I want to write again. I don't know if I have the momentum.
I dearly love people I have met on Twitter, and that's what occupies most of any "creative"-type time I spend online.
But all that stuff funnels straight down the garbage chute. I thought blogs were ephemeral, but Twitter is ephemeral on ephemeroids.
And, believe it or not, I *do* get tired of desperately trying to please people, something I inevitably fall into when tweeting. Okay, I don't get tired so much as wearied by it. (P.S. LOVE ME. LOVE MEEEEEEEEEE!) I get my feelings hurt more than I care to admit. Hm. Okay, I just admitted it. Okay, so now, I get my feelings hurt as much as I care to admit. Exactly equivalent to that.
This blog has always been nice for me. And it's still here, even though I rarely tend to it. It's a robot pet that just needs its batteries swapped when I want to play.
Here, another metaphor. My blog is an island. It's mine. You can comment on my island, but I can shoot your comment with a fucking gun. There, I just killed your fucking comment. How does it feel, comment-leaver? Oh, I wouldn't do that. But I like having SPACE here, on the Interwebs. I even like having a little CONTROL.
On Twitter I'm just an account name and an avatar. My personality does percolate through, but I'm a dot bouncing around in something larger, anonymous and potentially unfriendly.
Hey, I *like* typing things that are longer than 140 characters. I like the idea of wasting page real estate.
Look!
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boggedy boggedy boggedy boggedy boggedy boggedy!
That felt good. So good.
I like existing in space and time. I like leaving a trail. I like blogging.
There's nothing expected of me here, I know. I could post this and never say another word. But that's so sad. I want to have a pulse at this blog.
What am I gonna write about? I don't know. Maybe I'll make up a robot sister. Maybe I'll write about my goddamned feelings. But I'd like to have a pulse, to not be confused with something dead.
beep-beep, beep-beep, beep-beep, beep-beep, etc.
Showing posts with label blogging about blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging about blogging. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
This Blog Got 200,000 Hits About I-Don't-Give-A-Shit-How-Long Ago
So, this blog got 200,000 hits at some point.
It's at around 201,000 now. I'd do a screenshot of my Sitecounter, but who really gives a goddamn?
I used to look at my stats a lot. Now, not so much.
These days I mostly get hits from people doing image searches, usually finding something on one of my Unconnected Tuesdays posts. Visits generally don't last long. Oh, except for the Googlebot. Always with the fucking Googlebot.
I'm past fretting about hits, comparing the hits of one month to the previous month, etc., etc., ad nauseum.
No, I haven't become serene and calm, free of attachments.
Now I wonder when the hell Rosanne Cash is going to realize how awesome I am and start following me on the Twitter.
Priorities...
It's at around 201,000 now. I'd do a screenshot of my Sitecounter, but who really gives a goddamn?
I used to look at my stats a lot. Now, not so much.
These days I mostly get hits from people doing image searches, usually finding something on one of my Unconnected Tuesdays posts. Visits generally don't last long. Oh, except for the Googlebot. Always with the fucking Googlebot.
I'm past fretting about hits, comparing the hits of one month to the previous month, etc., etc., ad nauseum.
No, I haven't become serene and calm, free of attachments.
Now I wonder when the hell Rosanne Cash is going to realize how awesome I am and start following me on the Twitter.
Priorities...
30 Days Of Blogging
Fellow blogger Chris is doing rundown of all the people on his blogroll. It was inspired in part by the decline Chris saw in posting/participation/etc. in the blogosphere (for example, I am probably the first person in six months who has typed the word "blogosphere".)
Chris says a side benefit of his blogroll retrospective is that it might draw some bloggers out of seclusion. Well, I have been weakly blogging for a looong time, but I am using Chris' listing of my blog as a motivator to get me to blog *something* for each of the next 30 days.
Thanks, Chris, for the kick in the pants.
Chris says a side benefit of his blogroll retrospective is that it might draw some bloggers out of seclusion. Well, I have been weakly blogging for a looong time, but I am using Chris' listing of my blog as a motivator to get me to blog *something* for each of the next 30 days.
Thanks, Chris, for the kick in the pants.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Minutemen Song Titles That Would Also Function Quite Nicely As Blog Post Titles
01. Shit From an Old Notebook
02. Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?
