• Enter to win $10,000 from Amazon
• Screenwriter John Rodgers posts on Kung Foo Monkey about peoples favorite bits of prose/screenwriting. Some interesting stuff, if a bit Whedon/Sorkin heavy (not that I’ve ever had a problem with that.
• Within that post is an essay about why Peanuts is awesome
• A bunch of nerds web professionals filmed people reading webpages to track eye movements. Here are a bunch of things you can do to your site to take advantage of their findings.

Starting with a new look and focus to this site. Stay tuned.

Here’s some randomness. If you haven’t already, you should really subscribe to the del.icio.us bookmark feed on my blog, as I post there much more regularly than here. Also, we just launched new blogs at work, so check those out!

• Everyone’s seen dylanmessaging.com by now, right? right?
• My So-Called Life DVD news: A new ‘My So-Called Life’ set is in the works | TVShowsOnDVD.com (Available from Shout Factory!)
• WebGeek article: The three kinds of platforms you meet on the internet
• Wired interviews Ridley Scott about the upcoming Blade Runner: Super freaky 5-disc fanboy wet dream edition
• Speaking of fanboy wet dreams: Kristen Bell, Star Wars Geek
• In “we couldn’t make this stuff up and now we’re gonna throw up in our mouths” news, a Giuliani supporter recently had a fundraiser to which the entrance fee was $9.11.
• If you’re into indietronica, listen to the new Sono album on MySpace
• For those who have not been following stupid hipster trends, apparently “electronica” is back.
  
• Gawker Media’s pseudosnarky sexblog Jezebel takes an ironic look at dating wunderdouche “Mystery”. Bonus: He loves ass-licking.
• Apparently “Quirk” is not cool even though it is cool. Or it’s out because it’s in. Or whatever.

One of my top tunes of ‘07

The Cello Hut
Originally uploaded by claudez.



I miss camp.

I was a cute kid.
Originally uploaded by softlord.

So true…so true…

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• One of my top albums of 2006, The Format’s “Dog Problems” is being given away.. FREE and at no cost! Get it now!
• Apparently theres an email going around at Microsoft HQ about life at google. I was surprised to hear that its not all steak and blowjobs. Okay, not really. It sounds more like beer bongs and sorority girls, actually.
• There are no words for how cool this PhotoSynth demo is, but here’s a shot: Imagine taking a bunch of photos of a building and having a piece of software automatically recognize where you are in 3d space and build a model of the building. Now imagine that tied into flickr.
• Hum a song into your computer to identify it with Midomi
• For all the worker drones: How to write a do-able ToDo list via lifehacker
• Are you a sexualist or a sensualist? Nerve may help answer the question.