IronmausIronmaus - LiveJournal.comBad News Brings Good Tunes- February 20, 2008 Miranda called me from work this weekend to announce there was a frenzy at the Sonic Boom Records in Fremont on account of them shutting their doors. I later confirmed with a clerk that the Capitol Hill and Ballard locations were staying open but it's still sad to see good business get cut down. (It's particularly sad if you figure the closure was likely due to rent prices in Fremont and wonder what kind of big money chain will take over that location next.)I'd been meaning to buy a CD or two...http://ironmaus.livejournal.com/303400.html New Icon, New Forms Of Humiliation- February 16, 2008 In a previous entry--you know, the one with the tit-shaped title tabulations--I expressed a desire for a more science-y icon. Jake was right, nothing says, "Science!" like Bunsen and Beaker...and the word, "Science!" I was going for a vanishing cream effect on their bodies though it looks strangely like they're being lost to television static. Ah, well.Let's test it! Font science! Phat beat science! Knee-brace science! Tree science!In one interesting bit of science that hits close to home,...http://ironmaus.livejournal.com/303207.html |