03. Dreams are Free, Motherfucker!
04. Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
05. I Felt Like A Gringo
06. Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing
07. Maybe Partying Will Help
08. Shit You Hear at Parties
09. The Big Blast for Youth
10. Life As a Rehearsal
11. This Ain't No Picnic
12. Joe McCarthy's Ghost
13. History Lesson
14. God Bows To Math
15. There Ain't Shit on T.V. Tonight
16. The World According to Nouns
17. Storm in My House
18. Jesus and Tequila
19. Anxious Mo-Fo
20. It's Expected I'm Gone
02. Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?
03. Dreams are Free, Motherfucker!
04. Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
05. I Felt Like A Gringo
06. Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing
07. Maybe Partying Will Help
08. Shit You Hear at Parties
09. The Big Blast for Youth
10. Life As a Rehearsal
11. This Ain't No Picnic
12. Joe McCarthy's Ghost
13. History Lesson
14. God Bows To Math
15. There Ain't Shit on T.V. Tonight
16. The World According to Nouns
17. Storm in My House
18. Jesus and Tequila
19. Anxious Mo-Fo
20. It's Expected I'm Gone
Mispelled
I hate misspelling words. Hate it.
I am pretty good at spelling.
Sometimes I make mistakes. It seems that my mistakes typically occur with words that have double letters. I'll use a single letter when double letters are required.
I got eliminated from a 5th grade spelling bee because I fucked up the word "paralel" [parallel].
Firefox has a nice spell-check feature that shows up for you when typing in text areas. A text area is a free-form box that you can type shit in.
If you use Blogger, you use text areas all the time -- it's the space where you type the body of your blog post.
So, like I said, I am good at spelling, but if I do make a mistake when typing in a text area, a red underline appears with the word Firefox thinks I messed up.
There is another kind of HTML widget called a text box, which you cannot type freeform text in. It's a simple little box where you can input a limited amount of information. The place where you type the title of your blog post uses a text box.
Firefox does not do any kind of spell check for text boxes, which I guess makes sense, seeing as you're not typing as much as in a text area. Unfortunately, when you make a spelling error, you are not alerted to it.
So, since I didn't have Firefox reminding me, "Hey lunkhead, you spelled this wrong!", I misspelled "Millennium" as "Millenium" in this post title.
You may notice that Millennium is spelled properly in the title now. I fixed it.
However, as you may or may not know, the direct link URL that is created for one's blog post actually uses text from the blog title. The URL does not get updated when one updates the title of the post.
So, unless I delete it (I'm not), this misspelling will follow me around for fucking forever.
http://isplotchy.blogspot.com/2009/06/setlist-to-june-29th-millenium-park.html
Yes, I am insane.
I am pretty good at spelling.
Sometimes I make mistakes. It seems that my mistakes typically occur with words that have double letters. I'll use a single letter when double letters are required.
I got eliminated from a 5th grade spelling bee because I fucked up the word "paralel" [parallel].
Firefox has a nice spell-check feature that shows up for you when typing in text areas. A text area is a free-form box that you can type shit in.
If you use Blogger, you use text areas all the time -- it's the space where you type the body of your blog post.
So, like I said, I am good at spelling, but if I do make a mistake when typing in a text area, a red underline appears with the word Firefox thinks I messed up.
There is another kind of HTML widget called a text box, which you cannot type freeform text in. It's a simple little box where you can input a limited amount of information. The place where you type the title of your blog post uses a text box.
Firefox does not do any kind of spell check for text boxes, which I guess makes sense, seeing as you're not typing as much as in a text area. Unfortunately, when you make a spelling error, you are not alerted to it.
So, since I didn't have Firefox reminding me, "Hey lunkhead, you spelled this wrong!", I misspelled "Millennium" as "Millenium" in this post title.
You may notice that Millennium is spelled properly in the title now. I fixed it.
However, as you may or may not know, the direct link URL that is created for one's blog post actually uses text from the blog title. The URL does not get updated when one updates the title of the post.
So, unless I delete it (I'm not), this misspelling will follow me around for fucking forever.
http://isplotchy.blogspot.com/2009/06/setlist-to-june-29th-millenium-park.html
Yes, I am insane.
