Woot! Post!

Haven’t posted in a while but this showed up on the internet and I thought it was fun so I’m sharing with you guys. It’s a game from the Mega Man School of Instant Death, Odd Timing, and Insane Level Design. Also, it’s free.

Game demo.

Best Music of ‘09

I thought that it might be fun to see what everyone has been listening to in the past year. So, how about we all post a link to our favorite song that came out in ’09?

Since Sufjan Stevens has been busy composing music to videos of girls with hula-hoops, I am going to go with Noah and the Whale. They make me so happy and so sad.

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Aaron’s two cents:

You ought not to give a man the chance to pontificate. But pontificate I shall. Your parameters are far too restrictive, therefore I shall ignore them and place as many as I want:

The Rake’s Song by The Decemberists from the album “The Hazards of Love” – From my most listened to album of the year.

Taking My Money Back by Hikaru Utada from the album “This Is The One” – Best song about a scorned woman ever.

The Saltwater Room by Owl City from the album “Ocean Eyes” – I know Fireflies is the song getting all the airplay, but there’s just something sweet and beautiful about this duet.

Cemetery by Say Anything from the album “Say Anything” – A beautiful meditation on love and death.

Belle of the Boulevard by Dashboard Confessional from the Album “Alter the Ending” – This song sounds so high school and, amazingly, that’s not a bad thing.

I want some new material from Feist this year!

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TPoMS’s third and fourth cents:

Since we’re just naming stuff now instead of being forced to make a hard but telling choice, I am going to add K’naan, Telekinesis, and Jason Lytle. To be honest, I don’t like Jason Lytle that much, but I really love my dog.

New Blog

I’m over at http://starcrossedwriter.wordpress.com

That is all.

It will destroy us all!

My life’s calling

I have a new calling in life:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/11/26/fl.orphan.squirrel.new.baynews9

Deal?

The question mark is there because I have no idea how long this promo is good for, but Jon pointed this out and I felt it’d be rude to not pass it along. 3 free mp3s from Amazon. Check it out here.

Google Wave

Why didn’t someone tell me that Iron & Wine had a new album out? Someone really dropped the ball on this one.

Bob Boylan recently had a show called “When Lyrics Matter.” Wilco, Regina Spektor, etc.  Good stuff to be sure. But I immediately turned to this song in my head. It really is an amazing piece of lyrical craftsmanship.

Oh, and how Austin are the cheers after the line “F- the man?”. Haha. You guys are SUCH rebels.

5 Things to Do While Gmail is Down

From: http://mashable.com/2009/09/01/gmail-is-down-3/?CNN=yes

Ruh roh — what to do when the tubes are clogged and Gmail is down? First: breathe.

Have you achieved proper air circulation?

Excellent. Now check out our list of humble suggestions for your post-care treatment.

1. Immediately flood Twitter with tweets alternately proclaiming “Gmail is down!” and inquiring “Is Gmail down?” Gmail being down is only made funnier by bringing Twitter down with it.

2. Once Twitter is down, the next logical recourse is Facebook. Make sure your status update reads something like “With Gmail down, I’ve lost all sense of social connection. Feel like I’m living in a cave.” Make the rounds to your friends’ profiles and like their Gmail related statuses.

3. All 3 services down? Good. Now just sit quietly at your desk hitting F5 over and over again in 3 open browser tabs. Rinse, repeat.

4. Find your phone. Yes, it’s come to that, people. Don’t make any voice calls with it, because that’s gauche. SMS only, please. If you simply have to hear the sound of a human voice, that’s what Skype is for.

5. Go outside! There’s nothing left for it. Our cozy technosphere bubble has been burst by this point. Go look for someone to harass on the street in person and ask them what URL shortener they use.

Kanye Needs to be Stopped.

I am with Obama on this one. The Beyonce video was overrated.