I’m sitting here listening to Graduation, the new Kanye West album and “Champion,” the second track is built on an awkwardly looped Steely Dan sample. It’s so insane that it totally, totally works.
It’s so insane I just had to stop and acknowledge it in writing somehow. As you were.
So I just launched a new vanity site that I’ve been working on for a while. Check out www.dylanabbott.com if you’d like to see the ultimate in online ego-stroking. I created it basically as an exercise for teaching myself some PHP, and it was actually a pretty good project for that goal. I ended up running into a lot of hurdles getting things to work the way I wanted to, and had to find creative solutions to move forward.
Essentially, the site just pulls content from RSS feeds from various places I post or participate. You can see recent blog posts, photos, upcoming events, interesting links, and more. It’s the closest you can get to looking over my shoulder while I browse the vast untamed wilds of the internet. And if that doesn’t get your blood pumping, I don’t know what will (insert sarcastic eyeroll here).
If you feel inclined to browse, let me know if you run into any bugs. Thanks!
At the risk of being spammy (can one be spammy on one’s own blog? Hmmm…) I have a few things for sale. If you’re in the Seattle area and would like to buy a guitar, a keyboard, or a drum machine, hit me up.
I’ve been an awful blogger lately, I know. Hang tough though, true believers, the rest of this year should be pretty interesting, with at least two trips and hopefully some musical goings-on. Soon enough…