June 2010
1 post
Hmm.
So I remember when I had a Tumblr blog. Can’t post easily in Squarespace, so maybe I’ll end up here all over again.
August 2009
1 post
listening to "Black Joe Lewis →
I love discovering bands through festivals. Black Joe Lewis, I love you.
July 2009
2 posts
listening to "The Bird And The Bee - Love Letter... →
This one is for @mandabop, on her way out of the country. Safe travels!
Is It Safe?
When I was younger, dental care was one of those luxuries reserved for kids in the comfortable middle class, much like summer camps and not eating corn flakes for dinner 3 nights/week. I’m amazed that my parents could afford to take me to get my vision looked at every few years; with unexplainable severe myopia, I know it was an expensive prospect (hell, I still can’t afford to re-up...
June 2009
4 posts
listening to "Rudie Fails - White Rabbits" →
And option 2 on my waitlist: boys from down the way in Columbia, MO.
listening to "I Like You So Much Better When... →
Man, this is just so much fun to listen to…
I defy anyone to work effectively with this...
listening to "Lisztomania - Phoenix" →
Do you like pop music? Of course you do. Have some fun today.
May 2009
3 posts
Review: ArXiview for iPhone →
Researchers are likely familiar with arXiv.org, an open-access digital repository for preprint scientific articles. Dave Bacon’s arXiview for iPhone lets you search for, browse, and save those…
You Know, I Used to Blog a Lot.
Now, it just never seems important enough to take the time to do.
Well, I take that back. I intermittently update my Wordpress blog, but that’s not a personal spot at all, and instead lives for me to push dry academic papers to. So, the personal stuff:
I graduated. Again.
Now I have two degrees for the price of three!
I missed commencement—again—but I do believe I officially...
Erin Fuggerston →
Everybody is all stressed out about the swine flu. But nobody seems to be talking about the medical dangers of the deadly Saturday Night Fever.
April 2009
13 posts
listening to "Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead" →
It’s throwback time!
Review: VegOut for iPhone →
Vegetarians and vegans looking for meat-free menus when they’re on the road should consider this restaurant-finder, which leverages the iPhone’s location features.
Are App Store Customers Good Customers? →
Garrett Murray: This kind of thing continually reinforces something I’ve thought about a lot since the App store was released, which sounds horrible to say but it might be true: Apple is creating…
Review: Thesaurus apps for iPhone →
We look at three mobile thesaurus apps for the iPhone and iPod touch that take different approaches to helping you find synonyms, antonyms, and related words.
listening to "Tenuousness - Andrew Bird" →
I never did get to pass Andrew Bird on to everyone. Here’s my favorite cut off Noble Beast.
Track Cheap Flight Fares to Facebook Friends... →
Trying to lure an old friend, or maybe a new flame, over to your neck of the woods for the weekend? The Flights to Friends Facebook application watches the cheap ticket sites and lets you know…
Review: Gel Swatch Library for iPhone →
Gel Swatch Library won’t cause any designers to throw out their swatch books which contain lighting gel samples. But the app does put a helpful tool in their hands and could be a valuable reference…
4/15/2009-Head Librarian, Conjuring Arts Research... →
Head Librarian
Review: Inquisitor for iPhone →
Thanks to its fast search results, Inquisitor is a must-have if you want to look up information quickly with your iPhone or iPod touch.
listening to "godspeed (live) - jenny lewis" →
I’m going to see this song performed live tonight—what’re YOU doing? Also, let me know if you’re going too.
Review: Organizer for iPhone →
Some powerful editing features—cut and paste among them—make Organizer worth a look for any iPhone or iPod touch owner who misses the day planners of old.
Review: Diary for iPhone →
Elegant and lovely to look at, this journal app is off to a good start. But Diary needs more flexibility if it hopes to persuade diarists to abandon their pens and journals in favor of the iPhone.
March 2009
5 posts
The Script Says I'm Supposed to Hit You With This
Now that I have a Master’s degree essentially in hand, I think it’s high time I post about something important: The Simpsons.
I’ve been re-watching classic seasons while I’ve been laid up with a sinus infection and wisdom teeth removal, and it occurred to me that maybe the Simpsons hasn’t gotten worse, precisely, but maybe we’ve become a dumber audience.
Like...
