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Goodies: July 14
Good morning eveyone! It's a beautiful, steamy summer day here in the midwest. Supposedly my employer is okay with people wearing shorts, but I'm still not comfortable enough to be that casual at work. Maybe come August when it gets really hot.
The news that hit me the hardest this past
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Goodies: July 7
Good morning, everyone! We had some crazy storms here in Illinois last night, but we've survived and come out the other end in one piece. I may or may not have gone out to get tacos in the middle of the madness because, you know, tacos. I think they were worth it.
Here&
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Goodies: June 30
Good morning, everyone! Last week was an absolutely fantastic week! The Supreme Court did amazing things and I still find myself smiling just by thinking about it. The SCOTUS also held up key Obamacare provisions and a racist old-fashioned symbol was shamed out of most public places. I feel better about being an American
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Goodies: June 23
Good morning and happy Tuesday, everyone! Here’s your weekly dose of goodies. Just a housekeeping note, there will be no new episode of Bite SIze Tech today, seeing as I have to work all day. I’m going to try and squeeze in an episode before the week’s end, but I can’t
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Goodies: June 16
The Piano Guys are a talented bunch of guys, but they’re not my style. I’ll give this one a pass though, as it’s a gorgeous rendition of John Williams’ beautiful Jurassic Park score.
New Music
* Grand Romantic by Nate Ruess (of Fun. and The Format)
* No Place in Heaven by MIKA
* Dreams
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Goodies: June 9
Good morning, everyone! In the past 24 hours I have quit my job (where I’ve worked for 6 years), signed the paperwork for a new awesome job (yay!), and completely missed all the WWDC hoopla yesterday. It’s been a crazy 24 hours and I am so grateful that I have this relaxing Tuesday
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Goodies: June 2
Good morning, everyone! Check out this stellar video of Shelby Mitchusson performing Eminem’s Lose Yourself in ASL. I promise it will get your day off to a good start.
New Music
* How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence + The Machine
* In Color by Janie XX
* The High Country by Someone Still Loves You
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Goodies: May 26
Kind of a weird day over here at the BirchTree world headquarters, so we’re just doing some of my favorite links of the week here. But fear not, a solid new Bite Size Tech is coming this afternoon, and some other really cool stuff coming down the pipe. Stay tuned!
Links of Note
* How
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Goodies: May 19
Good morning fellow goodie-lovers! It’s getting absolutely beautiful outside in Illinois and I plan on spending as little of today indoors as possible. But before I go, I have to share some of the best things from the internet this past week. Enjoy!
GW Commencement 2015 Tim Cook from GW Media Relations on
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Goodies: May 12
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
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Goodies: May 5
Happy Tuesday, everyone! It must be time for some Goodies, and oh do we have some stuff this week. First off, this was a fantastic week for music. While Mumford and Sons will surely get the most attention, Best Coast has what might be their best album, Mikal Cronin continues with his third consecutive great
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Goodies: April 28
This week’s Goodies is going to be compeltely Apple Watch-free. Considering that the damn watch has been all I’ve wanted to talk about over the past week (and presumably for a few more weeks after this), I figured it was a good idea to break free for a bit and thing about
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Goodies: April 21
Welcome to another delightful week of goodies! Since you’ve probably also watch the new Star Wars teaser trailer about a million times, this week’s featured video is John Oliver’s take down of patent trolls on Last Week Tonight.
New Music
* Kindred by Passion Pit - An utterly fantastic 3rd album from Michael Angelakos’
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Goodies: April 14
Good morning and happy Goodies Day!!!! This week we’re kicking things off with the new HHHHHHHHRRRRRMMMMMMMMM of the THX logo. Crank it up.
New Music
* Glitterbug by The Wombats (I love this upbeat record)
* Cherry Bomb by Tyler, The Creator
* Wire by Wire
New Movies
* Rough week. I literally have nothing new to recommend,
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Goodies: March 31
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
New Music
* Kinsugi by Death Cab for Cutie
* Carrie & Lowell bu Sufjan Stevens
* Adventure by Madeon
New Movies
* Interstellar (available to rent)
* The Imitation Game (available to rent)
Links of Note
* How the New York Times keeps tragedies ad-free
* Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’
* Game
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Goodies: March 24
This week's featured video is very NSFW, so don't watch at work or around kids. However, this episode of Table Top with Wil Wheaton, Aisha Tyler, Laina Morris, & Ali Spagnola is hilarious.
New Music
* Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
* 2.0 by
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Goodies: March 17
I’m kicking this week’s goodies off with another great trailer for Pixar’s upcoming film, Inside Out. Only their second non-sequel in the past 6 years, this movie looks better and better everytime I see more.
This Dalek relaxation video is also a pleasure, but in a completely different way. Enjoy!
New
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Goodies: March 10
Happy Tuesday, everyone! It was a pretty great week on the internet, so let's get going.
First off, this celebratory video by Hank Green is a joy. We got net neutrality, and that's amazing. Watch this and feel good (at least until republicans try and repeal it).
New Music
* Olly Murs