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# Goodies: May 12
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/goodies-may2/
- Published: 2015-05-12T10:00:05.000Z
- Updated: 2015-05-12T10:00:05.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: goodies, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

Wow, isn’t sleeping in just wonderful? I typically wake up before 7am on my days off so I can get going on my “side hussles” (as Casey Liss would call them), but I decided to relax a little and get some much needed ZZZs.

I woke up to the new The Tallest Man on Earth album, so I’m presently just in a state of bliss. Combine that with a particularly good cup of coffee, and I am officially the opposite of a tortured artist today. 

Today’s video is a great shot from the crowd of Derrick Rose’s game 3 buzzer beater against the Cavs. Go Bulls!

\[embed\]https://twitter.com/fromedome/status/596889491928788992\[/embed\]

## New Music

- [Dark Bird is Home](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dark-bird-is-home/id960850982?at=10l8rH&ref=birchtree.me) by The Tallest Man on Earth
- [1000 Palms](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1000-palms/id968114346?at=10l8rH&ref=birchtree.me) by Surfer Blood
- \[Pre Order\] [Currents](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/currents/id989492285?at=10l8rH&ref=birchtree.me) by Tame impalla

## New Movies

- [Maggie](https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/maggie/id978524447?at=10l8rH&ref=birchtree.me)

## Links of Note

- [Why are the stories in video games so bad?](http://boingboing.net/2015/05/11/why-are-the-stories-in-video-g.html?ref=birchtree.me) (BoingBoing)
- [Pedometer++ hits 1,000,000 downloads](http://david-smith.org/blog/2015/05/11/hitting-one-million/?ref=birchtree.me) (David Smith)
- [Game of Thrones recreated in Google Maps](https://www.etsy.com/listing/231793158/game-of-thrones-map-westeros-google-maps?ref=shop%5Fhome%5Factive%5F2) (Etsy)
- [Marques Brownlee featured as one of Fast Company’s most creative people of 2015](http://www.fastcompany.com/3043922/most-creative-people-2015/marques-brownlee?ref=birchtree.me) (Fast Company)
- [Kevin Rose co-hosts the second episode of The New Screen Savers](http://twit.tv/show/new-screen-savers/2?ref=birchtree.me) (TWiT)
- [What Happens After You Die](http://digg.com/2015/this-is-what-happens-after-you-die?ref=birchtree.me) (Digg)
- [Jessica Williams interviews the “hate class of 2015”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJPJ8xI62gc&ref=birchtree.me) (The Daily Show)
- [Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible To Break](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ken-jenningss-jeopardy-streak-is-safe-for-the-rest-of-time/?ref=birchtree.me) (FiveThirtyEight)
- [Flickr’s New Magical Search Tool Knows What’s in Your Pics](http://www.wired.com/2015/05/flickr-4/?ref=birchtree.me) (Wired)
- [Redesigning Overcast’s Apple Watch app](http://www.marco.org/2015/05/08/overcast-apple-watch-redesign?ref=birchtree.me) (Marco Arment)
- [Avoiding Burnout](https://shawnblanc.net/2015/05/avoiding-burnout/?ref=birchtree.me) (Shawn Blanc)
- [Cosmodrome](http://www.cosmodrome.org/?ref=birchtree.me) (Brianna Wu’s new tech/gaming blog)

## Swag of the Week

![](http://birchtree.s3.amazonaws.com/apple-iphone-6-silicone-cases.jpg) 

*image via cNet*

I finally got a case for my new iPhone 6 plus, and the [Apple Silicone Case](http://store.apple.com/us/product/MGR92ZM/A/iphone-6-plus-silicone-case-black?fnode=47&ref=birchtree.me) is great for adding some grip and protection. I got the blue one, and I’ve had a few people say it looks like a giant iPhone 5C, which I’m totally okay with.