Friday, April 24, 2009
FAIL Meme FAIL
I think I saw the first FAIL pictures very soon after they started popping up on the web (a year ago? a year and a half?).
I thought the first ones I saw were sort of funny, but then these kinds of pictures started appearing everywhere.
Next, a few sites sprung up, devoted to all things FAIL.
I really started disliking the whole business, because:
1) Most of the time, it wasn't funny.
2) It was often mean-spirited.
3) I'm tired of people lazily shitting on other people/things for a cheap laugh.
4) I'm tired of people lazily shitting on other people/things in general.
It's okay to make light of others on occasion, etc. (hey, it must be okay if *I* do it!), but for something to have sneering at anything and everything else as its sole purpose -- well, it's just too much for me to take.
For this, FAIL meme, you fail.
I thought the first ones I saw were sort of funny, but then these kinds of pictures started appearing everywhere.
Next, a few sites sprung up, devoted to all things FAIL.
I really started disliking the whole business, because:
1) Most of the time, it wasn't funny.
2) It was often mean-spirited.
3) I'm tired of people lazily shitting on other people/things for a cheap laugh.
4) I'm tired of people lazily shitting on other people/things in general.
It's okay to make light of others on occasion, etc. (hey, it must be okay if *I* do it!), but for something to have sneering at anything and everything else as its sole purpose -- well, it's just too much for me to take.
For this, FAIL meme, you fail.
Friday, April 17, 2009
A Change To How Blogger Parses Comments
You may or may not know this, but you can do limited HTML markup in comments on blogs that run on the Blogger software (*.blogspot.com websites).
I will occasionally use <i> </i> tags (you can use lower-case or upper-case i's, it doesn't matter) to italicize text in a comment. I like to do this to another person's text that I am responding to, so it's clear the text wasn't written by me.
Example:
What I type:
<i>Hey, how's it going, Splotchy?</i>
Fine, thanks for asking!
The text above gets displayed in the comment as:
Hey, how's it going, Splotchy?
Fine, thanks for asking!
Well, I noticed when I tried to italicize some text in a comment earlier this week that things are a little different. When I previewed the comment it looked fine, but when I actually published the thing there were no line breaks.
Instead, the comment appeared like this:
Hey, how's it going, Splotchy?Fine, thanks for asking!
Icky, eh?
Previously, Blogger was converting my line breaks into HTML line breaks, which are represented by the <BR/> tag. Now, it appears that they have modified their software. If Blogger now sees an HTML tag included in a comment, it no longer converts line breaks to the <BR/> tags recognized by browsers.
A little sidenote for those who want to know. A line break in an HTML source file does not equal a line break in a browser. Blogger does the heavy lifting of converting the line breaks that you make in your blog posts to HTML line breaks (<BR/> -- case doesn't matter here -- it could just as well be <br/>).
So, you have the option of giving up your use of italics in comments, or you can be a little amateur HTML coder and add a <BR/> to force a line break yourself.
Here's an example how to do it:
What I type:
<i>Hey, how's it going, Splotchy?</i>
<BR/><BR/>
Fine, thanks for asking!
Which will display in a comment as:
Hey, how's it going, Splotchy?
Fine, thanks for asking!
Anyways, I'm a geek. Happy commenting! Feel free to give this a try on this post, you nice people, you.
Try it with and without the <BR/> tags if'n you don't believe me.
I will occasionally use <i> </i> tags (you can use lower-case or upper-case i's, it doesn't matter) to italicize text in a comment. I like to do this to another person's text that I am responding to, so it's clear the text wasn't written by me.
Example:
What I type:
<i>Hey, how's it going, Splotchy?</i>
Fine, thanks for asking!
The text above gets displayed in the comment as:
Hey, how's it going, Splotchy?
Fine, thanks for asking!
Well, I noticed when I tried to italicize some text in a comment earlier this week that things are a little different. When I previewed the comment it looked fine, but when I actually published the thing there were no line breaks.
Instead, the comment appeared like this:
Hey, how's it going, Splotchy?Fine, thanks for asking!
Icky, eh?
Previously, Blogger was converting my line breaks into HTML line breaks, which are represented by the <BR/> tag. Now, it appears that they have modified their software. If Blogger now sees an HTML tag included in a comment, it no longer converts line breaks to the <BR/> tags recognized by browsers.
