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Netflix: fun with “movie notes”

May 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

One of the things that everyone loves about the internet is the opportunity to become a know-it-all busybody. Wikipedians, how-to forum trolls, if you’ve spent any time on the web with a question, you know there’s some sweaty keyboard jockey out there who’s going to answer it with an undertone for you.
Movie notes are netflix’ [...]

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Tags: Movies · Netflix · Web · video

Interviews With Regular People

October 31st, 2006 · 5 Comments

On Sunday night, while watching football and eating steak tips at Evan’s place (BTW: I realized what a complete dork I was when I found myself watching the Colts vs. the Broncos only because one player was on our fantasy football team!), I had an idea.
I really like interviewing people. I’m a curious person, and [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized · Web

Bloggers Helping Bloggers

August 18th, 2006 · 6 Comments

This morning when I got in, I went through my usual routine: check RSS feeds, go through emails, etc. However, I noticed that a blog I frequently read was unavailable. There was a WordPress error, saying WordPress couldn’t connect to the database.
So, I sent an email to the blogger, just to let her know the [...]

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Tags: Friends & Family · Uncategorized · Web

Autistic Man Creates World

March 29th, 2006 · No Comments

I noticed this on digg today: A 28-year old autistic man from France has spent the last 22 years creating an imaginary city called Urville.
Not only has he drawn the entire city, he has created its historical, geographical, cultural and economic description.
The site is very slow right now, but [...]

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Don’t Shoot The Puppy

March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

I just played the most infuriating game of all time: “Don’t Shoot The Puppy.”
There are no instructions, you just have to figure out the game as you go along. Go play it. I finished in 10 minutes, 14 seconds.

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Tags: Uncategorized · Web

Spell Your Name on Flickr

January 31st, 2006 · No Comments

Okay, this is cool. Well, it is if you have a blog or a site. Someone named kastner created a script that searches Flickr and gets an image for each letter in your name. It then combines the images and gives you the code you need to add it to your site. You can find [...]

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What Happened On the Day You Were Born?

January 26th, 2006 · No Comments

I don’t know what made me do this, but I decided to see what was going on when I was born. Specifically, on the day I was born.
Event 1: Guy in Finland sees UFO.

It looks like a lamp to me, but maybe that’s how the aliens are tricking us. From the article:
Jarmo Nykanen made [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized · Web

New Artist (to me)

January 6th, 2006 · 1 Comment

I don’t spend too much time checking out BoingBoing.net, but when I do, I usually find something that is interesting to me. Today, I found a post about Mark Ryden, an artist that does some great surrealist work. I have to get some of his stuff.
From his bio:
Mark Ryden came to preeminence in the [...]

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Coca Cola Blak

December 13th, 2005 · 4 Comments

I just read on Yahoo that Coke plans to launch a new product called Coca-Cola Blak, which is going to be a “coffee infused soft drink.”
The article goes on to say:
Analysts have said one of the keys to the company’s future is capturing more consumers who have moved away from sugary soft drinks to diet [...]

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Server switch finally over

November 14th, 2005 · No Comments

I made it just under the gun. About 10 minutes ago, I finally finished transferring all of my domains from ReviseMedia to A Small Orange.
It was a painful process, but it’s finally over. Now I can start writing again! Excellent.

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Tags: Uncategorized · Web