Zero Rock

Published May 15th, 2008 in Media. 0 Comments

My Intertron connection was down at the house last night. It’s doubly frustrating because the router works– my computer connects to it just fine– but there’s NO SWEET INTERNETS on the other end. So, the problem is with the modem, which resides in the apartment of Upstairs Chick #1. Grr.

All this means that I could not catch up on “The Office” and “30 Rock” like I had hoped to after I got home from seeing Vantage Point (which was about what you’d expect).

SO, I have to ignore the NBC finales tonight, and catch up on both of them later. Blurgh!

At least I’m ready, willing, and able for them to bring on the “LOST” tonight. YES.

Awesome, Awesome, SUCK, SUCK, SUCK!

Published May 12th, 2008 in Games and Music. 0 Comments

Browsing the video game news, I saw a bit of info on Guitar Hero IV. Looks like they’re definitely incorporating vocals and drums. Fine. There’s a create-a-song mode. Sure, whatever.

Then I got to the last two bullet points:

- All songs will be master tracks
- 4 band confirmed - Van Halen, The Eagles, Linkin Park and Sublime

Me: “Whoa, all master tracks! OF VAN HALEN SONGS FOR ME TO PLAY! YES! And… The Eagles… annnnd my two least favorite modern rock bands of ever. Great.”

Way to bring me down from a rokken buzz, Go Nintendo.

Where My Doo-Rag At?

Published May 11th, 2008 in video and I Love The Internet. 0 Comments

I know, this is practically OLD SNOOZE by now, but here’s the product of my Saturday morning:

And, if you haven’t seen the source video yet: Here You Go.

UPDATE: Arrested!

Snap, Crackle, Pop

Published May 6th, 2008 in General. 5 Comments

Sooo, I’ve broken a bone in my foot. The fifth metatarsal, I believe? It’s the lower part of the bone that extends up to my pinky toe. There’s not much pain, unless I walk on it. The real hassle is going to be having my foot in a cast for who knows how long. Crutches are a pain, literally, and I don’t like being slowed down like this.

Consider me disappointed in myself.

The injury occurred while I was rushing down some steep stairs in the Pink Palace Museum in Memphis, by the way. We were rushing to get to the IMAX to see Roving Mars.

Guess we should have just waited for the next show, huh?

Shelby County… State Of Tennessee…

Published May 4th, 2008 in General. 0 Comments

I am in Memphis! On my sister’s couch, specifically.

Despite a fairly busy week at G.C.E., I took off on Friday to speed across a few hundred miles and surprise Ashley before she left work on Friday. That was pretty fun. I hit some of the scariest rain I’ve ever driven through just north of Oxford, but I made it. Slowed it down, kept my eyes on the SUV in front of me, and didn’t change lanes any more than I had to.

Since then, I’ve been a pretty busy guy. Lots of time with the kids (Mario Kart and IRON MAN!), a couple of very tasty meals (Blue … something Burrito, and an amazing double patty melt and tots at Ubee’s), and last night, a ZOMBIE PARTY! Pictures forthcoming, of course. My phone is currently dead. I’ll juice it up again while I drive.

There’s a plan for “brunch” at 1 p.m., but that’s 2 o’clock Eastern time, people! I’ve gotta get some cereal in me or something before then.

Alright, be good, folks. I’ll see you back in Atlanta sometime soon.

April Summers

Published April 25th, 2008 in General, Social and Music. 0 Comments

Not a bad couple of weeks we’ve got going here.

If you follow the Flickr and the Twitter and all that crap, you’d have some idea as to what I’ve been up to. Otherwise, you’ve just been experiencing a Whittendrought of epic proportions.

Apologies.

Anyway, yeah, what’s been going down?

I saw Michael Rooker, and asked him about SLITHER (which is great), which he said was physically demanding, but the most fun EVER. You could probably guess both of those things if you’ve ever seen SLITHER (which is great).

I finally got to catch an Explosions in the Sky concert. Amazing music. Love it. It’s maybe not the emotional facepunch that Sigur Ros can sometimes be, as it’s closer to traditional rock music than those guys. Still, it’s dynamic and impressive and quiet and LOUD and well worth seeking out.

