Archive for May, 2007
I got an email today from Wilco saying that I could download the studio version of “The Thanks I Get” by simply putting the new album, Sky Blue Sky, in my computer. I popped the disc and and sure enough I was able to download the song. So simple. And on another music related note, Cam [ READ MORE ]
Today a co-worker pointed me towards Yahoo! Search’s Open Shortcuts and I instantly became a fan. With Open Shortcuts you setup shortcuts for other (longer) URLs. For example, I created my first shortcut with the keyword ’sb’ and it redirects me to http://www.swap-bot.com/. Now I can type ‘!sb’ into Yahoo! Search and instantly be redirected [ READ MORE ]
I was just reading through the Swap-bot forums and ran across this thread about little text hearts. Five pages of ♥! [ READ MORE ]
For fun tonight I decided to create a stripped down interface to my wordpress blog to allow for easier mobile posting. I’m using the MetaWeblog API to post and as a result can open up the interface to anyone that has a blog that supports the same API. If interested in blogging from your [ READ MORE ]
It might not come as a surprise, but Ryan Adams’ Easy Tiger is the next album release that I am looking forward to. Below is the latest list of songs that made the album and links to any of the songs I could find that have already been performed live. 01 Goodnight Rose 02 Two 03 Everybody Knows 04 [ READ MORE ]
[mp3]http://www.travisj.org/files/BluesRunTheGame.mp3[/mp3] Eric posted Nick Drake’s cover of Jackson Frank’s Blues Run The Game the other day and it reminded me of one of my favorite Adam Duritz (of Counting Crows) covers. This version was recorded in 2002 at the Shim Sham Club. [ READ MORE ]
After upgrading to Wordpress 2.2 yesterday, I decided I needed to write my first widget. Since I also needed to start monetizing this blog (I’ve been leaving big bucks on the table for years!), I created a Direct Media Exchange Ad Tags widget. It’s not the most elegant widget – at this point you have [ READ MORE ]
I saw today that Wordpress 2.2 was released. I went ahead and upgraded (in about 1 minute) and instantly noticed some changes to my sidebar. Version 2.2 somehow enables widgets across all themes or something. I’m not sure how they did it, but it is very cool. [ READ MORE ]
After work I stopped by Best Buy (sorry, I needed something else that the local record shop didn’t carry) and picked up Wilco’s new album, Sky Blue Sky. Rachel let me splurge and get the Special Deluxe Edition on one condition, that she didn’t have to see or hear the DVD. The previous Wilco DVDs [ READ MORE ]
….of a revolution will be in Eugene on June 18th. Rachel and I went to see them (and Counting Crows) in Chicago a few years ago at the University of Chicago. I wasn’t too familiar with their music at the time, but in the years since they have become one of my favorites. I’m not [ READ MORE ]