Current Diversions

iTunes now has an RSS feed. Just one more reason why NetNewsWire has become my new Favorite Application Ever.

GarageBand has a shot at the above title, though I may have to pick up some new loops to keep it from getting stale. I've no musical talent whatsoever, but after using GarageBand for half-an-hour, I'm suddenly entertaining thoughts of scoring my own films, like John Carpenter with less synth, and I'm fighting off the urge to buy an M-Audio keyboard to go crazy with.

Legendary Brit radio DJ John Peel can now be heard online, welcome news to those of you who, like myself, bitch all the time about how much American radio sucks. Go hear something different.

Here's a digital animation of how we got that rover to Mars.

And here's some scanned-in comic books from the 1940's.

Han Solo, in Carbonite, in Lego.

"These 9 drawings were done by an artist under the influence of LSD -- part of a test conducted by the US government during it's dalliance with psychotomimetic drugs in the late 1950's. The artist was given a dose of LSD 25 and free access to an activity box full of crayons and pencils..."

What's going on at Sundance this year.

Speaking of blogs: for the fourth year in a row, I have not been nominated for a Bloggie.

Trainspotting.

Did you know you can link directly to the iTunes Music Store? Like I just did?

Now, time for a group hug.