mootPointer Tumblog: Archive

Stream Jonsí's new album from NPR. →

Do it. Now.

Mar 30th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28) →

The Most Serene Republic (99) The Album Leaf (62) Joanna Newsom (52) DJ Shadow (44) Matt Pond PA (42) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mar 30th

Aaron Copeland - Fanfare for the Common Man Even...

Mar 29th

1 note

Page France - Windy This album is all that is...

Mar 28th

Over the weekend I...

Slept in twice (WIN!) Purchased some new microphones (a pair of AKG Precision 170s, for those playing at home) Played some FIFA10 and MW2 Recorded a song for a friend Enjoyed my first Perdomo as part of their VIP program (really nice, smooth aroma and quite a sweet taste. I feel like I need to refine my cigar taste descriptors to match those of coffee and wine) Finished watching the second...

Mar 28th

4 notes

Mar 24th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21) →

Laura Veirs (99) The Temper Trap (36) DJ Shadow (28) The Album Leaf (15) Broken Social Scene (15) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mar 22nd

Mar 21st

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Mar 21st

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Mar 18th

4 notes

An ode to shrinkwrap

Oh shrink wrap, how I hate you get out of my life.

Mar 18th

How to get a human and not a machine →

Oh yes. I wanted this so bad, and here it is.

Mar 18th

iTunes Genius Mixes Are Interesting

At Lexer I’m focussing, at least to some extent on machine learning and data-mining, so applications in common software are always interesting to me. A couple of versions ago, Apple added the Genius function to iTunes. I think the general consensus that iTunes’ Genius may be a genius of some kind, but it doesn’t really know all that much about music. In short the feature is...

Mar 18th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14) →

Sufjan Stevens (30) DJ Shadow (11) Beirut (5) Sigur Rós (4) Mumford & Sons (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mar 18th

Ebay on my iPhone has the potential to make my...

Fortunately not too much random impulse buying has happened. (I am up to 9 cameras, though)

Mar 17th

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Mar 15th

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“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is...”

– Che Guevara

Mar 14th

“The Revolutionary is a doomed man. He has no private interests, no affairs,...”

– Mikhail Bakunin and Sergey Nechayev in Catechism of a Revolutionary

Mar 14th

1 note

Mar 14th

Mar 11th

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Mar 10th

4 notes

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7) →

TZU (26) DJ Shadow (17) Hilltop Hoods (16) Wilco (13) Sigur Rós (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Mar 10th

2 notes

Mar 8th

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Mar 7th

1 note

Your best camera is the one you have with you →

I’ve been meaning to write something with the same title, but before I got around to it, the opportunity came up to speak at Ignite Sydney 4 about it. I’ll probably do a more full writeup, perhaps even a series if I ever find the brainspace to write. Here however, for your viewing pleasure, is my talk from Ignite Sydney. It was a lot of fun to present, despite it being part of a...

Mar 7th

Mar 4th

Me: How would I test the RTP ports?
My Boss: try chatroutlete?
Me: This could be interesting... 
My Boss: lulz
My Boss: uh oh.. there goes my day ;P
Me: NEXT
Me: NEXT
Me: NEXT
Me: WHY ARE YOU JUDGING ME!?
My Boss: lol
Me: Chatroulette appears to be working....
My Boss: awesome
My Boss: that's RTP then
Me: Yep. There's a naked person. It's working.
My Boss: LOL