kentbrew @ tumblr

Reblog with your year of birth.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:38:38 -0700

savagemike:

noonesboy:

jewtica:

inflightradio:

planetariums:

piniyopo:

thingshavechanged:

rantsraveandreblogs:

1996.
Just curious.

1996 as well.

Wow I feel so young now.

1993

I feel old D; At school I feel so young

1993

HOLY FCUK YEW GUISE R BABIES

lol omg 1992.

1991.

wow. 1983. so far it looks like I’m the oldest living thing on tumblr.

No, unfortunately that honor seems to be mine. I reblogged this earlier: 1974. I got like 20 years on most these peeps.

1966 - haha! What do I win?

1961. Hey, you kids! Get off my lawn!

Seana Meek, after Prop 8

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:59:00 -0800

Long-time Yahoo Seana Meek, towards the end of a long thread on devel-random:

When my daughter was young, only two, we moved to California.

Some point soon after she saw two men holding hands and asked me about it. My response was that some boys grow up and fall in love with other boys and that some girls grow up and fall in love with other girls. I then told her that she didn’t have to worry about whether she would fall in love with boys or girls until she was much older.

Probably only a week or two later she came to me and stated firmly ‘it’s definitely boys, mom’.

And though I know life can be pretty tough for heterosexuals, I plan to support her regardless.

Amen, Seana. Best of luck at Picateer!

A Quick Note to Stephenie Meyer

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:39:00 -0700

Hi, Stephenie.

I was very, very sorry to hear that a draft of Midnight Sun was leaked to the Internet. It’s a horrible invasion of privacy and the worst possible violation of trust between an author and a first reader.

I’d like to suggest that it won’t be a complete disaster for the eventual sales of Midnight Sun, however. I can think of several authors (Cory Doctorow, John Scalzi, Charles Stross, and others) who have reported increased sales due to Internet exposure.

That’s not why I’m writing, however. I’m here to point out that your inclusion of a list of songs obtained through Playlist seems to be inconsistent with your strong stance for creators’ rights, given that Playlist is currently being sued by the RIAA for serving up music without paying royalties.

If music inspires your writing, why not use your respected position as an author respected by many young people—including my daughter Elena, who will be utterly heartbroken at the news that Midnight Sun was stillborn—to stand up for creators’ rights in all fields of endeavor?

Thanks very much,

—Kent

"This one is a high-definition television commercial for hope."

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:47:00 -0700

Jim Walsh’s reaction to Matt Harding’s latest dance video, with translated lyrics and a profile of the singer, 17-year-old Palbasha Siddique.

Amen, Jim; here’s to hope.

Wordle: Obama versus McCain

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:57:21 -0700

Interesting stuff from Wordle, via Crooked Timber, from Clay Shirky’s Twitter feed:

The thumbnails don’t do justice; zoom in to see the most popular words from the campaign blogs of Barack Obama and John McCain.

How to be a successful musical act in the post-Internet,...

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:35:35 -0700

How to be a successful musical act in the post-Internet, post-user-generated-content universe.

Firefox/Opera URL Redirect Bug

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:04:00 -0700

Copy and paste this into your browser and see what happens:

http://htto;//www.live.geocities.com/chazmodogzx

When I view this URL using IE or Safari, I see a 404 error. When I use Firefox or Opera, however, I’m redirected to htto.com, which turns out to be one of those what-you-need-when-you-need-it link farms.

Be careful out there.

Brewster's Law of Online Community Management

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:07:50 -0700

This one goes out to the brave men and women who are currently shepherding Flickr through the introduction of video. Hang tough, you guys:

“In every online community there lurks a small but vocal minority of attention-seekers. These folks are ready to pounce on any change, brand it as a Sign of the Coming Apocalypse, and announce their intentions to leave in a loud, angry huff. The only problem? They never actually leave….”

Video on Flickr FTW!

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:53:36 -0700

Video on Flickr FTW!

hee hee hee

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:33:51 -0800

hee hee hee

freerice.com

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:54:27 -0800

freerice.com:

Show your vocabulary skillz and feed the hungry at the same time. (My best so far: level 50 in 1860 grains of rice.)

"Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:40:00 -0800

“Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”

- Richard Feynman, Appendix to the Rogers Commission Report on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident

Travel Plans!

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:15:00 -0800

Stripgenerator rules. Here’s Classic Jokes Illustrated,...

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:10:25 -0700

Stripgenerator rules. Here’s Classic Jokes Illustrated, #4.