September 2009
14 posts
Derek Sivers notes on Ignore Everybody by Hugh... →
A fancy tool just gives the second-rater one more pillar to hide behind. Which is why there are so many second-rate art directors with state-of-the-art Macintosh computers.
Sounds like there is some great stuff here. Added the book to my Amazon list.
Simon St. Laurent: Why is HTML Suddenly... →
This article was about to fall out of my Google Reader All Items folder, so I decided to take a break and read through it. Glad I did. It does a good job of summing up why we are living in a bit of a renaissance with HTML and other web technologies. I liked this point:
In the mad rush to build mobile applications, HTML 5’s competition isn’t even desktop web browsers, but other...
The Consumerist: Guy Threatens To Quit Sirius,... →
I’m hoping they have the guy return the old radio after the new radio is shipped, otherwise I can see a lot of copycats trying to get the same deal.
I Ate a Chalupa Today
I ate a chalupa today at El Patio during lunch.
I didn’t know what to expect. Based on my Taco Bell experience I was hoping that it would be something deep-fried. I sat in anticipation, eating way too many chips.
When it arrived I was greeted to what looked like a tostada. It was nothing like Taco Bell’s chalupa (which is a deep-fried gordita). In order from bottom to top, the...
Casual Sax -- Baby I'm Black →
The lyrics are NSFW, but pretty cool to listen to. Casual Sax doesn’t use all the crazy euphemisms that Bloodhound Gang used for Bad Touch, which puts the song in a different level. Instead of being a jokey song about dirty sex, it is just a straight-up rap about dirty sex. It is one of those songs that just sort of shocks you.
After doing a few Google searches on the group, it turns out...
Jesse Thorn, America's Radio Sweetheart, on Kayne →
Jesse Thorn of The Sound of Young America gives a pretty good overview of Kanye’s recent kerfuffle at the VMAs.
Kanye does come off as an ass when he does stuff like this, but I admire his ego and his steadfast belief in the supremacy of what he does and what/who he admires.
Ask.MeFi thread questioning if restaurant staff... →
Threads like this is one of the reasons I love this site.
Great quote from one of the participants:
I worked in a sandwich shop for 2 years and I never saw anyone do anything gross to someone’s food. The worst thing I saw was that one of the guys would always put a single kernel of corn in people’s sandwiches so they’d be confused a few days later when they passed it....
WatchZe Frank on Labor Day and Socialism.
This has been all over the place by now, but I just emailed it out again to Chad so I figured I should post it here too.
Kottke Auto-Tunes His Son →
Click through to hear a kid sing his ABCs while using the new T-Pain iPhone app.
Forever's Not So Long →
A short film about two people in the last four hours before NYC is wiped off the face of the earth.
WatchNFL Players Mentor Troubled Detroit Lions
“With hard work, dedication, a little bit of luck, someday you can get out of Detroit too.”
