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Wicked cool. Mike Dunn points us to a search of RSS feeds for your favorite musical artist on Rolling Stone.

To save you some time, here’s the TMBG feed.

Did I mention that this is wicked cool? Now if only John and John would publish their own news this way…

Our first Interview with a Blogger presents five questions for Nicole, a fellow geek chick and better half of The Geekout:

1. What is your favorite comic series of all time, and why?

2. What is your fondest memory about living in Malaysia? Do you miss it?
3. You mention planning the wedding of your dreams. What would it entail?
4. What do you plan on doing after earning your M.A. in communication?
5. What is your favorite dish to cook?

UPDATE: Nicole’s answers are posted!

I’ve taken interest in the latest meme, discovered at Elke’s blog. Here are the rules:

1. If you want to participate, leave a comment saying “interview me.”
2. I will respond by asking you five questions – each person’s will be different.
3. You will update your journal with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
6. You do not talk about Fight Club.

(okay, so I added the last one in, but it’s fun to think it’s part of the rules)

My Questions and Answers follow below.
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At the end of the tour
When the road disappears
If there’s any more people around
When the tour runs aground
And if you’re still around
Then we’ll meet at the end of the tour
The engagements are booked through the end of the world
So we’ll meet at the end of the tour

-They Might Be Giants
“The End of the Tour”

After a much needed morning of sleeping in (damn, that felt good), we headed to a local dive for some terribly unhealthy brunch (what d’ya expect, it’s comfort food). Lemme just say that we haven’t eaten anything else today.

During our late breakfast, we were reminded by today’s Merc that the new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. library in San Jose was now open. Granted, their Grand Opening takes place this upcoming Saturday, August 16, but you can still drop by the library under normal operations right now (except for Friday, when they are preparing for the big day).

This place in unimaginably HUGE… I was overwhelmed. Eight floors of library! Our heads were going to explode! Since this library is a collaboration of the public and university libraries, we knew it HAD to be good… oh, and so it was! We couldn’t possibly absorb it all in one visit. I can see myself hanging out there a LOT.

Oh, and the important question… do they have free Wi-Fi? I am not exactly sure, but they DO provide the studying areas with pop-up power outlets and ethernet jacks. Very cool. Combine that with private study rooms with huge glass windows overlooking downtown, and you’re set.

The library also houses its own Cafe… and get this, they allow food and drink (within reason) within the library. I have my concerns about that, and hope that it doesn’t get outta hand. I mean, heck, who wants to find a big coffee stain on the otherwise pristine book that they are checking out of the library? The other thing that bothers me is that there is a lack of free or discounted parking for library patrons… it’s a ridiculous 75¢ per 20 minutes at the nearest parking garage during weekday operating hours. I might as well take the VTA light rail to downtown… *sigh*