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“Perhaps you’d like to view my portfolio instead.” — Spencer Crone


SPENCER CRONE. POSTS.


AN UPDATE

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So it’s been 5 years. And 15 days.

For anyone still following this in any capacity imaginable, I commend you for
your patience. I should also probably scold you for your stupidity or laziness.

Either way, it’s true that I’ve neglected these “posts” for so long. No excuses,
life just got in the way somehow. This is all to say that yes, I am planning to
start this up again in a slightly new form: more regular, more introspective,
not necessarily about any particular person, place, or thing, just about
whatever happens to cross my mind. More so as a journal for myself than anything
else (if you’re reading this I can assure you only tens of others are).

The inspiration for resuming this weblog originates in a unique fashion. Whilst
digging through the Internet Archives, fondly remembering a few of the blogs I
used to follow in the early 2000’s (when the web was a bright new light, at
least to me) I came across a few links to Douglas Bowman’s (stopdesign.com,
@stopdesign) early blog posts. Suddenly it all made sense. You don’t need to
compose a full, 4 page article, rigorously fact-checking and painstakingly
editing every time. Whatever is on top of mind will suffice. Among the list of
inspiration includes Khoi Vinh’s Subtraction (subtraction.com, @khoi) and Dave
Shea (mezzoblue.com). The list goes on and right now I can’t even think of them
all, but as I do I will certainly give them their due. The spontaneous musings
from these blogs in the early days of the web had, and continue to have,
profound impact on me.

So with that said, I find myself full of a new energy, eager to share my
thoughts, feelings, and views with anyone who happens to stumble upon this
humble web diary about my goings on in life as a boring Torontonian. Oh, I’ll
also have a few other more provocative things to say as well.

The newest version (6.0) is currently in development and will be released very
soon…I promise! It captures the original essence of this blog in its infancy,
while expanding on the latest and greatest HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript
technology, all with a contemporary yet timeless look and feel.

Life has been quite busy at the moment overall, so unfortunately I can’t promise
a solid date on the introduction of Ver 6.0…you’ll just have to look for it.

Here’s to seeing you in less than 5 years time.

 * Posted on 20 June 2016 2 Remarks


TOTAL

I have been waiting years for a full LP from French electro genius SebastiAn,
and as of a few days ago, the wait is finally over. I can’t think of a better
soundtrack for summer. Enjoy this bonus track “Organia” from his debut album
“Total”, released on the Ed Banger label. Better yet, you can pick a copy up for
yourself here.

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 * Posted on 05 June 2011 No remarks yet


I AM YOUR GRANDMA

Don’t you wish Jillian Mayer was your grandma?

 * Posted on 27 May 2011 No remarks yet


WINNIPEG IS AN OLD WOMAN

> “Winnipeg is an old lady. She goes to bed at 9:00 in her nightie with her
> nightcap and her cup of tea…she’s an old Ukrainian lady who smells of borscht,
> and eats perogies on a daily basis, and likes to go to socials, and likes to
> spend a lot of money on things, and that’s what downtown Winnipeg is, it’s
> just this gaping hole that goes to bed at 9:00. The tumbleweeds rolling
> through the city, the vacant storefronts that used to be, just so many
> interesting and cool places to go are just ghetto cash chequing shop bargain
> bin garbage places…that’s what Winnipeg is, an old lady in her nightie who
> goes to bed at 9:00 and doesn’t like the music too loud…kids start having fun
> and she has to rap on the window and tell them to stop and keep it down.
> ‘Cause she has to get up early. She’s gotta get to her job. Kids start having
> fun, and she comes around with her little housecoat on, tapping on the door
> telling the kids to keep it down. That’s what Winnipeg is.”

Taken from Winnipeg is a Boiling Pot of Cranberries (Fanny Remix) by Venetian
Snares.

 * Posted on 22 November 2010 No remarks yet


FRUSTRATIONS AND AGGRAVATIONS WITH MYSPACE

Not too long ago, a friend of mine asked me if I could design and code a
customized profile layout for his MySpace music page. I hesitantly agreed—How
bad could it really be? I suppose I had somewhat of an idea of what I was
getting myself into, being a previous MySpace account holder. This was, of
course, before the dawn of the Facebook era, when anyone who was anyone at high
school had a MySpace account. Long before even scene kids realized how much
better a properly-designed social networking site could be. Even back then, I
remember struggling for hours on end to make my profile look attractive,
something which was very hard to accomplish given the template I had to work
with.

Continue reading

 * Posted on 04 October 2010 1 Remark


SOMETHING FOR THE COPS

This audio post is dedicated to the police who have brutalized and terrorized
peaceful protesters in Toronto this weekend. Keep up the great work, boys!


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 * Posted on 27 June 2010 No remarks yet


A ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATION ON TOMORROW, IN A YEAR

The Knife, Mt. Sims and Planningtorock discuss their collaborative opera project
“Tomorrow, In a Year”. You can download the album here.

 * Posted on 25 June 2010 No remarks yet


THE BAD NURSES

Artwork by Saturno Butto.
spleen-art.com/products/Bad-nurses.html

 * Posted on 15 June 2010 No remarks yet


IT’S THE WORLD OF DB DRAG RACING

The music video for DJ Mehdi’s “Signatune” from French director Romain Gavras.

http://vimeo.com/9357434

 * Posted on 22 May 2010 No remarks yet


ONLINE “JOURNALISM”

From thenextweb.

 * Posted on 16 May 2010 1 Remark

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