No Longer Drowning in Feeds
Though I’ve been using NetNewsWire for over a year—now free, by the way—I started the new year off by trashing all of my RSS feeds and starting from scratch. Unfortunately, this whole starting-over process had happened multiple times, so drastic changes were in order.
Although there was a select group of feeds I found valuable and read more.. Site News & Other Things
After such a long time with the old blog design, I’ve simplified and cleaned up the blog, old home page, and portfolio designs. Up top you’ll see my 7 most recent photos, and I’ve removed all of the distracting sidebar content and widgets in favor of a one-column design. I’m planning to use this read more.. Jazz Profiles
Jazz Profiles, WNYC’s in-depth look at jazz greats, is a must for jazz fans. Here are some episodes I’ve been enjoying lately:
Duke Ellington The Maestro (1) (2)
Duke Ellington The Bandleader (1) (2)
Louis Armstrong (The Singer) (The Trumpeter)
Jazz Profiles offers a podcast, and most episodes can be opened in the player. Explore the series read more.. NPR Music relaunchNPR relaunched its NPR Music site several weeks ago. Clunky real-media files have been replaced by the new NPR-player. The player doesn’t slow browsing, and additional tracks from across the NPR site can be added to the playlist without disrupting the currently playing track. Tracks include NPR series, individual tracks, live streams, and several full read more.. Prequels to The Wire
Along with this month’s release of Season 4 (finally!) of The Wire, Amazon is hosting three mini-episodes/prequels:
Young Prop Joe, 1962
Young Omar, 1986
Bunk and McNulty first meet, 2000
from Metafilter
the essence of coolShaft soundtrack rehearsals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJiX-g_tOBg
A great find from brand spanking new
New Surroundings and a Sunday RoundupI’ve been pretty busy the past few weeks with moving, starting a new job, and trying to find an apartment in one of the most difficult markets around. Obviously, I haven’t found much time for the site. As for the essentials, I have found some heavenly bagels and mobile coffee. $1 for read more.. Tuesday roundup
Observations on Film and Film Art - An incredible blog written by David Bordwell with in-depth analysis on film, technique, and film art. Get started with Bordwell’s look at the visual style of the Bourne films.
11 Ways to Optimize Your Mac’s Performance - LowEndMac’s list of OS X optimization tips should keep your Mac read more.. del.icio.us soon to be delicious
del.icio.us (now Delicious) is undergoing big changes with a total code rewrite and an updated interface. TechCrunch reports on the changes to the site and many new features being integrated into the social bookmarking service. Some of the new features include bulk tag editing, network organization, new sorting options, and an improved search. read more.. Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas BrothersFrom the film “Stormy Weather,” here is the performance hailed by Fred Astaire as “the finest piece of tap dancing ever filmed”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yGGtVKrD8
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