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Aug 19, 2008
Business

woohoo!

I just did something exciting that I’m probably not allowed to talk about yet. I’m sure I’ll be able to talk about it in a week or two. But it’s fun, and involves Objective C.

Aug 19, 2008
Random Funniness

This is not butter, can you not see I am serious!?

The creators of I Can Has Cheezburger just launched a new Engrish pictures website called EngrishFunny. They have one picture up of a Japanese coffee vending machine (selling something called Deepresso), which made me feel nostalgic for the vacati...

Aug 16, 2008
Technology

The Adventures of Captain Obvious

Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch wrote this followup to a recent post on VentureBeat: VentureBeat’s Eric Eldon reports:Industry sources tell us that although Android will indeed start as a mobile OS, Google intends to expand it to be a sort of univer...

Aug 16, 2008
Travel

36 Hours in Minneapolis

The NYT has a travel article up today about the sights and sounds of Minneapolis and St. Paul. All good advice, with a highlight: Tell room service to keep it quiet when they deliver coffee. Or if you are feeling ambitious, go to Al’s Breakfast in...

Aug 13, 2008
Video Games

Expectations

I’m a little worried that I may be a little over-excited about Bethesda Softworks’ upcoming title, Fallout 3…and by that, I really mean that if this game is anything less than THE BEST GODDAMNED GAME EVER RELEASED I AM GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY DISAP...

Aug 12, 2008
Photography

Fuck originality: want a free print?

Shoot the Blog, PhotoShelter’s daily update on all things interesting to stock photographers (and me), had an interesting post today on how to drum up more interest in your portfolio. Namely, Jacob Pritchard, an extremely talented photographer out...

Aug 10, 2008
Miscellaneous

Words to live by

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Aug 10, 2008
Technology Zoon Politikon

Sunday Story Hour

I’m still sitting in bed, reading through the news—or what passes for it for me—and decided to share some of my favorite stories from the day. Flush with Energy by Thomas Friedman - Friedman usually bugs the shit out of me, but he won me over thi...

Aug 10, 2008
Photography

Photos from Gas Works

Update: Wes claimed the print from this set. I just finished uploading my pictures taken at Gas Works Park in Seattle this evening. As always, blah blah blah Flickr blah blah.