http://www.dsjoo.com/blog a work and personal journal Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:24:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Radiohead - Kid A Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Arcade Fire - Funeral The National - Boxer Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion Bloc Party - Silent Alarm Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica Sigur Rós - () Radiohead - Amnesiac Panda Bear - ... http://www.dsjoo.com/blog/2009/12/20/best-albums-of-the-2000s/ 1. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 2. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion 3. Passion Pit - Manners 4. Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind (EP) 5. Fanfarlo - Reservoir http://www.dsjoo.com/blog/2009/12/20/best-albums-of-2009/ I got back from Iowa late Sunday night after a long, exciting weekend in the Des Moines area.  The event was Sean and Jenn's wedding and I think it went off quite smoothly.  Early Friday was breakfast at the groom's house, then the groomsmen and ushers tried on tuxes, had ... http://www.dsjoo.com/blog/2009/06/23/long-weekend-in-dsm-complete-with-wedding-and-fathers-day/ Jack: "This morning it hit me in the shower why the Hendersons named their guest Harry. That film has layers." http://www.dsjoo.com/blog/2009/03/06/30-rock-awesome/ I can't recall planning to the watch the Grammy's in any recent years, but this year is different. Why? Radiohead of course. They are confirmed to be performing and super-secret (double probation?) intel says they have special guest(s) for the performance. Pictures of the rehearsal are on ... http://www.dsjoo.com/blog/2009/02/08/im-watching-the-grammys-tonight-really/ Federer just recently finished up his 4th round match at the Australian Open.  He barely beat Tomas Berdych in a 5-set match, coming back from 2 sets to love down.  The tide turned though at 3-3 in the 3rd set where Berdych was serving after trading breaks with Federer the ... http://www.dsjoo.com/blog/2009/01/25/federer-ekes-out-a-win-espn-needs-new-tennis-scoring-ui/ Inspired by JC's (with or without periods?) recent blog post and some prodding, I'll give a little update.  Now that I've logged into Wordpress, I should probably update the blog software.  I haven't had much fun with software updates at work recently though, so maybe I'll wait for karma to ... http://www.dsjoo.com/blog/2008/12/04/in-an-effort-to-unneglect-this-blog/ It's the second weeeked of the new premiership season, but the first time that Arsenal are on Fox Soccer Channel.  I'm pumped and may even wear my new Fabregas jersey, even though he's still out with injury :(  Go Gunners! In other news, it's been a very busy two weeks.  Work ... http://www.dsjoo.com/blog/2008/08/23/arsenal-play-in-a-half-an-hour-and-more/ I've already told a few people this story, but I thought it was worth blogging. As most know, Friday, July 11 was the 1st day that the new iPhone 3g became available for retail sale. I know a few people who bought the First Generation iPhone, but I wanted to wait since ... http://www.dsjoo.com/blog/2008/07/13/apple-wants-me-to-buy-an-iphone-att-not-so-much/ The Netherlands v. Russia The Dutch have been the hottest team of the tournament so far, easily winning all 3 group stages matches in the brutal "Group of Death" (France, Italy, Romania).  Russia secured a place in the Quaters after finishing 2nd in Group D, behind Spain, by handily beating Sweden ... http://www.dsjoo.com/blog/2008/06/21/euro-08/