Archive for November, 2009

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

awesome collection of vintage travel posters

grain edit, which is a sweet little blog, has a great collection of vintage travel posters. Here is one sample:

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Thursday, November 12th, 2009

great interview with ‘Roger Stirling’

Vanity Fair takes on John Slattery, who plays Roger Stirling on Mad Men. Questions range John’s his acting style, to whether he likes Roger, to shark attacks. As a plus, if you make it all the way through the article, you can see John’s top 5 playlist (hint, there’s some Wilco and Mos Def).

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Thursday, November 12th, 2009

billboard is letting us watch concerts for free on their new site

Billboard has launched a new website, Billboardlive.com, to watch concerts for free. A nice plus is that users can select between 5 different camera views, including picking the band member/artist to focus on.
Right now the line up (e.x. Daughtry, R. Kelly and Imogen Heap) does not excite me in the least, but [...]

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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

has yamaha made a better piano

Slate.com offers up this interesting piece, which evaluates and admires Yamaha’s new AvantGrand electric piano. To quote “…Yamaha has done more than capture the soul of a grand piano in an electronic device. They have improved on a 300-year-old instrument.”

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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

how to install a programmable thermostat

This how-to from

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