A little sidenote for those who want to know. A line break in an HTML source file does not equal a line break in a browser. Blogger does the heavy lifting of converting the line breaks that you make in your blog posts to HTML line breaks (<BR/> -- case doesn't matter here -- it could just as well be <br/>).
So, you have the option of giving up your use of italics in comments, or you can be a little amateur HTML coder and add a <BR/> to force a line break yourself.
Here's an example how to do it:
What I type:
<i>Hey, how's it going, Splotchy?</i>
<BR/><BR/>
Fine, thanks for asking!
Which will display in a comment as:
Hey, how's it going, Splotchy?
Fine, thanks for asking!
Anyways, I'm a geek. Happy commenting! Feel free to give this a try on this post, you nice people, you.
Try it with and without the <BR/> tags if'n you don't believe me.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Types of Online Word Emphasis
- *Surrounding asterisks* - my chosen means of accenting a word in a post
- ALL-CAPS - I use this occasionally, more often in humorous posts.
- Bold - I don't like bold -- it doesn't stand out as much as I would like.
- Italics - Don't use this much, either. I remember noting the nice of use of italics for emphasis in The Catcher in the Rye, but I reserve italics on my blog for titles of albums and books (hey, did you notice I italicized a book title in this very sentence??!).
- Underline - Looks too much like a * hyperlink .
- Blinking - I don't want you to kill me.
* Sorry, that wasn't a link. This one is really, I promise!
*LOVE, SPLOTCHY*
Friday, January 9, 2009
Friday, September 19, 2008
Blog Anagrams
Yuck Me Monk
Marinated Me Grill
Bicycle Erector Come Rent
A Byproduct In Stir
Lob Lens
Bending Orbiting
A Scratched Owl Morn Spun
A Clothesline Moving Skunk
Belch Hugs Toy
Herculean Brutes
Ebb Gentler Sloth Your Tot
Bogus Ole Gyms
Fitted Pigsty
A Crackhead Slumming Plows Porn
Pee Yet Hop
Be He Nitwits Mono Tux
A Meager Vein Hit Wiry
A Headstone Of Lips
A Rending Is Just Wow
Dug Plunge
Marinated Me Grill
Bicycle Erector Come Rent
A Byproduct In Stir
Lob Lens
Bending Orbiting
A Scratched Owl Morn Spun
A Clothesline Moving Skunk
Belch Hugs Toy
Herculean Brutes
Ebb Gentler Sloth Your Tot
Bogus Ole Gyms
Fitted Pigsty
A Crackhead Slumming Plows Porn
Pee Yet Hop
Be He Nitwits Mono Tux
A Meager Vein Hit Wiry
A Headstone Of Lips
A Rending Is Just Wow
Dug Plunge
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
More Immediate Feedback To The State Of Splotchy
Sure, Twitter is fine and all.
Those who want to read my stray thoughts are welcome to "follow me" there or peruse my Twitter block on the right sidebar of this blog.
So, the blogs cover my general musings, and the Twittering covers the gaps between blog posts, but what, my friends, fills the gap between my Twitter tweets?
Well, I'll tell you.
I am currently devising a dynamically-growing database of status codes by which I can inform visitors of this blog of my current state. This database will be available not only for me, but will be shared with the blogging community.
Sure, some social networking sites have dabbled in "Moods", foisting unpleasant emoticons on website visitors.
My system will instead use a terse, four-digit status code which will correspond to a particular physical/emotional/spiritual state.
I encourage other bloggers to suggest new codes and new blogger states. After being vetted by me, you may find your own suggestions incorporated into the definitive Blogger State Repository (BSR)!
The BSR is not fully operational at this time, but I can give you a taste of what is to come.
Here are a few sample codes to describe Blogger State.
PNTS - Wearing pants
NPNT - Not wearing pants
DRNK - Drunk
NBSH - Angry about something George W. Bush did or said
NPOL - Angry about about something else political
HRNY - Experiencing a heightened sense of libido
WKYS - Can't find keys
FRFD - Ate too much fried food
GMNG - Playing videogames
WRKG - Working
LZYB - Too lazy to update my state all the time. C'mon, I have a *life*
The following statuses from Falwless have been approved for use.
