http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:13:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wanted to follow and respond to friends and family photos on Flickr thru a feed reader without having to comb thru the combined photostream of my contacts. I didn't want to add individual feeds to my reader since this would be hard to maintain and I didn't want to ... http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/11042007/flickr-friends-and-family-feed/ So excited about Google's announcement of OpenSocial and the possibilities of social network portability, but worried about the huge privacy implications. Also, it looks like Facebook might consider OpenSocial as an opportunity. http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/11032007/business-links-opensocial-kiva/ Guillermo Del Toro wants Neil Gaiman to direct the Death film. Thank god for oscar-nominated, brilliant, fanboy director/producers. Totally making these next Halloween. Eek! http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/10302007/del-toro-wants-gaiman-for-death-tasty-spiders/ http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/10292007/evil-best-buy-superest-zombie-science/ Am I the last person to hear that Stephen Fry is filming a BBC series where he travels the U.S. and devotes each episode to a different state? If so, forgive me for a having a mini nerdgasm. http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/10292007/thou-shalt-not-questions-stephen-fry/ Michael Wesch, creator of The Machine is Us/ing Us and Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University just posted another of his beautiful videos to YouTube. Information R/evolution takes on information management and the semantic web in the same simple, expressive style of the first video. My god these ... http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/10222007/another-brilliant-video-on-the-future-of-the-web/ Kitsune Noir is one of my favorite art and design blogs of late and this evening pointed me to the amazing work of Daniel Krall. There's a common thread here with other recent recent art crushes like Paul Pope and Gabriel Bá, but I can't put my finger on it. ... http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/10142007/art-crush-daniel-krall/ If it's seemed quiet around here recently, it's because I've been obsessed with both Twitter and Pownce. Both are nicely designed social networking sites with nice interfaces and the satisfaction of a captive audience ready and willing to be your "friend." However, the big drawback is how these networks ... http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/10142007/adventures-in-social-networking/ At some point, the fact that I'll always have the same weird insecurities became comforting rather than infuriating. Like a soft blanket filled with bumblebees. I've become reaquainted with my manic, messy, oversharing alter-ego and I wonder where he's been hiding and why he chose to come back ... http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/08172007/pleased-to-meet-me/ It's a good thing Joe Hill chose a pseudonym to avoid comparisons to his famous father, otherwise I might not have picked up his amazing first novel Heart-Shaped Box. The book is really scary and, like all good ghost stories, firmly rooted in the emotional lives and ... http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/07292007/heart-shaped-box/ Finally, something to get excited about out of Lucasfilm: StarWars.com launches a site for the cgi Clone Wars tv series and it looks pretty good, but then again so did all 3 prequels. Why does Count Dooku look like a Rankin Bass puppet from Santa Claus is Coming to Town? The ... http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/07272007/heatmizer-dooku-and-indys-crate/ I know this is not new news, but have I mentioned how much I love Flight of the Conchords? Bowie's In Space just makes the relationship that much deeper. http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/07252007/flight-of-the-conchords/ Until the letdown of The Life Aquatic, Wes Anderson solidly occupied the bulleted list in my brain reserved for my favorite directors. Aquatic only had half of the style + sweetness combo that makes his films so amazing and, while I would give my right arm to have him ... http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/07242007/the-darjeeling-limited/ Say what you will about the iPhone, one sure thing is that we'll all have better phones in the long run, rather than the ridiculous pieces of junk the cell companies extort us into buying. This Linux phone, for example. (via Everybody) This knitted Ewok is so cute, I might ... http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/07092007/links-linux-phone-kill-the-ewoks/ I'm adding Hanlon's razor to my list of life mottos. So much for my "practice humility" resolution. (via 43 Folders) Camera Obscura's cover of Super Trouper makes me very happy. Did I mention I was an ABBA kid? Speaking of ABBA kids. This time literally. Are you sure he's ... http://www.popastronaut.net/wp_index/07082007/links-for-07082007/