December 2010
iTunes Store Slowdowns With Google DNS →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
Nicki Minaj (20)
Girl Talk (16)
J. Cole (14)
Kanye West (13)
Daft Punk (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Ten things I do not deal with well.
Compliments
Inflexible established systems
Persistent ambiguity
Ignorance as an excuse
People who require multiple explanations of the same concept
Persistent lack of sleep
My own self-consciousness
Failures, large and small
Dependence on others
Physical and biological limitations on expressions of my ideas and/or thoughts
Testing my new bluetooth keyboard.
Holy crap does this expand the functionality of my iPad for travel. Wow.
No, seriously. Wow.
Quick Quiz
seanbonner:
Johnny and Tammy are in Mrs. Smiths 3rd grade glass.
Johnny and Tammy are passing notes saying bad things about all the other students in the class.
Susan finds one of these notes and gives it to Mrs. Smith who reads it allowed to the class.
Many of the students in the class are upset because they thought Johnny and Tammy where their friends.
Johnny and Tammy are embarrassed.
...
Best thing I've read about the sexual assault... →
It seems fishy, but only because our global legal system has never demonstrably treated rape allegations this seriously, or pursued the accused this intensely.
Which is so, so depressing.
Lego thinkers and Play-Doh thinkers.
attentionindustry:
Some people are Play-Doh thinkers: they like to create from unformed raw materials. Sculpting something to their own vision, and creating something from nothing. This is the same kind of thinking that leads to a Big Idea, or a truly new concept. Play-Doh doesn’t offer you anything beyond a base substance with which to express your creativity.
I’ve realized recently, I’m a...
These tumblr spam 'like' bots are throwing me off.
Even if I do find the french account names relatively charming.
I'm in Montreal.
I’m going to be working the whole time, but it’s still nice. Beautiful city.
Any suggestions for my relatively minimal time off?
“We are now living in a global state that has been structured for the benefit of...”
– Charles Stross is fucking brilliant.
Digital Self-Harm and Other Acts of... →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-5) →
Kanye West (29)
Amon Tobin (22)
Kid Cudi (20)
Arctic Monkeys (7)
J. Cole (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Air Force Unveils Fastest Defense Supercomputer,... →
This. This is why I’m a geek. The awesome potential in innovative uses of the mundane.
It's impossible for me to be goofing off.
Knowing what’s cool, possible, and impactful on the internet is an important part of my job. No matter what deadline is staring me in the face, I need to know what will matter in the morning.
So yes, I’m reading RSS items and checking facebook when I’m going to be working for a few hours extra tonight. It’s called ‘living it’.
Frankly, you don’t want...
Epic Win: Jawbone Jambox
I have never been more impressed with a peripheral than I am with my new Jambox.
And that was before I decided to make it sound like a british secret agent.
Amazing sound, dead simple pairing, better quality over bluetooth than I was getting from my audio port.
When I next need a headset, it’s coming from Jawbone. No questions asked.