The Object
My friend Bow's movie has a Web site! It's a 13-part story told out of order -- check out the the two that he's made already. I've read the whole script, it's fun stuff!
Nov 18, 2008 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Star Wars Harry Potter Summary
Alternatively: generic plot summary for successful movie franchise. Fill in your own details! Here you go, weak plotters: all of the conflict and progress you need to be as rich as Lucas or Rowling! Hmm, maybe I should get writing...
Via Daring Fireball
Oct 19, 2007 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Greater Los Angeles
"No matter what you do in L.A., your behavior is appropriate for the city. Los Angeles has no assumed correct mode of use." Actually, this is true. I wonder if this is what I actually like about LA.
Via Kottke
Oct 16, 2007 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Made A Difference For That One: A Surgeon's Letters Home From Iraq
A very different kind of story about the conflict in Iraq than the one we're used to.
Via ernursey
Oct 16, 2007 in Blogsturbation | Comment
You suck
"This is just a rant. Unadulterated bile." On Web form entry validation! A topic close to my heart. A topic I should probably write a blog entry on. A topic I worry about regularly.
Sep 27, 2007 in Blogsturbation | Comment
My Life as a Hologram
A frighteningly likely explanation for how everything in the world works. In fact, it explains a great deal right now!
Aug 27, 2007 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Research Note: Economies of Simulation
I've felt awful about Murdoch's impending purchase of the WSJ, but have been struggling with a perspective on it that explains why it's such a bad idea, from the view of the wider market. By focusing on the whole set of stakeholders, this blog entry explains exactly where the value Murdoch is after comes from. Hopefully, the Journal's impending downfall will result in someone else coming in at a reasonable quality point to grab the top of the market.
Aug 3, 2007 in Biz, Blogsturbation | Comment (1)
My Friend Achieves Fame
My friend Geoff made the cover of Stuff@Night, a Boston free weekly. The bar has been raised.
Apr 30, 2007 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Tea Birds
These are my kind of girls! Now why can't I think of blog ideas like this? It's super-obvious as an idea. Still, I don't think I could actually go up to a girl and say, "hey, you're cute, can I take your picture?"
Via Kottke
Feb 24, 2007 in Blogsturbation | Comment (1)
Why I'm happy my health insurance costs $12,268/yr
Speak it, sister. Incidentally, how could group coverage go up that much? The whole point of a group is that it manages risk, so rates shouldn't get out of control. This, folks, is crazy
Feb 14, 2007 in Blogsturbation, Politicks | Comment
Objetsmart.com
Check out my friend Carly's new super-hip blog! She's already getting more traffic from me, keep her goin' hot!
Jan 10, 2007 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Tips and Tricks
Ways to get more done in Excel and Word.
Via Juice Analytics
Nov 18, 2006 in Blogsturbation, Win Stûff | Comment
Overheard in the Office
Because people of uncertain intelligence say stupid, wonderful things. Also see Overheard at the Beach and Overheard in New York
Via The Daily WTF
Nov 10, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Electronic Voting Machines
"Now don't get me wrong -- there's a 100% chance that the voting machines will get hacked and all future elections will be rigged. But that doesn't mean we'll get a worse government. It probably means that the choice of the next American president will be taken out of the hands of deep-pocket, autofellating, corporate shitbags and put it into the hands of some teenager in Finland. How is that not an improvement?"
Oct 31, 2006 in Blogsturbation, Politicks | Comment
Cute Overload
"At Cute Overload™, we scour the Web for only the finest in Cute Imagery. Imagery that is Worth Your Internet Browsing Time. We offer an overwhelming amount of cuteness to fill your daily visual allowance. Drink it in!" Also advertises itself as the "#1 Choice of Kittens."
Oct 18, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment (1)
Custom Google
"Get Google with your name on it!"
Via Jeremy Zawodny
Oct 7, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Joe Mathlete Explains Today's Marmaduke
Seriously fucking brilliant.
Via Daring Fireball
Sep 28, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
The Correct Way to Pronounce Crayon
For the record, I'm in complete agreement.
May 19, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Serial no. 3817131
Is it wrong to be turned on by women in uniform?
Apr 19, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
DemocraticMatch.com
"That's right, for the price of a Latte you could meet the liberal soulmate you've dreamed of! For the price of one month on Republican-owned Eharmony, you get a full year of liberal dating choices on Democratic Match! Join Us!"
