Have Yourself a Very British Christmas

What happens when you combine a bunch of seasonal UK top hits with a Tumblr layout that automatically plays full-screen videos?

British holiday music TV for the internet!

Visit britishxmasmusic.tumblr.com on your nearest Flash-enabled browser to enjoy the best holiday music videos from the UK that YouTube has to offer.

A Roundup of Eggcups on Television

You know, sometimes I wonder if I have a funny sense of humor. Because every once in a while, a little moment on TV or in a movie–the way something’s phrased by an actor, a goofy musical trill, a tiny gesture–will tickle me so deeply that I’ll crack myself up for days, laughing to myself whenever it pops into my head.

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NaNoWriMo 2012

Well, it’s November, which means in addition to traveling, feasting and the mad scramble to get all Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving, I’m also tackling NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) again.

For those who aren’t away, NaNoWriMo is a project to write a novel (50,000 words) in a single month. That’s about 1,667 words (or 7 pages) a day, every day, for 30 days.

I did it last year, and I can tell you, it is not easy. But more importantly, it’s also not impossible.

I learned some lessons from last year’s experience.

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The Best Halloween Movies on Netflix Instant, 2012

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Here’s my curated list of best Halloween movies streaming on Netflix Instant for 2012. Updated from my popular post last year, these are my favorite movies, and only the stuff I would personally recommend to others. It’s a big list, with everything from goofy comedy gore to truly disturbing horror, and everything in between; check it out below.

Last update: October 20, 2012.

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Ephemera Art Boxes for Insert Change Here exhibition

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I created this series of ephemera art boxes created for Insert Change Here (insertchangehere.com), a fundraiser put on by W+K 12.8 to benefit arts education in Portland public schools. Each box contained the possessions of one Portland resident on a significant day in the city’s history, and on the day when each encountered an unusual creature in the water. They were placed in vending machines and sold on the event’s opening night.

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