We know you’ve all been drooling for another episode of The Bobbipins, but you’ll just have to hold on a little while longer!
In the meantime, you can buy some awesome merchandise!
They’re back! Just in time for the weekend!
Patrick: Heya Rosie! How about some of that sweet sweet stuff?
Rose de Lima: For the last time Patrick, NO!
Patrick: Aw c’mon why not!
Rose de Lima: Because I’m your sister, that’s why!
Patrick: …
Patrick: HOW ABOUT NOW?
You know how it is with music. Sometimes the more you hear about a band, the more you want to hear less about them. After Arcade Fire‘s Funeral, I had reached my saturation point. But after staying away from them for a bit, I came back and gave them an unbiased ear, and yeah, still like them. Neon Bible did less for me, but The Suburbs is working out just fine.
Ok, so the whole point of this post is to tie in some Linuxing with Arcade Fire. Can I do it? Hell yeah.
Thing is, they put out an interactive video for We Used To Wait. You need to go to thewildernessdowntown.com, type in the address where you grew up, and BANG, personalized video. I think this works really well as streets from your upbringing are integrated into the video. Not like I got sentimental and cried or anything, but it just worked nicely.
Ok, fine! I cried, ok? I got all weepy and pathetic and I fucking cried my ass off.
Anyway.
The interactive video at thewildernessdowntown.com is an html5 + Google Chrome experiment. Maybe the first of its kind. So for the full effect, you need to install Chrome. And if you’re using Ubuntu, here’s how to do it.
Sidenote: Don’t do like I did and try to run it on Chromium. Chrome and Chromium are two different forks. Chromium is the development package, where Chrome is your friendly Google browser. If you’re not sure, just check the help/about menu. Don’t be like me and spend 20 minutes waiting for the bar to go past 91%!
So yeah, of course you can download and install directly from the Chrome website, but who does that? This is how I did it for my amd64:
sudo wget -q -O – https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
And that’s it. You’re done.
Now launch Chrome, go to thewildernessdowntown.com, and plug in the address where you grew up. Enjoy.
But if you REALLY can’t be bothered to do it (you lazy bastard), you can have the non-personalized experience by watching someone else’s memories:
Did you miss them? I didn’t. Still, here’s one last fart joke for the road. You might also want to read part one
You can always check out Part 1 here
6 months later…
Bob: In my office, NOW!
Bill: Yes sir!
Bob: Can you explain this?
*penis*
Bill: It’s my…performance review?
Bob: Are you fucking kidding me?! It’s a penis drawn company letterhead! WITH YOUR SIGNATURE ON IT! This is not your personal playground! These letterheads cost money. How would you like it if I drew a penis on your paycheck?! HUH?! How would you like that?
Bill: …
Bob: Nah, I’m totally fucking with you. I made it, remember? The day of your performance review? Now get the fuck out of my office.
Bill: …
Bob: And use some of that air freshener! Your office smells like fart.
Bill: ?!
