- Atari 2600 still schooling game designers
- After 10 years, I finally got a new gym bag.
- the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks is simply must-see internet. I had tears in my eyes from laughing. If you click one link on the global information superhighway today, click that one.
- E-mails Sent to the University of Alabama English Department Flag-Football Team
Posts from March 2009
The Velocity Diet – Week One
At this point Kelly and I are now officially through the first week of the Velocity Diet, and I have to be honest with you: It’s been tough. It is unbelievably surprising just how much I sincerely miss chewing food. I’ve now had forty-three protein shakes — 39 chocolate and 4 strawberry — and a
- Statistics show: Tiger is very good.
- Build your own Facebook
- The ShamWow! guy got arrested for punching a hooker.
- My Manhattan Project: How I helped build the bomb that blew up Wall Street. (Interesting because just last night I remembered that I interviewed at Countrywide when I moved to LA, but didn’t pursue it because the company just seemed sleazy to me.)
- Rad: DirecTV iPhone app
- Excellent Lifehacker interview with Adam Savage
- 1001 rules for my unborn son
- Shocker: Attempt to rob a cop at police convention ends badly …
Blog Anniversary
By the time you read this post, I will have been blogging (more or less) continuously on davidgagne.net for 3300 days. I somehow managed to miss my nine year anniversary two weeks ago, so I thought I should say something about my 3300th day.
- Help the SimpleMarriage research project.
- 25 Hot Tips For iPhone 3G
- Coming soon: Flash Tutorials
- Surgeon finishes brain operation while having a heart attack
- 30+ Amazing Mac Apps for Developers (I use Coda and love it.)
- Litmus: The advanced testing tool for web professionals.
- The My Chemical Romance cover of Bob Dylan’s Desolation Row that plays over the end credits of The Watchmen is beyond phenomenal.
#FridayFive: Dwight’s List
View the Friday Five from March 27th, 2009
How to Magnify PDFs in Mac OS X
One of the cool features in Mac OS X is the ability to “quick view” a file without actually opening it. If you have an item selected (highlighted) in a Finder window or on your desktop — or even a file embedded in an email message — just hit the spacebar and you’ll get a
- Yoko Ono’s Official Flickr page
- Ejected Fighter Pilot Survives Crash, Dies During Rescue
- Kill Bill (in One Minute)
- Some people join unions just for fun.
- I can’t believe Bryan’s Rice-Boy Page is still online.
Elevator Warning
Both elevators in my office include this notice: SHOULD THE ELEVATOR DOORS FAIL TO OPEN DO NOT BECOME ALARMED. THERE IS LITTLE DANGER OF RUNNING OUT OF AIR OR OF THIS ELEVATOR DROPPING UNCONTROLLABLY. PLEASE USE BUTTON MARKED “ALARM” OR TELEPHONE (IF FURNISHED) TO SUMMON AID. Here are a few of the issues I have
- AIG resignation letter
- Bruce Willis got married.
- Courtney Love is following Dooce on Twitter. Isn’t that one of the signs of the apocalypse?
- I am willing to bet that the reason John Mayer has 350,000 more followers than Bono is simply because not many people know that Paul Hewson is Bono’s real name.
- Real-Life Spider-Man Rescues Autistic Boy