February 2012
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Employment Acquired!
So. I got a job. Today’s my first day, in fact.
After weeks of applying to one posting after another, tailoring my resume and writing unique cover letters for each one, it turns out it’s really about who you know. And all this time I thought it was about the Hokey Pokey.
Months before we knew anything about moving back, my friend Lizard got a job at a BAMF (big...
January 2012
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Life is good. Really, really good.
If I seem giddier than usual these days, it’s not just because I’m enjoying being back in Chicago. (Though I am.)
Today’s not been unusual, and it’s gone like this:
Wake up at five. Brew excellent coffee in a french press. Make eggs with salame and four cheeses, and granola with fresh cut strawberries and bananas and almond milk.
Sit-ups, push-ups, and some curls in...
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December 2011
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FaceTime
Jinae: you don't have facetime on your iphone?
me: My phone is the 3gs -- no front-facing camera.
Jinae: oh
if you had facetime
you could see that i'm laughing and pointing at you now
How to use Find My Friends on iPhone/iPad without...
This isn’t strictly a tech blog, much less a how-to blog, but I figured I owe the Internet a handy how-to for all the ones it gives me.
With Apple’s release of the latest iPhone/iPod/iPad operating system, iOS 5, came an app called Find My Friends, which does precisely what its name implies using the devices’ GPS. There are other apps that have been around a while and do this...
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November 2011
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Point 'Em Out, Knock 'Em Out
The video actually makes me queasy.
It’s of a game kids are playing in the city where someone points to a random stranger and another person in the group has to go punch him or her, ideally knocking the victim out, or risk being on the receiving end of the same or similar.
Pretty sick.
*I would have embedded it, but Fox News doesn’t make that easy, so you’ll have to watch...
HANDS.
Last week, I posted a cool video from Microsoft about concept technology for the near future. In the post, I needled Microsoft for rarely delivering technology that wows and boggles and inspires the way the stuff in the video does.
(A really smart friend of mine disagreed, and we each had our say, and that’s that.)
Then I found Bret Victor’s illuminating “Brief Rant on the...
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October 2011
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“That’s why several members of Congress are suggesting phasing out the...”
– LA Times
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“We could shoot the interview inside, but the monkeys would start screaming.”
– @damgodfrey, talking shop. Totally serious.
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“I want Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber to have a baby so they can call it...”
– Adam, right before he showed me this and made my day.
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Great letter re: #OccupyWallSt →
OccupyWallSt. Confession: I’ve only read about 1/3 of this. But up to that point it’s pretty reasonable.
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Skeptic's folly
Skeptic’s folly
I had a head cold the other day, so I left work early and went to the grocery store for a Vitamin C supplement to boost my immune system.
In the nutrition aisle, I was overwhelmed by options. There were considerably more varieties and volumes of vitamin C than nature intended. Generic. Brand-name. 500 mg. 1,000 mg. A bottle containing 350 500-mg caplets...
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Hilarious baby's first birthday party banner →
It’s dangerous having a graphic designer for a dad.
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The problem with Gmail Chat allowing multiple,...
Coworker 1: does it go to the [client name redacted] ftp?
me: yep
me: Sorry, kind of left you in the dark there.
Coworker 1: no problem
Coworker 1: ill get it out shortly
Coworker 2, logged in to same account as Coworker 1: brad this is your brain
Coworker 2, logged in to same account as Coworker 1: I have been damaged by the drugs
Coworker 2, logged in to same account as Coworker 1: don;t be confused
Coworker 2, logged in to same account as Coworker 1: thank you
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“So, 24 years ago, Apple predicted a complex natural-language voice assistant...”
– See source below for the video to which this quote refers. Oh fine, here’s the link.
More from the same article:
Based on the dates mentioned in the Knowledge Navigator video, it takes place on September 16, 2011. The date on the professor’s calendar is September 16, and he’s...
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“9 fuel-efficient cars that run on gas only”
– Can’t afford a hybrid? You may find this encouraging.
(This reads like a sponsored post. It’s not.)
September 2011
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Tregan and Sara.
As usual, the following transcription has been edited to make me sound cooler.
Taylor: I was gonna drop that wood off for you guys sometime tonight
Taylor: I grabbed a lot of the stuff I had that was more or else dry
Me: I couldn't grab it yesterday because I had a show, but I was maybe going to swing by tonight.
Taylor: but yeah, I grabbed what would be equal to maybe 4-5 of the bundles
Taylor: and there's more if you wanted to grab it
Me: Wow, thanks! Just gotta find a place to store that and keep it dry.
Me: But that's a problem I'm happy to have.
Taylor: we had literally a whole tree's worth
Me: WHAT YOU CUT DOWN A TREE
Me: Taylor, you know I don't use wood from cut down trees.
Taylor: hahahahah
Taylor: TREEGAN
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“Here, I suppose, is where the wonders of the Internet enter the picture. They...”
– Steve Almond is the author of the new story collection, God Bless America.
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We don't have one
Schlub: I'm tying to fax you something, but I don't see a number.
Me: That's because we don't have a fax machine.
Schlub: ... Can I email it to you?
Me: What's email?
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WatchThe inspiring view from my office today.
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6 Movie Plot Holes You Never Noticed Thanks to... →
This is awesome. Ya welcooome.
