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a-eliz: themattsmith: soupsoup: Apple relaunches Apple...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:48:34 -0500

themattsmith:

soupsoup:

Apple relaunches Apple TV

$99

Movies, TV shows, and music.

Both Ethernet and WiFi built in.

HDMI for HD Video.

No storage, all rentals, no purchases.

Streaming video, no syncing.

$4.99 for first run HD movies.

99 cent TV episode rentals.

Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, ABC and Fox are available at launch

Someone tell me if I need this.

I don’t have cable. What I have is a $50 off craigslist TV + converterbox and antenna. I watch a lot of netflix. This is a good option for me, Yes?

Whether it’s a good option will depend on the kind of network partnerships that Apple secures, and if you ever plan on buying a Blu-Ray player (many of which have Netflix functionality built-in).

meaghano: comingandcrying: Your copy of Coming & Crying...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:46:25 -0500

meaghano:

comingandcrying:

Your copy of Coming & Crying will be hardcover, 168 pages, containing 24 stories by 24 people, sent directly from a box in Melissa’s apartment and carried in a series of bins by Meaghan and Melissa to the general post office in Manhattan, where a woman named Estelle Lee will release it — that’s the word — to you. It will come in a white envelope.

$28 ($24 + $4 shipping/handling/Estelle, which will ship in 2-3 weeks)

hey look! you can click that button!

I just requested this for the library at Webster University! I hope it works out.

Internet Kills the Oxford English Dictionary

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:28:50 -0500

Internet Kills the Oxford English Dictionary: scout: kateoplis: The next edition of the Oxford...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:39:08 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29): The Wailin’ Jennys (23) The Rocket Summer (13)...

I'm kind of considering starting a blog wherein I cover various (ridiculous?) pop songs.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:58:00 -0500

Yes? Maybe? No? Any requests?

"I was literally in the back room rolling a spliff with Rick Ross talking about what to do on the..."

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:03:00 -0500

“I was literally in the back room rolling a spliff with Rick Ross talking about what to do on...

azizisbored: Wow. Please watch this. The Daily Show on Fox News...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:33:32 -0500

azizisbored:

Wow. Please watch this. The Daily Show on Fox News on the Ground Zero Mosque. Amazing, hilarious, and depressing.

I think Wyatt Cenac is my favorite Daily Show Correspondant. This is hilarious.

"It is repeatedly said that 64% of the people, after listening to the political demagogues, don’t..."

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:47:00 -0500

“It is repeatedly said that 64% of the people, after listening to the political demagogues,...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-22)

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:35:15 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-22): Punch Brothers (30) Lady Gaga (8) The Killers (8)...

Playing with Hajime at Azumino Family Chapel Yeah, I kind of...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:34:05 -0500

Playing with Hajime at Azumino Family Chapel

Yeah, I kind of have that effect on kids.

Classes start again today for me. I only have one class today, and that’s Major British...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:10:42 -0500

Classes start again today for me. I only have one class today, and that’s Major British...

I’m running late to a lunch engagement because I made a shower playlist of songs by The...

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:16:46 -0500

I’m running late to a lunch engagement because I made a shower playlist of songs by The...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-15)

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:56:41 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-15): Matt Chandler (2) Brand New (1) Jónsi (1) Katy...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-8)

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:44:49 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-8): David Crowder Band (9) Bon Iver (3) David Grisman...

Bon Iver - Come Talk To Me (Peter Gabriel cover) I had sort of...

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:10:42 -0500

Bon Iver - Come Talk To Me (Peter Gabriel cover)

I had sort of lost this track until today. I can’t believe I forgot how great it was.

scout: jacknagel / perpetua: I’m not sure why this happened,...

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:11:58 -0500

scout:

jacknagel / perpetua:

I’m not sure why this happened, but here is a video of Joanna Newsom and Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes performing a straight-faced cover of Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow’s country hit “Picture” at the Fox Theater in Oakland last night. It’s nice!

oh GOD. i generally don’t say things like “it’s my guilty pleasure!!!!” but i really do kind of enjoy this song whenever it comes on the radio and have probably sung along to it by myself on a few occasions. anyway, this is sweet, and robin’s falsetto around :30 reaches jeff tweedy levels of awesomeness.

Delightful!

Of Lights that Go Before Men, and Follow Them Abroad In the Fields, by the Night Season, Colin Cheney (for 7/31)

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:40:54 -0500

poetry365: The focal length is all wrong, I say to the meteor shower. Be calm, they say, or the...

Missouri to Vote on Health Law (NY Times)

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:35:26 -0500

Missouri to Vote on Health Law (NY Times): pedrosanchez: Of 20 Missourians interviewed at random in...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-1)

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:53:56 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-1): Neko Case (18) David Crowder Band (9) Sarah Jarosz (5)...

hrrrthrrr: Tonight: The lovely Joanna Newsom + Robin Pecknold....

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:19:06 -0500

hrrrthrrr:

Tonight: The lovely Joanna Newsom + Robin Pecknold.

I want to make out with Robin Pecknold’s voice…and him. The man has my heart.

How ideal is this concert line-up?