May 2010
48 posts
Breaking out of Jail
Jailbreaking my iPhone with Spirit has catalyzed my most significant upgrade in mobile productivity ever. I had jailbreaked (jailbroken?) my iPhone before, but it always came at the expense of some other functionality. One time voicemail stopped working, another time battery life diminished greatly. And jailbreaking was very hard to do both of those times. But this time its different. Not only was...
“BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake BP account that is mocking the oil company....”
– JIMMY FALLON, Late Night (via the New York Times and everybody’s Tumblr)
How clueless could BP’s (real) PR people be? This was obviously going to backfire. When your company spills oil, shut the fuck up until you fix it. And then probably keep shutting the fuck for a little while after...
Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black), Oasis covering...
Andrew Pile: "Shut it down" →
What a great last line! Everything that annoyed me about how Lost finished up has been replaced by the finale of 24: the bad guys are dead and Jack is all shot up and on the run (again)!!! Perfect!
The sign of a great series finale is one that manages to tie up the story at hand but leave you…
Completely agree. It was difficult saying goodbye to two Jacks this week, but i definitely...
Young Forever, Jay-Z featuring Mr. Hudson
I...
How Good is Apple?
A cup of coffee was spilled on my father’s 48 hour old MacBook Pro. We have a reservation at the Apple Store tomorrow afternoon. What do you think will happen?
Pearl Jam - Bugs Philadelphia, PA - October 31st,...
The San Francisco Paradox
I’m renting a ZipCar to get myself to some meetings outside of the city during my upcoming Covestor Business Development trip to San Francisco. Those familiar with the service may recall that BMWs tend to cost more per hour than all other cars. During the week in NYC you can get a regular car for $9/hr and a BMW for $15/hr. This includes gas and insurance. But in San Francisco, BMWs actually...
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Pearl Jam - Hold On October 30th, 2009
This is...
Kickstarter - Decentralize the web with Diaspora →
I like this idea a lot and gave them $25.
Watchcollegehumor:
Grammar Nazi: They’re pretty intolerant about everything. Digg our Inglourious Basterds homage here.
Well done, guys.
Pearl Jam Radio →
Pearl Jam released a 24/7 Pearl Jam only radio station on their site. This is really fantastic for “special” people like me. The cuts of pre-2000 shows are especially appreciated. Thank you, Pearl Jam! See you in Hartford, Newark, and MSG in a few weeks!
MTA takes advantage of people bad at math
If you are buying a new Metrocard, and you don’t use unlimited fare metrocards (which are priced to be inefficient for simple back-and-forth work commutes on business days… but that’s for another post), you should only ever buy cards with the values $15.65, $29.35, $31.30, $45.00, $60.65, $74.35, and $76.30
The 15% Metrocard bonus is purposefully confusing. Fares are $2.25. When...
What's Your Unit?
jhnmyr:
There’s a question commonly asked within the gambling community from one player to another: “what’s your unit?” Your unit is defined by the amount of money you think in multiples of; if you perceive a thousand dollars as ten sets of 100 dollars, that makes your unit 100 dollars. In college, a twenty dollar bill is at least four sets of five dollar bills, and maybe even 20 sets of one...
