February 2010
29 posts
You Sure Are Nice
You Look Nice Today
There’s something to be said about Merlin, and I think he just said it about himself.
From the You Look Nice Today episode The Tux Age.
(I have listened to this way too many times.)
Heart of Chambers
Beach House
Beach House - Heart of Chambers
I really like this song.
I don't even live with a cat.
Top 5 Annoyances (Week Ending 2010-02-14)
1. Dog Farts: They smell, alright? What else do you need to know?
2. Being Tired on a Bus: WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? I CANNOT SLEEP ON THIS THING PEOPLE WILL POKE ME.
3. Being Far Away From Friends: It sucks, you know this.
4. Creepy Roommates: Can I bring this up again? Because, really? Really.
5. Ummmmm…………………..Not Being Able To Think Of Five Things: Sorry?
Listen
Devendra Banhart - 16th & Valencia Roxy Music
It’s a weird song, but I think it’s a good song (plus San Francisco!)
Just One Look
Doris Troy
Doris Troy - Just One Look
That’s all it took
This is one good song, I’m glad I know about it.
“UCSF neurobiologist Thomas Lewis claims that if we’re not careful, we can trick a part of our brain into thinking that we’re having a real social interaction—something crucial and ancient for human survival—when we actually aren’t. This leads to a stressful (but subconscious) cognitive dissonance, where we’re getting some of what the brain thinks it needs, but not enough to fill that whatever-ineffable-thing-is-scientists-still-haven’t-completely-nailed-but-might-be-smell.”
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Kathy Sierra thinks Twitter may be too good. As a Twitter fan, some might say apologist, I completely agree that this dissonance is certainly worth paying attention to.
I’ve (lamely) made the point in casual conversation that Twitter seems to kill, well, some degree of casual conversation (so that we end up having meta conversations about our lack of casual conversations), or, at the very least, obviates some of the need for small talk. I don’t think that this is an inherently bad thing, as someone who, frankly, sucks at small talk, but I do think our connectedness is accelerating much more quickly than our macro, societal ability to deal with it. What do you say to someone you meet at a party whom you also follow on Twitter — you already know the answer to the standard “what’s up” after all.
The rest of Kathy’s post, dealing with Twitter as addiction and attention span, is worth a read.
(via jimray)
Listen
I heard this song the other night and I quite enjoyed it.
