scraps, leftovers, whateverTumblr (3.0; @ort)http://ort.skaroff.com/“We’ve dropped some hints and told our loved ones, but now it’s official. As of today, Toy Soldiers are Mad Dragon recording artists. Yes, the illustrious home of great acts like Andrew Lipke, Hoots and Hellmouth, and The Swimmers have welcomed us into their musical community. We are super excited (though if you ask Dan, he’ll probably act real cool about it).”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://toysoldiersband.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/toy-soldiers-officially-sell-out/">Toy Soldiers Officially Sell Out!</a></em>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/443759694http://ort.skaroff.com/post/443759694Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:25:03 -0500toy soldiersmusicphiladelphia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz58ugggaR1qzosluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.philebrity.com/2010/03/11/and-now-your-hand-drawn-neighborhood-map-passyunk-avenue/">And Now, Your Hand-Drawn Neighborhood Map: Passyunk Avenue!</a></p> <p>(via <a href="http://twitter.com/rachelriot">@rachelriot</a>)</p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/442190618http://ort.skaroff.com/post/442190618Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:46:00 -0500phillyphiladelphiaepxepassyunkpassyunk<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nFicqklGuB0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nFicqklGuB0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFicqklGuB0&feature=player_embedded">Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer</a></p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/441466628http://ort.skaroff.com/post/441466628Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:12:23 -0500video<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mZ1zV1l2KQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3mZ1zV1l2KQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.prefixmag.com/news/phoenixs-lisztomania-gets-the-ps-22-chorus-treatme/38413/">Phoenix’s ‘Lisztomania’ Gets the PS 22 Chorus Treatment</a></p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/437485693http://ort.skaroff.com/post/437485693Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:39:31 -0500videophoenix“<p>With a feasibility study in hand that says Philadelphia is well-suited for a bike-sharing program, Mayor Nutter should take the next logical step of soliciting proposals to launch the idea.</p> <p>A report from the William Penn Foundation issued last week recommends starting the program - similar to car-sharing plans - with 1,700 bicycles at 20 stations across Center City and parts of South, West, and North Philadelphia.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/86703617.html">Editorial: Pedal power possible | Philadelphia Inquirer</a></em>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/437363081http://ort.skaroff.com/post/437363081Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:24:37 -0500philadelphiabikescycling<iframe align="center" src="http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=&user_id=44948571@N03&set_id=72157623542705726&tags=Cars,Lotus,Exige" frameborder="0" width="400" height="400" scrolling="no"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44948571@N03/sets/72157623542705726/show/">eddy merckx super record</a></p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/435198872http://ort.skaroff.com/post/435198872Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:38:03 -0500bikesflickrslideshow<object id="objectPlayer" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="400" height="343" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.garagetv.be/v/S5k!wUapp7BV2oONHOYgA0fA3kKn7cvwkWO59OBMBBswSNtey-igvNmRlbFFQLab-z/v.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed id="embedPlayer" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="343" src="http://www.garagetv.be/v/S5k!wUapp7BV2oONHOYgA0fA3kKn7cvwkWO59OBMBBswSNtey-igvNmRlbFFQLab-z/v.aspx" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.garagetv.be/video-galerij/buzzing_bees/De_kortfilm_der_logo_s.aspx">Logorama</a>, winner of Best Animated Short</p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/434853138http://ort.skaroff.com/post/434853138Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:22:44 -0500videologorama<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytdp5VupR1qzs63fo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/428587219http://ort.skaroff.com/post/428587219Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:53:45 -0500cartoon“If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs.”<br/><br/> - <em>Tina Fey (via <a href="http://iamnotdiddy.tumblr.com/">iamnotdiddy</a>)</em>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/428569018http://ort.skaroff.com/post/428569018Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:38:31 -0500tina feyquote<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qybUFnY7Y8w&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qybUFnY7Y8w&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w&feature=player_embedded">OK Go - This Too Shall Pass</a></p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/424702974http://ort.skaroff.com/post/424702974Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:53:08 -0500videook gorube goldberg<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyq25sbOpg1qzosluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2010/03/thomas-preschers-mysterious-automatic.html">Thomas Prescher’s Mysterious Automatic Double Axis Tourbillon</a></p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/424622767http://ort.skaroff.com/post/424622767Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:58:40 -0500watch<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyky4kKEvD1qztjn5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://eyeonspringfield.tumblr.com/">eyeonspringfield</a>)</p> <p>My second favorite drink, after an old-fashioned.</p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/420297520http://ort.skaroff.com/post/420297520Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:24:22 -0500simpsons<a href="http://www.hipsterwifehunting.com/">HIPSTER WIFE HUNTING</a>: <p>I got mine, find yours.</p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/413724601http://ort.skaroff.com/post/413724601Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:22:17 -0500hipster<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LwZiVYhfuRY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LwZiVYhfuRY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwZiVYhfuRY&feature=player_embedded">Dodgers at Phillies</a> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwZiVYhfuRY&feature=player_embedded">MLB 10 The Show</a>)</p> <p>I’m not sure if I like this or not.</p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/413649124http://ort.skaroff.com/post/413649124Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:27:40 -0500videophiladelphiaphilliesbaseball<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kygkkijqXR1qzosluo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.playingwithfireandwater.com/foodplay/2010/02/citrus.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PlayingWithFireAndWater+%28playing+with+fire+and+water%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">citrus</a></p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/413524904http://ort.skaroff.com/post/413524904Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:17 -0500foodcitrus<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kybfu1MPrv1qzosluo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/lower_merion_school_district_scandal_parody_tshirt-235568003500926676">Lower Merion School District Shirt</a></p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/407693634http://ort.skaroff.com/post/407693634Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:30:01 -0500lmsdwebcamgate<object id="flashObj" width="400" height="431" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/1813626064?isVid=1&publisherID=1564549380" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=66775419001&playerID=1813626064&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/1813626064?isVid=1&publisherID=1564549380" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=66775419001&playerID=1813626064&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="431" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.wired.com/video">Video - Wired</a></p> <p>Always loved Wired mag.</p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/407437361http://ort.skaroff.com/post/407437361Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:49:23 -0500videowired“50 million tweets per day”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2010/02/measuring-tweets.html">Twitter Blog: Measuring Tweets</a></em>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/405451928http://ort.skaroff.com/post/405451928Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:53:53 -0500twitter<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o9698TqtY4A&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o9698TqtY4A&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9698TqtY4A">Hyperactive - Lasse Gjertsen</a></p> <p>An oldie but a goodie.</p>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/398734180http://ort.skaroff.com/post/398734180Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:02:34 -0500videobeatbox<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/the-30-most-important-cats-of-2009">The 30 Most Important Cats of 2009</a>http://ort.skaroff.com/post/397393555http://ort.skaroff.com/post/397393555Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:53:12 -0500cats