Good: seeing the Daily Show in person (Jon is short!), indie music podcast, franz ferdinand remixes
Bad: enamel loss, idiotic arguments (try lessig instead), and Nov 1 deadlines
The new ipod still don't have cases to run with, which leaves me free to remain undecided.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Friday, October 14, 2005
Fun wildcard search of the day
Today's fun search is inspired by Martins' tag fame. Try it out: in the future *.
In other news, I upgraded Moveable Type! I'm slowly working my way back through 20,000+ spam comments, but in the meantime, you'll have to use TypeKey to comment, and no trackbacks.
And I wrote a Greasemonkey script to put Google Reader content in a scrollign div, if that's something you'd find useful.
In other news, I upgraded Moveable Type! I'm slowly working my way back through 20,000+ spam comments, but in the meantime, you'll have to use TypeKey to comment, and no trackbacks.
And I wrote a Greasemonkey script to put Google Reader content in a scrollign div, if that's something you'd find useful.
Friday, October 7, 2005
So much going on
Another week of recovering from sleep! This time, I came back from Chris's bachelor party in Vegas. Good times were had by all. The pools (wave machine! river!) at Mandalay Bay are amazing. (Yes, there were strippers, but it was very class compared to past experiences. Are they being exploited? C disagrees on this, but especially after reading about them, it seems no less absurd than being a model or actress, or anything else, really. they definitely make good money. Sadly, only a few of them displayed any real athleticism, despite Greenspun's belief after seeing the same art I saw that strippers who can hang upside down were a dime a dozen.)
Unfortunately, on the way there, I missed yet another flight, and had to pay a fee AND hang out at the airport for 5 hours. Delta has this new system where they guarantee you on the flight, but you have to wait till 3 hours before. This meant I had to hang out without food for 2 hours before I could go through security. Lame. JFK is far too annoying to get to, although considering I was late for a bus that left 5 blocks from here to DC, I suspect I might have some lateness issues of my own.
Meanwhile, I'm still deliberating about whether I want a Nano or a hard drive player that's Napster-compatible. This would be easier if I weren't also committing to a music provider. LimeWire still seems more convenient than being locked into ITunes for the rest of my life. But anything has to beat my poor little Audible player. Luckily Song has lots of great mp3s to listen to during the flight.
With the added time waiting for my flight, I managed to finish Super-Cannes. It's a little heavy-handed at points and a little obvious in others, but overall is very entertaining.
Oh, and Catherine and I went to Grocery, where, despite my apprehensions, the vegetable plate entree turned out to be both exotic and tasty, if a bit heavy on beets. Yum!
I'll conclude with a shoutout: Good luck on Grand Challenge, Richard!
Unfortunately, on the way there, I missed yet another flight, and had to pay a fee AND hang out at the airport for 5 hours. Delta has this new system where they guarantee you on the flight, but you have to wait till 3 hours before. This meant I had to hang out without food for 2 hours before I could go through security. Lame. JFK is far too annoying to get to, although considering I was late for a bus that left 5 blocks from here to DC, I suspect I might have some lateness issues of my own.
Meanwhile, I'm still deliberating about whether I want a Nano or a hard drive player that's Napster-compatible. This would be easier if I weren't also committing to a music provider. LimeWire still seems more convenient than being locked into ITunes for the rest of my life. But anything has to beat my poor little Audible player. Luckily Song has lots of great mp3s to listen to during the flight.
With the added time waiting for my flight, I managed to finish Super-Cannes. It's a little heavy-handed at points and a little obvious in others, but overall is very entertaining.
Oh, and Catherine and I went to Grocery, where, despite my apprehensions, the vegetable plate entree turned out to be both exotic and tasty, if a bit heavy on beets. Yum!
I'll conclude with a shoutout: Good luck on Grand Challenge, Richard!
Friday, September 23, 2005
*Still* catching up on sleep
After doing the Reach the Beach relay last week, I'm still trying to catch up on sleep. It was awesome, though. I ran (according to Walt's spreadhseet magic) 4.6 miles at a 9:03 pace, 7.1 at a 8:26 pace, and 4.2 at a 8:20 pace. Go me. And our team kicked ass overall, running the whole thing in 31 hours (8:51 pace). It was a fun bunch. We stayed at the hotel from the Shining, ate at Friendly's and Cracker Barrel and gas station markets, and listened to disgusting stories from Ki and to Hollaback Girl on repeat. The 7 miles were in near-total darkness, it was very Long Walk-y/transcendental. The ocean at the end was wonderfully cold. This racing thing is fun. ;-)
In other news, the Google Toolbar for Firefox is out of beta. Get it and use AutoLink! Also, the experiment I worked on is out. It's nice to be launching things after a long pause since merchant ratings and advertiser ratings.
In other news, the Google Toolbar for Firefox is out of beta. Get it and use AutoLink! Also, the experiment I worked on is out. It's nice to be launching things after a long pause since merchant ratings and advertiser ratings.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Fun Art Weekend
On Saturday I went to some galleries on 25th and saw some fun art:
Boy, art is hard to describe. I should start a photoblog like Dolapo.
Anyway, as if that weren't enough, on Sunday I met up with Jordan for brunch, and he turns out to be starting an art collection. He showed me his collection, including photos of gummi bears and a painting of an apartment building. He's looking at getting a picture of Marilyn Monroe and a painting of a Lego astronaut. Along the way, we found out about these Dia installations nearby that apparently have been there for decades. The Earth Room and The Broken Kilometer were both all the more amazing for being located on expensive real estate in the hustle and bustle of SoHo.
