April 2008
20 posts
Best senior prank ever? →
jstn: Some jokesters at my alma mater got access to the school’s mailing list and sent out a letter on district stationary recommending parents supply alcohol for prom. “Considering our reputation (Drinkin’ Lincoln), in some cases one fifth is only enough for a single person.” That letterhead has been the same since I started going to school in ‘88.
Brijit - The world in 100 words →
“Brijit aggregates the world’s best long-form content and abstracts it in 100 words or less, providing busy, omnivorous, and increasingly mobile readers with rich, qualitative summaries as well as better guideposts for what to read, watch or listen to now.” They pay users $5 to sum up an article and rate between 0 to 3 dots, from ‘not a priority’ to ‘exception,...
True Story
An hour ago, I spoke to business class at a midwestern Catholic university about my experience at Connected Ventures, etc. They asked whether they could see a few examples of Busted Tees. Up until this point, mindful of some faculty sitting in the back row, I avoided showing any content from the CV family of sites because I realized there’s not too much on CollegeHumor that wouldn’t...
Me: What time do you finish work tomorrow?
Justin: Probably when the fish need to take a coffee break.
Headed to North Java, NY tomorrow to visit my older brother and get my fishing license.
“A shoemaker usually walks barefoot”
– An architect told me this Hebrew proverb when I asked if he had plans to renovate his loft — he’s too busy designing for other people.
I'm satisfied
Eric Costello from Flickr just emailed to ask if he could take me to brunch. Peace restored, cease cannonfire please.
Transmission is my new OSX BitTorrent client of... →
Open-source project maintained by the same developer of Handbrake.
Pitchfork reviews Apes & Androids, rates them... →