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


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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.

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