Pitch­fork: “The most voyeu­ris­tic sen­sa­tions are often felt while loo­king in on the least melo­dra­ma­tic moments. –Kris­tin Sage Roc­ker­mann“
I am loving this newly found reviews site — the music they rate highly is deser­vedly good music, the lan­guage reviews are writ­ten in give the best pos­si­ble lite­rary res­ponse to music. With indepth musi­cal know­ledge, invol­ving and beau­ti­ful reviews that give honest opi­nions and pages not ridd­led with adverts — this site has hono­rably been added to my book­marks and this blog.

Glas­ses Peir­cing: Finally, correc­tive len­ses bol­ted into your face!

“I’ve only had them for about a week now, but I’ve been slee­ping and sho­we­ring in them. I hadn’t taken them off in four days when one of the brac­kets cut me while I was asleep; I’d for­got­ten to sand the edges and they were still razor sharp. They’re back on now and seem relia­ble enough to take on a two week trip over the holi­days; I doubt I’ll need to take them off during that time. Taking them on and off is a bit of a hassle, as it invol­ves taking a tiny screw­dri­ver and unsc­re­wing them while they’re on my face — about a 5 to 10 minute pro­cess — which I sup­pose is about what you’d spend with con­tacts.” Click the link for the full article.

It’s inte­res­ting, but as soon as he knocks those glas­ses, that’s gonna be pain­ful.
“I’m torn bet­ween that being cool and that being utterly stupid.”

Audiosc­rob­bler :: User :: FofR

: “1 The Mic­ropho­nes — Drums 18:58:37 UTC, Decem­ber 14 2004
2 Tim Hec­ker — untit­led (8) 18:55:23 UTC, Decem­ber 14 2004
3 Deerhoof — The For­bid­den Fruits 18:53:50 UTC, Decem­ber 14 2004
4 Wire — Read and Burn 18:51:16 UTC, Decem­ber 14 2004
5 The Wrens — The House That Guilt Built 18:34:50 UTC, Decem­ber 14 2004
6 mu — Jea­lous Kids 18:29:49 UTC, Decem­ber 14 2004
7 The Uni­corns — Sea Ghost 18:24:40 UTC, Decem­ber 14 2004
8 The Uni­corns — Ghost Moun­tain 18:21:13 UTC, Decem­ber 14 2004
9 The Uni­corns — Tuff Ghost 18:18:09 UTC, Decem­ber 14 2004
10 The Uni­corns — I Don’t Wanna Die 18:15:38 UTC, Decem­ber 14 2004″

Spread Fire­fox — Igni­ting the web: “In little more than a month, Fire­fox has been down­loa­ded more than 10 million times.”

Why Use Firefox?

“Beware of spy­ware. If you can, use the Fire­fox brow­ser.” — USA Today

“Bet­ter than Inter­net Explo­rer by leaps and bounds.” — FORBES

Popup Bloc­king
Stop anno­ying popup ads in their tracks with Firefox’s built in popup blocker.

Tab­bed Brow­sing
View more than one web page in a sin­gle win­dow with this time saving fea­ture. Open links in the back­ground so that they’re ready for vie­wing when you’re ready to read them.

Pri­vacy and Secu­rity
Built with your secu­rity in mind, Fire­fox keeps your com­pu­ter safe from mali­cious spy­ware by not loa­ding harm­ful Acti­veX con­trols. A com­prehen­sive set of pri­vacy tools keep your online acti­vity your business.

Smar­ter Search
Goo­gle Search is built right into the tool­bar, and there is a plethora of other search tools inc­lu­ding Smart Key­words (type “dict ” in the Loca­tion bar), and the new Find bar (which finds text as you type without cove­ring up anything).

Live Book­marks
RSS inte­gra­tion lets you read the latest news head­li­nes and read upda­tes to your favo­rite sites that are syndicated.

Hassle-Free Down­loa­ding
Files you down­load are auto­ma­ti­cally saved to your Desk­top so they’re easy to find. Fewer prompts mean files down­load quicker.

Fits Like a Glove
Sim­ple and intui­tive, yet fully fea­tu­red, Fire­fox has all the func­tions you’re used to — Book­marks, His­tory, Full Screen, Text Zoo­ming to make pages with small text easier to read, etc.

S, M, L or XL — It’s Your Choice
Fire­fox is the most cus­to­mi­za­ble brow­ser on the pla­net. Cus­to­mize your tool­bars to add addi­tio­nal but­tons, ins­tall new Exten­sions that add new fea­tu­res, add new The­mes to browse with style, and use the adap­tive search sys­tem to allow you to search an infi­nite num­ber of engi­nes. Fire­fox is as big or small as you want.

Setup’s a Snap
At only 4.7MB (Win­dows), Fire­fox takes just a few minu­tes to down­load over a slow con­nec­tion and seconds over a fast con­nec­tion. The ins­ta­ller gets you set up quickly, and the new Easy Tran­si­tion sys­tem imports all of your set­tings — Favo­ri­tes, pass­words and other data from Inter­net Explo­rer and other brow­sers — so you can start sur­fing right away.

A Developer’s Best Friend
Fire­fox comes with a stan­dard set of deve­lo­per tools inc­lu­ding a power­ful JavaSc­ript and CSS error/warning con­sole, and an optio­nal Docu­ment Ins­pec­tor that gives detai­led insight about your pages.

CNN​.com — France opens tallest road bridge — Dec 14, 2004:

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“MILLAU, France (AP) — Pier­cing the sky above the ver­dant hills of southern France, a stun­ningly modern road­way bridge hai­led as the tallest in the world was offi­cially inau­gu­ra­ted Tuesday.

Cele­bra­ted as a work of art and an object of French natio­nal pride, the Millau bridge will ena­ble moto­rists to take a drive through the sky — 270 meters (891 feet) above the Tarn valley for a 2.5 kilo­me­ter (1.6 mile) stretch through France’s Mas­sif Cen­tral mountains.

Desig­ned by Bri­tish archi­tect Nor­man Fos­ter, the steel-and-concrete bridge with its stream­li­ned dia­go­nal sus­pen­sion cables rests on seven pillars — the tallest mea­su­ring 340 meters (1,122 feet), making it 16 meters (53 feet) taller than the Eif­fel Tower.

The bridge, which has an airy and fluid appea­rance, was desig­ned to have the ‘deli­cacy of a but­terfly,’ Fos­ter said in an inter­view with regio­nal daily news­pa­per Midi Libre.

‘A work of man must fuse with nature. The pillars had to look almost orga­nic, like they had grown from the earth,’ said Fos­ter, who also desig­ned London’s Millen­nium Bridge.

Colorado’s Royal Gorge Bridge, towe­ring 331 meters (1,053 feet) above the Arkan­sas River, is the world’s tallest sus­pen­sion bridge — but it is desig­ned for pedes­trians. The Kocher­tal via­duct in Ger­many was the highest road­way, at 185 meters (607 feet), offi­cials said.

Pre­si­dent Jac­ques Chi­rac, surroun­ded by wor­kers in hard hats, lif­ted a French flag cove­ring a pla­que on the bridge in the town of Millau on Tues­day. Figh­ter jets roa­red overhead, lea­ving a trail of red, white and blue smoke.

Millau is best known outside France as the place where anti-globalization acti­vist Jose Bove dis­mant­led a McDonald’s restaurant.

The bridge, nearly three years in cons­truc­tion, opens to vehic­les Thursday.