Justin Ward 2.0

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Things added in October, 2008

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My New Apartment

Posted on October 26th .
The view from my new apartment I finally put up some photos of my new apartment on Flickr, the place I spent most of last weekend getting ...

Flight of the Conchords Return January 2009

Posted on October 23rd .
Flight of the Conchords will begin a new season on HBO in January 2009. Bret and Jemaine are circling back around for another great season in 2009, so it's time ...

I’m Moving Today

Posted on October 19th .
I'm about to go pick up my moving truck, a nice little 10 footer, because today is moving day for me! I've decided to move out from my place ...

Serious Google Juice-ification

Posted on October 19th .
How is this post still the first Google result for this search? That's incredible.

Powell Endorses Obama for President

Posted on October 19th .
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president on Sunday, criticizing his own Republican Party for what he called its narrow focus on irrelevant personal ...

The Daily Show on Joe the Plumber

Posted on October 18th . %
I'm taking a break from packing and watching the latest episode of The Daily Show. Man I really missed this show. It's really good so far... He's already ...

Bloom: My Favorite iPhone App

Posted on October 18th .
If you've talked to me in person over the last week it's likely that I've whipped out my iPhone and started jamming on an application called Bloom, my favorite ...

Chicago Tribune Endorses Barack Obama for President

Posted on October 18th .
The Chicago Tribune has endorsed Barack Obama for President. I'm not totally surprised to see headlines on this given the fact that I know many media outlets are going to ...

Sign the Phish Hampton Simulcast Petition

Posted on October 18th . 7
Were you one of the fans that got shut out of the mail order lottery and the Ticketmaster barrage today to get tickets for Phish's return in March? Maybe ...

You Don’t See That Everyday

Posted on October 18th .
Last night I was grabbing a slice of pizza at my favorite place in the neighborhood, Escape from New York Pizza, which is my favorite place because you can ...

The Life & Times of Tim

Posted on October 16th . %
I haven't heard much about the new HBO show called The Life & Times of Tim, but I just watched the sneak preview on YouTube and I totally ...

It’s Not Its

Posted on October 13th . %
Andrew Huff just launched a website called It's not Its, a simple premise and dead-on for common sense: It's a single page, very simply and straightforwardly explaining the difference ...

Mr. Miner on the Fun in Phish

Posted on October 12th .
Mr. Miner's Phish Thoughts is the best new music blog out there entirely devoted to one band: Phish. It's written so deeply and it's clear that there's ...

The Pitchfork 500

Posted on October 12th .
Pitchfork has announced that they're releasing their first-ever music guide on November 11. It's called The Pitchfork 500. Pitchfork is making the leap from pixels to the page: On November ...

A Collection of Obama Poster Ripoffs

Posted on October 12th . %
Check out this collection of posters imitating the iconic Shepard Fairey designed Barack Obama posters created earlier this year in support of the candidate. The back story is ...

I Love This Video: Ratatat - “Flynn”

Posted on October 11th .
Ratatat - "Flynn" [YouTube] I just picked up the latest Ratatat album and I'm totally enjoying it. I'm especially enjoying the fact that they actually did a video set ...

New Backyard Tire Fire - “How In The Hell Did You Get Back Here?”

Posted on October 11th . 2
This is one of the new songs from Backyard Tire Fire's latest album, The Places We Lived. I love the video and how it represents the band. It ...

Earth From Above

Posted on October 6th .
Earth From Above comes to NYC and gets a nice preview on The Big Picture, quite possibly the best photo news blog ever.

Andy Samberg Nails His Mark Wahlberg Impersonation

Posted on October 5th . 4
On last night's Saturday Night Live, Andy Samberg was in a skit as Mark Wahlberg -- "You guys know me. Let's go talk to some animals..." -- and ...

Hack the Debate

Posted on October 5th .
There's a concept i've been thinking a lot more about lately ever since I started finally accepting that I secretly loved Twitter, even though I have said mean ...