Matthew Sings 2008 from Matthew Loiacono on Vimeo.

Instead of a list of my favorite albums for 2008, I decided to hastily throw together a video where I sing some of my favorite songs from the albums.

Enjoy?

See you next year…

The Megabus dropped me off at 8th and Joe Lewis which edges along Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. Rush hour traffic was thick and everyone itched to get out into the night to be elsewhere. More »

Besides driving a car, travel to New York City from Albany has long been dominated by Amtrak (train) and Greyhound (bus). The close proximity of the two cities has made it a toss-up as far as whether driving to the city is more cost effective than taking public or alternative transportation. All Over Albany had a great post earlier this year that compared various routes and methods one has when choosing a preferred travel situation. While perhaps a little out-of-date considering gas is now hovering around $1.80/gallon instead of their then-standard of $3.30/gallon, we can still see that even though a bit cheaper, driving to the city or drive/train mixtures still carry a fairly unpredicatable travel time. More »

Since I can claim to have owned an iPod Touch since August of this year, there’s been plenty of time to obsess over applications that are purporting to change your life. Here’s a rundown of my favorite applications; everything from games to social networking (in no particular order!):

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