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archive for March, 2009

she comes in colors

Monday, March 30th, 2009

… and so does my website.

in case you didn’t notice, my the background color of my (NEW AND IMPROVED) website changes color depending on when you look at it. it’s a kind of fun/fast and tricky way to make it look like i update it a lot, when i don’t. HA! fooled you.

in case you care, here is a fun chart that tells you what color my website will be when (and can also be used to tell you what time it is - within an hour or two) :

aren’t background colors fun?

for another awesome background color web experience, check out dance theater workshop’s website. click around a bit and watch the background color slowly gradiate.

oh, and for you webbies out there, check out this forum post in which Mattias Sjöberg posts the javascript needed to make my bg-color effect happen.*

*note : make sure to change the && to || when your hours cross over the 24hr mark. i’m not actually sure what this does, but it’s very important. i modified the code i snatched from the above webpage and neglected to notice that detail. at 11pm my enter website just turned white while i was working on it. eek!

miranda / the genius of the amateur failure

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

ladies and germs, let me introduce you to… miranda.

a few days ago my friend bobby sent me this little gem :

needless to say, i was fascinated. i love a good internet meme, especial one that features tone-deaf singing, AND massive egos. i immediately became hooked and watched as many of miranda’s videos as i could stand.

at this point, i would highly suggest you do the same before reading on. check out her youtube channel here. i highly suggest her all i want for christams is you, love shack, and of course her ubiquitous single ladies music video (which apparently requires youtube age verification… i guess a leotard over jeans is too scandalous for the 18 and unders).

much more / the TRUTH about miranda (SPOILER ALERT) after the jump…
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untitled deer film

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

this video is by my friend cecile, an amazing artist living in paris.

8-bit glory

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

i’ve been addicted to this last.fm radio station for the last three days :

http://www.last.fm/listen/globaltags/8bit

some of my favorite artists include :

virt
Herbert Weixelbaum
Venetian Snares
Bit Shifter
Evil Wezil
Coleco Music

blizzard boys

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

here’s some lovely photographic bliss featuring that blizzard we had a few weeks ago and nathan and me.

(welcome back to me-posting-blog-posts-with-some-shred-of-regularity-land!)

walking into the abyss, down my stoop.

(more photos after the jump.)
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