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walking in the sun with errands to run
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Record a URL’s network activity with Ruby
I wrote a guide to capturing network activity with Ruby and Watir-Webdriver.
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This was the year my feet cemented firmly in old man territory: I pretty much stopped listening to new music. Here are three albums I liked OK that came out this year:
- Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
- Tame Impala - Currents
- Death Cab For Cutie - Kintsugi
Worse yet, the kids these days listen to music that bores me and whose critical praise confuses me (Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Jamie xx, Earl Sweatshirt, zzzzzzz…). It was inevitable, though. I grew up listening to rock and roll, which is in a pretty deep nadir: Old-man favorite NPR gets only 3 or 4 rock albums in their listener poll of the 25 best albums of 2015.
There is some hope for 2015. Here’s what came out this year that I haven’t heard that I will listen to (and will probably like):
- Adele - 25 (should it show up on Apple Music)
- Kurt Vile - B'lieve I’m Goin Down
- Beach House - Depression Cherry
- The Decembrists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
- Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon
- Ryan Adams - 1989
Speaking of: I finally gave Taylor Swift a chance. 1989 is pretty good.
Previous years: 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2000 through 2009
- Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
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The Dictionary of Philosophy
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legospaceship
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On Blocking
I wrote about what it’s like to be blocked on Twitter, and end up discussing what it means to work and live in the modern world.
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At best, [Brandon] Flowers is too wordy and obvious. At worst, he is BruceSpringsteen_ebooks … "Whether the people want to accept it or not, we might be the best band in the last long time!” said Flowers regarding the Killers in a recent interview. This quote is great because … he believes deeply in himself by way of absurd and often extra-grammatical reasons.
Don’t think too much about [his lyrics] … just let his words wash over you, subtly, like being tackled by 20 puppies. Flowers gives off charm and stupidity in the same breath and it is as comforting as it is disposable. It’s the mark of a pretty good pop star.
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HERE COMES JOHN HODGMAN
Please buy tickets and see me talk at you in
and soon to go on sale:
Meets/greets after every single show.
Please let your humans know who live in these fine places.
And watch johnhodgman.com/tour for soon-be-announced MORE.
That is all.
Illustration = ApeLad forever.
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Cadbury Chocolate Banned By Hershey's In The US
America just got measurably worse.
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- The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
- Spoon - They Want My Soul
- Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours
- Walter Martin - We’re All Young Together
- Literature - Chorus
- S - Cool Choices
- Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
- The #1s - The Number Ones
- A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Sea When Absent
- The Twilight Sad - Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave
The Common Linnets - The Common Linnets - Pusha T - My Name Is My Name
- Megafortress - Believer
- Fat White Family - Champagne Holocaust
- Nude Beach - 77
- Trash Kit - Confidence
- Chumped - Teenage Retirement
- The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
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Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan
KARUNCHI, SNAKISTAN—Citing crumbling relations…
Fritolaysian rufflelutionaries crossed zestablished borders and forced Snakistan to dispatch cheesekeeping forces. The late-night SALTY talks held at Snakistan’s Kuler Ranch, however, cooled the spicy conflict with the signing of the historic Buttermilk Compromise, which established bilateral chiplomacy and regulated trade flows by setting the international Rold Gold standard of currency.
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hellonewworld