December 2008
56 posts
WatchSlate V: Life Imitates “The West Wing”
Slate digs into the similarities between the most recent presidential election in the real world and on the West Wing. The video was made back in February, but it’s even more interesting now. (Nuclear meltdown taking Vinick out at the knees at the last minute == economic meltdown taking McCain out at the knees at the last minute?)
EVERY 30 gig Zune died last night →
marco:
This is hilarious. A software bug made every 30GB-model Zune crash last night at 2 AM, and they won’t reboot properly.
(via marco via jeffbaum)
UPDATE: Award for best witty title for this story goes to Daring Fireball for The Day the Zunes Stood Still.
The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart →
A great story about knowing your audience and staying true to your brand. (via Daring Fireball)
“Learn to say ‘no’ or die buried under your crushing pile of...”
– Communicatrix, in her list of 100 things learned in 2008. Something to take to heart as I plan for ‘09.
“Pinpointed one specific thing I can’t stand about Facebook’s...”
– @nevenmrgan
“Blogging about productivity began to feel like drinking about alcoholism.”
– Merlin Mann
Does She Love You? →
(via marco’s wonderful Give Me Something To Read)
Confessions of a Gifted Ex-Child →
I’m most in love with the Internet when I find something that speaks to me so completely and reminds me that I’m not the only one who feels the way I feel.
“The first step — especially for young people with energy and drive and talent,...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via tiffany via lorenrochelle)
A Signature Cadence →
Rands on the difference that a human voice can make on the web. Definately gave me something to think about in the design of my current app.
Photos? Hell yes!
It’s funny how my only online property that doesn’t fit under my “banterability” moniker is arguably the strongest brand I have. If you search Google for Poppyseed Bandits, you get 1,900 results, all of which are pictures I’ve taken and uploaded to Flickr being used by somebody else under the Creative Commons license I tag everything with.
I indulged in a little...
Cutting back
Just erased 17% of my bookmarks (57 → 47), 55% of the people I follow on Twitter (117 → 52), and 72% of my RSS subscriptions (117 → 33).
Read less. Do more. Go.
NASA looks for places to display retired space... →
My house? Please?
I’ve come to find that there are two kinds of vacations. On some trips, you’re excited to go to a place. On others, you’re more eager to leave a place.
On that note: Goodbye Los Angeles.
Scientists extract images directly from brain →
Can’t decide if this is the coolest thing ever or the scariest thing ever.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Kate Nash (20)
Belle and Sebastian (11)
Nikka Costa (10)
The Happy Bullets (4)
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Why do most zippers say "YKK" on the pull-tab? →
(via kapi)
“My restaurant won’t have any ‘famous’ menu items. Only...”
– @Remiel
“One Web designer actually told me that focusing a discussion around the topic of...”
– Chuck Klosterman, in “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs,” one of my favorite books about pop culture that I’m rereading on my commute.
“In my mind, Twitter is a sort of affirmation of an important life choice I made...”
– @youngamerican (via merlin)
“The sex symbol for every man who reads without moving his lips.”
– New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter’s characterization of Tina Fey. Another bit from the really fantastic Vanity Fair profile of her that I linked to earlier in the week.
Really excited to see that the last four years of my musical taste are finally starting to sneak up on the handful of depressing tracks that wedged themselves (seemingly permanently) at the top of my most frequently played tracks list at Last.fm during the last few years of high school.
Does this mean I’m growing up?
WatchTrailer for “Carts of Darkness” (via kottke)
“a girl’s measurements should be: pupil size in picas, warmth of breath in kelvin...”
– @ _why
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →
Death Cab for Cutie (35)
Belle and Sebastian (28)
Vampire Weekend (3)
Army Navy (2)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“You should see me tweaking this PHP code. I’m like a toddler with a fork,...”
– @hotdogsladies
Dictionaraoke: Audio clips from online...
“It is the most ridiculous, borderline-dangerous thing that the Republican...”
– Adam McKay, in Maureen Dowd’s Vanity Fair cover story on Tina Fey
“If you are in a relationship with a computer nerd, you come to realize that one...”
– @AmyJane
“A subscription to a magazine about taekwondo will only be as useful as your...”
– Merlin Mann, on the benefits of spending less time reading tips and more time doing.