Comments on: TBT #17: Return to Randomness http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/ matt elliott Has a Blog Again Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:09:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Matt http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/#comment-902 Matt Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:01:29 +0000 http://www.graphicmatt.com/?p=258#comment-902 I bet he changed it to one n in an attempt to make himself seem cooler. I love the guy's music, but he can be such a douche. "At the Bottom of Everything" is off "I'm Wide Awake. It's Morning." which I didn't have until shortly after I wrote this e-mail. I think Morning is the better of the two albums, though they're both frustratingly great. "At the Bottom of Everything" is so great, as is "We Are Nowhere And It Is Now" and "Old Soul Song". And "Poison Oak!" And, well, everything. I don't know where you'd find a torrent. I got them off a supersecret FTP. I bet he changed it to one n in an attempt to make himself seem cooler. I love the guy’s music, but he can be such a douche.

“At the Bottom of Everything” is off “I’m Wide Awake. It’s Morning.” which I didn’t have until shortly after I wrote this e-mail. I think Morning is the better of the two albums, though they’re both frustratingly great. “At the Bottom of Everything” is so great, as is “We Are Nowhere And It Is Now” and “Old Soul Song”. And “Poison Oak!” And, well, everything.

I don’t know where you’d find a torrent. I got them off a supersecret http://FTP.

]]> By: Care http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/#comment-901 Care Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:32:17 +0000 http://www.graphicmatt.com/?p=258#comment-901 A) How did I not correct you that Conor is only spelled with one N? He's cool like that. Also B) I like "At The Bottom of Everything" better. You failed at recommending the best song this time! Where did you get the torrent? Chad won't tell me, the bastard. He's such a secret keeper. A) How did I not correct you that Conor is only spelled with one N? He’s cool like that.

Also B) I like “At The Bottom of Everything” better. You failed at recommending the best song this time! Where did you get the torrent? Chad won’t tell me, the bastard. He’s such a secret keeper.

]]> By: Matt http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/#comment-908 Matt Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:59:46 +0000 http://www.graphicmatt.com/?p=258#comment-908 I don't know about the bookmarks thing. I don't really use bookmarks; I just put links to my favourite sites over on the right side of this site. The 'Aviary' line is stable, and finished. The 'Trunk' line is still being worked on, so it can be a bit more unstable (Though I've had no problem with it) and will continue to be developed to add new features as Firefox is updated further. It also has a really nice icon that the Aviary build lacks. A REALLY nice icon. Man, no Panther for you? That must be rough. I can't imagine how I'd switch windows without Expose. It's just so great. And pretty! I mapped F9 to one of the extra buttons on my external mouse and it just may be the best thing ever. It works so FAST, too. I can use it while playing full-screen video! Absurd! Bryan watched the first episode of The Office earlier this year and elected not to watch any other episodes. I don't really know why, as it's a brilliant show that illustrious people such as me and Mike Weir love to death. Maybe there weren't enough boobs. Stef: I'd blog more if my life was more interesting! As it is, blog entries like "Read the entire run of the NEW TEEN TITANS tonight. It was pretty good!" would probably be boring for most people. I don’t know about the bookmarks thing. I don’t really use bookmarks; I just put links to my favourite sites over on the right side of this site. The ‘Aviary’ line is stable, and finished. The ‘Trunk’ line is still being worked on, so it can be a bit more unstable (Though I’ve had no problem with it) and will continue to be developed to add new features as Firefox is updated further. It also has a really nice icon that the Aviary build lacks. A REALLY nice icon.

Man, no Panther for you? That must be rough. I can’t imagine how I’d switch windows without Expose. It’s just so great. And pretty! I mapped F9 to one of the extra buttons on my external mouse and it just may be the best thing ever. It works so FAST, too. I can use it while playing full-screen video! Absurd!

Bryan watched the first episode of The Office earlier this year and elected not to watch any other episodes. I don’t really know why, as it’s a brilliant show that illustrious people such as me and Mike Weir love to death. Maybe there weren’t enough boobs.

Stef: I’d blog more if my life was more interesting! As it is, blog entries like “Read the entire run of the NEW TEEN TITANS tonight. It was pretty good!” would probably be boring for most people.

]]> By: Bryan and Kristine's Friend Jeremy http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/#comment-907 Bryan and Kristine's Friend Jeremy Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:24:09 +0000 http://www.graphicmatt.com/?p=258#comment-907 Also, how do I get my bookmarks from my old Firefox to my new one? Also, how do I get my bookmarks from my old Firefox to my new one?

