http://www.thefreefood.net ... now half as hungry and twice as pretentious Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:14:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yeah  I know,  it's not as if I'm currently using this blog for anything else.  But hey, there's nothing wrong with having an online repository of one's playlists, if nothing else.   Here are the tunes I played  last night at the Jam Cellar: Artist Title Album Benny Goodman; Benny Goodman Sextet; Charlie Christian Rose Room The ... http://www.thefreefood.net/2007/09/19/jam-cellar-playlist-9-18-2007/  Winter in Washington is sort of a joke. It gets genuinely cold for all of one week of the year, it snows only occasionally, and yet the general populace is about as prepared for the weather as Noah's neighbors were for the Flood. Admittedly, it's probably a good thing that ... http://www.thefreefood.net/2007/03/01/winter/ I like to think that I can travel light, but when it comes to the biggest Lindy Hop convention of the year, I clearly fail big time: Number of full-size suitcases: 1 Number of t-shirts, undershirts, and overshirts: 33 Pairs of shoes: 6 Days in Minneapolis: 3 For the skeptics out there, know that I ... http://www.thefreefood.net/2006/09/12/showdown/ Last Tuesday I had the distinct pleasure of getting to DJ at The Jam Cellar, right here in my neighborhood of Washington, DC. The Jam Cellar is without a doubt the best DJed dance event in the city, and is almost certainly among the best in the country. ... http://www.thefreefood.net/2006/09/10/jam-cellar-playlist-9-5-06/ If there's one thing in the world that's more annoying than spam, it's MySpace spam. Most people have probably experienced it, but for those who haven't, it works like this: some ne'er-do-well creates a bogus profile, then tries to add you as their friend. Why? Once they are your ... http://www.thefreefood.net/2006/09/09/im-no-longer-friends-with-you-people/ Nothing really makes you feel at home more than pulling into your alleyway after a long night, looking forward to crawling into bed, and braking hard right before you run over the drunk guy passed out sleeping in your parking spot. What does one do in this situation? Is it ... http://www.thefreefood.net/2006/08/21/its-got-that-urban-charm/ The transition is complete! Gridley finally came back online this morning, and after a few hours of finangling with SQL, you'd hardly know the difference. This site is as good as old. That, however, may be a problem. My hip urban existence is growing a little concerned here. I ... http://www.thefreefood.net/2006/08/10/success/ I've gone corporate. For the past two years, this blog has been hosted by what one might call the kumbaya circle of servers. Gridley is Carleton''s student-run Unix server, a sandbox for Carleton folks to build and destroy their own little Internet castles. Like the harmonious existence it represents, Gridley is a ... http://www.thefreefood.net/2006/08/03/dont-call-it-a-comeback/ As I kick back and enjoy a nice cold beer after my first day of the real world, I think: what will become of this blog? Surely it can't just go away. After all, I'm not going away anytime soon. I may not be in college, but I am ... http://www.thefreefood.net/2006/07/10/crashing-head-on-into-the-real-world/ Perhaps the hardest thing I did in my four years at Carleton was pack up my car to leave. I don't mean this metaphorically. I mean it physically. It took me about an hour to pack my trunk up alone. My trunk is packed so tight that I ... http://www.thefreefood.net/2006/06/12/the-hardest-thing/