June 2008
135 posts
my mom could design and pour a better skatepark than this one in Taylorsville. like skating a bowl of oatmeal I
“An investment guy? No. I mean, I’m willing to be painted with that brush. Yes, that’s my day job.” Think this’ll be my new canned response
assisting the tooth fairy with a covert op.
learned a new term this morning- YUMmies. Young Urban Mormons. used to describe hipster Mormons.
“Life is about collecting scars. Some of the scars are internal, some are...”
– Derek on his decision to get a tattoo, but beautifully generalized. Wishing him luck today. Can’t wait to see what he decides to do.
via Powazek
I wasn’t looking for a second wind at 1:30AM, it just happened.
guy on the plane is wearing a full on gas mask. putting my faith in HLS and TSA at this point.
looks like Jen from Top Chef Chicago and I share similar tastes in bay area restaurants. trying to calm my inner fanboy.
interesting that @techcrunch is a verb at Velocity. in fact, it seems to be the most feared verb within the sys admin world.
crawling down 101 to attend a conference called Velocity seems a little ironic.
nothing says good morning like the over-powering scent of booze in the TSA line.
arriving home, unpacking, repacking, taking off again. all in the next 5 hours. psyched…
avoiding our first emergency room visit by applying super glue to the quarter inch gash on Max’s forehead. such a tough little kid.
watching a lightning storm build along the opposite shore of Bear Lake.
what makes a “bad boy/girl” I asked. @kallij responds in a gruff voice “they litter and eat sweets”
kids decided to start a “bad boy/girl band” called Toxic Waste. headwraps, smeared lipstick and nail polish applied-including Max.
75 degrees at the base of snowbird. good thing I brought my water skis for todays adventure.
investor spam says: “this will be the next “Internet MegaTrend” and your next “big Hit”!” only one question left- where do I send the check?
it gets better: “when you hear our CEO and President explain how this is all going to happen you will gasp and say “Yes!”- sounds naughty.
Getting Satisfaction →
solid overview of the thought put into the design and functionality of GetSatisfaction.
soxiam:
garrett reviews clever semantic ui in getsatisfaction
PMOG in Portfolio Magazine →
Linda Stone: We are better at rationalizing what we do than being rational about what we’re doing- http://tinyurl.com/62j8re
WatchI loved these visualizations of the submission histories of various open source projects. The above video is of the Python project. Python has been getting much more mainstream attention due to Google’s extensive use of the language internally and on the Google App Engine service as well as more accessible frameworks such as Django. About midway through the video Python hits an inflection...
AMR over IM, when asked how her day was going- “whoever coined the term the lazy days of summer was just some stoned hippie”
Hammer dropping knowledge in Conway’s box at ATT park. Did the Giants play tonight?
leaving a meeting I should have had a long time ago.
if I miss my flight this morning I’m going to blame it on the radio station that played Protect Ya Neck as I’m pulling into my parking stall