2006 Top Ten New Songs List December 29th, 2006 @ 4:24 pm PST
You’re asking me, “What are the ten songs you played the most in iTunes this year, David?” Unfortunately I’m not going to tell you that. I’d love to do it, but I can’t. See, the thing is that iTunes doesn’t store meta data in a true RDBMS; it’s just a flat XML file. There’s no […]
Geostationary Banana Over Texas December 29th, 2006 @ 3:42 pm PST
From TheBrad comes news of a project to put a Geostationary Banana Over Texas. Obviously I am in love with the URL. (It’s hard to believe that someone else hadn’t already registered that particular domain name.) Plus it gives me another reason to use my favorite banana image before the end of the year. And […]
You Might Be a Redneck If … December 28th, 2006 @ 6:12 am PST
Stereotyping the South
College Bowl Schedule December 18th, 2006 @ 7:22 pm PST
College football bowl season schedules
My Lesser Hand December 18th, 2006 @ 6:50 pm PST
For a few weeks now my instant messenger tagline has been, “I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous.” Lately I have been shocked at just how pathetically stupid my left hand is. If all my body parts were chillin’ in a schoolyard, my left hand would be the dork loser that always got picked […]
Metafilter Mythbuster? December 15th, 2006 @ 12:57 pm PST
One of my favorite sites is Metafilter (aka “mefi”). I found it way back in ’99 and became a member in March of ’00. For years it has consistently been wonderful. The users are infinitely more mature and intelligent than the ones at digg. It’s really quite incredible how mefi has managed to stay so […]
Blog Tag Meme December 15th, 2006 @ 12:16 pm PST
Okay, Dean got me into this. The idea is to share five things about yourself that people may not know, then tag five bloggers so they can rinse, lather and repeat. I was tagged by Speaking Freely, who was tagged by MarketingGuy, who was tagged by Aaron Shear, who was tagged by Avinash Kaushik. The […]
Photoshop Tutorial – Polaroid Images December 13th, 2006 @ 9:45 pm PST
In which I explain how to make digital photos look like old analog ones
Lyrical Imperatives That I Never Manage to Follow December 13th, 2006 @ 5:39 pm PST
Pour any amount of sugar on anyone. Think that a black fly in my chardonnay is ironic. Know that I am a shooting star. Call anyone — for whom I may or may not act as a bodyguard — by the name “Al”. Attempt any amount of tenderness. Know when to hold and / or […]
Contextless Content: Episode #22 December 13th, 2006 @ 9:02 am PST
Contextless Content: A portion of a conversation, usually from an instant messenger platform. Subtitled: “Everything I Own Is in a Box to the Left?” He says: I don’t understand why she keeps mentioning “everything you own in a box to the left”. It doesn’t make any sense to me. He says: What does the box’s […]
