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A chilling-out playlist for Friday, with a kick at the end
Courtesy of iTunes Genius (with substantial edits): Wash Away (Reprise) — Joe Purdy Blue Mind — Alexi Murdoch Holocene — Bon Iver Us — Regina Spektor The Girl (2:28 acoustic version) — City and Colour Rave On — M. Ward Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois — Sufjan Stevens All My Days — Alexi…
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Look at this blog, look how it shines for you
There have been some tweaks to the look & feel of Smrvl.com this morning, based on what I’ve been learning lately about weight & white-space and the incredibly insightful input of one Casey Somerville. Let me know if anything is broken!
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Run, don’t walk, to The Twenty Ninth
Good morning, The Internet. Boy, have I ever got something nice for you today. You may have heard me mention my wife in the past. Her name is Casey, and she is a rockstar. Everything I know about color, fashion, sandy beaches, honesty, brevity, and interior design, I learned from her. And she now has…
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Why I’m a nicer person than NBC
A little while ago, I tried doing something technical* that caused stories on this blog to be delayed in publishing by a half-day. This was in an attempt to make things better** but it didn’t work.*** At that time, I asked my subscribers to delete my old feed and sign up for my new one.…
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The Classics: “A lot of people wonder that, a lot of … island people.”
In today’s edition of The Classics, a series in which we share things from forever ago that should not be forgotten, we’re proud to present SCTV’s Sunrise Semester with Ed Grimley, lecturing on Snakes.