June 2009
102 posts
Boulder weather is ridiculously nice (I’m sitting on the porch while working)
I bought a Wii fit. One 1 hand, it’s sad that I picked the most nerdy, nature-excluding way to work out. On the other hand, I know myself.
May 2009
103 posts
Trying out Nambu Twitter client after reading about it WIRED. Any good/bad experiences w/ it? I’m pretty happy w/ Tweetie at the moment.
Placebo effect is crazy http://bit.ly/HMXhB My question: is it moral for docs to lie to patients about treatments if it relieved pain?
Off to watch A New Hope with my girlfriend. She’s not sure if she’s ever seen it - even if so, the fact she cannot remember is troubling.
Cool: Apple included a USB extender with my keyboard. WTF: The notched it so it can’t be used to extend any USB device, just their keyboard
Oh, Flash video. No matter how fast my CPU, no matter how much RAM I have, you still randomly stall, jump, and just all-around suck.
Just got my desk, laptop, extra monitor, speakers, and chair set up in my home office. Everything else is just details.
Ruby code for making lighthouse bulk move tickets →
assert(♥) - Recovering from "(no branch)" during a... →
We have yet to go on a real grocery run at our new apartment. I am so freaking sick of cheese sandwiches.
Storm’s rolling in
Home - externals - GitHub →
externals is an (awesome) way to manage an application’s external git dependencies. externals allows you to quickly freeze/unfreeze external git repositories within your parent application, while…
I need a new mouse. Does Microsoft still make the best ones? I’m still confused as to why they are in the mouse business, but whatever.
Just got 1 of the new Apple keyboards. It feels a lot different than typing on my last-gen MB Pro, but I like all the integrated Mac buttons
Will this save newspapers? Can you give away content (enabling free linking, which is key), but charge for UI? http://bit.ly/7IjV3
ziya's 2.0.8 documentation →
Amazon.com: Information Dashboard Design: The... →
Just installed git-wtf http://bit.ly/NKYcB Looks awesome. Thanks @atmos for telling me about it
The relationship of energy efficiency vs. size is nearly identical for cities and organisms http://bit.ly/19iUbJ
Grabbing some food and then off to Boulder.rb to learn more about Reia. I’m looking forward to it.
I really dig Newsweek’s new design.
Trying to be better about tracking key metrics from a variety of sources. Any suggestions on software to pull in data, report, and graph?
OH: “Being an entrepreneur is just getting kicked in the groin day after day and hoping that the money fairy visits before you say uncle.”
I find that all airline schedules (on web sites or in confirmation emails) are utterly impossible to copy/paste in a way that is readable.
Iinteresting article about my favorite mag Wired. http://bit.ly/DzmnP I hope it continues in some form even if print media dies
I know I’m behind the curve, but last Thursday’s Daily Show nailed the idiocy of discharging gay military personnel http://bit.ly/7DehH
Going to the post office still stinks, but I have to say that the online Change of Address form is a pleasure to use. I’m impressed.
103.5 is a great station to listen to while unpacking. I thought radio was hopeless. I’m happy to be proven wrong.
Totally exhausted from moving. It’s one of my least favorite things in the whole world.
OH: “They say, ‘Um, I’m more of an ideas person’. WTF? I’m like ‘Here’s an idea: here’s an Allen wrench, go pump out some yogurt!’”
No matter how many times I hear it, the echo of a near-empty apartment still weird me out.
In case you were wondering, you should never ever buy someone an eBay gift card. I got one and it’s basically impossible to spend. So stupid
Putting scotch tape on top of bug bites really does make them stop itching almost instantly.
If you’re using git, definitely set up your shells to display the branch and whether it’s dirty. It’s a huge time-saver http://bit.ly/2E0Uu
devver.net has a whole new look. Check it out and let me know what you think http://devver.net
Present.ly + GitHub integration is awesome … until you merge a huge branch and then you get 151 updates all at once
Score: @pea53 - 2, Science - 1. You are clearly superior and should be giving out Pease awards to make all those Nobel winners jealous.
Life’s first spark created in laboratory http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/ribonucleotides/
The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Erlang in Practice →
Anyone else notice that after updating to the latest Things iPhone app, it takes like 10 seconds to load?
Buying RedLaser from @occipital … they’re currently number 87 of the top 100 paid apps. Hope they break into the top 10…
Enjoying delicious mexican food at my favorite Denver Mexican restaurant - La Pasadita Inn. Right next to the infamous Green House!
Wow, I just saw a Schwan’s truck. I used to love their food in high school but had totally forgotten they even existed.
I want to write a spec in Merb that tests the content of the page that is redirected to. Is that crazy? I can’t figure how to do that
Mitch Kapor: we’re in a Cambrian explosion of innovation #gluecon
Glad that people in Washington are including Mitch Kapor in discussions about digitizing and creating a web of health care records #gluecon
#lazyweb Anyone found a good solution for automatically spell checking an entire site?
Apparently, Google doesn’t share any details about how they secure AppEngine #gluecon
… I find that fairly surprising. I’m glad Amazon is pretty open about their security measures.