all things mau

Complimented and Insulted on TWIF

Sarah Lane and Martin Sargent are doing “This Week in Fun” over at Leo Laporte’s TWIT network. I chimed in on the chatroom which triggered what began as a very lovely, flattering shoutout… until it spiraled into tragedy. Thanks Sarah and Marty. Thanks a lot. [display_podcast] Share

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The Perfect Inauguration Eve Song

[display_podcast] The bus ride home is typically the time I fall deep into a music trance. This is my time to listen to music rather than hear it. Being that it’s Martin Luther King Jr Day, and tomorrow being Obama’s inauguration, Jose Jame’s velvet lyrics in “The Dreamer” hit pretty damn hard. I saw the [...]

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Garth Trinidad Returns to Weeknights on KCRW from 8 to 10pm

Boy am I late to the party. I need to tune in to the kcrw’s music stream more often! Garth Trinidad Returns to Weeknights on KCRW from 8 to 10pm: “ Starting December 1, KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad returns to weeknights, hosting a music show from 8 to 10pm PST, the slot previously occupied by new [...]

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The Merlin Mann Abstraction Oath

We should all take a page from Merlin Mann’s approach to creativity. Here’s a snippet from his post on 43folders I’ve <abstracted> for your morning mantra madlibbing. <hobby>, and the Tolerance for Courageous Sucking Merlin Mann | Dec 1 2008 As I’ve started <hobby> more often, I’ve picked up on some interesting patterns: [...]

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Egg Drop Failure

I used to compete in these engineering competitions in high school for my engineering club. No wonder I ended up going to film school instead. Egg Drop Failure: ““ (Via xkcd.com.) Share

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Alison Looking Rather Gangster

Ali looking Homegirly, originally uploaded by maubrowncow. See this and more photos from our friends hilarious 90’s hip hop gangster party here: Share

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Larry Lessig on why he supports Obama

I rarely get political on this blog, but we’re at a junction in time where I feel excited for the future. As someone involved intimately in technology culture, I’m an adamant supporter of Obama, as he is an adamant supporter of us. At an ideological level, Obama makes me look forward to [...]

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Laundrymats

It occured to me, that the laundrymat is the city’s great equalizer. Everybody in here has soiled their costumes and have come back down to their basics in order to prepare for another week of dress up. No bra to falsely shape breasts. No jeans to contain our asses. To wear makeup now [...]

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The Science Behind a Traffic Jam

Short and sweet explanation of why I ride a bike. Now if they could just demonstrate that shockwave in relation to uncontrolled fits of anger. Share

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Bad Signage Flickr Pool

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 2px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Contradiction, originally uploaded by maubrowncow. As reported on Laughing Squid and BoingBoing today, Flickr has a Bad Signage group. I joined with this picture from the Los Angeles Griffith [...]

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