27 February 2008 – 1:28 pm
Step 1 - Stare curiously at the couch, trying to figure out if it’s moving because the neighbor downstairs is doing something strange.
Step 2 - Realise that it’s rather late at night, so neither your neighbor downstairs nor the empty flat next door is responsible.
Step 3 - Remember that it feels strangely like an earthquake [...]
22 January 2008 – 11:56 pm
Today has been a big news day. The international financial markets went crazy, and the US Federal Reserve cut a key benchmark rate by 0.75% about an hour before US markets were going to open after a long holiday weekend. Last night was a major Democratic party debate, where the candidates started really [...]
14 January 2008 – 11:13 pm
If you want to break through the bulls**t on the Internet, sometimes you need a helping hand. David Friedman blogs at Ironic Sans (a great blog), and a while back he posted a Firefox plugin to “Uncensor the Internet.”
All you have to do is go to his page, and click on the appropriate link [...]
9 November 2007 – 3:05 pm
This little town was featured on the front page of the NYTimes website today. It’s a heartwarming story. (Link is here.) Essentially this little town is an absolute football powerhouse, having not lost a game in several seasons, now.
But as I was reading it, I had a blinding flashback… I’ve BEEN to [...]
9 October 2007 – 11:19 am
I realized the other day that while I (and many others) rarely twitter my “status” or “what I’m doing,” other people are doing so constantly. That’s when I realized there are really just two different types of people: Twitter Voyeurs and Twitter Exhibitionists.
Examples of Twitter Exhibitionists:
Guy Kawasaki - Who’s constantly twittering about “truemors.” [...]
14 September 2007 – 4:03 pm
Strangely enough, this reminds me of rowing, or at least a few of our races.
12 September 2007 – 8:19 am
… but I feel strangely compelled and repulsed.
Why?
Martha Stewart is now in the architecture, home-building and real-estate markets. Love her stuff? Well, now you can live in a house design that’s “inspired” by her own homes, and in a “Martha Stewart” community.
My god… what has the world come to?
7 September 2007 – 10:18 am
I can’t remember where I found this video first, but I really got a kick out of it.