doug campbell

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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:52:27 -0500

I just spent $20 for more than $260 worth of computer programs. And 25 percent of the money went to a charity.

The programs vary from interesting to useless, as far as I’m concerned; I don’t need a fancy program to keep a diary, or a complicated clipboard editor.

However, RipIt is worth the $20 alone; it’s a super simple DVD ripping app, which I plan on using once I have a little more hard drive space available. The other really neat program is CoverScout, which finds missing album art.

Flow would be cool if I ever did anything with FTP; maybe someday.

Tales of Monkey Island (some game) and RapidWeaver (a lightweight web design app) become “unlocked” once they reach a certain amount of sales, so go there and buy something. It’s only available for 7 days. Get crackin’.

(Another, similar program, TheMacSale, has a bunch of applications bundled until March 15th, but I’m not sure if I want to bother. I’ve heard great things about PathFinder, and VideoConverter Pro looks neat; but I don’t really want to spend $50.)

Alex

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:02:00 -0500

This is my new favorite song. The lyrics go from sweet to vicious, the scraping of the strings is perfectly sinister, and the delicate mandolin line is immediately disarming and hair-raising; it’s like dead-eyed twins singing a nursery-rhyme in unison. Familiar but terrifying.

Punch Brothers - Alex

Alex, short and sweet,
Leave your boyfriend at home and the drinks are on me next week.
He seems like a real good guy,
and you’re only as good as your last goodbye.

Alex, let your long hair down,
Like the prettiest brush you could ever use to paint this town
‘Cause you know as well as I do
That you’re only as good as your last goodbye

What will we do, where will we go?
Alexandra, I don’t really know.
When will it end?
Whenever you want it to.

Alex, to your health,
May you never grow out of the need to outdo yourself.
And heed not the jealous cries of the sitting ducks sucked to the last goodbye

Skyward they flew, ‘til it was as far
to the street as it was to the stars
And the stardust is peanut shells on the parlor floor

What have we done, where have we gone?
Nothing above and beyond.
When will it end?
Alexandra, it’s already done.

I told you, honey, short and sweet,
It’s a downsided battle, though long and bitter, don’t you think
Keep your feet wet, and your eyes dry
‘Cause you’re only as good as your last goodbye

Antifogmatic, Punch Brothers’ follow up to 2008’s Punch, is supposed to come out in early June. Several of songs from the album are already on YouTube. I’ll have most of them memorized by then, most likely.

I had to stop Top 5 Artist-ing

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:55:13 -0500

It just got way too cluttered. And now, Merlin Mann’s top artists.

merlin:

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21)

George Tooker (7)

Pablo Picasso (4)

Ron Mueck (4)

Hans Holbein (3)

Li’l Wayne (2)

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olivehearts: helenadagmar: laughingsquid: Hot Pockets...

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:06:21 -0500

olivehearts:

helenadagmar:

laughingsquid:

Hot Pockets Ingredients

Nice.

I love this. (via mnmal)

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:46:53 -0500

I love this. (via mnmal)

Grey Snake

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:38:00 -0500

This song is a hidden treasure. My friend Dave introduced me to it. I’ve been playing music with Dave, incidentally, so expect big things.

Grey Snake - Palaxy Tracks

The Books (47) M83 (14) Broken Social Scene (13) Eluvium (12) Punch Brothers (8)...

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:12:29 -0500

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The Books (23) Punch Brothers (19) Ratatat (13) Six Organs of Admittance (13) Panda Bear...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:14:49 -0500

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jónsi - Go Do

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:40:08 -0500

jónsi - Go Do:

The second song I’ve heard from this album. Just as great as the first.

It’s both exciting and a little disappointing to know what the best album of the year is going to be before the year even begins. That’s how I feel about the new jónsi album. It’s slated for April release and it’s going to be awesome.

The Books (80) Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile (29) Elliott Smith (20) Dr. Dog (13) Azure...

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:38:45 -0500

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Elliott Smith (58) Dufus (53) Spoon (45) Chris Thile (28) Earlimart (25) Imported from...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:20:40 -0500

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The Books (25) Spoon (22) Chris Thile (15) Punch Brothers (14) Nickel Creek (14)...

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:06:29 -0500

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"It’s silly to be arguing about this on a day when thousands of people are dead in Haiti. Well, I can..."

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:35:46 -0500

““It’s silly to be arguing about this on a day when thousands of people are dead in Haiti. Well, I can speak so freely and penetratingly about the Late Night situation only because it’s so trivial. Even right now, I struggle to complete this paragraph in a manner that can coherently express the sorrow of this disaster.””

- http://ihnatko.com/2010/01/14/jay-leno-the-self-styled-forrest-gump-of-late-night/

Midlake (43) The Low Anthem (33) Eluvium (24) Punch Brothers (14) Beach House (13)...

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:24:29 -0500

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Vampire Weekend - Contra

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:04:00 -0500

Contra - Vampire Weekend

Animal Collective (31) Chris Thile (23) M83 (14) Fleet Foxes (11) Vampire Weekend (10)...

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:25:57 -0500

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Hello guys. This is more a “test” than it is “content.” Did you know you...

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:18:50 -0500

Hello guys. This is more a “test” than it is “content.” Did you know you can run Tumblr within some Twitter apps? That’s what I’m trying.

The Books (90) Explosions in the Sky (53) David Karsten Daniels (12) The Dodos (10)...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:38:38 -0500

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The Books (137) Port O’Brien (49) The Avett Brothers (33) Sigur Rós (30) M83 (23)...

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:39:37 -0500

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'Cutting Your TV Watching in Half Burns Calories Equivalent to Walking Eight Miles Per Week'

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:26:11 -0500

'Cutting Your TV Watching in Half Burns Calories Equivalent to Walking Eight Miles Per Week':

I suppose this should be fairly obvious, but still … I need to watch less television.