Apr 9, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Worldmapper
"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest."
Apr 3, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Le blog de Jean-Louis Gassée
If you read French, a fascinating take on technology, from a former Apple VP and CEO of late-90s alternative OS darling BeOS. Sample excerpt: "Google is not a search engine, it's a profit engine." More? "It's not necessary for Google to launch a frontal attack against Microsoft, the Firefox virus is sufficient... every Mac or PC can be infected... Microsoft cannot hold back the infection by manipulating standards, as it used to be able to do."
Mar 26, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Under Odysseus
The Iliad, in blog form.
Mar 10, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Ben Roethlisberger - Official Blog
Feb 5, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Found on smugmug
"every day we find cool things buried on smugmug. here’s a taste." The people who run my favorite photo-hosting and -sharing site, Smugmug, look for cool shots on the site. May inspire me to start tagging my photos so that they find a few...
Jan 13, 2006 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Inappropriately Dressed
"Welcome to Inappropriately Dressed! Tired of seeing the underoos of dazzling young urbanites wherever you go? Find it hilarious when skeevy chicks wear miniskirts and stilettos to the zoo? Us, too."
Nov 2, 2005 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Responsible Spam
"Hey, you, I'm blond, gorgeous, and I just turned 18! I set up a webcam in my bedroom so people could watch me 24/7! However, the more I thought about it, the more the whole thing seemed kind of creepy and demeaning. So I scrapped that idea."
Nov 2, 2005 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Best Movie on Campus: Broken Fists
My classmate's cousin has done a ton of great design work for teams and clubs at Marshall; now he's in an MTVU contest that asks filmmakers to "make the trailer for the film they'd like to make." Vote for his, Broken Fists!
Oct 28, 2005 in Blogsturbation | Comment
How George W. Bush is Creating Job Security for Scientists
Oct 23, 2005 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Entrepreneur Blogroll
Also check out the Angel blogroll, if you belong in the Entrepreneur Blogroll.
Oct 16, 2005 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Dear Economist, by Tim Harford
Life's questions, confronted from an economic point of view. Answers stumpers like "should I become a consultant or pursue my love of cinema?", "what is the utility-maximizing quantity of sex I should be having?", "is dwarf-tossing just?", and "should I park head-in or tail-in?"
Oct 15, 2005 in Blogsturbation | Comment
Setting the Record Straight on Evolution
My friend's brilliant monograph on evolution vs. "intellegent design." Worth reading!
Sep 26, 2005 in Blogsturbation | Comment
A Rocket To Nowhere
A brilliant exegesis of the growth and current state of our sad space program.
Check out my brilliantly talented friend Amy's photos
(And her poetry)
Rodney Yee Yoga Blog
If you're in the market for a home yoga DVD, let me recommend Rodney's produts. Plus, my girl friends say he's "hot".
Jul 29, 2005 in Blogsturbation
"The one that blocks all the schmutz"
If the head Rabbi of Israel uses Firefox, shouldn't you?
Jul 12, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Take the MIT Weblog Survey
The Fifth Nail
The disturbing, real blog of the guy who killed that family and kidnapped those two kids, killing one.
Disturbing Falling Animation
But brilliant, too. Think of all the physics modeling that must have taken!
Drink at Work
Bizarrely enough, this rather odd (and somewhat humorous) site is the blog of Sally Forth's writer.
How to Network With Your Blog
Jun 26, 2005 in Blogsturbation
EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers
"To be clear, this guide isn't a substitute for, nor does it constitute, legal advice. Only an attorney who knows the details of your particular situation can provide the kind of advice you need if you're being threatened with a lawsuit. The goal here is to give you a basic roadmap to the legal issues you may confront as a blogger, to let you know you have rights, and to encourage you to blog freely with the knowledge that your legitimate speech is protected."
Jun 14, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Interview With Creator Of "The Darth Side"
Now that the brilliant Darth Vader-penned blog The Darth Side has ended its run, an interesting interview with its creator.
Giant Steps
First there was the jazz masterpiece by John Coltrane. Now there's the movie!
