Yeasayer - O.N.E.

slaughterhouse90210:

“February is pitiless, and it is boring.”
— Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

evangotlib:

thedailywhat:

Crib Notes of the Day: During the Q & A portion of Palin appearance at last night’s Tea Party Convention, she was caught on camera reviewing response cues pre-written on her hand. Enhanced images confirm that Palin indeed had the words “Energy”, “Tax cuts” and “Lift American Spirits” scribbled on her palm.

Let us put aside the fact that this proves that her softball questions were screened in advance, and that she needed help answering pre-screened softball questions — and focus on the fact that she has a clearly visible POW/MIA bracelet with her son Track’s name on it.

What is that about?

[fark.]

The Heavy - Colleen

gordonshumway:

Pee Wee Herman is marketing and selling an Abstinence Ring.

No, really.

Will the last person off the planet turn the lights out? I think we’re done here.

soupsoup:

My latest column at Mediaite, on Apple failing to deliver on Day One.

So, Sports Illustrated can’t make their (non-existent, concept) interactive magazine because the iPad doesn’t support Flash? Am I missing something, or aren’t things like Cappuccino, AJAX, or (heaven forbid) Cocoa Touch pretty good substitutes?

Update: According to David Link - co-founder of The Wonderfactory, the group that produced the illustrated SI concept video - the prototype interface was developed for an assumed tablet-adapted version of Cocoa Touch. They also envision versions for Windows 7 and browser-based tablets.

caterpillarcowboy:

iwasframed:

infoneer-pulse:

Google Maps To Add “Google Store Views”

I received a tip from a New York retailer named Oh Nuts, that Google came to their store to take pictures for a new Google Maps product named “Google Store Views.” I was told that they took pictures of the inside of the store, every 6 feet, in all directions. They also took pictures of products.

Google Store Views will allow people to essentially walk into the store, off of Google Street Views. So imagine you are looking at this store, and then you can click on the door to enter it, all on Google Maps. Then when you enter the store, you can wall through it.

» via SearchEngineLand

so it’s easier to “case the joint”….yeahhhhhh

This is getting to be a bit much, Googles. What benefit would this information actually deliver?

folkinz:

sharon jones & the dap kings: i learned the hard way

new sharon jones from her upcoming album i learned the hard way.

i can’t wait to hear this album in its entirety.

sharon jones = kickass. hadn’t heard of her at all until listening to Dark Was the Night.

Hockey - Learn to Lose

pakistani:

A vintage advertisement of Pakistan International Airline (PIA)

via cupcakesareyum

Handsome Furs - Talking Hotel Arbat Blues

While everyone was bitching about how betrayed they feel, Obama has quietly been restoring world-class technocratic governance to the executive branch… this (very much worth a read) article covers changes in everything from OSHA to FEMA to the EPA.

“the public has had a front-row seat to the always messy legislative process on health care and other issues, and this past year that process has been messier, more rancorous and more partisan than at any point in modern memory.
There seems to be little to endear citizens to their legislature or to the president trying to influence it. It’s too bad, because even with the wrench thrown in by Republican Scott Brown’s election in Massachusetts, this Democratic Congress is on a path to become one of the most productive since the Great Society 89th Congress in 1965-66, and Obama already has the most legislative success of any modern president — and that includes Ronald Reagan and Lyndon Johnson. The deep dysfunction of our politics may have produced public disdain, but it has also delivered record accomplishment.”

bijan:

mokoyfman:

Yeasayer, O.N.E.

I’m pre-calling the new Yeasayer album as one of the best of 2010.

Reblogging from 30k feet. Thanks Mo.