February 2010
55 posts
THIS ONE IS ON US has reopened orders for the amazing community produced live #nin bluray http://awe.sm/520f7 got mine :)
so it goes
so it goes #tattoo #vonnegut http://yfrog.com/1da5fuj
sitting in the chair http://twitpic.com/15qt4w
“so it goes” - a wonderfully poignant kurt vonnegut quote in the georgia font on my left forearm, a reminder to see the rich silliness in the randomness and chaos as we all constantly tick and drip and sputter along
slaughterhouse five on wikipedia
watching Moon for the first time since the theater, still absolutely fantastic
Final Season of LOST as Seen by Someone Who Has... →
“people in sad moods tend to value familiarity whereas those in a happy mood are...”
– from The Mouse Trap
regarding Happiness Cools the Warm Glow of Familiarity: Psychophysiological Evidence That Mood Modulates the Familiarity-Affect Link by Marieke de Vries, Rob W. Holland, Troy Chenier, Mark J. Starr and Piotr Winkielman
Facebook Glitch Sends Messages to Wrong People - http://awe.sm/51uo9 - including private ones - oopsie
“or” and “||” are not the exact same in ruby — `if <false> or <true>` was failing, wanted `if <false> || <true>` #doh #ruby
RT @jhstrauss Wowsers! a glimpse of how f’ed up the FB platform is right now, check out this bug thread - http://awe.sm/51uKi /tip @techmeme
in this video Aaron the owner of A Comic Shop talks about smart business and rips the covers off some comics http://awe.sm/51uIV
14 question quick quiz from Pew Research Center - How Millennial Are You? http://awe.sm/51u9u i scored a 93 #quiz
Vice Guide to North Korea 1 of 14 | VBS Newsroom |... →
These videos are fascinating, shocking, and heart-wrenching. They are very raw looks into some scary things, not necessarily for the faint of heart.
another: Vice Guide to Liberia
Orlando SeaWorld Trainer Killed In Whale Attack →
New Reads - Walking Dead 70 A+, cool twist at the end | Blackest Night A | Batman and Robin 9 A | next Irredeemable #comics
seriously loving the Family Guy: Uncensored app, fun and quick mini-games, just 99 cents (80% off!) http://awe.sm/51sHW
Family Guy: Uncensored app for the iphone is chock full of mini-games & currently 80% off at just 99 cents
saw someone checked into I-4 on foursquare, now I’m wondering if I should start creating spots for redlights in gowalla
my cat was just video chatting with matt’s cat- the cheat
On Getting Started
“Don’t worry about it. Start. Begin.”
Corey said that to me around a month ago when I asked him what he thought about which user authentication gem I should use for my rails site idea. I had been mulling it over, talking about it for a month or two. I wanted to build a site where I could log my comic reading habits to replace a system of notecard logging I had developed.
I...
“Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was...”
– The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition. - By Deborah Blum - Slate Magazine
RT @snowballyeti TweetPo.st: The Next Generation - http://awe.sm/51eB2
i love anything to do with time travel
The Journal of Portfolio Management published an unlikely article in 1986: “Is Time Travel Impossible? A Financial Proof.”
In it, California economist Marc Reinganum notes that anyone with a time machine would have an enormous incentive to manipulate investments and futures markets, using his knowledge of the future to amass huge profits.
If this were possible at all, it would be happening on...
discovered two new game apps for the iphone that i’m really loving: ‘words with friends’ (scrabble clone) & ‘removem’
CODE ORGAN →
Play your code. I like what it sounds like when you put in http://www.imightbeinatree.com
“…they can shove you in a basic room with no air conditioning, TV, or room...”
– The eco tourism hotels turned a set of flaws — rugged rooms and mosquitoes — into features that could command price premiums.
Featuring the Flaw - Scott Anthony - Harvard Business Review
at the vet, puppies are getting their eyes rechecked after week three of treatment
[update: greta is off meds and cured of her bacterial infection. angel is also cured of her bacterial infection but her eye is still healing from the damage of unknown origin. two more weeks of meds for angel and then another recheck]
kitty did not seem to like cous cous at first
but now she is eating the leftover cous cous off my plate #strangecat http://twitpic.com/13v108
olympic gold medals contain more silver than gold, plated with 6 oz of 24k gold, street value of metal ~$500
picked up 4 whiskies: bulleit, makers, jameson, & wiser
Using Food For Other Purposes →
Some people in South Korea are purchasing snack sausages to use as a sort of meat stylus for those who don’t want to take off their gloves to use their iPhones
i have to test the streaming api some more
it’s rare when you’re coding this late at night for work and having this much fun :)
RT @al3x: I knew there was an uncensored version of “The Hobbit”, but I wasn’t prepared for all the trash Tolkien.
totally forgot my wallet today
Shy Wolf Sanctuary
The Shy Wolf Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that serves as a sanctuary for exotic, stray and injured animals, mostly wolves and wolf-dog hybrids. They are also home to several types of foxes and big cats as well as other small animals like prairie dogs and tortoises.
We were able to go into several of the wolf and wolf dog enclosures for varying degrees of interaction.
This...
Kowiachobee Animal Preserve
We went to the Kowiachobee Animal Preserve near Naples on Saturday. They are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working constantly to increase public awareness regarding the steady decline of certain species of exotic and endangered animals. They care for a wide range of animals including quite a few endangered big cats.
They have a variety standard farm animals as well including several types...
Drinking Oregon Pinot Noir #wine
more than two hours after the fact and my ears are still ringing too loudly too sleep #jucifer
my ears are ringing and will be for hours #jucifer #love
Jucifer! http://twitpic.com/11g25d
Jucifer’s wall of amps http://twitpic.com/11fvre
Swamp Lord and The Ludes are two new favorite bands, almost time for Jucifer
biggest turnout I’ve ever seen for Jucifer in orlando and they’re not even on yet
read Sam Keith’s new issue of Batman Confidential, love how he constantly squeezes little winks to the Maxx into his art #comics
my pipes were not the next on the block to go, neighbor across the street is getting a repiping done today
