Saturday
13Mar2010
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Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 9:20PM
Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 9:20PM 
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SFJ | in Architecture, Design, Politics Friday
12Mar2010
Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 3:53PM
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 3:53PM The Ruins of Detroit
William Livingstone House
Incredible photography of a bygone era.
(Hat tip to Mr. Jeremy Paul Kath, MA, CFA, κτλ.)
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SFJ | in Architecture, Photography Friday
12Mar2010
Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 9:21AM
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 9:21AM Walker Percy: A Documentary Film
Walker Percy: A Documentary Film. Apparently, there was a portion shown last Wednesday, March 10th, “in conjunction with the opening of Loyola’s Walker Percy Center”. This looks excellent. See the YouTube previews below:
(Hat tip to former student Mr. Michael C. Gretchen, esq., native son of of New Orleans, Louisiana, distinguished alumnus of Jesuit High School, etc., etc.)
Wednesday
10Mar2010
Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 9:55AM
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 9:55AM Sleigh Bells
Quite addicted at the moment to the Sleigh Bells, even though they have neither an album nor a website. Ah, the wonders of music blogs never cease to amaze.
Tuesday
09Mar2010
Posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 12:19PM
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 12:19PM Tron Legacy Official Trailer
I could not be more excited for this:
Update on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 10:30PM by
SFJ
SFJ
Full, downloadable HD versions of the Teaser Trailer and the “VFX Concept Test” available on the iTunes trailers site.
(Via Daring Fireball.)
Monday
08Mar2010
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 11:45AM
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 11:45AM The Phenomenon of Diglossia in Modern Greek
The Onassis Foundation posted in 2006 a very informative interview with Peter Mackridge, formerly Professor of Modern Greek at Oxford, about the relationship between academic and colloquial Greek. Definitely worth a look.
Friday
05Mar2010
Posted on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:09AM
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:09AM A Dictionary Story
Very cool experiment with typography and design by Sam Winston.
Thursday
04Mar2010
Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 9:24PM
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 9:24PM QR Code (i.e. Bar Code) Generator
Popular with the kids these days, or so I hear. (At least, the kids with Google Android phones.) Get your own here: http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/
Update on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 9:38PM by
SFJ
SFJ
Here’s Google Code’s own description of the QR Code which is part of their larger Google Chart API. Also, here’s an encoder that is a little more elegant and user-friendly than the one linked above: http://createqrcode.appspot.com/
Apparently, QR Codes are Big in Japan.
by SFJ | in Design, Technology
SFJ | in Design, Technology Thursday
25Feb2010
Posted on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 4:22PM
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 4:22PM Yeasayer, "Ambling Alp"
A super creepy video of a song from my favorite album of 2010 so far, Yeasayer’s Odd Blood:
NSFW: some brief not-very-tantalizing-gross-nudist-beach-style nudity involved.
Wednesday
24Feb2010
Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 12:28PM
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 12:28PM Interview with the Creator of iBird Explorer iPhone app
Video is here. Probably one of the most impressive apps on the iPhone in terms of detail and comprehensiveness (iTunes link). And my kids love to listen to the songs of different birds. Beautiful and fascinating; the label "reference app" doesn't really cut it.
by SFJ | in Technology
SFJ | in Technology Wednesday
24Feb2010
Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 12:15PM
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 12:15PM Uncle Tupelo in 1992
Great find from the early days of Uncle Tupelo.
Wednesday
24Feb2010
Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 11:58AM
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 11:58AM Shawn Blanc on HDDs, Dropbox, and Backup
His experience is pretty similar to my own, though I’ve been pushing the edge of Dropbox’s space limits for a while. Expandrive plus some kind of hosting may be the answer. See Pick#2 here.
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SFJ | in Technology Tuesday
23Feb2010
Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 2:09PM
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 2:09PM Ten rules for writing fiction
Great article in the Guardian this weekend, canvassing authors for their tips on being a writer. My favorite, Margaret Atwood’s #10:
10 Prayer might work. Or reading something else. Or a constant visualisation of the holy grail that is the finished, published version of your resplendent book.
Saturday
20Feb2010
Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 11:10AM
Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 11:10AM Caribou, "Odessa" video in HD
This is a completely addictive song, accompanied by an excellent video:
(Via GvB.)
Saturday
20Feb2010
Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 10:00AM
Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 10:00AM On the Utility of Classics
NYT:
I couldn’t help noticing a theme running through the Book Review for Jan. 24. The lead review treated books by Garry Wills, whose primary academic training was in classics (Latin and Greek), and John Yoo, whose teachers at the Episcopal Academy in Pennsylvania, where I teach Latin and Greek, remember him as a stellar high school Latin student. (He graduated the year before I arrived.) There was a letter to the editor from Ralph Hexter, the Hampshire College president, one of many classical scholars now running colleges or universities. Later in the issue, Steve Coates reviewed David Malouf’s “Ransom,” a novel about King Priam of Troy.
Can we draw the obvious conclusion? If you want to make legal arguments from the right, or analyze politics from the left, or lead a college, or simply find a good story, spending a little time with Latin and Greek can’t hurt.
LEE T. PEARCY
(Via rogueclassicism.)
Saturday
20Feb2010
Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 10:00AM
Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 10:00AM Colosseo
Typography and Rome:
(Hat tip to Jeremy Kath, M.A., C.F.A., esq., sometime scholar of Classics at Berkeley, Rome, etc., etc.)
Friday
19Feb2010
Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 5:32PM
Friday, February 19, 2010 at 5:32PM 
Friday
19Feb2010
Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 5:21PM
Friday, February 19, 2010 at 5:21PM `Nerdgasm.txt` = Notational Velocity Now Syncs with Simplenote
This is huge. If you use Simplenote on the iPhone, then Notational Velocity for the Mac just got a whole lot more valuable. It has worked flawlessly for me so far, including Dropbox syncing (which is admittedly somewhat redundant). For a more complete survey of the options, see TUAW.
“Child-like Wonder” indeed.
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SFJ | in Technology Thursday
18Feb2010
Posted on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 11:05AM
Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 11:05AM AD Blog interviews The Antlers
Great interview here with The Antlers, who put out an awesome album called Hospice last year. The track “Two” is incredible (youtube video here). I particularly like the last verse:
Well no one’s gonna fix it for us, no one can.
You say that, “No one’s gonna listen, and no one understands.”
So there’s no open doors, and there’s no way to get though,
There’s no other witnesses, just us two.
There’s two people living in one small room,
From your two half-families tearing at you,
Two ways to tell the story no one worries,
Two silver rings on our fingers in a hurry,
Two people talking inside your brain,
Two people believing that I’m the one to blame,
Two different voices coming out of your mouth,
While I’m too cold to care and too sick to shout.
Friday
12Feb2010
Posted on Friday, February 12, 2010 at 12:31PM
Friday, February 12, 2010 at 12:31PM Frozen Potomac
From my car window on the Key Bridge, with a bit of Georgetown U. on the right.
by SFJ | in Photography
SFJ | in Photography