Alex Leonard’s blog Vox 2009-07-08T10:00:09Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cd96f969e04cd5/ Random thoughts in music, technology, and the internet. What about an export? tag:vox.com,2008-05-25:asset-6a00cd96f969e04cd500fae8bcc40f000b 2008-05-25T23:37:14Z 2009-07-08T10:00:09Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom So I'm thinking about moving my personal blog to my own domain, alex.leonard.ie, for no major reason but it feels like it's the right thing to do. I've had a few people mention the fact that they have to join vox to comment here, and I don't want...

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]]> The Short Big Lebowski (Obscenity Filled) tag:vox.com,2008-04-13:asset-6a00cd96f969e04cd500f48cee23e80003 2008-04-13T15:47:36Z 2008-04-14T11:20:22Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Big Lebowski - The Fucking Short Version *featured*

This had me laughing uncontrollably. Brilliant stuff..

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]]> The future of Facebook tag:vox.com,2008-04-12:asset-6a00cd96f969e04cd500f48cedd2e70002 2008-04-12T18:14:24Z 2008-04-12T19:04:53Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

6cxcek

I have to say that I found this very amusing.. I found it here: http://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2008/04/11/5009 However they don't seem to know where it came from originally!

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]]> The 2008 Gmail Appeal tag:vox.com,2008-04-09:asset-6a00cd96f969e04cd500e398ee73210005 2008-04-09T10:08:02Z 2008-04-09T10:09:32Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom You may or may not care about this, but as a designer this is definitely important to me. Taken from http://www.email-standards.org/gmail-appeal By the way, my ugly mug is the very last one in the video.

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]]> Bertie's gone tag:vox.com,2008-04-02:asset-6a00cd96f969e04cd500f48d09445a0001 2008-04-02T11:33:55Z 2008-04-02T16:34:24Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bertie

Huzzah! Bertie Ahern, head of the Irish government, has resigned. He's a crook, and should never have lasted as long in power as he did. You can watch RTE's news reports about it here: http://www.rte.ie/live/ I found his brother's comment amusi...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Allergy Season tag:vox.com,2008-03-30:asset-6a00cd96f969e04cd500e398eb06550005 2008-03-30T03:20:13Z 2008-06-05T10:10:58Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Pollen

Show us something you're allegic to. This is the only thing I'm aware of - the problem is that it's really small and I can't avoid it when it's around... Actually, when you look at it up close like this I can see why I might be allergic to it ...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Going Out On A Limb... tag:vox.com,2008-03-12:asset-6a00cd96f969e04cd500f48ce3b3c10002 2008-03-12T21:23:36Z 2009-04-06T14:11:27Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Trees along Glendalough Lake

In honor of Johnny Appleseed Day, show us a tree. I went down to Glendalough (Wicklow, Ireland) for a weekend recently in celebration of my 2 year anniversary with my girlfriend Gaia. We went for a nice walk along the lake and were lucky to ge...

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]]> PicLens - King of Firefox extensions? tag:vox.com,2008-03-12:asset-6a00cd96f969e04cd500f48ce377190002 2008-03-12T03:21:04Z 2008-03-12T03:21:04Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

PicLens Screen Shot

Well, it might not be king, based on how much usage I get from it, but PicLens is definitely a beauty to play around with, and it's functional too. I've written a full write-up on my business blog, so I won't repeat it verbatim here, but if you'...

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]]> Word Press 2.5 not ready yet tag:vox.com,2008-03-11:asset-6a00cd96f969e04cd500e398e4d4920004 2008-03-11T10:05:39Z 2009-04-06T18:11:16Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Whilst it feels a little strange blogging about Word Press on one of Six Apart's blogging tools (especially given Anil Dash's reasonably nasty competitive post about Word Press), I don't feel disinclined to mention it. I love Word Press. I've bee...

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]]> In Other Words - a poem by Charles Bukowski tag:vox.com,2008-03-10:asset-6a00cd96f969e04cd500f48ce321370003 2008-03-10T23:12:46Z 2008-03-11T00:01:00Z Alex Leonard http://alexleonard.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I came across this poem I haven't read in years and found myself loving it once again. Figured I'd post it up here for the sake of nothing but spreading it around some.. in other words by charles bukowski the Egyptians loved the cat w...

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