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Collections of similarly themed photographs. I especially like My Bruises and my-white-top-and-orange-bottom.

A rock and roll divorce story, from the front man of Galaxy 500 and Luna. There but for the grace of FSM go I. Can’t say I blame him if you’ve seen the bassist.

A fantastic interview with Miki Berenyi, lead singer of Lush on life after Indie stardom and the nine to five. My Gen-X nostalgia continues unabated.

A really late obit on my part. Martin was the drummer for The WonderStuff, one of my favorite bands from the heady 90s. Sad, if very late, news.

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent
To blow up King and Parliament.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England’s overthrow;
By God’s providence he was catch’d
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells [...]

Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, with lots of interesting papers on User Experience and Interface Design.

A mighty interesting one at that [via exploding aardvark].

What is hard work?

I didn’t even recognize how amazing his voice was until I received the Live Aid box set as a gift a couple of years ago.

Arthur Miller’s Missing Act: “a son with Down Syndrome completely excised from his life”:http://www.vanityfair.com/fame/features/2007/09/miller200709?printable=true&currentPage=all
Miller’s friends say they never understood exactly what happened with Daniel, but the few details they heard were disturbing. Miller had not only erased his son from the public record; he had also cut him out of his private life, institutionalizing him [...]

A few days ago, the day job had a private screening of Julie Delpy’s new film 2 Days in Paris. We were told she did everything except hold the boom mike. It started off a bit slow, but the dialogue was brilliant and funny and it eventually won me over in the end. Afterwards, she [...]

Scoble is how I imagine Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a failed, bitter actor would be in an alternate universe.

Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s followup to 28 Days Later. I can’t wait to see this.

Or Whittfield Diffie’s twin. You decide.

“Bill Gates’ 2007 Harvard commencement speech”:http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/06.14/99-gates.html. Soul-searching and powerful.
What I remember above all about Harvard was being in the midst of so much energy and intelligence. It could be exhilarating, intimidating, sometimes even discouraging, but always challenging. It was an amazing privilege – and though I left early, I was transformed by my years at [...]

Life after SAP. Werd.