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This is the home page of Erik Mallinson. Follow me on Twitter (@erima) if you’re into that sort of thing. You might also check out my illustration and music studio, @gravel on Twitter.
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Feb8

Probably it would be unwise to say too much about my job. After all, any “artist” with a profession is bound to have an ambivalent attitude towards it: one loves it sometimes for not being one’s art, and hates it sometimes for the same reason. I don’t think that, if one needs money, being an artist is sufficient excuse for shirking the job that feeds one, and I try to do mine conscientiously for that reason alone….The best thing to do is to try to be utterly schizoid about it all – using each personality as a refuge from the other.
Philip Larkin on having a day job (via austinkleon)

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Now Playing view

Now Playing view

Shuffle and Repeat options

Shuffle and Repeat options

Hidden iPhone Shuffle/Repeat

This morning I tried to listen to The Darjeeling Limited straight through when I discovered that it was skipping around the playlist even though I did not choose to shuffle songs. It turns out there are controls to shuffle songs as well as repeat a playlist or single track, just like on every other iPod model.

To reveal these controls:

  1. Navigate to the Now Playing screen.
  2. Tap on the album art. This will reveal icons for Repeat, Genius, and Shuffle, as well as an additional scrubber (slider for audio) in the center.
  3. Tap on icon you would like to turn on or off. A blue highlight means it is turned on.

I credit Dan at BrainLog for solving this problem. I followed his instructions but found them a difficult to understand (lack of caffeine on my part?) so I decided to rewrite them.

#iPhone #iPod

Feb7

Mobile Air Mouse→

This app has come in handy. we run the laptop into the tv to watch Hulu, Netflix, and iTunes on our television. This app eliminates the need to get up from the couch to control playback. i’m even posting this using it.

#iPhone #Mac #app

Because of Nancy Pelosi calling people who believe in the Tea Party movement Nazis,” she explained referring to the House speaker, who actually did not call Tea Party members Nazis, but noted that some protesters had carried swastikas. “My grandfather’s family, as Polish Jews, escaped Nazism. To call us Nazis is an abomination.

… and that is exactly why ‘Tea Party’ people come off as total loonies. The foundation of their group seems based around hearing it wrong and being unapologetic.

…Oh, and that swastika thing is pretty disgusting.

Political Notebook - Tea Party Looks to Move From Fringe to Force - NYTimes.com

#politics

Feb6

Oh, man. I wish my parents were as interested in my art, or the rest of my life, as the person in this video.

chels:

This is the first episode How to Explain it to My Parents, a documentary series in which 9 abstract artists explain to their mom and dad what their work is all about.

Here, Arno Coenen describes his work to his father and makes me realize that life never changes. While it’s an interesting exercise to try to explain your abstract art to your father, this conversation really boils down to hurt feelings at his father not coming to his exhibition. I guess we’re all in Little League till we die, hoping our parents make it to the game in time to see our big homerun.

1 notes #art #life

Feb5

Feb4