Marathoning
Almost all my blog posting for the next three or four months will be over at my marathon blog, Running 26.
POSTUS MINI
Pearls Before Breakfast
Joshua Bell, one of the world’s best violinists, plays in a Washington D.C. Metro station during morning rush hour. Surprisingly few people even notice his presence. A fascinating read. Includes several video clips.
Maceo's Coming to Rochester...FREE SHOW!
June 15CITY OF ROCHESTER East Ave. & Chestnut St. Stage
“ Jesse and Al might win the battle with Imus and get him fired or severely neutered. But the war? We don’t stand a chance in the war. Not when everybody knows “nappy-headed ho’s” is a compliment compared to what we allow black rap artists to say about black women on a daily basis.
Why I love Jason Whitlock
Spinning Into Oblivion - New York Times
The death of the record store.
iPod saves Soldier’s Life (via tikigod’s Flickr account; click the link to read the description of what happened and to see other images!)
Apple Unveils Higher Quality DRM-Free Music on the iTunes Store
“Apple® today announced that EMI Music’s entire digital catalog of music will be available for purchase DRM-free (without digital rights management) from the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com) worldwide in May. DRM-free tracks from EMI will be offered at higher quality 256 kbps AAC encoding, resulting in audio quality indistinguishable from the original recording, for just $1.29 per song.”
Awesome!
Hilariously wrong test answers
From Scribd—whatever that is.
Aquarium/Deep Fryer Combo
A Japanese restaurant actually built one: the hot oil floats atop the water, and the debris from the fryer floats down to feed the fish. Yum! (Pictures and video at the site.)
