Built to Spill @ McCarren Park Pool

Behold: the Wangcaster. Even Jon Bon Jovi said, "that guitar has balls."

The perfect guitar for those soloists who you hear and think, "damn, this a-hole is really wanking." The Yngve Malmstens and Joe Satrianis of the world should be required to play at least one free public concert per year with this thing.



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& Yet & Yet & Yet &Yet

1. Dust on the lens.
2. You'll have to use the rope-ladder because we can't land here.
3. Hours before the fireworks.
4. Kites: no; Paper Airplanes: yes!

Do Cameras Ever Get Laser Surgery?

With proof that artificial light does not bring us closer to day, the scavenger found a dry corner. His dry corner. His dry corner until he heard the chirping. I saw it all.

Shaid

Black Ice

My drink is not kool. Marketing. Slipping into something comfortable. When the sun beats down a beating. Meet me on the side of the road before I slide away.

RedLine

When you wake up at the other end and it's the other end again, were those really dreams or were they people trying to get you off? Or were they just getting off?

Circle

Look Lock

Potential

from Drinking Beer with Paul Revere

Not Wanting to Get There

The Ground Gives More at Night with Snow

And We're Finally Here

and shit-yeah, it's cool.

Stop! Don't go to that overhyped space-station.

Why are you going somewhere when you could stay here until the day is gone?

How To Win Any Argument

-Photo by Jed Learned

Follow these rules to win any argument. It might also help to be in the G Street Pub.



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What you should know about switching to Ubuntu from Windows

I've just about made the complete switch to Ubuntu and I love it. I love the idea of supporting open source software and not giving money to Microsoft even more. But that's me. Is Ubuntu right for you?

This non-partisan write-up from ArsGeek might help you decide if you're on the fence.

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Services, Vices in JP

How to Have a Lucid Dream

I tried some of these methods a few months ago and didn't stick with it. Maybe I'll try again. Let me know if you can fly, shoot hoops with Bob Pollard or create a new universe in your dreams.


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Some Sweet Ubuntu Tips and Ideas

I'd really like all of you to give Ubuntu a shot. Feel free to contact me and I'll help you along the way. With that said, here is a list of articles about Ubuntu from my favorite geeked out blog -- Lifehacker.

Ubuntu/Linux Roundup - Lifehacker

There is no such thing as a bad day

The Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items

Not content ordering from the menu? Need to have that extra little bit of class that comes from "knowing the chef"?

This crunk guide from the Consumerist will show you the "animal styles" from a bunch of restaurants.

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Bush Administration Moves to Sell National Forest Land

The Bush administration will unveil a proposal Friday to sell up to 200,000 acres of national forest land in "isolated parcels" ranging from a quarter of an acre to 200 acres, much of it in California.



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Get Free Ubuntu CDs

If you want to try out Linux, this is the best way. I've been using Ubuntu for about a year now and I love it.



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Whole Foods Tomato Inspector

Giuliani To Run For President Of 9/11

NEW YORK—At a well-attended rally in front of his new Ground Zero headquarters Monday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani officially announced his plan to run for president of 9/11.

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from The Onion

Easily the best iTunes plugin ever

iConcertCal is a personalized concert calendar that tells you when the artists in your iTunes library are coming to town. I've been using this for about a month now and have found out about a lot of cool shows.



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