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Ep 038: Long Time No Shift
Long Time No Shift Episode 38 (click to play/pause) Nicole and Harold talk about the changes in their viewing habits that have come about in the past two-and-a-half years. They also muse about some of their current favorite shows. Plus,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 2, 2012 at Shifting Channels
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Jan 2, 2012
Death to Pennies
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Posted Dec 8, 2011 at offhand remarks
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Puppy Cam is Back
it looks like the shiba inu larvae are only hours old at this point. delicious. Streaming live video by Ustream Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2011 at offhand remarks
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Have you read his book about Baseball Blunders? It's pretty great.
Commented Feb 2, 2011 on "We're not doing our jobs if we let it slide" at hello typepad
"We're not doing our jobs if we let it slide"
Rob Neyer once alienated a colleague by commenting on his story instead of addressing him directly: Without meaning to, over the years I'd annoyed most of my other colleagues ... and nearly all of them with reputations as incredibly nice guys. So I figured it must be me. I hastily e-mailed this...
Prettty colors.
what kind of serger is that?
Commented Jan 4, 2011 on Thread at The Sew Weekly
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Harold Check is now following Kokochi
Dec 31, 2010
That's excellent! Congrats!!!
Commented Dec 31, 2010 on Introducing Tesla's little sister at Kokochi
Introducing Tesla's little sister
As a last update before our annual holiday card gets posted, finally, I am ready to share that we're expecting Tesla's little sister in May!!! We are thrilled to bits. I am already almost 5 months, and would have shared earlier, but had some reasons. One was I had a miscarriage earlier. I actual...
Hey. Just saw this. Only drawback is no male descendants will ever be named Richard. Small price to pay for a cool name. Congrats.
Commented Dec 20, 2010 on Meet the Graysons at WaltPad
Meet the Graysons
So we had a number of options. She could take my name. Not down with that. Fair enough. I could take her name. No, thank you. Also fair. We could give the kid one name or the other. The odd one out on that approach doesn’t really feel like part of the family. So scratch that. We could hyphenate. ...
How do you reconcile imposing a tax that would most heavily impact those with less social privilege? Surely you're not suggesting that it's fair since Web 2.Farmville lets them pay with their time, attention, and marketing abilities? I kind of hope that this is just another delightful Anil Dash thought exercise.
Commented Nov 11, 2010 on Imposing a Metcalfe Tax at dashes.com
Imposing a Metcalfe Tax
Bob Metcalfe's most famous pronouncement is known these days as Metcalfe's Law, the idea that the value of a network increases with the scale of its number of members. Metcalfe formulated this concept in the context of telecommunications networks, but it is broadly applied to online social netwo...
Anil:
I've DLed the client and I'm excited to spend more time with it. That said, I already have some hopefully constructive feedback. Where is that most effectively deposited? Respond to link in iTunes store? That would be my guess.
Congrats.
Commented Sep 24, 2010 on Gourmet Live and Rewarding Experiences at dashes.com
Gourmet Live and Rewarding Experiences
The short version: Gourmet Live, the new iPad app that reimagines Gourmet as a sort of massively multiplayer magazine, is live. I've been working on this for the past six months, and I'm enormously proud of it, so if you've got an iPad, you should go
Jenny got a bike a few weeks ago. We've been biking a lot, lately. It's the year of the bike.
Commented Jun 15, 2010 on A Magical Bicycle at alaina browne lives here
A Magical Bicycle
I rode a bike for the first time ever on the streets of New York City today (thanks, Adriana!). It was only a few blocks, but I instantly felt the same sense of joy I did as a kid when a bicycle meant freedom and I spent most of the summer riding around the neighborhood with friends. I hope that...
Amen brother.
Commented Apr 16, 2010 on Afghan Whigs - "Miles iz Ded", live at Stupidfool.org
Afghan Whigs - "Miles iz Ded", live
I listened to this on the way in to work this morning. So good.
Spoon's new album is actually plenty good. (Let's hear your rock and roll record, Mr. "Mat Honan.") However, If it doesn't float yr boat, that's fine. He is right about new Yeasayer, which is delightfully weird and intriguing. But will the novelty wear off after a few weeks? Coming up on a new Shout Out Louds album next week. Should be pretty swede.
Commented Feb 22, 2010 on Tough! at Radio On!
Tough!
This project is starting to drive me crazy. I am used to going on jags listening to one band, especially something I'm familiar with and diving into bootlegs or an album of theirs I never really got into. Or finally listening to a band I never paid attention to and going through their whole catal...
My Incredibly Comprehensive Reaction to the iPad
...will arrive about 6 months after I've actually used an iPad (and apps written specifically for the iPad). (Also, my reaction will be directed at my cats and spoken in baby talk, so you probably won't get to hear it.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2010 at offhand remarks
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The funny thing is that I'm talking about people on Etsy and indie bands and restaurants, not big corp. As for the people who buy the stuff, that's totally fine. I'm all for people harnessing their consumer impulse for some small measure of good.
Commented Jan 22, 2010 on Here's a question: at offhand remarks
Here's a question:
Is the idea of shamelessly pimping your goods or services with "all proceeds going to [insert disaster victims here]" a uniquely American and/or 21st Century idea? Or is it just serendipity and the fact that in the New New New Economy, everyone is a marketer and, like marketers of days gone by, ...
Here's a question:
Is the idea of shamelessly pimping your goods or services with "all proceeds going to [insert disaster victims here]" a uniquely American and/or 21st Century idea? Or is it just serendipity and the fact that in the New New New... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2010 at offhand remarks
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wet socks are not hot-swappable.
Commented Jan 18, 2010 on Do not microwave socks at Awesome Blog
Do not microwave socks
... it does not end well. I tried to dry my rain-soaked socks, discreetly, in the Six Apart office microwave. Now my socks are burnt, everyone is talking about the smell, and I'm kind of obligated to blog about it.
remixes please.
Commented Jan 18, 2010 on Oxford Comma, performed by me at Smack My Blog Up
Oxford Comma, performed by me
This is me, playing Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend on ukulele. I was left alone in the house for a few hours yesterday, so I busted out Garage Band and recorded. Vocals, background vocals, ukulele, bass, and drums (my chest and the bathroom counter top) are all me. It's sloppy. Next time I'll u...
Is this a roundabout way of saying you're expecting?
Commented Dec 31, 2009 on I hope we have offspring that can dance at alaina browne lives here
I hope we have offspring that can dance
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Nov 28, 2009
Lars and the Real Girl? Stunning omission.
Commented Oct 1, 2009 on Is it too early... at Narrative Junkie
Is it too early...
...to start thinking about best of the decade lists? Some preliminary thinking, limited to films (and HBO shows, because some of those are way better than most movies) I've seen, of course: There Will Be Blood The Wire (TV) 25th Hour The Sopranos (TV) Dogville Lost In Translation Sideways Bat...
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