burning car outside
This is how my inauguration day started. I think it’s going to be a good day for photography.
Housekeeping
A little housekeeping news: I had a blog that about 5 people read on a yearly basis. It was called, http://birth.ofthecool.com, I updated it every 2 months, and never told anybody about it. I’ve tried to be a little more active on this new blog and decided to collapse the old blog to the new [...]
lights on the moto
Last month, I bought two 1100x PIAA lights for my motorcycle. My 07 sv650N has a single front headlight that has both high beam and low beam. The sun goes down so early these days that I ride home every day in the dark. I’ve been looking for a little more light to be more [...]
Nothing to see, keep on walking
My friend John told me about this story … Joshua Bell, one of the world’s best violinist stopped in a subway station in D.C. a year ago and played a concert on a $3.5 million dollar violin. So, you say, “I didn’t hear about that.” Yes, that’s true. Hardly anybody stopped to watch. It’s a [...]
10 days left
I remember … … 3 am, the first tuesday of November in 2000. Florida was called for Bush the second time, and declared the winner … the next 30 days of recount madness. Lots of maneuvering and court decisions that I didn’t understand. I was a freshman in college, I knew it wasn’t going our [...]
Snow, wtf?
seriously? it’s snowing again? I’ve spent the entire weekend on the couch watching football and working on the Preons website. I think I’m going to go outside today and go for a walk. in the snow. Neither the wife, nor I, are OK with the snow, until winter 09-10. In other news: Narcissism alert.
Upgrade
I just upgraded to wordpress 2.7 … It was actually pretty easy. I like the new interface so far.
1 year in 40 sec.
So, this is very cool. One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.
Snowpacalypse ’08
My cats are completely freaked out by the snow. Zooey keeps on trying to swat at the white stuff through the window. I took him outside yesterday and he freaked out. I’ve been firmy situated on the couch for the past 4 days… • reading the prez-elect’s first book ‘dreams from my father’ • watching [...]
What is Twitter?
In the past 6 months Twitter has become a major function of my job. We’ve had some incredible successes, all of which I’m very proud of and none of which I will repeat here. However, for the non-digital-native crew, this world is completely unknown, and in some cases scary. I’ve tried multiple approaches when someone asks [...]
PR is 98% of it
I love YouTube. It gives me old Miles Davis interviews with awkward msm wannabe anchors. “Don’t tell ‘em nothin, let ‘em guess. … What’s he gonna do next?” Gumbel, “You like the Mystery” “They like it, I’m cool.” Miles with Bryant Gumbel: I’ve read more books about Miles Davis than anybody else. His Autobiography at [...]
Fifty Years of Popular songs in single sentences
Another genius piece from McSweeney’s
The hack that would have ruined the internet
This 26 year old discovered a hack that would have destroyed the internet. It’s a fascinating read, even my wife was interested in it when I started telling her about it. His path started with trying to get free wifi at Starbucks. He remembered that he had gotten into Starbucks’ locked network using the domain [...]
my new favorite band: MGMT
Initially, without listening to MGMT, I brushed them off as a noun/verb - digit band (ala, SUM-41, blink-182, etc). I noticed that their album was still ranked pretty high in the iTunes store a couple of weeks ago, I bought it. I’m really glad I did. Turns out, it’s a really good band. The tracks [...]
Moto-cycling
I’ve been the proud owner of a 2007 Suzuki sv650 for almost 6 months. The winter months are upon me and I’ve been looking for ways to improve the ride when it gets cold and dark by making myself warmer and more visible. My first major upgrade to the bike was a couple of months [...]