LMNT:
The cast of characters in the Super Mario universe is vast. Insetting their badges on low-poly, color-coded Super Mario blocks makes hard drives look super fun. My only regret is not having 34 drives to use them all!
Oh, wow, these are great.
I have some errands to run this morning (haircut!) and then we have Valentine’s Day dinner reservations this evening. So, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get to writing a newsletter today or if it will have to wait.
Big Thursday kick this week.
It’s snowing… ❄️
I'm really loving this (kinda new) Heartwork album, 'Revisionist History,' this week. Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
Yeah, that’s a pretty nice mail day. ‘Dyed’ is definitely one of my favorites of the year so far (and I had to grab that covers album).
I wrote a script a while back to calculate the number of words (and articles) I've written on this website. I use it at the end of the year to put the stats in my EOTY post. On February 1st, 2025 I decided to run it on my entire posting history. The results:
25,212 articles published
2,551,146 words written
That includes articles going all the way back to April 2002. You know, I do think it's a little poetic the first posts are about Midtown. (As cringe-inducing as re-reading them is.) Pretty sobering to think about writing over two million words though.
This week’s wall picks. Going with a black and white theme and two recent additions to the collection.
Most listened to last week.
That Underoath album is under embargo until next Friday, so the plan will be to write more about it in next week’s newsletter. I hope to write a longer newsletter this weekend after some errands and a friend’s birthday get together.
Finally framed this signed New Found Glory drumhead. Now I just need to find some office wall space for it.
Favorite thing I heard today was the new Matt Nathanson album. Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
Finally. This is a holy grail addition to the collection for me, an album I’ve wanted and been chasing for years.
Having this in my hands has made my entire week. One of my favorite albums of the last decade, easily one of my most played, and a modern classic.
As part of my desire to start blogging (in all forms) more, I’ve connected this blog to my forum account so that posts here will be posted as status updates there as well. If all goes well, this will be the first to sync! Just another way people can follow along as I try and move away from social media and focus more on my little place on the internet.
On a Set Your Goals kick today. ‘Mutiny’ holds up so well. Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
I added photo blogs and micro blogs to author pages (along with a few other aesthetic tweaks).
