to the end of the new Sigur Ros album from the...

joshc: Pike Street Fish Fry is out of...

joshc: 8:36 pm : at home after after work...

“Typical Infographic” (via Defective Yeti).  Pie...

referential

joshc: 8:36 pm : I am aware of all Internet...

I wish I had known about this setting forever ago. EDIT:...

joshc: legally downloading two new...

joshc: 8:36 pm : wrapping up happy hour(s)...

robotic stuffed animals are creepy on the inside,...

8:36 pm : thinking about eating, noting the severe lack of groceries.

Photos from the flooding in Iowa; wonder how the federal...

my SIFF, as a graph. I cheated a bit by nudging points...

A picture from my mom of the submerged dock at our...

8:36 pm : that’s a wrap. Happily ending SIFF with the Wackness.

Space Needle brunching with SIFF. 

SIFF closing Gala, jazzy “Rocket Man” cover. http://snipurl.com/2ifdr

Holding seats at the SIFF closing screening for very late people. Stressful. No wonder there was a...

So brightkite is the new dodgeball? What if I still like the old (real) dodgeball?

The jackhammering adds a real level of authenticity to the barcamp experience.

will be a half hour late to barcamp, whatever that is.

kfan: Look: I can’t speak to her motivations, and I don’t know what it’s like being on a date with...

Sunrise

nickdouglas: Open Left:: Tax Policy Tells the Story...

8:36 pm : Wondering just how long MSNBC can eulogize Tim Russert. It must be horrible to...

nickdouglas:  misterpeace : My secret wish is for John...

bad smells from the office kitchen = fun with PhotoBooth and...

Buying a replacement invisibility hoodie rather than trying to get the paint and coffee stains off...

islands

this is disappointing

8:36pm : Washing a week’s worth of dishes, airing out the kitchen after a not...

“guess what, you’re pronouncing beijing...

blogopticon (VF) / I’m not sure where this website...

rush tickets, loud music

8:36 pm : Why did I wait this long to have Pad Thai from Siam on Broadway? It is my new...

Danny Glover is in the house. And dropping Grand Canyon references.

Times New Viking : for when you don’t really need your eardrums anymore.

You have to love Seattle. A French film about a couscous restaurant draws a sellout crowd. People...

I might be wrong but the old iPhone is a beautiful metal object and the new iPhone looks like a...

siff, sort of

“Loopt is about to do for the world what a little site called...”
— Nick Douglas on how cheap...

distorte: This is not nostalgia. This is what seeing live...

Delirious with hunger after an excruciating SIFF film. Taking a cab and Indian food home rather than...

The fistbump is spreading: Diane Feinstein and Kay Bailey Hutchinson on Late Edition.