Also, who knew that the trailer for Everything is Illuminated was out? Elijah Wood isn't exactly who I pictured as the protagonist.
- A sculpture of a giant, white, Norman-Rockwellish man sitting against a wall
- Photos of strippers athletically hanging upside down from their poles
- Photos of electronics arrayed as landscapes
- Small sculptures with bags over their heads
- Portraits of famous people that look like videotapes being fastforwarded
- Art made on the wall with clear scotch tape
Boy, art is hard to describe. I should start a photoblog like Dolapo.
Anyway, as if that weren't enough, on Sunday I met up with Jordan for brunch, and he turns out to be starting an art collection. He showed me his collection, including photos of gummi bears and a painting of an apartment building. He's looking at getting a picture of Marilyn Monroe and a painting of a Lego astronaut. Along the way, we found out about these Dia installations nearby that apparently have been there for decades. The Earth Room and The Broken Kilometer were both all the more amazing for being located on expensive real estate in the hustle and bustle of SoHo.
Also, who knew that the trailer for Everything is Illuminated was out? Elijah Wood isn't exactly who I pictured as the protagonist.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Just saying hi
So, for a while, I thought I would not write any new posts till I got rid of all of my comment spam. But, at 16,994 spams and counting, I don't think that's going to happen. Sigh.
Life's been very exciting in the meantime. I've been working my butt of at work, and Catherine and I found an apartment in Tribeca. It's not exactly the cute neighborhood Chelsea is, but it's close to stuff and SO MUCH cheaper than Chelsea luxury buildings. And for the second time, the building's broker volunteered to bargain down the price with the owners when I was ready to pay the initial asking price. I just don't understand New York real estate.
I also saw a play, Fluffy Bunnies in a Field of Daisies, which was incredibly funny. It also did a great job exploiting the medium of the stage (if there were a Google-my-overpriced-college-education service, I could remember what particular philosophical diatribe put that idea in my head).
Oh, and I saw a movie. The pengiun movie. Way better than I expected. Penguins are nuts, though. The lengths they go to to have babies!
Oh, and we had a pretty good dinner at La Belle Vie, and it was 15% off because we booked online for late at night. And the owner gave us a free drink. The appetizer (zucchini and green apple soup) was more exciting than the entree, much like at Spice Market. I really need to work up the nerve to eat more appetizer-and-dessert meals at these places.
I'm very stressed about moving and work. I can't wait for summer to be over. Terrible, but true, given the things that tend to co-occur with summer. Hopefully we'll at least get some more beach time in, hopefully on a day when the sky isn't ominous.
Other recent valuable lessons: Culture Club has an exceedingly favorable ratio of women to men. The only place to find the price of luxury buildings without calling is in the print NY Times. Squash blossoms are tasty. Madras Mahal might be better than Pongal.
Life's been very exciting in the meantime. I've been working my butt of at work, and Catherine and I found an apartment in Tribeca. It's not exactly the cute neighborhood Chelsea is, but it's close to stuff and SO MUCH cheaper than Chelsea luxury buildings. And for the second time, the building's broker volunteered to bargain down the price with the owners when I was ready to pay the initial asking price. I just don't understand New York real estate.
I also saw a play, Fluffy Bunnies in a Field of Daisies, which was incredibly funny. It also did a great job exploiting the medium of the stage (if there were a Google-my-overpriced-college-education service, I could remember what particular philosophical diatribe put that idea in my head).
Oh, and I saw a movie. The pengiun movie. Way better than I expected. Penguins are nuts, though. The lengths they go to to have babies!
Oh, and we had a pretty good dinner at La Belle Vie, and it was 15% off because we booked online for late at night. And the owner gave us a free drink. The appetizer (zucchini and green apple soup) was more exciting than the entree, much like at Spice Market. I really need to work up the nerve to eat more appetizer-and-dessert meals at these places.
I'm very stressed about moving and work. I can't wait for summer to be over. Terrible, but true, given the things that tend to co-occur with summer. Hopefully we'll at least get some more beach time in, hopefully on a day when the sky isn't ominous.
Other recent valuable lessons: Culture Club has an exceedingly favorable ratio of women to men. The only place to find the price of luxury buildings without calling is in the print NY Times. Squash blossoms are tasty. Madras Mahal might be better than Pongal.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Long time no see
Life's been hectic, what with my trip to Seattle and California, visiting Boston for the 4th, and other random goings on. But Catherine and I finally got around to captioning our Turkey pictures. Here they are!.
Meanwhile, I feel like I have all these big decisions that are very hard for me to make about apartments and what to work on at work and such. I always think that thinking about them for a long time will lead to some grand insight, but mostly they just cause me stress. So in the end I pick somewhat arbitrarily. It's very odd and annoying. I'm much better at making decisions when they don't involve my personal life. ;-)
Meanwhile, I feel like I have all these big decisions that are very hard for me to make about apartments and what to work on at work and such. I always think that thinking about them for a long time will lead to some grand insight, but mostly they just cause me stress. So in the end I pick somewhat arbitrarily. It's very odd and annoying. I'm much better at making decisions when they don't involve my personal life. ;-)
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