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Azure Ray is Realeasing a New Album!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010Azure Ray is releasing a new album after a 6 year hiatus. Both Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink have been off pursing music in their own ways, but are releasing a new full-length album as Azure Ray again on September 14th. Check out a sample of the upcoming album below:
And, best of all, they'll be playing the Tractor Tavern in Ballard on October 27th!
Tracklist:
- Wake Up, Sleepyhead
- Don't Leave My Mind
- In the Fog
- Larraine
- On and On Again
- Make Your Heart
- Silver Sorrow
- Signs in the Leaves
- Love and Permanence
- Shouldn't Have Loved
- Dancing Ghosts
- Walking in Circles
July 4th, 2010 Trip to Shi Shi Beach
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
We had an epic trip to Shi Shi this past holiday weekend. We were blessed with great weather and bald eagles galore (even bald eagles carrying snakes). Enjoy some of the photos!
CocoRosie and Owning a Record Player
Saturday, June 26, 2010I went to the Showbox Market for the first time tonight. You would think living in Seattle for over 2 years and being someone who frequents on average about 1 show a week that I would have seen a show at the Showbox Market by now. This was my first time there. The venue and sound was great. The bartender serving me was kind of an ass and seemed to hate his job, but hey?
Either way, CocoRosie was great. Big surprise, right? This is my third time seeing CocoRosie. The first I saw them was at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee (with Tilly and the Wall & Bright Eyes), and the second show I attended was at the King Cat Theater in Seattle. I was most impressed with everyone's energy levels and skill at this show. Things seemed to go great, and the beat-box session from Taz was nothing to laugh at. Amazing.
At the show I bought "La Maison De Mon Rêve" on vinyl (CocoRosie's first album). I was very excited to get this beautiful, pink record home. I love the water colors used on the album cover.
I'm extremely happy I went and got a new record player this past weekend. It's been great to dig out my record collection again after 2 years of being in boxes. This is the first time they've seen daylight since I moved to Seattle in 2008.
Thoughts on the iPad
Monday, February 1, 2010Apple released the iPad last week as many of you well know. I had little interest in the device, but still see some great potential in the world of tablet computing. After all I've seen and read, I feel the device, where it stands, is a great tool for someone like my parents but nothing more. As it stands, it will be a great tool for the basics (email, calendars, and simple web-browsing). I don't think this hardware will be a great e-book reader. The Kindle is good for a reason... it's not a back-light LED display.
Either way, these are where I feel the iPad has fallen short:
- No Multitasking
- No Camera
- No Flash
- Over all UI Design of the OS (identical to the iPhone)
- Closed Platform (Apple controls which applications developers can deploy)
With that said, I still have hope for the iPad. I also think it's exciting that all my iPhone developer friends are now developers for the iPad as well.
There are 3 short articles that I found good reads on this same subject at Gizmodo, idsgn, and Mike Chambers.
Enjoying the cool mist off Lake Michigan
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
I had an amazing trip back home to Milwaukee. I got to spend a lot of time with my family and old friends I miss. Living in Seattle, I definitely find myself missing Milwaukee. I think it's mainly friends and family. Milwaukee is still a beautiful place. Maybe it's just nostalgia. I took some photos on my iPhone:
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Adobe Flash on Mobile Devices
Tuesday, June 30, 2009We're starting to see mobile devices supporting flash content within webpages on our mobile devices. When is apple going to jump on this? Will Apple ever support flash on the iPhone? Check out the video below featuring flash on the new HTC Hero:
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