This XKCD comic reminds me of the “uranium-free pizza” joke from some scouting event way back when.
Irvine Postcard
Would you believe I found a postcard for Irvine?
It’s a bunch of office buildings with mountains in the background. I guess it makes sense. I mean, what else would you put in an Irvine postcard?
New Paper Raincoat Album (and free song!)
The Paper Raincoat opened for Vienna Teng when we saw her at the Roxy back in April. I liked them enough to not only buy their EP, Safe in the Sound, at the concert, but sign up for their mailing list. “Brooklyn Blues” kind of reminds me of Fountains of Wayne in their quieter moments, like “Valley Winter Song,” and “Sympathetic Vibrations” gets stuck in my head on a regular basis. I’m not sure how to classify the style (modern folk rock?), but Katie compares them to Guster.
Now the band has a full album coming out.
Better yet, the preorder page is offering a free song, “Right Angles,” in MP3 format. I’ve only listened to it once (I’ve been playing the new Vertical Horizon album), but I like the sound and there’s some nice wordplay in there. (There’s some nice wordplay in Burning the Days, too, actually.)
And hey, it’s free!
About Those Robots…
I don’t know how I missed this easter egg before: In Firefox, type about:robots into the location bar. (via @Aeire & @IsobelWren) If you’re a science fiction fan, you’ll get a kick out of it!
Smoke
The “Mind the Gap” monster in Neverwhere sounds a lot like the smoke monster on Lost now.
Speaking of smoke, I’ve been trying to figure out where all the crud in the air is coming from today. Norco maybe?
Eyestrain
Yes! Realized eyestrain was a problem and finally got the PC set up on my original monitor. Bigger is nice, but more importantly, it’s NOT BLURRY! Still not sure how I went 1.5 months without fixing the refresh rate on the temporary monitor. Usually the flicker drives me *consciously* crazy.
Just Another Spammy Monday
Spam subject: “TPA Report.”
It should be a TPS Report, but the keys are, like, right next to each other. I guess even spammers can get a case of the Mondays.