More details forthcoming in a later post.  I just wanted to say, for those who aren't already aware of it:

I have a new apartment.  As of last week, I'm living with
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I've done some updates to Musette, the online music identification game:

• You can now see the last 5 quizzes that have unanswered questions from the front page, and you can answer any of them.
• You can also see all previous quizzes by clicking the "More Quizzes" link.
• Quizzes are now more lenient about what they accept as correct answers.  For example, ( Read more... )

Readers of this blog will probably remember that a few weeks ago, I ran one of those lyrics-guessing memes where you post snippets of song lyrics and invite your friends to guess where they come from.  Well, I believe I've just improved on it slightly.

Announcing Musette, the song lyrics identification game.

Every day, Musette will generate a new ( Read more... )

Well,
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Some of you may recall a music video I found on Anime Network On Demand and proceeded to force everyone I could find to watch.  It's a song called "S.T.E.A.K." by a J-Punk group called Peelander-Z.

Well, I stumbled upon an online copy.  Now all y'alls can enjoy the wonderful, brilliant lyrical stylings and brightly-colored costumes.

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I stumbled across this article via the 37signals blog.  Apparently, a graphic designer took it upon himself to redesign the (horrifically complex) New York City transit map to make it easier to read.  IMO, he did a great job, geographical distortions notwithstanding.  It's a really beautiful map, and every other city I've seen distorts their subway ( Read more... )

Lyttle Lytton contest entries have been judged!

(For those sadly unaware of the Lyttle Lytton contest: it's like the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, the goal of which is to write the worst possible first sentence of a novel - but in the Lyttle Lytton contest, all entries have to be 25 words or less.  Pure awesome.  Also, it's run by Adam Cadre, a ( Read more... )

One of my favorite bands, Rush, is on tour promoting their new album, Snakes and Arrows.  (There - I said it!  Rush is one of my favorite bands!  Go ahead and make fun of me all you want.)

They're playing the Tweeter Center on June 27.  Last I checked, there were still reserved seats available for around $40, and failing that, they're selling lawn ( Read more... )

Stolen from
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