January 2012
6 posts
So the Internet is a great thing, no denying. Love it.
And, SOPA and PIPA are shitty laws being pushed by shitty people who think their dying business model is more important than the freedom of everyone else, and these laws need to be strangled in the crib. Granted.
But yeah, so it took someone trying to take away your YouTube/business model/cat pictures for you to stand up and act? You know...
Don't Be Evil* →
parislemon:
*except if evilness is good for business.
The basics: Google, by way of their Getting Kenyan Business Online initiative, stole customers (and data) from rival Mocality.
Mocality uncovered as much in a clever sting operation, not unlike the one Google itself used to catch Bing “borrowing” search results last year.
What a fucked up situation. Google has fessed up to it, but is...
Your Military At Work
Received this weekend:
From: "Shean, Jake D SFC MIL USA USARPAC" <jake.shean@us.army.mil>
Subject: WOD Feedback
To: "feedback@wodapp.com" <feedback@wodapp.com>
Name: jake shean’s iPhone
What a waist money! It won't load the workout of the day and that's
the name of the app! You should feel shame for stealing money!
Part number two of the crook app this is, is that you aren't...
Varying Outcomes and Experiences of Getting a...
The Volkswagen Golf R is going to be released soon. It’s a car I’ve wanted for a few years, ever since the R32 went out of production and the rumors of a replacement based on the MK6 Golf platform started coming out.
It’s a pricy car, and might be beyond my reach right now. That didn’t stop me from going online to try getting dealer quotes, though. In the end, it showed a...
Resolutions for 2012
See more live music; small shows local to Santa Cruz.
Buy more things locally.
Get back into CrossFit, at least 1x a week.
Brew beer.
Pave a new driveway at my house, and do as much of it myself as I can.
Write more (here and there).
Read more (a book per month at least).
October 2011
2 posts
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Where Did Node Go Wrong?
And, did it?
My opinion is that node.js isn’t the kind of thing I should be using for the work I am currently doing, mainly because I don’t think it’s mature enough, and because it’s simply too difficult to use in real-world problems and gain the efficiency it claims.
(I’m even talking about it here because there is a misguided push where I work to ship production...
Tumblr reactivated
December 2010
4 posts
Die in a fire, Tumblr
Hosting my own wordpress blog again: http://metastatic.org/text/Concern/
PS Eat a billion dicks.
Note
A couple of trends have been going on for a while now, both of which need to stop, because they suck:
Minimalist, retro-70’s movie posters for contemporary movies. E.g.
Minimalist posters of various concepts, people, etc. E.g.
Stop that. Stop that right now.
Ben the Bodyguard →
Really well done teaser site.
November 2010
19 posts
The MacBook Air is Full of Win
I ordered a new MacBook Air soon after it was released, and have been using it exclusively since it arrived, on the first of November. I took the plunge because it was, with a couple of upgrades, identical in spec to my previous laptop, one of the first unibody MacBook Pros. As far as RAM, screen resolution, CPU speed, and internal storage went, the MacBook Air was on par. It did away with ports I...
Squat Cycle →
modaldomains:
My latest app, Squat Cycle, has just been approved by Apple. It should be available soon.
This is a pretty nerdy, powerlifter app. Even more so than WOD is. I wrote this because I wanted exactly this app for myself, and because I hated adding things by hand to iCal. I am, of course, looking for feedback about the app, and how to improve it. I just implemented the core stuff I...
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OK, so this guy’s entire side of the conversation consists of “right,” “exactly,” “no it’s true.” It is irritating me to no end.
Can You Spot a Fake Smile? →
15 out of 20.
Spoiler: looking at the eyes and the lack of wrinkling around them is a pretty good tell. Oddly, it seems like other affirmative or negative gestures (nodding or shaking the head) don’t make a difference, in any predictable way. Also it seems like a lopsided smile (one side going up before the other, or one side more intense) isn’t a tell for a fake smile, even though...
Did you know that they made a sequel to Donnie Darko?
No? Well, they did, and you can’t unlearn this.
You also can’t unsee something, and this is a terrible, terrible movie. Do yourself a favor and don’t see it, and try to forget that you’ve learned that it exists.
DF: RockMelt — Like Flock, But Junking Up Chrome... →
They solved the problem of Chrome having a nice, simple, minimalist interface.
(This post was too good and too short to not quote it in its entirety)
Obvious Foggot →
“Yes, I’m fairly certain there is a worldwide criminal investigation network dedicated solely to bringing those who construct fake Facebook profiles to justice.”
For a minute there I thought the gym had actually replaced the pairs of 10 and 15 kg plates with a pair of 25 kg plates.
And I was like, I appreciate your grasp of math, but that isn’t what we were looking for.
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Q and A
Q: What are the two worst parts of San Francisco?
A: Oakland and San Jose.
Hark, a Vagrant! — Crusoe →
From Friday’s perspective.
“Stinky you need to stay out of my shit.”
October 2010
12 posts
I can look and see
I can look at you, and see
a man.
I can look into you, and see
the leader you are.
I can look behind you, and see
the great leaders
that have come before you.
I can look through you, and see
the guiding hand that shaped us all;
call it God, call it evolution
just call it by what it is before me:
the irrepressible human spirit
a beacon lonely and...
Dear MUNI →
I have another gripe about a product and/or service, and write something about it!
scrabb.ly — massively multiplayer online scrabble →
Installation made of 100 million hand-made... →
You could probably get a similar, stinkier effect with the real thing by just sweeping out the floor of a ballpark for a season.
OK. Thanks for the feedback. DIAF.
Again, a comment about the most recent release of WOD:
I’ve been using this app consistently for about 7 months now. It does work fairly good. It needs a search capability for previously entered workouts. You used to be able to back up your data via email but now you must pay for a web service. This web service is way too expensive. This is why I am giving it 3 stars. If you could back...
111 Archer Ave. →
Artonics 1.0 →
My second app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad was just released to the App Store today. This is a collaboration between me and Gordon Clyne, who I worked with at Mirra, back in the day.
Buy it! Try it out! Let me know what you think and leave a good review!
September 2010
20 posts
The Rules →
youmightfindyourself:
1. Have talent. (Talent is not when your friends tell you they love your work, but when people who don’t like you have to admit it’s good.)
2. Understand how the world works. (Not just globally, but on a macro level. Understand what people need and don’t need. Understand when to approach people and when not to. Develop social skills.)
3. Choose good friends. (There’s...
Watch
An Industrial Standing Desk →
I made a desk out of steel pipe and plywood.
My God, it's Full of Cute...
Artonics →
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