January 2009
88 posts
Obscure culturally sensitive sodas are becoming...
Whatever, Tentacle Grape. Harker Robotics had Blue Brainwash, like, two years ago. And we were watching Brawndo commercials back when it was still called Powerthirst.
December 2008
94 posts
The new Kalexo website is live! →
EVERY 30 GB Zune died last night →
midoriw:
marco:
(via jeffbaum)
This is hilarious. A software bug made every 30GB-model Zune crash last night at 2 AM, and they won’t reboot properly.
edit: I’m still laughing about this a half-hour later. The various comments everywhere are hilarious.
Anecdotal evidence linking music to sexual success... →
for all the sound techies out there.
Ben: I read the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook® from cover to cover and memorized as much as I could
Ben: we can talk about transfer functions
Ben: or echo cancellation
Ben: toe-in vs. straight mounting
Ben: slapback, feedback...
Ben: slapback is undesirable except in bed
Ben: where a satisfying secondary crack spaced shortly after the initial impact lets you know you done good
And thus our cultural mythos has evolved
A play written in 1891 becomes a musical in 2006, and what happens?
From the Wikipedia page on Spring Awakening:
“In the play, Melchior rapes Wendla. In the musical, she first says ‘no’ but then puts his hand on her breast, indicating consent, and then seems to enjoy having sex.”
Is this a step forwards or backwards?
“Alicia looked at me and laughed, except it was the sort of laugh you do when...”
– the closest Nick Hornby has ever come to acknowledging his own genius
“I should be happy with my grades, but Harker habits die hard.”
– Sharon Su
WatchThey destroyed the Nutcracker, and I love them for it.
(Harker shows on Vimeo in HD? I was never that cool. Cheers, Craig. Watch the SLR shutter sound.)
Mission: memorize these categories and identify... →
I don't need anything for Christmas
Except to keep what I already have.
Seriously, I dig. Can keep, plz?
Personal? Professional? What?
Work is now on Twitter. They are following me.
Google has a branch of the Android codebase called... →
No lie: voice stress analysis on iPhone →
Hit the nail on the head
In her Sunday Six, Noel posted a link to this ode to the blogosphere.
“When you blog, you figure out the merging of your personal and professional self — and then you own it.”
I’m fortunate enough to have dabbled professionally in industries (technology and entertainment) where it was not expected that there be an iron curtain between your personal life and your work life...
The story of my life →
Replacement subwoofer: installed
My car has returned to full awesomeness. The sub looks the same as the old one, and will sound just as badass as it used to after it gets broken in and I get the EQ right again. Yay. :)
Now to discover what new music (Girl Talk, Pendulum, 3oh!3) sounds like on old speakers.
SO WARM AND SUNNY
IT IS HOME.
Got a seat to Chicago
Despite lots of flights having been cancelled yesterday for weather. 100% full flight. Woot.
Why does the east coast hate credit cards?
It’s as though the dream of a fully paperless society is lost on these people.
Travel tomfoolery: the liveblog
Today, there are flights leaving Boston that I could take about every two hours, starting at 7am. I am ticketed for the 2:35pm one, but am waitllsted for the earliest one.
Therefore, I am on my way to the airport riiiight now. If I don’t get on this one, I shall waitlist for the next one. Fun fun fun.
Once I finally get home, I will blog photos of each of the defining elements (founders,...
