• this is how we watch soccer

    It starts at 11:30 AM with an email chain from Paris to DC. It’s my brother asking if the US v. Netherlands friendly will be broadcast live. more

  • september swim

    The beach was largely abandoned now, only a handful of stray surfcasters bothered to come down at this time of day during the last month of the season. more

  • in praise of cassettes

    A road trip reveals fundamental truths about Neil Young and the value of a good cassette tape. more

Category Archives: web culture

changes to posterous coming?

By David Connell | Published: February 28, 2010
the web interface on posterous.com is about to get an overhaul. stay tuned via blog.posterous.com The above is a quote from a comment left Posterous’ Sachin Agarwai on the official posterous posterous about posterous. (Just trying to see how many times I can say posterous in one post.) I’m interested to see what [...]
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wordpress.com fail, back to wordpress.org

By David Connell | Published: February 28, 2010
post summary: After using the wordpress.com platform for three months, I am switching back to a hosted wordpress.org environment. Wordpress.com’s lack of support for video embed codes made it very difficult to integrate with my posterous account. At the end of November I decided move aquariumdrinker off of a self-hosted wordpress.org environment and onto the free [...]
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i just spent 4:36 watching an ad on youtube

By David Connell | Published: February 26, 2010
And you should watch it too, because it’s really well-done; interesting and; although it doesn’t tell anyone who’s a web professional anything they don’t already know, it’s always good to have a reminder — especially when it’s clever and entertaining. (Hat tip, John Haydon, via EpipheoStudios)
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typographic years

By David Connell | Published: February 25, 2010
via typographyserved.com There are some great designs here. Other favorites: 1984, 2001, 1976. But, for me 1988, which echoes the Olympic rings takes the prize. Posted via web from davidconnell on posterous
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jimmy fallon as neil young

By David Connell | Published: January 15, 2010
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.916136&w=525&h=450&fv=] My wife tells me I’m way late to the party on this one, but as a die-hard Neil Young fan, I have to say this is a pretty amazing impression. (Fallon reprised the role last night, signing the new American Idol hit, “Pants on the Ground.”) I was never much of a fan of Fallon [...]
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