CSPT - Constipated.
NJAL - In jail.
INFO - Watching infomercial.
WTGG - Watching The Golden Girls.
LNCH - On Lunch Break.
HGRY - Hungry.
THST - Thirsty.
DEAD - Deceased.
SXPR - Having sex with prostitute.
HFMA - Having fun making BSR Acronyms.
Some more approved additions, from Cowboy the Cat:
SGCC - Thinking about Space Ghost Coast to Coast
CAFD - Caffeinated
NCAF - Needing Caffeination
REKA - Excited about a new discovery
Those who want to read my stray thoughts are welcome to "follow me" there or peruse my Twitter block on the right sidebar of this blog.
So, the blogs cover my general musings, and the Twittering covers the gaps between blog posts, but what, my friends, fills the gap between my Twitter tweets?
Well, I'll tell you.
I am currently devising a dynamically-growing database of status codes by which I can inform visitors of this blog of my current state. This database will be available not only for me, but will be shared with the blogging community.
Sure, some social networking sites have dabbled in "Moods", foisting unpleasant emoticons on website visitors.
My system will instead use a terse, four-digit status code which will correspond to a particular physical/emotional/spiritual state.
I encourage other bloggers to suggest new codes and new blogger states. After being vetted by me, you may find your own suggestions incorporated into the definitive Blogger State Repository (BSR)!
The BSR is not fully operational at this time, but I can give you a taste of what is to come.
Here are a few sample codes to describe Blogger State.
PNTS - Wearing pants
NPNT - Not wearing pants
DRNK - Drunk
NBSH - Angry about something George W. Bush did or said
NPOL - Angry about about something else political
HRNY - Experiencing a heightened sense of libido
WKYS - Can't find keys
FRFD - Ate too much fried food
GMNG - Playing videogames
WRKG - Working
LZYB - Too lazy to update my state all the time. C'mon, I have a *life*
The following statuses from Falwless have been approved for use.
CSPT - Constipated.
NJAL - In jail.
INFO - Watching infomercial.
WTGG - Watching The Golden Girls.
LNCH - On Lunch Break.
HGRY - Hungry.
THST - Thirsty.
DEAD - Deceased.
SXPR - Having sex with prostitute.
HFMA - Having fun making BSR Acronyms.
Some more approved additions, from Cowboy the Cat:
SGCC - Thinking about Space Ghost Coast to Coast
CAFD - Caffeinated
NCAF - Needing Caffeination
REKA - Excited about a new discovery
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
One Zero Zero Zero
Hey, it's my 1,000th post on I, Splotchy!
I'll use this entrance into quadruple-digit posting to share some goodness that blogging has brought me.
For one, my brain is more alert. I used to (and to be honest, still do) suffer from Zombie Worker Syndrome, where during the week I am one of the undead going from home to work, work to lunch, lunch to work, work to home, home to bed. It's an easy rut to travel in, but it's not what I would call the apex of living. This blog has made my brain much more active. The juices flow. I can't say I don't stagger through my day from time to time, but I believe I've shed at least a portion of my zombieness.
Starting my negative space signage blog has pushed me out of the house on a self-created scavenger hunt. There have been some nice side effects of being on the hunt -- I've noticed lots of interesting architecture, and have wandered a lot of neighborhoods and cities I have never been to before.
A Blog Of Notes has made me more alert to the sound environment we all move through on a daily basis. Yesterday my train was sitting still, and I noticed a freight train next to us start moving. The wheels of the train starting making this high-pitched musical squeak. I immediately pulled my audio recorder out of my backpack and recorded the sounds. During the two minutes the train went by us, a really eerie, haunting song unfolded for me, and it was all due to the fact that I was being alert and listening.
Eerie Freight Train
Link
And of course, I am very grateful for all the people I have connected with since starting this blog. I initially met people through Bubs, and then over the course of time I somehow knew a lot more people. It was neat how it just sort of organically happened.
Along the way I have realized how connectedness is something really important to me. A lot of the things I try out, whether it be 60 Second doodles, collaborative mix tapes, or adopting actors all have a way of connecting me with other people.
So, anyways, I don't know that I'll be doing this forever, but it's been fun so far. I'll try and hold off on doing one of these posts again until I get to One Zero Zero Zero Zero.
