Where to go #5

I am a fan of webcomics. Granted, it is still something that I am getting into. I would like to plug a couple webcomics that I enjoy. They are "Questionable Content" by Jeph Jacques and "Sam and Fuzzy" by Sam Logan. Ironically, Jeph claims that Sam is his "mortal enemy." I don't know why though.

http://www.questionablecontent.net/
http://www.samandfuzzy.com/

Obligatory post-Macworld blog post

I have to post this simply because it is so cool. In case you didn't know, Apple announced various products on January 15. Among them was the MacBook Air. Here's the ad:



I was very impressed by the engineering involved. They managed to cram a Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, an 80 GB hard drive, and an iSight camera into this thing. There's an option for a 64 GB solid-state (flash memory) drive rather than the 80 GB hard drive. It costs an extra $1000, though. There's also a 13.3-inch screen and an ambient light sensor that controls the brightness of the full-size back-lit keyboard. There is no internal optical drive, but you can buy one from Apple for an extra $99 or you can use some included software to "borrow" the optical drive of another computer on your local wireless network. This isn't cheap, though, it starts at $1799.
I'm looking forward to seeing this in stores next week. By the way, I have also embedded Apple's official promotional/introductory video for the MacBook Air.

New Media Douchebags

I'm sitting in my I101 class and we're discussing Web 2.0. This video came to mind. I think it's snide but pithy.

Stephen Lynch D & D

One of the funniest comedians I have seen in a long time. His humor is a little coarse and crass, but if you're into that, you'll love it! I hope you enjoy!

Where to go #4

If you know me, you know that I like music. One of my favorite bands out there that is still making music is The Polyphonic Spree of Dallas, Texas. They around two dozen people in the group, depending on the availability of the musicians. Tim DeLaughter is the frontman for the band and is the lead singer, senior songwriter, and sometimes play guitar or piano on their albums. There's a 10-voice choir, a couple guitars, a bass, two keyboards, a theremin, a harp, a cello, a violin, and two soundboards pulling it all together. Of course, there are people attached to all that stuff. I've probably missed a few insturments too. If you haven't heard this group, I suggest you head over to their website and check them out. When you do, you'll want more and more until you end up following them on tour. I highly recommend you go to one of their live shows, they are incredible. Some of their live shows are on YouTube, too. As a fun little bonus, I've embedded the music video of one of their earlier, classic songs. Hope you enjoy!



http://www.thepolyphonicspree.com/

Where to go #3

For the third installment of this series, I would like to recommend a website that should be know by most techies and podcast junkies. Leo Laporte has been in technology broadcasting for many, many years, probably longer than I've been alive. If you're even a little bit into technology, I would highly recommend you check out this site. Even if you're not, there are podcasts about junk food and raising kids: Munchcast and Jumping Monkeys, respectively.

Personally, I am subscribed to This Week in Tech, FLOSS Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, net@nite, and The Tech Guy. TWiT is a weekly roundtable about tech news in general. FLOSS is usually less than weekly and is a roundtable about Open Source software. MacBreak Weekly, as you might expect, is a weekly roundtable about Macintosh-related news. Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur do net@nite, which is a show about Web 2.0 and new stuff that's popped up on the internet lately. Finally, The Tech Guy is a 2-hour long copy of Leo's weekly radio call-in show by the same name. I hope you enjoy this site!

http://www.twit.tv/

Where to go #2

Here's another website that I recently discovered. It is a list of rants about various topics: George Bush, Tax Day, the South, etc. He also annotated his rants with references to outside sources, so that the reader may rest assured that his diatribes against the world are not unfounded.

I hope you enjoy it. Although, I must warn that is contains some fairly strong language, so I would not recommend it for those who are easily offended.

http://www.annotatedrant.com/

Where to go #1

I found this fun website a few weeks ago. If you have ever had someone leave you a note about something when they could just as easily approach you directly, you'll definitely get a kick out of this site. If you're one to leave said notes, you'll just get new ideas.

Hopefully, everyone will enjoy this site.

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/

First Blog

I'm just doing this to test out the new blog. I just wanted to familiarize myself with Blogger a bit. However, I think that I am going to check out Word Press, too. It may be better. Anyway, here it is!