August 2009
38 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30) →
Simon & Garfunkel (82)  Rage Against the Machine (48)  Van Morrison (23)  Ludwig van Beethoven (15)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (15)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr…
Aug 31st
So much of repugnant behavior is about getting... →
Aug 28th
Here is an Easy Way to Get on My Blacklist
From my inbox: Someone once told me that there is some sort of “club” where iPhone app developers meet every once in a while…? Do you know of such a thing in NYC? Or any other place/network where I could potentially find developers? Response: Yes, I heard they work for 2 cans of Mountain Dew / hr and are trying to find Wall Street folks with no technical knowledge and ideas...
Aug 28th
Sometimes User Feedback Results in Smiles instead... →
Aug 27th
The grain dilemma →
Aug 25th
Fwd: Tao Te Ching (04 of 14)
Daily lit is a great way to cache books onto my Blackberry (grr, no kindle app). Here’s a chapter from Lao Tzu that I particularly enjoyed. ————— Forwarded message ————— From: DailyLit <books@dailylit.com> Date: Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:20 AM Subject: Tao Te Ching (04 of 14) TAO TE CHING by  Lao Tzu PART 1. (CONT’D) Ch. 18. 1....
Aug 25th
WatchWatch
gbattle: Bob Parsons, CEO of GoDaddy.com, gives his take on Twitter with hot chicks, wacky graphics, and soapbox banter.  The infomercial style video has been around a while, but I only saw it today for the first time.  Yes, the same guy that made buying domain names sexy is a better Twitter salesman than Biz, Ev or Jack  (sorry guys) ever could be for the mainstream set.  Don’t be fooled by Bob’s...
Aug 24th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23) →
London Concertante (81)  Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus Musicus Wien (30)  Van Morrison (29)  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (24)  Marjana Lipovsek, Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus…
Aug 24th
The American Breakfast
alimentary: Breakfast: there is no meal that I anticipate more highly, and no other meal leaves me feeling more guilty. The American breakfast consistently consists of 3 groups: starch, meat, and eggs. The stars of the show are the meat and the eggs. What’s with the cholesterol attack?! I’m getting sick of this…. Even if I go to a fancy restaurant and order the spinach quiche (hoping to get some...
Aug 24th
How to Effectively Use Sharing Links in Automated... →
Aug 19th
Ignoring pyc and other file patterns in Subversion →
Aug 18th
Redirect Output of Cron Task to File (both stdout... →
Aug 18th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-16) →
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (55)  Ludwig van Beethoven (32)  MGMT (13)  Millencolin (13)  Lupe Fiasco (11)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 17th
Proximity Perqs of AWS: Free and Fast Data... →
Aug 16th
Something Between Guacamole and Salsa →
Aug 15th
Auto Link Plain Text URLs in Python →
Aug 14th
Send To Tumblr And Track With Bitly Google Reader... →
Aug 14th
Running Barefoot First Thoughts →
Aug 13th
Aug 13th
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betaworks – Notes from our Lifehacks session →
Aug 12th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-9) →
Van Morrison (71)  Fleetwood Mac (58)  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (33)  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (30)  Burning Spear (28)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by …
Aug 10th
Aug 10th
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Selling a Bunch of Stuff on Craigslist
I am selling a bunch of household stuff on craigslist (including a 1 pood kettlebell) before I move to a different apt (same hood, I hope). Please let me know if you want any of these: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/app/1314642987.html http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/hsh/1314648224.html http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/hsh/1314651051.html...
Aug 10th
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be...”
– William Morris (via superamit) (via davemorin) Note to self: do this.
Aug 8th
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“Take a look at how Apple would be able to quickly build a large search engine...”
– Image by ThiagoMartins via Flickr Schmidt Resignation: Is Apple Building Apple Search Service? - SiliconValleyWatcher Rafer sez: I thought this was a silly statement for the first 30 seconds. And, then I flipped. I bet that I’d switch to search.apple.com — and I’m only a laptop fanboy, not an...
Aug 8th
Very Useful Message Parsing in Gmail Made My Day →
Aug 6th
How to Think Constructively About Healthcare –... →
Aug 6th
Business Cards Have Google Maps Now →
Aug 6th
Meaningful Referrer Data and Semantic Web →
Aug 5th
Health = Long Lasting Functional Ability: The... →
Aug 4th
Aug 4th
15 notes
“The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via reluctantbuddha)
Aug 4th
33 notes
“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that...”
– Stanley Kubrick (via affremblequotes)
Aug 4th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-2) →
Van Morrison (164)  Stevie Wonder (44)  Akron/Family (21)  D’Angelo (7)  Nirvana (4)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 3rd
Design Bit: Export to Calendar Widget →
Aug 3rd
Start OS X ScreenSaver from Terminal Command Line →
Aug 2nd
Enjoy Salsa And Avoid Chips →
Aug 1st
Aug 1st