I'll use this entrance into quadruple-digit posting to share some goodness that blogging has brought me.
For one, my brain is more alert. I used to (and to be honest, still do) suffer from Zombie Worker Syndrome, where during the week I am one of the undead going from home to work, work to lunch, lunch to work, work to home, home to bed. It's an easy rut to travel in, but it's not what I would call the apex of living. This blog has made my brain much more active. The juices flow. I can't say I don't stagger through my day from time to time, but I believe I've shed at least a portion of my zombieness.
Starting my negative space signage blog has pushed me out of the house on a self-created scavenger hunt. There have been some nice side effects of being on the hunt -- I've noticed lots of interesting architecture, and have wandered a lot of neighborhoods and cities I have never been to before.
A Blog Of Notes has made me more alert to the sound environment we all move through on a daily basis. Yesterday my train was sitting still, and I noticed a freight train next to us start moving. The wheels of the train starting making this high-pitched musical squeak. I immediately pulled my audio recorder out of my backpack and recorded the sounds. During the two minutes the train went by us, a really eerie, haunting song unfolded for me, and it was all due to the fact that I was being alert and listening.
Eerie Freight Train
Link
And of course, I am very grateful for all the people I have connected with since starting this blog. I initially met people through Bubs, and then over the course of time I somehow knew a lot more people. It was neat how it just sort of organically happened.
Along the way I have realized how connectedness is something really important to me. A lot of the things I try out, whether it be 60 Second doodles, collaborative mix tapes, or adopting actors all have a way of connecting me with other people.
So, anyways, I don't know that I'll be doing this forever, but it's been fun so far. I'll try and hold off on doing one of these posts again until I get to One Zero Zero Zero Zero.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
I'm In Your Address Bar
I was futzing around with my template, and thought I'd try creating an ICO file that is displayed on a browser address bar when someone browses a page on my blog.
You're welcome!
UPDATE:
Hmmm, I dunno if using the .ico file works in Internet Explorer. It's not showing up for me in IE 6. Well, it works in Firefox, at least.
Friday, May 9, 2008
He Should Have Been A Blogger
It just occurred to me, the short-term memory-impaired protagonist of Memento could have saved himself a lot of scribbled notes and body tattoos if he had been blogging.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Please Don't Be Alarmed If Chunks Of My Blog Go Missing
Occasionally I'll write a post I think is good at the time, then I'll see it again and it'll bug me so much I'll delete it.
Who knows what will trigger this deletion? Maybe a seemingly condescending tone of voice, a generally stupid ramble, perhaps even misspelling the town name "Petoskey".
It could be anything.
Just remember, if a part of my blog goes missing, please don't panic.
Who knows what will trigger this deletion? Maybe a seemingly condescending tone of voice, a generally stupid ramble, perhaps even misspelling the town name "Petoskey".
It could be anything.
Just remember, if a part of my blog goes missing, please don't panic.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
More Acceptable Nicknames For My Blogger Persona
For those wishing to use an affectionate nickname for me, but who don't like to use Splotch, you can also use the following:
1) Splah
2) Chee
3) Essie
3) Splo-krakakow!
4) Spots
5) Dots
6) Tots
7) Junior
8) Sodium
9) Y-Splo
10) S. Frog
1) Splah
2) Chee
3) Essie
3) Splo-krakakow!
4) Spots
5) Dots
6) Tots
7) Junior
8) Sodium
9) Y-Splo
10) S. Frog
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Pointers of Self-Interest
Hi-de-ho, I just want to direct your attention to some other blogs I contribute to, 'cause interesting things are afoot there.
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Tim and I have completed another month's worth of found notes at A Blog Of Notes. I was honestly slacking this month, but Tim came through with some ridiculously awesome sounds. Tim has also just posted an excellent series of mixes of the April compile.
If you have the technology and inclination to look for musical notes in the world around you, Tim and I are always looking for sound geek contributors.
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The lovely and talented night photographer Remi Thornton, who is also a contributor to my blog The Signage Of Negative Space, recently returned from a trip to Chicago, where he took some pics of signage here and here.
