January 2010
My top 10 albums & top 10 songs of 2009
Albums
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Calvin Harris - Ready for the Weekend
Norah Jones - The Fall
Tiga - Ciao!
Passion Pit - Manners
Discovery - LP
DatA - Skywriter
Vitalic - Flashmob
Miike Snow - Miike Snow
Pony Pony Run Run - You Need Pony Pony Run Run
Songs
Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity of Huge
Metric - Help I’m Alive
Deadmau5 - Ghosts n Stuff
Phoenix - Girlfriend
...
My top 3 games of 2009
1. Super Mario Bros. Wii
2. Left 4 Dead 2
3. Rhythm Heaven
There are more games worth mentioning, but I can’t sort them beyond this, so I figured I would do a “best of each system I play” and be done with it.
My top 5 movies of 2009
1. UP
2. District 9
3. Zombieland
4. Moon
5. (500) Days of Summer
Obama's Most Important Message? →
December 2009
“Only 23% of Americans now support federal funding of abortions while 72% oppose...”
No amount of air travel security will stop jihadists from trying to ruin our way of life. Every inconvenience is a victory for terrorism.
VernX iPhone game review →
I am very late in posting this! I was given the opportunity to review the game VernX on the iPhone/iPod Touch and I have to say that I was very impressed with this little gem of a puzzle game….
Watch#musicfortoday Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart
Not quite sure how I feel about this video, but this song is really good.
“The average lead single, followed by the smash second cut is nothing new.
...”
– Keynote
Watch#musicfortoday Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates
I bought Norah Jones’ latest album for my wife recently. I then had to give it a listen myself, since I was intrigued by the new direction Norah has taken with this one. I have to say that I like it a lot.
““Tonight Senator Reid invoked Henry Clay, posing as a great compromiser even as...”
– Marjorie
“America is now a one-party state. The one party is the Establishment party,...”
– O = W (via azspot) (via marco)
I can't help commenting on this, inline.
nostrich:
As for the graphical components of the infographic, which you also tore apart (surprise, surprise), I scored an ‘A’ on (in case you were wondering).
I’m glad you got an A! (I wasn’t wondering; I didn’t know it was an art project.)
She should have received a ‘C.’
p.s. Lesson Learned #1: Don’t assume numbers you pulled off of random website are fact.
p.p.s....
“TRWTF is that, not being written in Perl, this doesn’t look like a cartoon...”
– aristos_achaion
“… CBO found that premiums in the individual market will rise by 10% to 13% more...”
– The Wall Street Journal
Watch#musicfortoday Chromeo - Night by Night
“I disagree, the DS &PSP games are of a higher standard – they have greater...”
– andyb
Someone finally put my thoughts into words… sure, the iPhone/iPod touch are great gaming devices, and I have a few gems on there that I play, but there is a reason why I’ll only spend about $3 on an iPhone game and $30 on a DS game, and that’s because I get 10 times the...
Premium iPhone games, free FOR A VERY LIMITED... →
Go RIGHT NOW and get yourself some free iPhone games (apologies to anyone who has seen this already, but I just want to make sure people don’t miss out before it’s too late):
Ramp Champ (free…
“OK, this is INSANE !!! IN-f**king-SANE !!! THIS IS NOT A JOKE !...”
– Vicarious Bliss (and he’s not kidding)
