August 2009
60 posts
July 2009
75 posts
“The boy drove the car home where he was confronted by his father, and admitted...”
– Seven-Year-Old Steals Car in Utah | NowPublic News Coverage
A work-related thought
indefensible:
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately on the nature of brands, and what makes them work. I’m making a career transition from pure design into a practise where I advise firms on brand and communications issues so I need to not only get my thoughts straight – I need the get them succinct.
Most firms or organisations want their designers to turn them into something they can’t be....
Without a Guide - Chris Hutchins and Amy Fox Go... →
Bookmarked to track my friends’ trip around the world.
“It’s like Peggy Noonan, Jack London, and William Faulkner wandered into...”
– Sarah Palin’s Gradual Descent Into Incoherency - sarah palin - Gawker
Top Fans is the best way to follow athletes, movie... →
Some interesting game mechanics here.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-26) →
Amazin’ Blue (22)
Barenaked Ladies (17)
Ben Folds Five (14)
Built to Spill (11)
Ryan Adams (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Listen
Bookchase | The bestseller board game about books →
Negative Affirmations - Steven Appleby & George... →
“WARNING: When rock climbing, balance may be disrupted by normal bodily functions...”
– Four-Hour Intro to Rock Climbing Course and Guided Outdoor Climb with Adventure Out
Workmate.
oliviaisferosch:
Let’s say you had the opportunity to have someone helping you out with your job. Let’s say you have two potential hires (no other options) and you have to hire one of them.
Would you rather hire someone who was:
exceptionally talented but completely lacking in common sense or intuition to the point where you are hitting your own head thinking, “WHAT?” (also assume “common...
“An undercover Iredell County Sheriff’s Office deputy recently purchased...”
– Arrest mix-up raises questions
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-19) →
Frightened Rabbit (34)
Radiohead (22)
Wilco (8)
Death Cab for Cutie (7)
Prince (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
To do list, simple, easy, fast, sharable: Ta-da... →
This is me to-do listing getting a to-do list app.
There is fail in this in all sorts of ways.
ToneMatrix →
ernie:
And here goes a couple of hours clicking on little grey squares. (Thanks, Mike)
Well, the boss *is* out of town this week…
Amazon needs new PR people
timoni:
When Amazon discovered these unauthorized sales, it did the right thing: it reversed them. The police would do the same thing if they discovered a stolen car in your driveway: just take it away. You never owned it. Amazon was stupid not to explain the situation. It should have explained long ago its ability to remotely delete inappropriately distributed books, and it should have explained...
Stinson Beach - Bouldering Area Info - Bay Area... →
Just another Saturday morning…
“Brian Roberts, better known in the yo-yo world as “Doctor Popular,” is holding...”
– Of course Doc Pop, whom I know as the funny cartoonist and mutual friend of scads of my San Francisco crowd, is also a yo-yo master who gets quoted by my friend Mary Pilon in the Wall Street Journal.
[The Yo-Yo Has Had Ups and Downs, But It’s Far From End of Its String - WSJ.com]
(via...
“Amazon, whose business lives and dies by publisher happiness, caved. It...”
– Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com
This guy is one of my favorite singer...
It would be wrong of me to talk about the...
nickdouglas:
I mean, that’s unethical! So I won’t tell you! I’ll withhold some very embarrassing details about the evening I spent with him and a high-priced escort in a hotel in San Francisco.
I won’t even name the other woman to whom he proposed marriage after a mere handful of dates, or tell you the exact size of his reportedly larger-than-usual but not-always-functional cock.
Because come...
IE6 Must Die for the Web to Move On →
yep
“Arrington’s dilemma is that he’s unsure how to clean the jizz stains from his...”
– Daring Fireball Linked List: Do Unto Others
Oh snap!
TechCrunch plans to release illegally obtained... →
rickwebb:
nickdouglas:
So some guy calling himself “Hacker Croll” stole hundreds of confidential documents from the Twitter founders, and he sent copies to TechCrunch. That blog’s founder, Mike Arrington, says the documents include people who interviewed at Twitter, floorplans, and security passcodes.
So of course once Mike (a former lawyer) saw this was some heavy illegally-gotten shit, he...
L'ops 'n O
oliviaisferosch:
laurao:
oliviaisferosch:
I am going to SF unexpected for a commission in less than a month.
Which means I see L’opster.
Which means I have seen L’ops more than I have seen many of my Chicago friends this year, despite her living halfway across the country.
Success?
YES! Success! Thinking one of the following restaurants for dinner:
Bar Tartine
Contigo
Universal Cafe
...
Stevie Wonder station on Pandora →
It is pretty awesome/amazing/telling that this station requires just one artist seed.
Community Leadership Summit →
Are you motherfuckers 'hearting' the fact that I...
indefensible:
What a bunch of turd-munchers you all are!
Really what disturbs me more - is that a goatee!?!
“I originally had my parents moderating, since they were retired, and after a few...”
– Founders at Work - Home
This book is very good.