Twitter Tool of the Day #4 →
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Positive/Negative filtering is mighty interesting as a search tool. :)
+ Tweetzi Twitter search
From the Pandia Review:
With the enormous amounts of information and the…
Review: Feeds for iPhone →
This RSS reader is dedicated to choices—every individual user can decide how Feeds looks and how it works. While that clutters the application, it also means Feeds can fit almost seamlessly into your…
Review: A Personal Assistant Premium for iPhone →
A Personal Assistant Premium attempts to simplify the task of monitoring your digital life by collecting and displaying account information from a variety of services. It’s a helpful app, though not…
Review: Air Mouse Pro for iPhone →
This app, which uses the accelerometer and touchscreen to turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a remote keyboard and mouse, is a genuinely fun and practical tool for anyone who needs to break free of…
February 2009
7 posts
Review: What The Font for iPhone →
This font finder has some limitations, mostly related to the iPhone’s built-in camera. But it’s still a worthwhile tool if you find yourself with a desire to identify fonts when you’re out and about.
Review: NikeWomen Training Club for iPhone →
Nike’s mobile offering attempts to fill the void in the App Store for fitness apps geared toward women. It’s a good start, but it needs to do more than show exercise routines and make it easier to…
New York Fugshion Week, Day 3 →
We DID see this man today:
After leaving us hanging on Valentine’s Day, Kanye West made the rounds on Sunday, attending (at LEAST) both Preen and Calvin Klein’s menswear show before…
Op-Ed Columnist - Our Greatest National Shame -... →
Hmph, the conclusions drawn here are fairly disingenuous to anyone who’s actually been a teacher: good teachers make the most difference to students (actually, it’s disingenuous to anyone who’s watched Dangerous Minds). The connections are key to educational success or failure. Too bad we continue to treat educators as criminals first—random drug testing, state, federal,...
“So, for the most part, that’s meant Republican administrations have inspired...”
– Hello Obama, goodbye good music - MUSIC- msnbc.com
You know, that’s a little depressing, but I’m sure Ted Leo and TVotR will find something to rage against. Sometime I should kill some time with a list of the best protest music of the last eight years. Off the top of my head,...
WatchSony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Guys, profanity is always funny…and this is brilliant.
You might not want to watch it around your boss/pastor/grandparents.
WatchI’ve decided I really love Andrew Bird this week. I’m not convinced this is the best song on Noble Beast, but it’s my current favorite, and encompasses the overall feel of the record. More importantly, it communicates the feeling I get from this album—that it’s simultaneously completely novel, but as familiar to me as one of my parents’ old LPs.
January 2009
9 posts
Untitled →
Catwoman is running for mayor! Fabulous!
Candidates' stances →
- Christopher Donegan: Opposes it.
- Tamara Finocchiaro: Supports it.
Snow Leopard Screenshot Leaks? →
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I love it.
Sort of a retro look. (Via Craig Hockenberry.) ★ …
Rumor of a 15-inch MacBook Air: Take it lightly →
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I call BS. I suspect, if anything, the Air would scale down to 11” or so, not up to 15”.
Filed under: Rumors, MacBook Air On Friday, AppleInsider noted that Apple.pro, a…
Dance This Mess Around →
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Somewhere out there is a college kid with the best house party story ever.
Let’s have the first post of 2009 be about dance. Though I couldn’t quite get it together on New Year’s…
The Problem with “Feeling Creative” →
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I love me some Merlin Mann. Also, this touches on an essay on the creative nature of software development that I’ve been meaning to do.
If your mall’s bookstores look anything like…
December 2008
12 posts
Only Franz...
I love a lot of bands. I adore the Arcade Fire, Ted Leo speaks directly to my soul, and of course, there is a hole in my heart shaped like Sleater-Kinney…those are a few of my favorites, the ones who have made a real impact on my life. For all that, though, only Franz Ferdinand can put a grin on my face with only a few chords (and make me want to strut like a total badass).
Yeah, I just got...
Lessig: It's Time to Demolish the FCC →
We’ll stifle the Skypes and YouTubes of the future if we don’t demolish the regulators that oversee our digital pipelines.
Once in a While...
I’m pretty sure the best computer I own is my MacBook Air; sure, it doesn’t do everything under the sun, but for what I expect it to do, it’s fabulous (I feel weird saying this, but it’s my dev machine). It’s perfect because it’s always with me—it’s never a burden for me to carry.
Sometimes, though, I’m reminded that I really, truly love...