Kate Nash is a silly little thing from the UK who sometimes bangs on her keyboard like a Muppet. I like her better when she’s playing the guitar and singing more clearly. It was a fun show overall, but she could cut back on the girl-group warmup session. The Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players opened, and they were fun. That Jason is nervier than I remembered, though. Also, Jason, one folded page does not a ‘zine make, if you ask me. There wasn’t even anything on the back!

Some [adult swim] creative types showed up at Criminal one day, and I swung by to check out the new toys, and shake some hands. I got a tiny Carl figurine initialed by the creator of ATHF, and met some guys from Squidbillies and Assy McGee. Neat!

Record Store Day, also celebrated at Criminal, was excellent free entertainment, as well. I’m still plowing through the stack of $1-2 CD treasures that I acquired that afternoon. This Kevin Hull fellow… I think he might be going places.

Finally, and most awesomely, “LOST” is back on the air, and is more ass-kickingly great than ever. If you stopped watching this show at some point, you were wrong. Please try again next life. Have fun with “Heroes.” Heh.

Today is my wonderful sister’s birthday! Please wish her well!

Stop The Words

Published April 9th, 2008 in I Love The Internet and lists. 0 Comments

Do you know what stopwords are? No, not safewords. Stopwords. I didn’t until just now. Well, I knew what they were, but had never heard that term before. Anyway, they’re the words that get filtered out before a bit of text is processed by some automated engine/program/being, i.e. Google, the MCP, or VICkI.

Here’s a page that lists the believed stopwords for Google search.

This is all just meant to remind you that less is more when searching the web. Type in the bare minimum number of words that you need to find on a page, and you’ll have the best luck.

Okay, Nerdlinger OUT.

NP :: Mogwai - “Auto Rock”

Sit-urday

Published April 5th, 2008 in General. 2 Comments

So far this afternoon, I’ve had some biscuits and gravy, and been inside a bank vault.

Time to relax for a while, I think.

Con-voyyyyy!

Published April 1st, 2008 in Social. 1 Comment

Well, this didn’t affect my drive to work this morning, but it’s cool to see.

[ Truckers Convoy to Protest Fuel Prices ] @ 11Alive

Kinda sucks that they didn’t get to rally at the Capitol. I know those guys have got it rough right now. Lately during my CNN-watchin’ lunch breaks at work, I’ve seen some personal finance segments where they sit down with some truckers at a certain truckstop in College Park, GA. Some of the details that those interviews reveal are pretty disappointing to hear. Basically, our nation’s independent truck drivers are going broke just doing their jobs. If every run is a money-loser, what incentive do they have to keep rollin’?

A quick search lead me to this story on CNN, and this site for owner/operators that are considering a work stoppage– something that was mentioned quite enthusiastically on that last truckstop chat segment I saw.

I know it could mean higher prices on foods/sundries that I use, but I support these folks. C-level execs and transportation brokers can’t take them for granted. They have to be paid a fair wage, and be able to cover their costs, or our nation’s infrastructure will lose a critical (and highly entertaining) piece.

Truckin' through the mid-afternoon...

I do worry that since they are a group of independents, they may have trouble making an impact on any specific group. Does someone, somewhere set a rate that could positively benefit the industry as a whole?

I’ll have to read more about that later. Work calls.

All Three Coasts

Published March 20th, 2008 in Music. 0 Comments

Anyone else going to the A3C Festival this weekend?

It’s almost $50 for a three day pass, but look what you get:

Del tha Funkee Homosapien (DELTRON 3030!)
CLIPSE (Maybe Pitchfork was right?)
Three-Six Mafia (the world’s only Oscar-winning rap group)
Little Brother (from North Carolina; are great)
The Juice Crew (Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markee, Marley Marl, Roxanne
Shante, Craig G)
+ a couple dozen other local and indie hiphop acts
++ there will almost certainly be breakdancing!

I haven’t been to a rap show in a while, but I like the A3C fest (I have been 2 out of the past 3 years), and I don’t think I can pass up this one. Yes?

NP :: The AB’s - “Boom Box”

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