Man's Blog Entry IDs His Murderer
Toto247 wrote a quick off-handed post as his sister's ex-boyfriend rummaged around in his apartment, mentioning that the boyfriend was there; later, the boyfriend murdered both Toto247 and his sister. "[I]nvestigators got Lin to confess after confronting him with the entry," says the article.
PostSecret
"PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail-in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard."
May 10, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Más Kapital
By a second-year from Marshall
Surveying the Landscape of Work
My classmate Jeff's incredible entry on his business school journey. I only wish mine were so inspiring! Maybe I need an attitude transplant?
Apr 29, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Linking In
Using LinkedIn for recruiting and partnership-building. Interesting! Maybe I'll have to cultivate my LinkedIn network more.
Apr 29, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Darth Vader's Blog
Apr 29, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Pick Two
Matching the earlier-blogged Getting Real: Pick two - scope, timeframe, or budget, Kottke documents all the groups of three things in life of which we can pick two and do them well.
HP Blogs
HP execs are blogging now!
South by Etech
Interesting conference observations.
Mar 27, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Bill Clinton Daily Diary
Is this real? It passes the smell test!
Mar 17, 2005 in Blogsturbation
formerlyROSIE
Rosie O'Donnell's deeply strange blog.
Mar 14, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Fascinating Occupations
Or, more specifically, photos thereof.
HeardSaid
Facts that could be true! (Are they true? Check out The Straight Dope)
Feb 27, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Mobile Security Thoughts
Re: the Paris Hilton Sidekick hack: "As mobiles start to become our portable data repository, our wallets and a location device, it's going to be of the utmost importance to secure this system for both hacks on the server side and loss of the device (a more common experience) on the handset side. Carriers right now all want to become uber-portals, owning the user, providing all the services and controlling all the data. But you know what? They suck at it."
Feb 22, 2005 in Blogsturbation
$750MM for 6A?
Apparently that's not an outrageous valuation for the company that makes the blogging software I use. Should have finished that project I had of writing my own!
Feb 21, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Organics and Mechanics
"In order to understand how to speak to your manager, you've gotta figure out how they acquire information and, chances are, they either gather it Organically or Mechanically." I may be a Mechanic Organic, which is described as "[t]hey know everything and never forget a bit."
Feb 21, 2005 in Blogsturbation
That Pepsi Girl
Did you think that girl from the Pepsi ads is as hot as I do? Apparently this guy does too.
What If?
What if Craig Robinson had made different choices in his life? Expressed graphically.
Jan 18, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Building A Better Blog
"Here are my Top 10 ideas for how to build a better blog, now gathered in one place, and featuring a special Greatest Hits Collection Bonus Track!" Includes stuff you (or, at least, I) wouldn't think of, like "Publish During High Traffic Times". Also see How To Be A More Vain Blogger
Jan 16, 2005 in Blogsturbation
Cyber Sex: The Right Choice For Teens
"Until I'm ready, I'm choosing Cyber Sex. Cyber Sex is a safe alternative to intercourse."
Why Bandwidth Should Scare Microsoft
"Most users have no desire to be the system administrators of their machines, and would gladly turn that task over to someone else for a nominal fee. As bandwidth increases, telcos, cable companies, and others will be in the perfect position to become application service providers for the average home user, and said average home user will gladly accept this, as long as the price isn’t too high. I see this as almost inevitable."
How To Open Those Plastic Packages Of Electronics Without Injuring Yourself
Dec 27, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Marc And Tom
Please hire Marc and Tom. They don't know how to do anything else. Except clever publicity.
Dec 20, 2004 in Blogsturbation
How We Work
How famous people got it done, from the very micro standpoint.
Dec 20, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Punctuation Substitution
How to use punctuation to convey what you really mean.
Dec 19, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Is It Illegal To Collect Movies?
Mark Cuban asks: do consumers buy crappy pirated DVDs because people today are too cheap to pay for a real movie, or because people today want to watch movies in the manner which is most convenient to them -- that is, at home, eating carry-out, on a DVD player, rather than at a theater? He's putting his money where his mouth is with his businesses.
Dec 19, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Camels and Rubber Duckies
Joel summarizes about 2/3 of what I learned in a full quarter of graduate Microeconomics, in an amusing, engaging, and clear manner. He concludes: there's no way to know how to price your product. We'll see what I think in a semester, after I've taken Pricing and Consumer Demand Forecasting.
