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Archive for April, 2008

One more call for FriendFeed

Wed, April 30th, 2008 | Posted in Tech | 3 Comments » Since I first wrote about trying to get people to use FriendFeed, I've been getting more than a few friends (actual, real-life friends) telling me, "I don't get it." ... Read more..

Spired, in

Tue, April 29th, 2008 | Posted in Etc | No Comments » Funny thing about inspiration...you...uh...have to be inspired to...do...it? Let that sentence stand as a monument to my inspiration meter sitting at empty. It happens, I guess. There's just nothing ... Read more..

How you gonna keep Fine Tune Friday down?

Fri, April 25th, 2008 | Posted in Music | 4 Comments » It's days like this when I love that I've started this weekly exercise. Without an obvious pick, I turn back to my collection and look over what I've rated and ... Read more..

Last night I dreamt that somebody killed me

Thu, April 24th, 2008 | Posted in Etc | 3 Comments » I've had some pretty great dreams in recent years. I've thanked my dream machine on more than a few occasions here at Are Seven, and I meant it: the cogs ... Read more..

Unscientific social observations: Facebook

Wed, April 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Tech | 4 Comments » The downside of social networks and media software is the weariness that comes with having so much. The weariness sneaks up on you. One second you're enjoying one ... Read more..

Where the streets have no shame

Mon, April 21st, 2008 | Posted in Etc | 5 Comments » One of my multiple book ideas (that will, it probably goes without saying, not ever be written let alone published) is an observation of human behavior on city streets and ... Read more..

Well I’m going down to the record shop, YEAH!

Sat, April 19th, 2008 | Posted in Music | 4 Comments » After years of digital listening and less and less time (and even less money) spent at record stores, I decided that Record Store Day was good enough reason to break ... Read more..

Fine Tune Friday can drown our town with voices

Fri, April 18th, 2008 | Posted in Music | 8 Comments » A search this week brought the discovery what I had suspected: "Fine Tune Friday" is not the most original name in the world. Several other people had been using ... Read more..

Accelerating but not moving

Sat, April 12th, 2008 | Posted in Music | No Comments » I'd held off posting any kind of review of REM's new album Accelerate partly because I'm not really that qualified to do it. I've only listened to it twice ... Read more..

Fine Tune Friday en español

Fri, April 11th, 2008 | Posted in Music | 3 Comments » My impending unemployment has gotten me to daydream a lot about what to do with all that time. Though I usually conclude that my unemployment would be best spent looking ... Read more..