January 2011
30 posts
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December 2010
29 posts
Dear Coke Talk: On finding a good time. →
dearcoketalk:
How does a traveling business man have a good time when always traveling? Need some new ideas.
You’re on tour. Act like it.
Once In A Lifetime
clientsfromhell:
Me: I estimate this small website to be about 30 hours of work.
Client: 30 hours? Dont be modest, I know lots of people making websites and it’s not easy. Make it 40 hours and I will agree.
Me: Okay!
Somebody used one of their three wishes.
GChat analysis: Web 2.0's high school reunion
Matt: it would be great if all these web 2.0 companies met up and compared notes
Julianne: romy and michelle's high school reunion!
Matt: Yes! Facebook arrives in a helicopter, like alan cumming in romy and michelle
Julianne: naturally
Matt: Myspace was the football star who is now the guy Springsteen sings about in the beginning of "Glory Days"
Julianne: Bebo showed up, but no one was sure if he was invited. or if he even went to their high school.
Matt: twitter won the lottery and showed up in a ferrari. However no one knows how much he won and if he spent it all, and during the reunion the repo man came and took the ferrari back
Julianne: wolfram alpha was the math genius who no one hears from anymore. and everyone was worried he was gonna shoot up the school anyway
Matt: friendster got addicted to steroids early on. burned out
Julianne: i totally know dudes like that
Matt: Livejournal was the school floozy that no one wants to talk to anymore
Julianne: annnnnd i totally had an LJ
Matt: Flickr married rich, but now he's not doing as well
Julianne: He's stuck in middle management
Matt: LinkedIn is still following all the popular kids around but no one is really sure what he does
Julianne: But he's still rich!
Matt: Skype got married right out of high school
Julianne: ...and is already divorced
Matt: wikipedia is still self absorbed. mainly because there's no escaping a wikipedia hole once you're in it.
Julianne: Wikipedia also gave you lunch for free all through high school, but now he wants back pay
Matt: Techcrunch is the goth kid. He still hates everyone.
“When your implementation is a total hack, put it behind a good interface. Then...”
– Coding tip: Clean interface for an ugly implementation - (37signals)
Top 10 Skills that Impress Women →
jessicachu:
Conversation
Style and grooming
Bedroom skills
Handyman skills
Athletics
Cooking
Dancing
Fixing a car
Playing an instrument
Speaking other languages
I surprisingly agree with everything… especially the fixing things part. However, I do think they left out “knowing how to manage finances”.
1. Uh… sometimes? I try?
2. Nope. I moved here from California with three hair...
Watch…and after.
Here is the same piece after I took the stems to a “real” studio (well, a very well-equipped classroom here at school, actually) and produced a final mix.
Just to highlight the difference between composition and production. Doesn’t this one sound much better?
(Used SoundCloud instead of Tumblr for this one so you can listen to my full-resolution master.)
Ok kids, it’s time for a little...
“Social Media is all dorky dudes pretending to be attractive and attractive...”
– Alex Blagg (via jessicachu)
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In the tradition of this blog, I am posting my...
Why isn't QLab version 1 free anymore? →
“Now, the free version of QLab 1 had supported 8 channels of audio output. That was too much. If you can do 8 channels of output, you’ve already invested several hundred dollars in audio hardware, and it seems fair to ask you to support the software development too. As such, in QLab 2, the free version was changed to support 2 channels of audio output.”
Ah yes, the “you...
Ltap: The best way to undermine a broken, corrupt system is to draw attention to the inconsistencies in its operation.
Monkeedude: Funny! That's also how my first marriage ended!
“Since 2007 we have been deliberately placing some of our servers in...”
– Julian Assange
What it’s like to be the SO of a start-up founder. →
“There’s no room for being offended, for being irritated if plans get changed. Rehearsals run late, problems arise. If you want to spend time together, it can be just as rewarding to sit in silence, working side by side, as it can be to go out or have conversation.”
December is Christmas!
That’s right, in all the havoc and excitement, I haven’t forgotten!
My machinations on what to get for others are ongoing, of course, but posting a wish list online has been a personal tradition since I first figured out HTML.
So, if you’re looking for a present for me this Holiday, I wish for…
A durable, padded, unbelievably pretentious sleeve for my new Macbook Air.
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