http://jackpine.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:04:28 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/comics-pull-list-week-of-6-16.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jackpine) http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/comics-pull-list-week-of-6-16.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/comics-pull-list-week-of-6-16.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:04:28 -0700 Sunday afternoon means I get the weekly comic list from my comic shop and tell them what I want on Wednesday. It's my little ritual and probably the geekiest thing I do all week. I'm realizing more and more, though, that I'm buying way too much m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/comics-pull-list-week-of-6-16.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c0975604a00fa967f432f0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> geek comics 38 years old and still reading justice league? for shame http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/i-remember-this-show.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jackpine) http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/i-remember-this-show.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/i-remember-this-show.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:41:42 -0700 Rose sent me this link a while ago but I didn't get a chance to really dig in to it. Great shots of pals Eric Shea, Court and Spark, et al, and text by my lovely friend Jennifer Maerz. And even a fat picture of yours truly, looking a little too ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/i-remember-this-show.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c0975604a00fae8c1b91d000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/wired-weird.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jackpine) http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/wired-weird.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/wired-weird.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:02:43 -0700 My pal Ed Ackerson released a great, unheralded solo songwriter record a few months ago. A local filmmaker in Minneapolis shot a video for one of the songs, Wired Weird. Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/v/YQ-d_YmRnkI It's more or less an u... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/wired-weird.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398f0f3030004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/windows-anger-gnashing-of-teeth.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jackpine) http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/windows-anger-gnashing-of-teeth.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/windows-anger-gnashing-of-teeth.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:06:17 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398f0cc1c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398f0cc1c0005-50si" alt="Windows can eat my poo 003" /></a> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398f0cc200005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398f0cc200005-50si" alt="Windows can eat my poo 002" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Blue screen of death twice today? What have I ever done to deserve this? <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/windows-anger-gnashing-of-teeth.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398f0baa30004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/one-of-my-moods.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jackpine) http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/one-of-my-moods.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/one-of-my-moods.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:05:48 -0700 It's friday night, late, and we're listening to Pink Floyd. And not even the "good" records, we're listening to The Wall and The Final Cut. Remind me again what separates this from the Arcade Fire and a few other contemporary bands other than som... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/one-of-my-moods.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a8c8d30005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/its-a-big-building-with-people-in-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jackpine) http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/its-a-big-building-with-people-in-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/its-a-big-building-with-people-in-it.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:12:27 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a646260004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a646260004-50si" alt="Hancock_building" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> We're in the windy city for a wedding tonight, to be held on the 100th floor of the 16th tallest building in the world. Live feeds from the John Hancock Center are here. The brochure about the Hancock Observatory says that the 360 degree views sp... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/its-a-big-building-with-people-in-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a62ce10001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/help.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jackpine) http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/help.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/help.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:13:07 -0700 Rose and I are in Chicago and I just played her the Sean Kingston song "Beautiful Girls." I heard this in Atlanta a month ago and assumed it would be a hit and now i can't get away from it and it's destroying my brain. Stop this song before it kil... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/help.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a6163c0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/as-if-my-own-inability-to-compartmentalize-my-life-wasnt-enough.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jackpine) http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/as-if-my-own-inability-to-compartmentalize-my-life-wasnt-enough.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/as-if-my-own-inability-to-compartmentalize-my-life-wasnt-enough.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:55:24 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a4da870001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a4da870001-50si" alt="Ff bittorrent" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> There's this: <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/as-if-my-own-inability-to-compartmentalize-my-life-wasnt-enough.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a4e5f90002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> evil comics bittorrent http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-reading-a-lot-of-comics-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jackpine) http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-reading-a-lot-of-comics-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-reading-a-lot-of-comics-2.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:24:23 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a454ca0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a454ca0004-50si" alt="Reading comics" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Picked up Douglas Wolk's Reading Comics the other day and I just finished it. It's pretty much the best book on comics I've read since, probably, Jules Feiffer's The Great Comic Book Heroes. Both books are very personal takes on comic books and... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-reading-a-lot-of-comics-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a45c210005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> comics http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-reading-a-ton-of-comics.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jackpine) http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-reading-a-ton-of-comics.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-reading-a-ton-of-comics.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:27:02 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a09bdb0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a09bdb0003-50si" alt="111012-nextwave_400" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Over the past couple of years I've read a lot of comics. I started with a couple boxes and at some point in my irritating later months at CNET I started picking up more and more each week -- the romper room in our house upstairs is now knee deep ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackpine.vox.com/library/post/ive-been-reading-a-ton-of-comics.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c0975604a00e398a09bb60004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> comics exploding geekism