]]> By: Bryan and Kristine's Friend Jeremy http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/#comment-906 Bryan and Kristine's Friend Jeremy Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:14:24 +0000 http://www.graphicmatt.com/?p=258#comment-906 Finally! Downloaded Adium. I don't like that you can't appear offline when you start up. But the duck is damn cool. As for the Firefox build - there are seven files under "Firefox [Aviary/OS X] optimized for PowerPC 7450 (newer G4)" - which one am I supposed to download? I assume the one with the latest date...? iEatBrainz and Expose will have to wait until Tiger is released. I'm still running 10.2.8. Make Bryan watch the Office. Especially the Christmas Special. Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" is my new favourite Christmas song. Finally!

Downloaded Adium. I don’t like that you can’t appear offline when you start up. But the duck is damn cool.

As for the Firefox build - there are seven files under “Firefox [Aviary/OS X] optimized for PowerPC 7450 (newer G4)” - which one am I supposed to download? I assume the one with the latest date…?

iEatBrainz and Expose will have to wait until Tiger is released. I’m still running 10.2.8.

Make Bryan watch the Office. Especially the Christmas Special. Slade’s “Merry Xmas Everybody” is my new favourite Christmas song.

]]> By: stef http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/#comment-905 stef Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:28:53 +0000 http://www.graphicmatt.com/?p=258#comment-905 no im not suggesting you dont have this site on the side toooo but just for your blogging and it will make you blog more which i like blogs rule too cool for school im up way too early.... no im not suggesting you dont have this site on the side toooo
but just for your blogging
and it will make you blog more
which i like
blogs rule
too cool for school
im up way too early….

]]> By: Matt http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/#comment-904 Matt Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:13:31 +0000 http://www.graphicmatt.com/?p=258#comment-904 There are a lot of technical reasons (Livejournal isn't as flexible when it comes to layout, etc) but mostly I stick with this over livejournal because I think the livejournal community is more geared towards "This is what I did last week!" type posts which aren't really the kinds of things I'm writing on this site. Not that I have anything against those kinds of posts -- I read them obsessively -- but it's just not what I want to write about. So, yeah, it's elitism. And future hopes that I'll be able to use this site as a portfolio when I actually go out and try to sell my writing. Matt There are a lot of technical reasons (Livejournal isn’t as flexible when it comes to layout, etc) but mostly I stick with this over livejournal because I think the livejournal community is more geared towards “This is what I did last week!” type posts which aren’t really the kinds of things I’m writing on this site. Not that I have anything against those kinds of posts — I read them obsessively — but it’s just not what I want to write about.

So, yeah, it’s elitism. And future hopes that I’ll be able to use this site as a portfolio when I actually go out and try to sell my writing.

Matt

]]> By: stef http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/#comment-903 stef Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:34:29 +0000 http://www.graphicmatt.com/?p=258#comment-903 why dont you blog on live journal itd be so much easier to keep up!! why dont you blog on live journal
itd be so much easier to keep up!!

]]> By: jwb http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/#comment-900 jwb Sun, 21 Nov 2004 07:08:07 +0000 http://www.graphicmatt.com/?p=258#comment-900 i swear to god man, i wrote "i hate academia" at the top of my notes halfway through my second lecture of the year. you are either me in a different form or some being trying to become me. of course, i know why im in school and her name is jessica. thats an awful lot of money to pay to be near someone all the time. but then again its not at all. i too had heard about the two albums coming out. january is a good month. a month of twos if you will. my 22 birthday and 2 bright eyes albums a week later. also, if your adium works so well, then why are you never online? all i want is to talk to you and learn how to steal music like you do and all i ever get is your name not there when im seeing whos online? do you understand the intense trauma youre putting me through? i swear to god man, i wrote “i hate academia” at the top of my notes halfway through my second lecture of the year. you are either me in a different form or some being trying to become me. of course, i know why im in school and her name is jessica. thats an awful lot of money to pay to be near someone all the time. but then again its not at all.

i too had heard about the two albums coming out. january is a good month. a month of twos if you will. my 22 birthday and 2 bright eyes albums a week later.

also, if your adium works so well, then why are you never online? all i want is to talk to you and learn how to steal music like you do and all i ever get is your name not there when im seeing whos online? do you understand the intense trauma youre putting me through?

]]> By: Joe http://www.graphicmatt.com/2004/tbt-17-return-to-randomness/#comment-899 Joe Sun, 21 Nov 2004 07:04:01 +0000 http://www.graphicmatt.com/?p=258#comment-899 That might just be the most avant-garde song ending I've heard all day. I can dig it. Also, I'm more interested in stories about stories about robots than I ever have been before, and it's thanks to you. That might just be the most avant-garde song ending I’ve heard all day. I can dig it.

Also, I’m more interested in stories about stories about robots than I ever have been before, and it’s thanks to you.

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