Posts from 2009
The Office Musical
I just cannot understand people that don’t like The Office. Yes, I will agree that the Ricky Gervais / English / original version of the show was very well done and a grand comedic achievement. But after fifteen years I finally love NBC’s Thursday night TV again for two main reasons: The Office and the
WordPress Wednesday: Two Excellent Blog Hosts
In the last five or six years I have used almost exclusively only two web hosts: DreamHost and Network Redux. I consider myself an “informed source” when it comes to the reliability of web hosts: I have hosted well over 3,000 websites with these two companies since 2000. If you are planning on running a
Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie
I stopped watching MTV and paying attention to music videos around 1993, so I’m not really current with the state of the art. But I have got to tell you that the video for “Her Morning Elegance” by Oren Lavie is just about the most brilliant one I’ve ever seen. You can see it on
#FridayFive: Nicolas Cage Movies
View the Friday Five from February 27th, 2009
Post-Workout Power Shake
And now, for your fitness fix, here is the recipe for the mega-awesome shake I had after the gym tonight: 4 ice cubes 1 cup 2% milk 2 cups water 1 banana 1 4oz Häagen-Dazs Coffee Ice Cream 1 raw egg 2 scoops Cytosport Chocolate Muscle Milk Throw everything into a blender. Hit the ice-crusher
WordPress Wednesday: How to Display the Age of Your Site
If you scroll to the bottom of this page, you’ll see that in my footer I display how long I’ve been publishing this site. It’s pretty simple to do this; all you really need is the DateDiff plugin and PHP’s default date() function.
Spaghetti Cat
I find it tremendously awesome that the mysterious and unbelievably cool Spaghetti Cat makes a cameo in the Fall Out Boy video for I Don’t Care.
How to Understand the Economy
How the economy works
#FridayFive: Tom Hanks Movies
View the Friday Five from February 20th, 2009
Eloise: Los Angeles Music
There’s a woman in my office who also happens to be the lead singer of Eloise. If you happen to be in Los Angeles and you get a chance to catch a show, you really should. I haven’t been able to see them live yet, but I have several of their songs in heavy iTunes