hallelujah
I’m caving in
hallelujah
I’m in love again
hallelujah
I’m a wretched man
hallelujah
every breath is a second chance

Here’s my desktop today.  The black icons are my favorite :)  Background image is from digitalblasphemy.com

Shall I use my powers for good . . .or for awesome?

Thrice’s new video for “In Exile” from Beggars debuted today on myspace music. I had a chance to see Thrice live at the Avalon in Hollywood on monday, and not only are they cool guys, but put on a great show. Check out the video:

Happy turkey day.

I love music, which is why I’m always showing off what I’m listening too over there on the right. Some time ago I automated the process of looking up album artwork using the Amazon API and posting it to my blog.

This approach has a couple advantages over things like last.fm wordpress plugins, like being able to select exactly what you want shown, and automatic linking to amazon for affiliate commissions.

I’ve packaged everything up into a wordpress plugin and put it on my github page here: http://github.com/jaredmoody/wp_now_playing

It also comes with a nice applescript so you can submit what’s currently playing to your blog with a single click:

I’d love some feedback on it, and patches are also more than welcome.

Please report any issues on the github page, thanks!

Seriously, can we get some new outfits please? This could be anybody.

After the success of last year’s TLC Camps, I was asked to come back and be a part of not one, but three TLC camps this year, and couldn’t be more excited. The first camp has come and gone, but here were some highlights of the first weekend. (Names changed for privacy).

The goal is to offer life-changing paths, build hope, friendship and memories for these at-risk teens.

The next two dates are Jul 31-Aug 2 and Aug 28-30. I’m again setting a goal of raising $400, which covers the cost of one kid going to camp. Chip in and help make a difference in the life of a teenager.

You can give online here:

Also, I can’t post photos of the kids for legal reasons, but to the right are some photos on flickr of the band for the first weekend.

Teen Leedership Camps Promotional Video

http://teenleadershipfoundation.org

UPDATE Camp was fantastic, and while I didn’t quite meet my $400 goal, over $200 still went to TLC. Awesome!

I recently discovered the gaping void blog.

Here’s one of my favorites:

Amazing.