Craig

boilermaker, software enthusiast, skilled raconteur, power user, general man-about-town. drink your juicebox.

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Watching Frances Ha with Jessamine

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What is this magical picture machine?

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Can now blog directly from Path. Kewl

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Due to a combination of horrible timing and a lack of my second and third choices1 at the T-Mobile store2, I have been using an LG G2 for about a week and a half. In that time I mostly just used it to search ‘Nexus 5 T-Mobile release date’ over and over again (finally announced last Friday), but I thought I should jot down some thoughts about this interim phone.

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http://5by5.tv/inbeta/74

This is my ‘feel like i’m being productive and learning things’ podcast that I usually listen to on my Thursday morning commute. I was floored this week when they started talking about video games. But, like the hosts, I also never hear about really productive people who always sound like they have their life together playing lots of video games. It is something I will try to do more often. Of course, it helps that I am also currently addicted to Tiny Death Star.

New new home. Went through many URL ideas, from pilchblog to baltimization (I may still reserve that one for something). Anyways, hope you like it.
Music is a staple of human civilization. Musicians are staples of music. Being exploited and undervalued is a staple of being a musician, especially if you listen to them long enough that they start talking instead of music-ing. Even in the early twentieth century when prerecorded music became a staple of movies, musicians were not happy with their lot. It is not a new concept, and the latest iteration of this argument has musicians battling music streaming services over royalties. If these problems have been around for so long, why can’t anyone figure this out?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpRkwN7QM2w

doctorwho:

IT’S FINALLY HERE.

The official clip trailer for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special, ‘The Day of the Doctor’.

(Psst. If you’re on the YouTubes, you can subscribe to BBCAmerica because they’ll be posting a second, special exclusive trailer tomorrow!)

I’ve had a Galaxy Note 2 for about 6 months. I bought it because I got the itch to upgrade, and it was the best Android phone available at the time (caveat: on Verizon. I would have gladly gone with the HTC One, or Nexus 4, or any other flagship device that skipped Verizon for reasons I outlined a while back). Being a ROM aficionado, I knew hardware was the biggest factor for me. My loyal Galaxy Nexus was a solid phone, but with heavy use it would die by early afternoon without a charger nearby. Better processor and gigantic battery (and dearth of options) made the Note 2 a no-brainer.

But I heard a panelist on a recent episode of This Week in Google (could have been All About Android too) talk about the zen of wanting the phone you have, or something like that. It is a noble concept, and I tried to live up to it with my previous phone (until I didn’t). But it is easy to do with a Nexus device, or an iPhone, because you are at ground zero of the operating system. So I dove down the rabbit hole that is Touchwiz, to look for enlightenment.

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