July 2010
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Watch“I’m just gonna go make my own table.”
Episode 27: Missionless Statements
I like how Dan’s interview with Mr. Veen and me turned out.
In this special episode, Dan Benjamin talks with two of his heroes,
Merlin Mann and Jeff Veen about independence, free thinking,
email, productivity, and changing your game.
That Jeff guy’s pretty smart for being so Dutch...
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Regarding Lonelysandwich
The Pipeline #22: Adam Lisagor | 5by5
Dan’s spanking new interview with Adam is a pure gem. Listen to it (mp3).
If, for the past three years, you’ve been cryogenically frozen, doing time in that Midnight Express prison, or living inside a Tupperware bowl, you may not know Adam Lisagor. Of course, for any variety of reasons, since you’re seeing this thing you’re...
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Some Long-Overdue Correctioning
Not Verbs
This site is dedicated to informing people about words that are not verbs, even though people misuse them that way. You have to pick one of the non-verbs about which this site knows:
Neat idea. It’s about time computer professionals demand people stop constantly (mis)using words like, “lockdown” and “pickup” as verbs.
Me? My pet peeve is,...
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From a couple months ago at Tiny Idols:
Bacon Ray
Diane Court (1999)
Bacon Ray was a part of Tallahassee, Florida’s incredibly rich indie scene in the late ’90s that also included Nel Aspinal, Frankenfinger, Flanders, the New You and bazillions more. The band’s origins start with Merlin Mann, a huge fan of Mike Coleman’s prior bands the Singing Spoons...
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Ogres & Their Reasons
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The awful thing about life is this: Everyone has his reasons.
– Octave, La règle du jeu (1939)
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So, Tim Kazurinsky does an improv scene in a workshop led by Del Close. Del tells him to do the scene as an ogre. Kazurinsky’s stuck:
[Kazurinsky] said, “Damnit, Del, I just don’t have it in me to be an ogre.”
And Del said, “Damnit, do you...
“They would have to sing better songs for me to learn to have faith in their...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche. via
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