Walrus: Brandon Graham’s All Bum Album by Brandon S. Graham

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you’re purchased comic artists’ sketch books before, you probably have a good idea of what you’re going to get. However, unlike other sketch books I’ve seen, this one contains little mini-comics scattered among the more traditional sketches. It’s also neat that he includes some sketches his wife has drawn since they often draw together. Also fun - his reinterpretations of some Marvel and DC characters.

One Year Ago Today: Firefox, Google Glass, and Wordpress Themes in the Technology Roundup

Five Years Ago Today: I promise more Linux reviews I also ruminate on the melancholy of living far from family.

One Year Ago Today: I discuss Disney Princess culture in anticipation of what will happen with Scarlett.

Five Years Ago Today: No Post

Finally did the move, I’m at www.ericsbinaryworld.com instead of server.ericsbinaryworld.com/blog ! Whoo! No more annoying URL! There may be a few funky things here and there until everything’s ironed out, but for the most part it seems to be working just fine.

One Year Ago Today: Politics: Illicit Acquisition of Game of Thrones in Australia and the Death of CISPA

Five Years Ago Today: I discuss my 365 Project.

One Year Ago Today: 5 Tips for Taking Photos of Toddlers.

Five Years Ago Today: No Post.

Every day Boing-Boing posts a blog post from a year ago, five years ago, and ten years ago. I think it is pretty revealing and I want to do it too since I’ve almost been blogging for 10 years now. We’ll see how long I can keep it going.

One Year Ago: I reviewed Fall Out Boy’s Save Rock and Roll.

Five Years Ago: I did not post on 1 May, five years ago.

It’s the First of MAY!! The original version of the song is quite, quite dirty and vulgar.

But there are clean versions.

I cut the cord and left cable TV about five years ago. I had tested the over the air (OTA) channels and they came in well enough. Plus there was innovation going on that might mitigate not having cable. The other day my sister-in-law’s boyfriend mentioned that Aereo was going to start working on Chromcast. They have a micro-antenna array technology that allows them to get the local signals clearly and then allow their customers to watch the channels on computing devices. I’d been following them for a while and checked to see if they were finally in Baltimore. They were! So I signed up for the free month trial.

Posts like this one and others I’ve mentioned recently help explain why I’ve had an increase in hatred of pop music as my music tastes have expanded. (Although I don’t think there’s anything wrong with enjoying Bubblegum - as it was once known - most of it is garbage) The record industry, as with any established industry (and not too differently from fast food chains), hates risk. They take artists who put out amazing mix tapes and make them bland. As a corollary, when I do enjoy mainstream acts (as opposed to indie), I tend to enjoy the songs they don’t play on the radio. (Lana Del Rey and Fall Out Boy are perfect examples)