Monthly Archives: May 2009

Thursday Cat Blogging!

Special mid-week kitty action...

Tricksey playing Crinkle Ball Arena !

That's a cut-up version of Paper's "Aphid", in the background.

I initially made this using The Pretender's "Precious" for the music, but YouTube wouldn't let me post it (copyright). I had it perfectly synced to the video, too. Oh well.

Listening To...

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality. Have you ever put on a record, not really expecting much from it except background music, but somehow find yourself completely falling into it? Every song and verse absolutely resonates with you; and when it's over, you're a little amazed at what just happened ? Yeah, that happened with this record a few weeks ago. This puzzled me because, while I like Sabbath well enough, I don't consider myself to be a huge fan, nor a huge fan of metal in general (at least not since high school). But, nonetheless, it happened. I was one with Ozzy and Tony. Mostly Tony. I think it had something to do with the copious quantity of Allagash Black I had consumed. Four Psis for each: ΨΨΨΨ .

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash. This is the first album from them that annoys me less than it pleases me. I think it's because much of the record has a real live-in-the-studio feel; many of the songs have long loose sections where you can hear the members playing off each other, waiting for cues, taking chances, etc.. No, they aren't a jam band, or even close, but this record definitely has a more relaxed feel than most of their other stuff. That interplay also makes the record seem like more of a group effort than just a Stephen Malkmus [with backing band] record. Three Psis: ΨΨΨ .

Paper - An Object. Like Joy Division + Red Bull. They've got that raw goth/punk feel of classic Joy Division, but Paper is louder, faster and twitchier. There's a clip at Flux-Rad. Four Psis: ΨΨΨΨ .

BoingBoing Pie Filter

(note, this is probably out-of-date. BB changes their layout so frequently, i can't keep up)

I really like BoingBoing, in general. But I don't like all of their writers equally, and I really dislike some of their guests. So, I wrote a pie filter to make those authors a bit more entertaining.

Download and install, if you wish. You’ll need Greasemonkey, first (GM for Internet Explorer). And then you’ll have to do some minor editing on the script itself - to add your list of targets, and optionally, to change the comment-abusing style. Again, all the stuff you need to monkey (get it?) with is clearly commented.

If you’re using FF v2.0 (or 3.0), and you’ve installed GreaseMonkey, and installed this script, just go to the Tools menu, choose GreaseMonkey / Manage User Scripts, select the script and click Edit. The things you need to edit are right there at the top. It’s basically just a matter of changing the default ‘baddies’ names to the names of the people you want to filter-out. You can have as many names as you want.

If you need more help, feel free to ask.