Archives for February 2008
Guest Blogging
Today I’m making a guest post to my friend Andrea’s blog, Some Things I Know. I know Andrea from college and every Friday she has a “Friend Friday” post, where a friend of hers posts an update. I’m excited to be included and I’ll link to the post here after she puts it [...]
Going Full Lincoln — Bearduary Appearance on Today Show Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning I’m going to be on the Today Show at the NBC Studios. They’ll be shaving my Bearduary beard and possibly giving me a free haircut (score!) while the hosts interview the Bearduary founders.
The taping is supposed to take place at 10am EST on Tuesday and last for about 45 minutes. I don’t [...]
Bedouin Soundclash @ Knitting Factory
Bedouin Soundclash @ Knitting Factory
For Rob’s birthday party, we went out in Tribeca and then saw Bedouin Soundclash play the Knitting Factory. I had never heard of them before about a week ago, but I was really impressed by their show. They are reggae-ish, with a little punk in there. Their sound, [...]
Magnetic fields
I scored a last-minute ticket to see the Magnetic Fields at Town Hall last night. It was a really subdued, acoustic show. There was a lot of conversation among the band members, and the whole thing felt like some sort of music-enhanced fireside chat.
I enjoyed the show, but I wanted them [...]
Lunar eclipse
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Lunar eclipse, originally uploaded by bantic.
Last night there was a total lunar eclipse that was visible from North and South America. Friends of mine in Seattle saw it, I saw it in NYC, and [...]
Radiolab Premiere Party at Angelika Tonight
If you can memorize this number you can figure out what day of the week any date in 2008 falls on: 632641637527. I’ll explain how in a moment.
I’ve been thinking a lot about memory lately as a result of listening to the Radiolab show on Memory and Forgetting last week. If you’re [...]
Hacked
One of my web sites, corybantic.us, was hacked recently! Weird…
I restored the modified files but left the hacked page up as well.
Playing with Fire
I’m now 2 for 3 with viral youtube science experiments. Previously I fail to make Mountain Dew glow green and successfully created a spouting diet coke geyser.
Yesterday’s experiment, and my Thing for ThingADay, was to try to recreate the handheld fireball* on this youtube video.
The result? Success! Well, mostly. The fireball heats [...]
Thing a Day overview
I haven’t been posting every day, but I’ve been doing things every day.
On Wednesday the “thing” I made was a tattoo. On Saturday I took a picture of my sweet electric guitar. Today I made a hand-held fireball (following along with this youtube video). Friday I “made” Manu Ginobili of the Spurs sign [...]
business card cube
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business card cube, originally uploaded by bantic.
Today’s thing: A cube I made out of my business cards.
Here’s Tuesday’s thing.
Wednesday’s thing is kind of a secret, but I’ll be putting pictures up soon.
