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Monday, February 01, 2010

Ten Best Albums 2001

Diane Cluck - Macy's Day Bird
Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album
Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs
Jeff Mangum - Live At Jittery Joe's
Beulah The Coast Is never Clear
The Frames - For The Birds
Microphones - Glow, Pt 2
I Am The World Trade Center - Out of the Loop
Ted Leo/Pharmacist - The Tyranny of Distance
White Strips - White Blood Cell

Honorably Mention
Josh Ritter - Golden age of Radio
M. Ward - End of Amnesia


EP
Apples in Stereo - Let's Go
Belle & Sebastian - Sing Jonathan David
Stillwater

Labels: 2001, album, Best of, best of 2001, list, music, tag overload

- Rich, 1:50 PM

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Ten Best Albums 2000

This list is in no order.

Belle & Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
Diane Cluck - Diane Cluck
Mates of States - My Solo Project
Harvey Danger - King James Version
Mirah - You Think It's Like This But You Really Like It
Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
Wolf Colonel - The Castle
Death Cab For Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
The Mountain Goats - The Coroner's Gambit

Honorable Mention
The Strokes - Is This It?
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue Volume 2
Johnny Cash - American III - Solitary Man
Songs: Ohia - The Lioness
Josh Ritter - Josh Ritter
Radiohead - Kid A
Richard Ashcroft - Alone WIth Everybody
Robin Hitchcock - Robyn Sings
Songs: Ohia - Protection Spells
Wesley Wills - Rush Hour
Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP


EP
Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man
They Might Be Giants - Working Undercover for the Man

Labels: 2000s, album, Best of, Best of 2000, best of 2000s, list, music

- Rich, 3:40 PM

Best Albums of the Decade

This is the plan. I am going to post my list of the ten best from year year of the decade. I am going to start with 2000 as the first year. I know there are technical reasons that decade starts in 2001, but I think decades also have social starts also. I am picking February 19, 2000 as the start of the decade. It is the day that George W. Bush beat John McCain in the South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary. I think that date opens the door for everything else that happens in the 2000s. That is besides the point.

After I make the top ten list every year, I am going to make my overall list for the 100 best albums of the decade. Yes, there are some albums that might be honorable mention one year, but beat out an album from another year. Let me know what you think.

Labels: 2000s, album, Best of, best of 2000s, list, music

- Rich, 1:41 PM

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Best Days of the Decade

A few days ago I posted my best day of 2009. This got me to think about the best days of the '00s. Here is the list that is popping my head.

My wedding day
The Phillies Winning the World Series
My First date with Kate
When I went from A temp to a permanent Employee At TiVo
Eric hosting my 30th birthday Party
The TiVo Picnic-Open House
Asking Kate to marry me on the Burnside Bridge
My First Raise at TiVo
The Project Review of the 3.2 TiVo Software
The first baseball game Kate and I went to together
Finishing my First Nanowrimo novel
Going to Prague on my own.
Sailing Around San Francisco Bay with Bullwinkle
Kate meeting my parents
Me meeting Kate's parents
Going to the Site of the First Olympics with Sean and his family.
My first Phillies at Citizens Bank Park
When I insisted Kate move in with me
The first bonus I got at TiVo
Going to the Philadelphia Zoo with Ruth, Charlie, and Kathy
Getting the offer from VuDu
My Second Date with Abigail
Going to the SF Zoo for Kate's Birthday
My interview at SlingMedia
My Birthday At the Phillies Game/My Last Game at the VET.

Labels: best day of the decade, best day of the year, Best of, best of 2000s, tag overload

- Rich, 10:14 AM

Monday, January 18, 2010

Best Day of 2009

A long time ago Jeremy told he tries to remember the best day of the year. He wants to note those things so he lives in the moment. I thought this was a good idea. Now I try to do the same thing

Best day of the year Nominations:

Giants Fan Photo Day



The last day at the Grand Lodge



The Day the Phillies won the NL Pennent



Christmas day



The day in San Diego we went to Hodad's



The day the Eagles Clinched a playoff birth



The Best Day of the year 2009: my wedding day.



My wedding day was the best day of the year. It is an easy call. I morning was calm, the day went well. That moment I saw Kate in her wedding dress for the first time was almost a perfect moment. The day was great. It took months to plan and it all paid off. I cannot think of a better day

Labels: 2009, best day of the year, best of 2009, tag overload

- Rich, 8:57 PM

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Music stats 2009

Here are my music stats.

in 2009 I listened to 5861 songs. The total length of those songs 47 Days 13 Hours 27 Minutes 26 Seconds or 28.01 GB

I want to listen more different songs this year. I only listened to about 10% of my collection last year. I feel I need to open that up more.

Here are my updated music collection stats:

Number of Songs
1-Jan-04 --- 28206
1-Jan-05 --- 36026
1-Jan-06 --- 41585
1-Jan-07 --- 46470
1-Jan-10 --- 56853

Size in GB
1-Jan-04 --- 123.74
1-Jan-05 --- 158.99
1-Jan-06 --- 181.31
1-Jan-07 --- 203.95
1-Jan-10 --- 257.55

Size in time
1-Jan-04 --- 78:04:31:04
1-Jan-05 --- 99:01:07:31
1-Jan-06 --- 144:02:05:25
1-Jan-07 --- 156:19:33:52
1-Jan-10 --- 184:08:20:23

Day:Hour:Minute:Second

Labels: mp3, music, self, stats

- Rich, 9:32 AM

Monday, January 04, 2010

Best Photos of 2009

According to Flickr, this is my most interesting photo of 2009



It is not hard to see why they say that.

The most interesting non-comic con photo is this one



Also easy to see, but I do not think this is because of my photographic skill

This photo might be because of my photographic skill.



I think this is my best photo of the year.



This is the photo I have on my iPod touch.

Labels: best of 2009, flickr, flickrpost, list, photo, photography, self

- Rich, 6:16 PM

Sunday, January 03, 2010

2010 Creative Project List

1. Photo a day Project: I know that I have tired this before, but I am trying it again. Hopefully I will get through it this year. I want to really do a good job. Last year I stopped in February. Yes, the wedding planning did me in. This year I hope to get it done.

2. Add people to all my Flickr Photos: A while ago Flickr added a people feature, so you can add other Flickr users to your photos. I wanted to make sure I did this for all my photos. I added the tag needsflickrpeople too all the photos I posted before this feature was added. At this moment I have 9,245 photos with this tag. I want to make that number zero by the end of the year. I know that is a lot of photos to review in the next year, but I think I can do it.

3. Get a total of 3,542,374 flickr views: To get this many views I need to average 2000 views a day for the whole year. There was a good four month period that I got over 2000 views every day. I know I have little control over this. I need to go to Comic Con to get this done. More costume photos might also be a good idea. I know that more promotion using Facebook and Flickr is important. We will see if I can do this.

4. Best songs of 2009 mix: I have been making these mixes for years this is not the year to stop. I hope to have this done by the end of the month.

5. Best albums of the 2000s list: I have been working lists for each year. I also want to make an overall list. I want to have this done by the end of the month, but the end of February seems real realistic.

6. New Movie Review Blog with Kate: I set up the blog, Movie Reviews with My Spouse. We watch a lot of movies together. This will mostly be movies from Netflix. I think this will be fun. If you have a suggestion for a better name, let me know.

Labels: flickr, flickrpost, list, self

- Rich, 1:28 PM

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