Archive for April, 2008
-
30 Apr 2008
I've updated the script to show two rows of contacts' photos. It's also faster and awesomer. -
30 Apr 2008
We could tell that the waitress serving the next table had a tattoo, but only about a quarter-inch of it extended beyond the bottom of her shirt sleeve. What was visible wasn’t complex. It just looked like the bottom of a plain square. “I think that it’s a Polaroid picture.” Maybe it was temporal proximity; just the day before, Brian had made me stuff his exposed Polaroids into my purse. “No way. There is no way anyone would get that tattoo. Not in a million years.” I thought it was a pretty good idea for a tattoo. Simple, inoffensive to everyone, and you could even get strangers to draw in it with washable markers as an ice breaker. “In fact, I’ll bet you one hundred dollars that it’s not.”
Why did I take the bet? I’m not sure. Did I think he would pull his hand away at the last moment before shaking? Is it because he offered me 10:1 odds? Was I really sure that it was, indeed, a Polaroid photo? No, it was definitely not that last one.
After Brian handed me my winnings, I told him what I was going to do with it: I was going to buy Polaroid film. I still have no idea what I’m going to use the ten packages of lightly-expired professional-quality 779 for, but buying something thematic makes me feel a little less like I’m stealing from my friend.
Discuss (1) -
29 Apr 2008
Recently listened to: R.E.M. – Accelerate, The Postal Service – Give Up, M83 – Saturdays = Youth
-
28 Apr 2008
"I just paid $100.34 for a huge pile of Polaroid 779. http://tinyurl.com/6s8vfo"
-
28 Apr 2008Self portrait
Circa 1987.
-
27 Apr 2008
Disassembled and analyzed, and then fixed.
-
27 Apr 2008
-
25 Apr 2008
"@mathowie @jessamyn @jephjacques Welcome to Boston, sorry about the mess"
-
24 Apr 2008
Maybe the first from an upcoming album? Trent said there's news coming soon.
-
22 Apr 2008
"Shabu-shabu is awesome-awesome"
-
22 Apr 2008
Recently listened to: They Might Be Giants – Apollo 18, The Postal Service – Give Up, M83 – Saturdays = Youth
-
20 Apr 2008
-
20 Apr 2008
jssh is a Firefox addon that allows you to control your browser through a telnet session.
-
18 Apr 2008
Also check out the screenshots of the new map. Badlands, Goldrush, and new weapons coming sometime this month!
-
18 Apr 2008
"@agilbert: I kiss you now."
-
18 Apr 2008
Those of you who subscribe to my RSS feed will notice that this morning’s link had some link spam in it. It appears that my previous policy of never updating WordPress or any of its plugins finally led to a security breach. I dropped all work that I get paid to do, and I’ve now upgraded to WordPress 2.5. Unfortunately, this is a very new release, and it has broken the fancy del.icio.us and Flickr integration I worked so hard to setup. Hopefully, a FeedWordPress update will be out soon, and you can once again enjoy my nonsense at full-bore.
Update, 6pm: Well, it appears I was misinformed. FeedWordPress works just great. Thanks to Graham Leuschke for bringing the spammery to my attention.
-
18 Apr 2008
One of the longest games in MLB history, it didn't end until 4am. The first run wasn't scored until the 14th inning.
-
17 Apr 2008
-
16 Apr 2008
"Tie game. I scored twice. Good times."
-
16 Apr 2008
"When 'There She Goes' is over, I guarantee absolutely no one in the room goes: 'Jesus, finally.'"
-
16 Apr 2008
"If I had been on the grand jury, I would have heard the Southie fire case. http://tinyurl.com/6qgj6n"
-
15 Apr 2008
"I am wearing two different shoes today and didn't notice until I got to work. Will anyone else notice?"
-
15 Apr 2008Unmitigated fun
Man, wallpaper sucks.
-
15 Apr 2008
Recently listened to: Wheatus – Too Soon Monsoon, Bloc Party – Silent Alarm Remixed, Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
-
14 Apr 2008
The ratings board issues explanations of its ratings ("for violence and language", etc), and sometimes they're vague and weird.