One way I look to use blogs is to get glimpses of places I’m not, and to keep tabs on where I am. My friend Ken recently started Live For Buzz which represents a really interesting idea for how to tie blogs and message boards together. EAVBuzz is a message board many East Atlanta residents… Continue reading Keeping Tabs On East Atlanta And LA
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The Friday Heh
Uwe Boll Will Not Stand Down, Sir – Movie/Game/Entertainment fans who think Uwe Boll sucks have a petition online that says if the get enough signatures, Uwe should agree never to make another movie. 178,000+ signatures later, embedded below is Uwe’s YouTubed reply. He wants everyone to know that in his humble opinion he’s far… Continue reading The Friday Heh
We Have Jazz Cap
Thank you Extraface reader Gegen_you. You have ended the search for an obscure 80’s Wendy’s artifact called a “Jazz Cap” that began in February with a request from Melanie and led to various sources including Wikipedia, Metafilter, the Wendy’s customer information line, one of my favorite bands in Australia, and the open internet. Thanks to… Continue reading We Have Jazz Cap
Extraface Wins SXSWCards Business Card Competition!
I’m very pleased to have taken home first prize in Joshua Strebel’s SXSW Business Cards Competition. My handmade, DIY card got more votes than those of some of the most talented and best-known designers and creatives. Heh, nothing has changed; these people will continue to be the ones you should look to when you are… Continue reading Extraface Wins SXSWCards Business Card Competition!
Maintenance: Upgrading To WordPress 2.5, Things May Break
I’m about to flip the switch to a new version of my blog software. Hopefully it’ll go smoothly but I won’t know until I try it and give everything a once-over. Thank you for your patience in the meantime. I’ll delete this entry once I give Extraface a clean bill of health. Bananas Foster tableside… Continue reading Maintenance: Upgrading To WordPress 2.5, Things May Break
The Friday Heh Stays In The Picture
Back after a short heh hiatus: Penetrating Wagner’s “Ring” by John DiGaetani – Read some extremely helpful Amazon product reviews of a critical work on Wagner’s Ring Cycle. There’s heh in there, trust me. [via Article133] The Amazing Predator Rap! – I can’t believe this thing hasn’t broken 100,000 views yet: [via Crvs] AT&T’s New… Continue reading The Friday Heh Stays In The Picture
For Your April Bulletin Board Displays
All taken from my copy of Bulletin Boards For All Occasions, by Margaret B. Randall, 1966. [Previously, in March]
Think Before You Fool
Trying out Anil Dash’s blog text embedding feature in honor of his timely reminder that “Your April Fool’s Day Joke Continues To Suck”: Aside: Anil rigged up his blog recently so that you can easily embed his text-based blog entries on your site or blog, just like you embed videos or include photos. He places… Continue reading Think Before You Fool
A Perspective On The Demonstrations In Tibet, From 1997
With the recent demonstrations in Lhasa and increased tension between the Tibetans and the Chinese, my parents suggested I think about digging up a video documentary I put together in 1997 about violence and non-violence in the history of the Tibetan struggle. My goal in the project was to demystify what I saw at the… Continue reading A Perspective On The Demonstrations In Tibet, From 1997
We’re Back!
My host, Dreamhost.com, had some problems today so my sites among many others hosted there were unreachable for a couple of hours. If you couldn’t get here earlier, that’s why.
