January 2009
37 posts
“Don’t you sometimes long to be CEO of a company like Sony Ericsson, Samsung,...”
“It’s a bombsite, as the photo reveals. But to me it’s a delicious nest of...”
– The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry
“If boredom is the great emotion of the TV generation, loneliness is the great...”
– http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i21/21b00601.htm
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No, Adobe AIR-- Just No
I don’t have anything personal against Adobe AIR, but I’ve been playing around with a 2.5 GHz Macbook Pro (with 4 gigs of ram) for the weekend (wishing it was mine) and being astounded at how it never broke a sweat, no matter what I threw at it.
Lightroom imports of 7,000 photos. Launching every app in the Applications folder at the same time. Anything. At all.
But launching the...
“A Volkswagen Golf - Pink Floyd Edition
The [1994 “PULSE”] tour was...”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P*U*L*S*E
Track 1 on the new Thievery Corporation album...
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OBAMA!
Everyone in America is doing the exact same thing right now. :) The official presidential blog is also set up using Tumblr — props to them.
Incidentally, I met the mother of David Carp (Tumblr’s founder) last week. Seems Tumblr’s really becoming a force in my life (and the lives of many others)…
Irony vs Idiocy in the Case of Fake for Real →
The original Fake for Real game came in a box that was strikingly similar to the iconic Louis Vuitton pattern. Despite the fact that the pattern was replicated using Wingdings, a free font, the LV…
Piracetam FAQ →
Some of you have been curious about this “piracetam” stuff I keep talking about. It’s a nootropic designed to enhance cognition. I find it works better than advertised— and with no known side effects, it’s a hell of a lot better than most medications.
Here, courtesy of Erowid, is a pretty detailed FAQ. Wikipedia also has some info: Piracetam on Wikipedia. Here are...
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“Jeff Paul Systems advertises on television as a homebased business opportunity...”
– Has anybody used the Jeff Paul’s Shortcut to Internet Millions? Is this another scam? Please let me know.? - Yahoo! Answers
Just saw this advertised on TV, wondered what it could possibly be (given the outlandish claims) and arrived at this.
What an incredible scam. Almost as good as...
Good Riddance, Circuit City
Circuit City is going out of business.
I’m sad of course for the thousands of employees that have to find new jobs in a shitty economy, but Circuit City has always sucked. This recession will test the mettle of thousands of companies, and only the strong will survive— as always.
My prediction? Sony won’t. Despite massive volume and thousands of products, they just don’t...
The new season of Battlestar Galactica just blew my frakkin’ mind.
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“Ballmer believes that software is what Microsoft does best, so they need to put...”
– Zune: Ballmer Interview Points at Zune’s Uncertain Future
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“Worked great for the first week or so. Much calmer and eat significantly less....”
– regarding 5-HTP, a virtually harmless serotonin precursor often taken in 150-400 mg doses. WTF?
The 2009 Reboot: How I’m Staying Organized →
Ever since I decided to make 2009 my best year ever I’ve known that I need a simple, consistent system to stay organized and a set of “safety nets” to keep things that way. Here, briefly, is my…
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WatchWhen Stanley Kubrick approached Pink Floyd about creating the soundtrack for his upcoming 2001: A Space Odyssey, founder Roger Waters says his “biggest regret was not saying yes”. Three years after the film’s 1968 release, the band released Meddle, and with it, the spectacular “Echoes”—a 23-minute suite that just so happens to sync up perfectly with the third...
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2009: What Will You Make Of It? →
New Years’ Eve always fills me with optimism: the chance to look back and pick apart the year and decide where to focus next. The tradition of New Years’ resolutions certainly isn’t new, but I try…