Archive for November, 2008

A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-30

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Street scene, Marseilles, France

Human Rights Compaign - Buying for Equality

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Download the 2009 Buyer's GuideThe Human Rights Campaign made their 2008 version of Buying for Equality. Download your own copy and use it. We can and do make a differnece by  how we live our lives and spend our money. The URL for getting a copy is http://www.hrc.org/buyersguide2009/

You can download the guide in PDF, request a print copy,  or “Get the Buyer’s Guide on your phone. Text SHOP and the name of the company to 30644.”

“Which companies offer domestic partner benefits or have anti-discrimination policies? Don’t shop blindly. Know before you go!”

 

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U.S. Confirmed Deaths 
Reported Deaths: 4207 
Confirmed Deaths: 4206 
Pending Confirmation: 1 
DoD Confirmation List

Source: Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-28

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Thyme in front garden at home Falmouth, VA

Friendbo & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-27

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Pond in Warsaw, VA

  • friendbo is a University of Washington research deployment to help people socially share the semi-private parts of their lives on the Internet. Rather than manage whitelists, blacklists, accounts and passwords, our users guard content with secret questions that only subgroups of their friends can answer. This is more intuitive, scalable, social, and fun than access control lists, providing an infrastructure that allows people to share more of their lives online.
  • A Place to Bury Strangers

  • Hiotly tipped Brooklyn headline trio blend Cure-ish bass lines and Joy Division-styled guitars to moodily groovy,
    (tags: aptbs uk)
  • Psychedelic shoegazers A Place To Bury Strangers, of New York New York, have been affectionately labelled as the city’s loudest band by local reviewers. And noisy they are, but it’s definitely good noise.

Supersonic Fuzz Gun & U2, and A Place to Bury Strangers pics from CMJ

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Building on the way to Warsaw, VA

Death By Audio’s influence on U2

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Building on the way to Warsaw, VA An interview surfaced yesterday in which of Edge U2 said that the likely title cut on their new album was influenced by the Supersonic Fuzz Gun pedal from Oliver’s company Death by Audio! That sure seems neat.

A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-23

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Building on the way to Warsaw, VA

  • I’ve just bought the first UK issue and it’s a friggin’ classic! I’m glad someone has finally bothered to make the decent follow-up to “Psychocandy” that the Jesus & Mary Chain never managed. They’ve been supporting MGMT in the UK recently, but I’d love to catch them headlining as I’ve heard they’re even louder than MBV when in their prime, reaching a pain-threshold volume level that they probably wouldn’t be allowed to generate as a support act.
    (tags: aptbs uk)
  • “Having already toured with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Nine Inch Nails, APTBS know what they’re doing when it comes to pleasing a crowd hell bent on hearing excessive rock ‘n’ roll noise.
    (tags: aptbs wales)

U.S. Confirmed Deaths 
Reported Deaths: 4204 
Confirmed Deaths: 4202 
Pending Confirmation: 2 
DoD Confirmation List

Source: Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

Roast Pork with Cabbage and Caraway Recipe & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-22

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Building on the way to Warsaw, VA

CS Videos & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-21

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Building on the way to Warsaw, VA

U.S. Confirmed Deaths 
Reported Deaths: 4204 
Confirmed Deaths: 4201 
Pending Confirmation: 3 
DoD Confirmation List

 

Source:  Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count

Asymptotic Cost Models & Population Growth links for 2008-11-20

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Sculpture, Church, Granada, Spain