manalive

Hi I'm Justin. I like to tell stories through the written word, film, acting, or whatever else presents itself. Contact me: jsabestinas at gmail.

I Say Murder That Darling

bendelaney:

I suspect that Tumblr doesn’t allow this for one of two reasons: They just haven’t quite nailed it down technically, or they don’t want to turn it on because it too closely resembles “comments”, the lack of which is a unique selling-point of Tumblr.

The “answer” interface has two things going for it that set it apart from regular comments. The first is what your post is about—the inability to go back and forth in a conversation. The second (and in my opinion more important) thing is the limited character count. I think Tumblr could enable users to post multiple answers and allow the post author to get in on the conversation. The limited length of reply is what would keep it from becoming the rant-back-and-forth-while-everyone-else-loses-interest that blog comments tend to digress into. (In theory at least. It depends on Tumblr users staying classy about it.)

Today I’ve been trying out Ommwriter, and I really really like it. I’ve tried Writeroom for the Mac and Darkroom for PC. As it is (in beta), Ommwriter has put itself up there among the best distraction-free writing applications. With a couple little tweaks and fixes, it will be the best. If you have a Mac (OSX 10.5+), give it a try for your next writing endeavor.

I love the keystroke sound effects and the ambient music, and I especially love that they can be turned off. You can save documents as simple text or in a native Ommwriter format. I really love that you can resize and reposition the text input area.

At first I thought, “Gee I wish I could customize the font choices, background colors/images, etc.” Then I realized that its lack of choices actually kept from fiddling with the program for twenty minutes instead of getting down to writing immediately.

(Found via minimalmac)

Goatman!

Fail Goat.

(I made this in hopes of getting a droplr invite.)

Lights at Lindaman’s

LOST in a nutshell. Can’t wait for the final season.

I encouraged my friends Max & Darrien to make a stop motion video. They did.

Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.

Steve Wozniak (via minimalmac)

I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter.

James Michener

How to become the local computer expert.

(via mnmal)

Wes Anderson does an Amex Commercial. I could watch this over and over.

(via ideasareawesome)

Petrichor 

bestofwikipedia:

Petrichor (from Greek petros “stone” + ichor “the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology”) is the name of the scent of rain on dry earth. The term was coined in 1964 by two Australian researchers, Bear and Thomas, for an article in the journal Nature. (via Ron Strelecki)

Just downloaded me a huge stinkin’ file of this after seeing it on Rian Johnson’s Lousy Stinkin’ Tumblr so I can get a big flippin’ print of it to put on my flippin’ wall.

I like Rian. He shares things. Like his Brick screenplay & novella. And his movies are fun to watch.

rcjohnso:

This is not an official one-sheet, but is something I worked up with my cousin Zach.  If movie posters are like book covers, I’d like to think of this as the hardcover version.  Read more about it here
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