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jl8comic: JL8 #127 by Yale Stewart Based on characters in DC...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:29:34 -0400

JL8 #127 by Yale Stewart

Based on characters in DC Comics. Creative content © Yale Stewart.

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Great JL8 Strip today. I love the two panels that are POV lasso. If you’re not reading this comic, you’re missing out.

Anamanaguchi: The Ninja Turtles of Rock

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:19:42 -0400

Anamanaguchi: The Ninja Turtles of Rock:

Sam Machkovech kind of kills it on this Anamanaguchi profile. Please stop what you’re doing and read the article. Also watch the video. The Polygon team CRUSHED it on this.

manofsteel: The wait is over. Get your tickets for Man of Steel...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:49:50 -0400

manofsteel:

The wait is over. Get your tickets for Man of Steel now: http://bit.ly/MOStickets

I continue to be cautiously optimistic…

I Love Video Games

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:00 -0400

underwearobsession:

You may have heard that Microsoft showed off their new Xbox yesterday. I’m wearing my Ginch Gonch “I Love Video Games” briefs today to celebrate.

Underwear for stylish gamer. I approve.

Actually… this whole tumblr is filled with pretty stylish underwear. Cool.

Xbox One Microsoft just announced the Xbox One. Excited that...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:33:00 -0400

Xbox One

Microsoft just announced the Xbox One. Excited that they actually showed off their hardware *cough*sony*cough*

[via Major Nelson]

The Fastcast - Episode 01

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:27:00 -0400

Over the weekend Chris Ziegler and I started a podcast dedicated to The Fast and the Furious. I hope you check it out.

thefastcast:

What began as a joke is suddenly very serious: meet The Fastcast — your one-stop shop for everything about the world of Dom Toretto and Brian O’Conner — presented by your knowledgeable hosts Creighton DeSimone (Tumblr, Twitter) and Chris Ziegler (Tumblr, Twitter).

All roads lead to this.

My thoughts on the Yahoo / Tumblr deal summed up in a text...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:51:41 -0400

My thoughts on the Yahoo / Tumblr deal summed up in a text message exchange.

I’m willing to wait out the email address thing. I use my Yahoo account just enough that it won’t go away.

Tumblr Staff: News!

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:42:00 -0400

Tumblr Staff: News!:

staff:

Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.

Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn’t changing.

So what’s new? Simply, Tumblr gets better faster. The work ahead of us remains the same – and we still have a long way to go! – but with more resources to draw from.

Yahoo is the original Internet company, and Marissa and her team share our dream to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas. I couldn’t be more excited to have her help. We also share a vision for Tumblr’s business that doesn’t compromise the community and product we love. Plus both our logos end with punctuation!

As always, everything that Tumblr is, we owe to this unbelievable community. We won’t let you down.

Fuck yeah,
David

I’ve been on tumblr for a long time. I’m kind of excited by this.

Pick your poison: mobile messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:52:00 -0400

Pick your poison: mobile messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in:

Dieter hits on everything I’ve been feeling about messaging as of late.

Once upon a time, we created interoperable communications standards like email, Internet Relay Chat, and hell, HTTP. Now, apparently, the only way to create a new way to talk to each other electronically is to wait for a big corporation to do it for us.

Between GroupMe, Hangouts, iMessage, Twitter DM, SMS… I’ve got a lot of chat conversations scattered throughout the Internet. Part of me just wants to ditch everything in favor of SMS. But those were simpler times.

dbreunig: The evolution of the iPhone camera Love this.

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:02:14 -0400

dbreunig:

The evolution of the iPhone camera

Love this.

Endless Fantasy...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:28:12 -0400

Endless Fantasy Winners!

If you’re reading this, send me a direct message or via Ask and I’ll send you a download code today.

And incase you were wondering there were 113 entries and based on an unofficial count your top five favorite songs are:

Airbrushed
Mermaid
Densmore
Mess
Aurora

Happy to see Mermaid in the top 5! Thanks everyone for playing!

anamanaguchi: ENDLESS FANTASY (NOW ON iTUNES) PSA. And you can...

