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Smith.Tumblr (3.0; @azsmith)http://azsmith.tumblr.com/<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7570768&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7570768&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7570768&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Dead Season Week 1 Selects on Vimeo (via <a href="http://vimeo.com/7570768?hd=1">Vimeo</a> & Gizmodo)</p> <p>Not necessarily impressed with the movie, but it’s incredible what you can do with this camera. I am hoping for more great footage from shows than more zombie movies personally, but that’s just me.</p> <p>See <a href="https://www.google.com/reader/view/?tab=my#search/7d/2"><a href="https://www.google.com/reader/view/?tab=my#search/7d/2">https://www.google.com/reader/view/?tab=my#search/7d/2</a></a> for lots of links to reviews.</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/241670836http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/241670836Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:18:04 -0800<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kshqvekHE11qz6lqpo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Crown Aruba’s Halloween</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/230915929http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/230915929Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:52:00 -0800<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kshqskMQzM1qz6lqpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mario is scaaawry (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/andymarie">marie.and.andy</a>)</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/230914629http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/230914629Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:50:43 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZBgxHkmFuzU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZBgxHkmFuzU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>BOAT, Magic Centipede (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/buttondave">buttondave</a>)</p> <p>Great to see BOAT getting some attention these days. They write some great songs. See <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/10/boat_-_new_albu.html">here</a> for a nice write-up.</p> <p><br/>We played an all-ages show with them once, and my favorite part was seeing the drummer’s (I think) 3 year-old son sitting cross legged in the front row cheering on Dad and wearing big ol’ sound blocking ear muffs.</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/227121130http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/227121130Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:19:22 -0700<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="100%" height="80"><param name="movie" value="http://8tracks.com/mixes/50945/player_v2" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="FlashVars" value="bg_color=_000000" /><embed flashvars="bg_color=_000000" src="http://8tracks.com/mixes/50945/player_v2" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="80" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://8tracks.com/pointsmiles/funny-good">Funny good | pointsmiles | 8tracks</a></p> <p>My first 8tracks mix. Captain Beefheart, Scout Niblett, Jonathan Richman, among others.</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/225995053http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/225995053Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:48:42 -0700<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks1oz7Qcsn1qz6lqpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Deflated pumpkin at the pumpkin patch.</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/222280952http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/222280952Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:49:52 -0700<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks1ocqZFRU1qz6lqpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dutch Bakery in Marysville.</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/222271144http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/222271144Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:36:23 -0700<embed src="http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=113431621&m=113489201&t=video" height="382" wmode="opaque" width="400" base="http://www.npr.org"></embed><br/><br/><p>Great John Vanderslice performance - this Tiny Desk series is a brilliant idea. Thanks Rory for the pointer.</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/221185734http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/221185734Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:17:03 -0700<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krwgrri6nL1qz6lqpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Can you spot all the funny things going on in this picture?</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/219718764http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/219718764Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:04:33 -0700<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krum1d8Md51qz6lqpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Experiments in Lycee drinks part 1 - lychee sake. Yum.</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/218795388http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/218795388Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:03:09 -0700<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krukjfimpm1qz6lqpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Experiments in lychee drinks part 2 - lychee wine (the sake wins).</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/218770138http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/218770138Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:30:49 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eJ9OyZdP10Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eJ9OyZdP10Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>…And this explains why someone would want to bother with circuit bending. Sort of like a modern prepared piano.</p> <p>Circuit Bent Casio SA-21 (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/Squelchbox">Squelchbox</a>)</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/218164331http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/218164331Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:22:41 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2md9UMoDH_k&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2md9UMoDH_k&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I feel like I just started seeing the term circuit bending floating around recently, and wasn’t clear what it was all about. This explains it.</p> <p>Circuit Bending for Beginners, pt 3 of 4 (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/benttronicsdotcom">benttronicsdotcom</a>)</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/218164024http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/218164024Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:22:11 -0700<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krsj81vMrt1qz6lqpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Roadside attraction on my commute.</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/217693748http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/217693748Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:07:08 -0700<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/CyINEovdPbdfz876d0VKVlVb_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Strange batch of eggs</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/42109959http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/42109959Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:59:40 -0700<p>Today I started a new phase of my life. As if I needed <i>another</i> new phase after the wedding bells, maternity wards, moving boxes, etc of the fairly recent past, but when they show up, you can’t really turn these new phases away. They are insistent.</p> <p>This one involved moving on from a company I really enjoyed working at — and in which I strongly believe — in order to devote my brainpower to building what is now just a small website into a real living business (happily it looks like I will be able to stay involved in the company). To help make ends meet I have taken a temporary contract at a not so small software company in Redmond, where I’ll be working on ridiculously large SEM campaigns. Fun.</p> <p>Highlights!</p> <ul> <li>Today, of all days, every spambot in the world discovered our site, helpfully informing us of really compelling deals in insurance and telling us about innovative new treatments for very specific medical conditions. Thanks!<br/> </li> <li>Lined up behind the spambots were the classier search engine crawl-bots. All of them. Google had been politely swinging by every day or so to check in, then today it was like “oh, hi, great to see you AGAIN. No, that article is the same as the first four times you looked at it, but feel free to go check in on it. And oh, look, you brought your friend Yahoo! (who totally ignored us for a three weeks, but never mind) and who are those guys from Russia and China? “<br/> </li> <li>I learned that it takes well over an hour to take the bus to the above mentioned software company in Redmond. Ouch.<br/> </li> <li>I have a lot to learn about search engine marketing.<br/> </li> <li>I have a lot to learn about keeping a database intensive web application stable and happy</li> </ul>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/37960808http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/37960808Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:12:59 -0700<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/CyINEovdP7d7uf7mEE2Kklky_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Going to salumis</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/30699997http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/30699997Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:37:16 -0700<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/CyINEovdP75dx9l2QdVOfSiZ_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Marie says happy b-day</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/30157522http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/30157522Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:05:29 -0700<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/CyINEovdP75dw2bnlo9tjmdB_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cesar.</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/30157438http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/30157438Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:04:33 -0700<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/CyINEovdP74kgtu6S6YGcRfs_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Luna and mama! I like this picture. alot.</p>http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/30103770http://azsmith.tumblr.com/post/30103770Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:20:59 -0700