August 2009
64 posts
Just watched the Dead Like Me pilot. Good stuff. TV marathons are why we have Sundays (in my heathen opinion).
The WPTouch plugin is amazing - one of the best available: http://www.bravenewcode.com/wptouch. It makes your Wordpress blog IPhone ready.
Just superglued my glasses back together for like the 4th time. Quality craftsmanship at high prices. How do I get in this biz?
Loving the new Aceyalone. Some of the best hip-hop I’ve heard in a long time:. $5 download: http://bit.ly/DYtYE
I just figured out how to make six figures a year from home on the web. To learn my secret, paypal me $20, and I’ll send you the PDF.
BOOM. Patton Oswalt tix for September. Thanks Craig!
OK, not really, though I’m pretty sure I have an itch to try a new web venture that must soon be scratched. And its definitely not pr0n.
Social Media's Top 10 Dirty Little Secrets →
New FB IPhone app is out. Just showed up in my updates. Supposed to be a ton better.
More front end coding today. Didn’t think I’d be doing so much of this - but work I find very enjoyable, so is kool, G.
(This is what happens, BTW, when you look at a single giant e-commerce website all day long. You find “oooh aaah” things and post them.)
Wow, Family Guy season 1-6 box set for 75 crackers (TODAY ONLY). That’s like 12.50/season: http://bit.ly/ZZQ9C
Cuppajoe #1: empty pot; must make new; faith in humanity bruised. Cuppajoe #2: empty pot; must make new; faith in humanity shattered.
In line for Marination Mobile. No sandwich bar for KB today!
If Famous Graphic Artists Were Web Designers… →
The Coolest Credit Cards →
Design at Facebook →
New Top Chef tonight. Yay! Seems like it’ll be a rad season.
Snow Leopard upgrade is only $25 ( http://bit.ly/qfln8) & Win 7 Ultimate is $219 ( http://bit.ly/NIkhd). Ubuntu? $0. (http://ubuntu.com).
My favorite bars: 1) Sandwich, 2) Beer, 3) Chocolate, 4) Gold, 5) Salad, 6) Limbo, 7) Uneven Parallel, 8) Law, 9) Smoothie, 10) Soap.
Beatles Rock Band might cause me to jump. Wired: http://bit.ly/iOeE5 Amazon: http://bit.ly/7VEdm - $299 for the full set, though. Oof.
Echo Chamber: Jack White →
Perfect storm of late bus + wheelchair dude + construction means 70 mins door-to-door this morning. I could’ve walked the 5 miles faster.
My new all-time favorite Twitterer: http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays
A whole lotta Coldplay on Amazon for $2.99: http://bit.ly/3K4Ymy
50 Useful New jQuery Techniques and Tutorials →
It’s about this time every Friday when my brain falls through my nose.
Pitchfork’s top songs of the 2000s. No spoilers, but I I think their #1 is a worthy pick. #2 might be my fav, though. http://bit.ly/EyHBR
Kind of Bloop is kind of amazing. $5 well spent: http://kindofbloop.com/
Hi kickin’, low scorin’, and ties? You know where I be.
EA Sports Active just kicked my ass. If you get it and are already strong, get a thicker band to work with. http://bit.ly/uLled
Wading through 9000 lines of JavaScript ain’t fun.
Today is the 50th anniversary of Kind of Blue, the greatest jazz album of all time. Bill Evans makes the record, IMHO. http://bit.ly/3NoA2Z
Zombie apocalpyse: the math geek edition →
DVD sale right now on Amazon, $3.99-$5.99. Gems: Time Bandits, Road Warrior, Lost in Translation, Sophie’s Choice: http://bit.ly/2wkAzr
Edit: Project Runway premiers next week. Doh.
Project Runway premier tonight. 10PM, Lifetime.
How well do Roombas actually work? Do they make it over around chair legs, onto area rugs, etc? Do they eat cats? http://bit.ly/9Dc3Y
The soda pop container hierarchy of taste: fountain > can > bottle. IMHO.
Slowly moving to Fireworks to hopefully create wireframes & comps in a single tool. My teacher: http://bit.ly/Y47KP
50 Albums for $5 each right now on Amazon. I picked up the new Phoenix, The Field, Dragonslayer, and old Kate Bush: http://bit.ly/z7QSe
Reminder: IA/UX Meetup tonight. VENUE CHANGE: We’re now at the Rendezvous in Belltown - in the back, up the stairs. 7PM.
Just finished the first draft of some detailed wireframes for a product I have a long history with. SWEET. Cool cool stuff, yo.
Social Media Charm School →
I’m not the first to complain, but it bears repeating: Twitter needs embedded hyperlinks. This URL shortening crap is ridonk.
So happy to have Snagit back. Vista’s Snipping tool just wasn’t cutting it. (Hardy har har.)
Krakauer on Pat Tillman, for release in September. I may have to preorder this one: http://bit.ly/gkHFy
Bought The Zen of Zombies tonight. I’m willing to listen and learn from the other (deader) side. http://bit.ly/186Q0Y
Password Advice →
Going away party for Caroline (hello Austin!). Now, Brouwers and sausage and Belgians.