Tue, 14 May 2013 01:19:00 -0400

anamanaguchi:

ENDLESS FANTASY (NOW ON iTUNES)

PSA. And you can still enter to win a copy later today.

The new Facebook iOS icon is absolutely terrible. The last one...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:02:15 -0400

The new Facebook iOS icon is absolutely terrible. The last one was so good.

Edit: Looks like it was just an error. Facebook accidentally shipped their internal dev icon. It’s back to normal now. Carry on with your lives.

My anticipation for the new Anamanaguchi album has reached its...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:10:00 -0400

My anticipation for the new Anamanaguchi album has reached its peak so I’m feeling a bit saucy. Tomorrow (May 14th) I’m going to give away 5 download copies of Endless Fantasy.

Here’s everything you have to do:

Reply to the question on this post with your favorite Anamanaguchi song. Only replies will count, reblogs will not.

That’s it. I’ll use Random.org to pick 5 winners tomorrow at noon. I’ll post them right here on the blog.

Ok, what’s your favorite Anamanaguchi song?

EDIT: This contest has closed. See a list of the winners here.

PSA: The new Anamanaguchi album, Endless Fantasy, comes out tomorrow!

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:05:00 -0400

This is not a drill.

Daft Punk Profile Random Access Memories - GQ May 2013: Music: GQ

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:01:19 -0400

Daft Punk Profile Random Access Memories - GQ May 2013: Music: GQ:

Cool interview with Daft Punk in GQ by Zach Baron.

One of the things that stood is how much Daft Punk is kind of hating on their own record. They do it to the point of evoking Scream sequels:

Only a handful of people have heard the album so far, but the two men already seem resigned to the possibility that no one will like it.

“In Scream 2, they have this discussion about how sequels always suck,” Bangalter says. In this scheme, Random Access Memories might as well be Scream 4. “The thing we can ask ourselves at some point is like: We’re making music for twenty years. How many bands and acts do you have that are still making good music after twenty years? It always sucks—almost always, you know?”

And de Homem-Christo, who has said maybe a few dozen words up to this point, most of them about salad and directed at our waitress, peers over the golden top edge of his sunglasses and says: “So our new album is supposed to really suck.”

It reminds me of Nirvana before In Utero came out. Kurt Cobain went on record saying, “The grown-ups don’t like it,” and that it was “unlistenable”. He also told Circus, “The first time I played it at home, I knew there was something wrong. The whole first week I wasn’t really interested in listening to it at all, and that usually doesn’t happen. I got no emotion from it, I was just numb.”

It’s kind of interesting. And I’d like to go on record saying that Scream 4 was better than Scream 3… so there’s that.

Also, interesting is that this is the writers first article for GQ. So, good for him.

Gravity - Trailer Alfonso Cuarón’s first feature since...

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:56:00 -0400

Gravity - Trailer

Alfonso Cuarón’s first feature since 2006. I think it looks great, but like, there’s no way either of these two are going to survive right? This is the guy who directed Children of Men… the ending wasn’t exactly happy, and he’s not known for keeping characters alive.

YouTube Adds Paid Channel Subscriptions

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:40:00 -0400

YouTube Adds Paid Channel Subscriptions:

Mark this date. I have a feeling this is going to be a huge disruption in the TV space. It’s limited to select partners for right now, but I’ll bet that anyone with a YouTube channel will get the opportunity eventually. And as Mat Honan says, this brings us “a small step closer to the dream of a la carte programming.”

YouTube will let you pay to subscribe to channels with a new pilot program that includes a limited number of channel partners for now. The company listed Jim Henson Family TV and Ultimate Fighting Championship as initial members.

Prices start at $.99 per month, paid via Google Wallet. Users get a 14 day free trial to channels, which are also discounted if you subscribe by the year. Once signed up for a paid channel, you can suck down as much video as it has to offer.

Finally have time to finish Skyward Sword. It’s been some...

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:17:05 -0400

Finally have time to finish Skyward Sword. It’s been some time…

I know this is a Great Gatsby ad, but all I see is the Scarlet...

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:53:20 -0400

I know this is a Great Gatsby ad, but all I see is the Scarlet Witch.