Dec 19, 2004 in Blogsturbation
90% Crud: I Got 101 Problems But Apple Ain't One
In '97, Wired wrote about what the pre-iMac, pre-iPod, pre-AirPort, pre-Brushed Aluminum Apple needed to do to survive. In '97, Michael Dell said that Apple should be liquidated as the best way to return value to the shareholders. In '04, Apple has clearly survived. What's come of Wired's recommendations?
Nov 24, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Six Rules For Contractors
"I don’t believe that any of my rules advocate anything more than protecting the interests of both parties. Several of the rules are specifically designed to help contractors avoid putting themselves into situations where they may expose themselves to undue legal and other risk."
Nov 21, 2004 in Blogsturbation
New Comment Spam
"It’s not a real person, I’m sure of that, and they’re not grasping for Google-juice yet, as there is no site at the end of the link." Just what I saw, and one of the reasons I upgraded to MT 3.
Nov 18, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Rands Likes The Daily Show
"My generation has no use for the regular news. We were first desensitized to news with the onslaught of 24 hour news channels.... Then, conveniently, the Internet showed up... In my network of friends, we've remained curiously silent about current events until today... at lunch... we were all fired up and I blame Jon Stewart."
Oct 31, 2004 in Blogsturbation
If America Were Iraq, What Would It Be Like?
Sep 22, 2004 in Blogsturbation
From Geek To Chef
"So last night I... began my new career doing something I've always felt passionate about: cooking... Yesterday at 3 PM I put on my black chef's clogs, my black pants and white t-shirt, pulled my Red Sox cap over my hair and got to work peeling and deveining shrimp. Seven hours later, sweatily scrubbing the kitchen floors, I was still smiling."
Sep 15, 2004 in Blogsturbation
The Apple Product Cycle
Jul 30, 2004 in Blogsturbation
The Jews vs. The Drug Dealer
Jul 30, 2004 in Blogsturbation
That's 300
300 blog entries here since July 12, 2003 -- just under one a day.
Jul 27, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Patron Saints of Graphic Design
Including St. Typo, who "lived undisturbed, except for fawns, owls, and daily client faxes" and "died in the order of Strunk & White circa 303."
Jun 14, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Remote Control Anarchy
Jakob Nielsen: full of crap on many things, but right on this: remote controls are too different from each other, have too many buttons, put too little focus on important features, and don't facilitate the user in carrying out their tasks (how many remotes did you have to use the last time you watched a DVD?).
Jun 13, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Unused Keys
What are those useless keys on your keyboard? Also see More Useless Keys which actually documents the purpose of some of those useless keys, especially the Windows key.
Jun 13, 2004 in Blogsturbation
How much is inside?
"Throughout the ages, man has pondered the question, 'How much is inside?'"... this Web site answers that question!
Weird!
This guy quotes from my old senior thesis in one of his syllabi! Weird! Wonder if I should contact him?
May 21, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Lamlaw
Lawyer Lewis A. Mettler keeps a great blog of legal commentary on several tech trials, including SCO vs. The World.
Feb 12, 2004 in Blogsturbation
Isn't anyone ashamed of having wimpy enemies?
Oct 17, 2003 in Blogsturbation
Comment Withheld
A compendium of the administration's lies about Iraq.
Sep 10, 2003 in Blogsturbation
Is Iraq's oil worth $100 billion?
"The news lately carries reports that George W. Bush is going to ask the U.S. Congress for an extra $65 billion to rebuild Iraq. Presumably this pushes the cost of the Iraq operation well over $100 billion. Is it worth it? It depends on whether or not you have faith in technology."
Music CDs are dead... why did it take so long?
"Record stores around the country have been closing; our local Harvard Square HMV closed a few months ago. Universal is cutting CD prices by 30 percent (but not for classical). The really interesting question is how did the industry survive for so long?"
Friendster
"So whoever impersonated me, thanks for the hour of entertainment, but I'll keep making my friends the old fashioned way: through my girlfriend."
Do Penis Enlargement Pills Work?
"I just started taking penis enlargement pills. Will they really work? I'll chronicle my experience here."
Aug 21, 2003 in Blogsturbation
The Fortune 500: Importing The Third World Into The US
"Damn crows."
Jul 25, 2003 in Blogsturbation