July 2010
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June 2010
6 posts
Unsent Pretentious Emails, Part I
I was cleaning out some old stuff in my email’s drafts folder when I realized something: I’m about two ounces of confidence away from being a total asshole. Which is right around where you want to be as far as I’m concerned.
I found this email that I wrote to an old professor of mine. I was assigned to write a ten page paper, which is normally nothing worth getting worked up...
May 2010
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Viddler Business profile: Gamervision
I’m happy to say that I’ll be starting full-time at Viddler on Monday. One of the more exciting projects I’ll be doing involves hopping around to make video profiles of their various business customers. Embeded/linked above is the first video in this series—a profile of Gamervision—that I put together with the help of Jordan...
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Viddler: “I Love You” - Cementerio de San Juan
Just got back from a lovely trip to Puerto Rico with Caitlin. The co-op she was assigned to for student teaching has a house there, and we were graciously invited to stay at it. We left just two days after I graduated, ‘cause I don’t take days off, I just take off in planes. Yamtalkinbout?
Anyways, this video...
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Viddler: Push It
Continuing my obsession with pregnancy, I wrote this skit and did the stage direction for it as part of Temple Smash. Temple Smash is a student-produced variety show that’s shot and broadcast live in front of a studio audience. Be sure to check out the whole episode—hosted by Tyler Grady—at templesmash.com.
A big thanks to my actors and all the lovely...
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Viddler: MeToday 5/6/10: Graduating, Ranting, and Panting
I’m slowly trying to revive the art of the MeToday over at Viddler. You should join in, it’s fun stuff.
My iMac hiccuped twice towards the end of this recording. Don’t worry though, I’m sure you didn’t miss anything important. Or did you? I guess you’ll never know.
April 2010
5 posts
February 2010
4 posts
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Viddler: Proper Snow Running Technique
With the horrible road conditions, this is how I got to my classes today.
The Rhyme-As-Reason Effect
Drake Bennett on “cognitive fluency”:
Matthew McGlone, a psychologist at the University of Texas, has found that auditory cues can shape people’s perception of truth. McGlone did a study in which he presented subjects with a series of unfamiliar aphorisms either in rhyming or nonrhyming form: “Woes unite foes,” for example, versus “Woes unite enemies.” He found that people tended to...
January 2010
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December 2009
10 posts
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Viddler: A Menace to Society
This is a short monologue I had to write and perform for a class.
A big thanks to Kenny Black who was in the audience and shoot this video on his iPhone. Despite the fact that I performed this 11 hours into a 12-hour school day after pulling an all-nighter, this was definitely one of the bright spots during the hell that is finals week.
The whole thing...
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WatchDirty Projectors Performing in The Roots’ Dressing Room - @questlove
Two months ago, following their performance of When the World Comes to an End on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [video], Dirty Projectors wooed Questlove and The Roots by doing an acoustic version of the song backstage. The video ends with the two groups talking about the possibility of performing together at some point in...
Things I Couldn't Do Well in High School
1. Homework
2. Pull-ups
3. The Macarena
4. “It”
5. 9/11 jokes
That said, I did do this in the course of two nights, which I recently rediscovered and am still kind of amused by (I’m the shirtless one who’s singing).
November 2009
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October 2009
8 posts
10-Year-Old Refuses To Say Pledge Of Allegiance →
puffalump:
Jay and Laura Phillips were shocked to hear their 10-year-old talked back to a teacher at West Fork Middle school Thursday - but were less surprised when they found out why.
Their son told them last weekend he had decided to no longer stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance at school because he didn’t believe there is liberty and justice for all, especially when it comes to gay...
Important Update Regarding Simplenote Syncing
A few days ago I published a writeup on how to sync Simplenote and Notational Velocity. I made the mistake of recommending a setting that would sync to Simplenote every time a file is changed in a user’s local notes directory. This seems to be causing major problems that are putting unnecessary stress on Simplenote’s servers (by no fault of Simplenote or the SimplenoteSync script). It should...
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Simple Notes That Sync, Minus the Stink
Import Update: Simplenote has requested that users disable this until they work out some issues. I think I know what the problem is, but in the mean time go into Lingon and disable the lauchd item by unchecking the check box that says “Enabled.” Import Update 2: If you set this up before 10/9/09, it’s crucial that you make the changes outlined in the Lingon portion of Step 3. Update...
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rymdreglage →
The website for the Swedish lads responsible for the spectacular 8-bit trip video. Their site is absolutely amazing. This is the first thing you see when you arrive there:
Hello and welcome to this our sixth edition of perhaps not quite as legendary website. As you may know, we had an accident a while ago. This accident was not known as a “misery misery, now it has gone to pieces”...
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WatchMilton Glaser talking about his “I Love New York” logo (via Logo Design Love)
I love smart, talented people who remain grounded despite their work being successful and exploited…especially old ones. Love me some clever, humble old farts.
Could he perhaps use an undershirt and a nice bowler hat? Yes…but that doesn’t make him any less awesome.
September 2009
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The Flu - Me Freestyling w/ the “I Am...
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August 2009
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Hercules in New York →
The Popular Feature Films section on Hulu is a totally unique display of what you get when you take a library of films that happen to be easy to get the rights to, and rank them based on their popularity amongst an audience with a high volume of teenagers. The majority of the films that you’ll find there can be grouped into one of these 5 categories:
Daddy Doesn’t Block Hulu:...
songparts:
Climaxing in a Garden of Birds
(from...
Twitter Search: "Dropped my iPhone" →
The government could easily save $1 billion by cutting back on the investigative departments of social services if people on Twitter were as open about about dropping their babies as they are about dropping their iPhones.
I think the key to having a fulfilling life is finding something that is impossible to perfect, and having every desire to constantly push towards perfection regardless. There’s no such thing as a “fully capable” artist, teacher, politician, entertainer, parent, programmer, athlete, performer, etc.
Those who realize that about what they do, and constantly hone their craft...
July 2009
3 posts
WatchRaaaaaaaandy starring the lovely Aziz Ansari (via Jesse Thorn)
WatchSo I’m working on a music video and some other new material for billyd.TV, but in the meantime check out this deleted scene. It’s from an improvised segment that didn’t really fit with anything else, so it never made it into an actual episode.
June 2009
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