February 2012
2 posts
Remember when TV commercials were for board games like Life, Sorry and Yahtzee? Little nuclear families with Prell-shiny bowl cuts smiling and playing games together after their Hamburger Helper? Back in the days when a 19” TV was the only other thing competing for your loved ones’ attention?
If halvah is this tasty, just imagine what wholevah tastes like…
January 2012
3 posts
iPhone just auto-corrected “musicians” to “suicide icons.” What the….wait. OK, well….
Somebody categorized my company’s headquarters as a “co-working space” on @Path. It’s technically not open to the public. But, I guess, it sort of makes me smile. Maybe it’s a step in the right direction. We do travel here to collaborate. #coworking
December 2011
1 post
The best spam email ever.
Begin forwarded message:
From: AMBROGINO`s Pizzeria >
Date: December 6, 2011 9:15:56 PM PST
To: Alan Frazier >
Subject: Suspected Spam: Fwd: Re: Order confirmation
You’ve just ordered pizza from our site
Pizza Ultimate Cheese Lover’s with extras:
- Ham
- Green Peppers
- Extra Cheese
- Extra Sauce
October 2011
5 posts
1 tag
Nokia Lumia 800 →
Sexy phone. Could be the re-incarnation of Nokia on the super-slick WM7. Looks a lot like the N8 and N9. #Nokia #NokiaUS
September 2011
3 posts
Waling Sunlight | isaacorion New track I finished...
July 2011
6 posts
Chat with 10-year-old
ME: I was thinking we'd watch a John Candy movie tonight. How about that?
HIM: Who's John Candy?
ME: You know....Uncle Buck!
HIM: Oh... yeah.
ME: Have you seen "The Blues Brothers?"
HIM: Um....you mean the one where they're like "How often does the train go by? (LOW VOICE) So often you won't even notice."
ME: Uh, yes.
HIM: Okay.
ME: ...Have I ever told you I'm proud of you, son?
Nail shops
ME: Man, there’s another new nail salon that opened in the neighborhood. Why are there so many nail shops?
10-YEAR-OLD: Uh…Because they grow the fastest?
June 2011
4 posts
“…now each essay has an illustration and there are 88 essays in the book....”
– Jason Fried of @37signals on writing thick books – Productive Magazine
The Doughnut Vault →
Brother Paul told me about this place, and I would really like to make it before I leave Chicago tomorrow. But I don’t know that it will happen.
eColi is running throughout Europe. But I’m pretty sure my stomachache yesterday was from leaving the sliced turkey on the counter overnight.
May 2011
6 posts
1 tag
April 2011
12 posts
iPhones don't track anyone; Google handsets do,... →
I’m amazed folks are so “up in arms” about location tracking on smartphones, given that so much bandwidth is used voluntarily checking in on Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook, Gowalla, Google…
Folded Leaf Phone by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Sexy phone. http://mocoloco.com/archives/022683.php
March 2011
16 posts
Checking out Nokia N8 - day 4
OK, after a weekend with the N8 smartphone, and a couple days of work as well, it’s growing on me. There are things that don’t work as well as on iPhone, but there are things that work a LOT better. Like mail and calendars and contacts. The basics.
Syncing to mail was easy, and I’m amazed that the contact app pulls in the pictures of my contacts from the Address Book on the Mac,...
