Tiptoe These Coals by Justin Turner Arthur


2:06 minutes (2.89 MB)

Working with some downtempo ideas.

Some things I want to accomplish this year

  • Get ripped, with a six pack and mega-arms. I'm tired of filling the lanky nerd and flimsy vegan stereotypes.
  • Get a skateboard, learn to ride it marginally well.
  • Endure a public feat of strength—maybe a half-marathon.
  • Move downtown and have a great place for friends and I to launch downtown adventures from.
  • Actually lay down a track. I have the equipment and no excuse not to create great musical content.

Guitar and Piano Piece (2009-12-04) by Joe Rivera and Justin Arthur


4:47 minutes (6.56 MB)

On selling my car and commuting by bicycle

Several months ago, I sold my car. Not only did I sell it; I resolved not to buy a new one. My new means of transportation would be a bicycle and the city buses. This decision was inspired by a coworker of mine (Sam) who once did the same thing. I carefully weighed the pros and cons of this:

Pros

  • It's cheaper (even if I spent 18 USD/mo on a bus pass, and 100 USD in occasional taxi rides, not paying for car insurance, parking, and gas easily tipped the scale)
  • I'd get more excersize.

5 Must-See Brazillian Films

While sitting in a small vegan eatery in São Paulo, I came across some Brazillian lads who claimed to be mega film-buffs in town for a film fest. At some point during the conversation I told them to list for me a top-5 list of Brazillian films. They wrote the following on a napkin for me:

  1. O Céu de Suely-2006 (imdb)
  2. Macunaíma-1969 (imdb)
  3. O Corpo-1991 (imdb)

The G1 Phone

I got a little tired of waiting for Nokia's iPhone killer, the N97 and settled on HTC's G1 (The Google Phone) yesterday. Some notes...

The Good

  • Touchable, Wide or Narrow Screen
  • Tons of good free apps out there including a great Last.FM App
  • Mostly Open Platform
  • Good web browser
  • Powerful enough to run Flash, such as the YouTube player

The Bad

  • Short Battery Life

Ohn

Went to a Grimy Styles show on Friday night. There was an Austin trip-hop band that opened for them called Ohn. Thought they were pretty cool, and that I'd share them with you. Last.fm has a few of their tracks if you want to check them out.

Spring is a great time for electronic music in Austin

My fellow ravers, electroboys, and electrogirls of Austin, look what's in store for us as Spring unfolds...

Welcome to the new justinarthur.com

A new year, a new president, and a new justinarthur.com. I finally decided to move my website onto a real content management system, Drupal. I hope you like it. The motif still needs a little work. I hope to keep you updated about my life here.

Activity Stream

  • Thu, 09/02/2010 - 15:41

  • Twitter Justin tweeted "So invigorating that HDCP took off like it did. Was DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort actually going to be where pirates focused their efforts? No." 3:41pm#
  • Twitter Justin tweeted "RT @rozz3r: Is there a single new feature in iTunes 10 that isn't sales related? Better tagging flac support would have been nice :(" 2:17pm#
  • Twitter Justin tweeted "Finally got around to mixing and bouncing the project file for @beyond6th, Episode 2! http://beyond6th.com/" 11:30pm#
  • Sat, 08/28/2010 - 17:29

  • Last.fm Justin listened to Juno Reactor – Inca Steppa 5:29pm#
  • Fri, 08/27/2010 - 14:15

  • Twitter Justin tweeted "Bought an @Intel i3, not realizing that the built-in graphics has no support for 23.976p output." 2:15pm#
  • Wed, 08/25/2010 - 16:59

  • Twitter Justin tweeted "RT @matrixsynth: RIP Keith Barr - Founder of Alesis and MXR" 4:59pm#
  • Twitter Justin tweeted "Finished rewatching Lord of the Rings last night with @stupidweeb. Can't wait until the blu-ray boxed set of the extended ed. is available." 9:52am#
  • Tue, 08/24/2010 - 16:31

  • Twitter Justin tweeted "@Taharka me too. I feel like bringing out the camera every time." 4:31pm#
  • Twitter Justin tweeted "RT @garannm: Know any female developers in Austin? Think they'd be interested in a hack night? http://is.gd/eB76I" 4:20pm#
  • Mon, 08/23/2010 - 15:31

  • Twitter Justin tweeted "Wishing @stupidweeb a happy first day back at skool!" 3:31pm#

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