This was kinda neat, in that I had previously taken pictures of these same signs. It's kind of cool to compare and contrast our pics, and see how much better a photo can look when someone like Remi is behind the camera! It's definitely made me step up with my "A" game (which relatively speaking is more accurately called a "B-" game).
We're at about 150 instances of negative space signage, but would love to get more geographical regions represented that I'm certain are oozing with negative space signage -- the NYC/California area, large urban centers across the world, etc.
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Who's In Charge Here? continues to chug along. Our current band is Belle and Sebastian. Vote for the leader of the band, based on the photo I have included, but please be kind, they are sensitive folk.
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That's all the self-pimping I have for you today! Excelsior!
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Tim and I have completed another month's worth of found notes at A Blog Of Notes. I was honestly slacking this month, but Tim came through with some ridiculously awesome sounds. Tim has also just posted an excellent series of mixes of the April compile.
If you have the technology and inclination to look for musical notes in the world around you, Tim and I are always looking for sound geek contributors.
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The lovely and talented night photographer Remi Thornton, who is also a contributor to my blog The Signage Of Negative Space, recently returned from a trip to Chicago, where he took some pics of signage here and here.
This was kinda neat, in that I had previously taken pictures of these same signs. It's kind of cool to compare and contrast our pics, and see how much better a photo can look when someone like Remi is behind the camera! It's definitely made me step up with my "A" game (which relatively speaking is more accurately called a "B-" game).
We're at about 150 instances of negative space signage, but would love to get more geographical regions represented that I'm certain are oozing with negative space signage -- the NYC/California area, large urban centers across the world, etc.
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Who's In Charge Here? continues to chug along. Our current band is Belle and Sebastian. Vote for the leader of the band, based on the photo I have included, but please be kind, they are sensitive folk.
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That's all the self-pimping I have for you today! Excelsior!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Blogs Are No Good For Sneakiness
I know blogs are websites moving through time. I know this.
And posts are more disposable than some old-skool webpage from the mid-90's. Those pages had permanence, baby.
This is an alert to you, dear readers. I am occasionally sneaky.
Like Sweet, Sweet Empty Space.
Looks empty, don't it?
It's not. Press your mouse button down and drag your mouse across the Empty Space post. I like doing stupid stuff like this. Now, I don't know if people didn't figure out my sneaky attempt, or they just found my attempt not particularly sneaky or interesting. I would prefer to think the former -- after all, Manx, the only person who answered my questions, had to be prodded with a sharp stick to notice the text.
So, this is me telling you, all out in the open and stuff, blatant, explicit.
I AM SNEAKY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
I try to make this blog fun, and having the occasional easter eggs for my readers is just another fun thing (to me, at least).
Wow, it's been months since I did that "Sweet, Sweet Empty Space" post. I reckon I'm probably due for another bout of sneaking. Or maybe I just did one.
?
And posts are more disposable than some old-skool webpage from the mid-90's. Those pages had permanence, baby.
This is an alert to you, dear readers. I am occasionally sneaky.
Like Sweet, Sweet Empty Space.
Looks empty, don't it?
It's not. Press your mouse button down and drag your mouse across the Empty Space post. I like doing stupid stuff like this. Now, I don't know if people didn't figure out my sneaky attempt, or they just found my attempt not particularly sneaky or interesting. I would prefer to think the former -- after all, Manx, the only person who answered my questions, had to be prodded with a sharp stick to notice the text.
So, this is me telling you, all out in the open and stuff, blatant, explicit.
I AM SNEAKY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
I try to make this blog fun, and having the occasional easter eggs for my readers is just another fun thing (to me, at least).
Wow, it's been months since I did that "Sweet, Sweet Empty Space" post. I reckon I'm probably due for another bout of sneaking. Or maybe I just did one.
?
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Goodbye, Frank
It's been a good run, but now I must bid adieu to my old avatar, Frank, the lovely creation from the mind of Jim Woodring.
Old avatar:
New avatar:
This new avatar (a portion of a screenshot from the game Elevator Action) shows that I mean business, and won't hesitate to knock you out with a well-placed ass-hit to the face.
You have been warned!
Old avatar:
New avatar:
This new avatar (a portion of a screenshot from the game Elevator Action) shows that I mean business, and won't hesitate to knock you out with a well-placed ass-hit to the face.
You have been warned!
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