Flickr Stats – yes! Now I can track that my photos have been viewed 4 times thus re-enforcing my low internet popularity.

Blown Away – oh snap! Gruber you are god.

“What did Bill Murray whisper into Scarlett Johansson’s ear at the end of Lost in Translation? Someone did a bit of audio analysis and posted their findings as a video.” (via kottke)

This is the greatest movie ending of recent memory.

beanstalkd is a fast, distributed, in-memory workqueue service. Its interface is generic, but is intended for use in reducing the latency of page views in high-volume web applications by running most time-consuming tasks asynchronously. [via anarchaia]

Okkervil River has released a cover record, free for download! Hurrah!!

Led Zep reunite and, apparently, tear down O2 Arena. I can’t recall the last rock show review that glowed as much as this one does and although I’m not a Zep fan (really), after this review, I’d be suspect to breaking out my old vinyl.

I’ve got three points to make in this post.

1. This is genius.

I picked up a sea shell to illustrate my homelessness
But a crab fell out of it making it useless
And all my metaphores fell flat
Down on the rocks where we sat

2. The song can be streamed here, as well as others. Be warned, you will fall in love. If already fallen, you will continue to fall and wonder if the bottom will ever be reached, such as it is, limitless.

3. While herself and I debate the way you say his name, one thing is clear, he is swedish. Another thing is clear, Sweden is the coolest place on earth. Why? Jens, Bobby Baby, and that must-have Labrador 100 box set.

That is all.

Stick Football is the greatest waste of time ever!! This has revolutionized my workday.

The FA should look to Morrissey, not Mourinho for the role of England manager. England for the English, as he once sang.

I’m so angry that I missed Scotland Yard Gospel Choir this Friday night a the High Dive.