God if there is one thing I hate more than hippies it's dirty Hipsters*--that bane of urban youth, sprouting from that modern Big Sur wannabe Brooklyn (main difference is the dearth of actual talent in Brooklyn) If the word douche-bag had any meaning, it would be reserved for hipsters.
Having said that, this video is almost really funny. I mean it's funny, but not like the funniest thing I've seen this week. Still, it rags on hipsters (pun), so it is worth a post and my endorsement.
* I was going to say I hate everything that has "hip" in it, but that would unfairly include Hippos. Who doesn't love a good ol' hippo? Hippos are much more pleasant and non-douche-baggy than hipsters.
So after quite a few happy months of using the MSI Wind U100 Netbook, I decided to move onto something slightly larger but also much more powerful.
The Wind was able to do my podcasting, video encoding, photo editing as well as daily web browsing and was a blast to use, but that Atom processor is a bit weak.
The Acer 1410 basically straddles the line between Netbook and Notebook (and because of this, sales haven't been great) and in doing so, it basically fixes every little complaint of Netbooks.
In comparison, the Acer has an 11.6" HD-ready screen, while the Wind has a 10", lower resolution matte one. That extra 1.6" and resolution makes a huge difference, especially for photo editing. On top of that, it has a 250gb HDD (vs 160gb), 2GB of RAM up to 4GB (vs 1gb up to 2 for the Wind), a full sized keyboard vs a 92% and most importantly a Intel Core Solo processor which even at 1.4ghz rocks a 1.6ghz Atom.
In turn the unit is 3.1lbs, which is about 1/2lb heaver than most netbooks but the kicker is it gets better battery life (5-6hrs), so you know...win. Throw on Windows 7 and it just rocks--fast, easy to use, great on the eyes and good battery life.
All of this for about $50 more than a new Netbook makes the Acer a much better choice for those who use it as a main computer.
So their new double album came out this week ("Embryonic") and the review have been some of their best in years. It's quite the experimental album, which for them says a lot. Most of the songs have a somewhat dark tone to them, but this one features Karen O. (yeah yeah yeahs) and is quite fun.
(Ignore the comments at YouTube...obviously n00b Flaming Lips listeners)
The album was also released as limited Delux version (which I got, see below): 2 CDs, 1 DVD with high fidelity recording of the album (sweet), giant lithograph of the album art and a furry box to keep it in (lulz). You can buy just the album at amazon.com for $7.99 (really?), so go get it now (link).
Turns out this made it into Flickr's Explore (i.e. the most popular photos of the day) back on July 27th.
This is my fifth explore and none of them i consider my best. Oh well.
Nice. Had 3 of the 8 "best" photos in this week's Consumerist.com flickr Fridays, including this one of my super cool cousin Brianna.
Have had over 500 Flickr views today as a result. Yay for recognition.
Consumerist Flickr Fridays 10/01/09
Darryl "DMC" McDaniels talking with Dan Martone at the Cinema Arts Centre.
This probably one of my favorite shots of recent.
Had a bunch of old photos laying around. Finally put them up. Plus stuff from Jared's wedding after-party.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dprubino/
One of my most favorite cartoons, one that Seth & I know every line. BTW, I love how in the 1950's it was kosher to basically make one of the characters...errr..."mentally challenged", you know retarded. I mean, Heathcliffe even has retard-strength (2:45 in). I present: "Dough Ray Me-ow"
I'll always remember these stories when living in Boston:
Early Wednesday morning, hackers installed seven notes on the great dome’s temporary scaffolding, commenting on its close resemblance to a musical score. The notes were the first seven of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
