@jen_robbins Haha, I totally forgot about that. Damn kids leaving scraps of paper on the ground!
You know how when you put a chip in your mouth, but it turns out not to be a chip?
Overpriced cables are not worth it - This just puts it so well. http://tumblr.com/x0a82e…
chrisbowler: http://tumblr.com/x0a822…
Oh good, April fool’s day is here. Wish I could unsubscribe from all of my RSS feeds for just one day.
Google Translate in my Gmail makes me happy.
@AllanEdwin Coming to the light!
Opera for iPhone prediction: Won’t be denied, but won’t be approved, either. It’s going to live in App Store purgatory with Google Voice.
@leemathews Norton rant was awesome. You said exactly what I’ve been thinking (I recently had an awful time trying to uninstall that POS).
@jen_robbins Actually, I got the article from you!
“Green tea has an ingredient that actually counteracts the caffeine it contains. The amino acid theanine,…” http://tumblr.com/x0a80f…
@geehoneybee Which iGoogle Twitter gadget do you use?
Video: Yip, yip, yip, yip-yip-yip. Noooo, noooo… Lady Gaga feat Sesame Street - Telephone (via… http://tumblr.com/x0a7zi…
@chartier I’m hoping the vague reference to increasing the stability of 3rd party input devices is the keyboard spaces bug fix.
@JimmySlims Yep, all by myself. I thought it was Klever.
Shouldn’t Korn’s A.D.I.D.A.S. be E.S.S.I.D.A.S.? (every seven seconds)
I think 50% of the coolest software I run was written by @ttscoff to improve otherwise already great stuff.
@leemathews and an acoustic bass.
Move aside, and let the man go through… let the man go through. (through)
@PageInNYC, @downloadsquad: Hi Claudia - My mistake, and thanks for the clarification. I’ve updated the post accordingly.
Video: Antarctica Condition 1 Weather (via Antzarctica) “It’s a little blowy out there” - via rands http://tumblr.com/x0a7z7…
@tombiro Absolutely. Are the publishers doing this on purpose?
This drives me nuts too: http://twitter.com/anild…
“Anxiety is nothing but repeatedly re-experiencing failure in advance. What a waste.” - Seth’s Blog: Anxiety… http://tumblr.com/x0a7yx…
@chartier I disagree; “Pro” means better or more full-featured while “HD” simply means more pixels.
“Computers for Seniors for Dummies” - something about this just feels wrong. http://yfrog.com/78avbj
@leemathews I no longer feel bad unfollowing someone that auto toots FourSquare or GoWalla updates.
Getting cold feet.
That doesn’t mean anything other than that my feet are really cold right now.
What’s the point having a dedicated Twitter account for their site when someone posts links to their content in their regular account?
That link courtesy of @JimmySlims
Photo: FINALLY: The Difference between Nerd, Dork, and Geek Explained by a Venn Diagram So, what are you? http://tumblr.com/x0a7w2…
We’re losing our online privacy paranoia, and that may not be a good thing. Great post on the subject: http://j.mp/czXwye
@Kinderstar Yikes, that’s awful.
I am Jason Fried. I say amazing and thoughtful things that are real. Get real by reading what I say while I’m… http://tumblr.com/x0a7ux…
If I want to get rid of all the Google Buzz crap in Google Reader, my only option is to delete my Google Profile. Nice, @google.
@Kinderstar What happened to the houses on River Road? What’s the “south perimeter”?
“Google decided that everyone you choose to follow on Buzz would also automatically be followed on Google…” http://tumblr.com/x0a7ut…
So Google’s still pretending this Buzz thing is going to catch on. Wish I could remove it from the top bar in mobile Gmail.
Just accidentally watched The Marriage Ref. What a steaming pile that show is. Wow, is it ever bad. #fb
Hey @GlenTrainor, my purchases are working great; how about yours?
This is ridiculous: Sneak peek of Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop http://j.mp/drkJEv
@geehoneybee @JimmySlims How much is it for them to replace the battery? Seems like a necessary expense, you know… like beer.
Reeder 2 is coming, and by the looks of the preview, it’s going to kick some serious ass! http://reederapp.com/2/f…
@JimmySlims @geehoneybee Tried it, but it’s really jumpy on my phone. Is it working well for you?
Blue Marble - iPhone J.D. - The photo of earth that is the default wallpaper on iPhones has an interesting… http://tumblr.com/x0a7s9…
@geehoneybee Weren’t you just looking for headphone recommendations? PCMag did a pretty comprehensive review article: http://bit.ly/b7AzHu
Video: How Search Works (via Google) http://tumblr.com/x0a7s2…
@JimmySlims yeah, it’s awesome. You watch it for an hour every day and join its book club.
By making a publicity stunt out of it, has Opera hurt their chances of getting their iPhone browser approved? I doubt they’ve helped them.
jen_robbins RT @matwilcox: There are two secrets to success. 1. Never tell all you know.
With all of these location-based social networking services, you’d be crazy not to try a little serial killing. /via @badbanana
#estress level: 58
@KevinCTofel Ummm, ouch! I can’t deal with my email being that out of control, but I’m a filer, not a piler. To each their own, right?
Actually, let’s coin a new tag for email stress expressed as a value from 0-100, which is the number of messages in your inbox: #estress
My current E-stress level from 0-100: 136 (down from 200+ this morning)
E-stress: A big factor of my total stress level is a value from 0 (none) to 100 (max) based on how many email msgs are in my inbox.
“Recently, our babysitter was struck by a car just a few steps from our front door. Luckily, none of her…” http://tumblr.com/x0a7qt…
@geehoneybee I love Spaces! It lets me keep various working environments separated, and reduces distractions.
Code Monkey get up get coffee, Code Monkey go to job. Code Monkey have boring meeting, with boring manager Rob.
Does Spaces in OS X regularly forget that it is set to show certain apps on all spaces for anyone else? It drives me crazy.
Thanks to the reminder from @ntqtsouthsurrey, I got a free pastry at Starbucks this morning!
@swirlee Pzizz Relax iPhone app is my napping solution of choice. Works wonders for me. My wife finds the voiceover too creepy for her, tho.
chartier So PayPal makes it hard for me to take my money out by design, by purpose? Fine, but that’s bad design, and bad purpose, from a bad company.
Soccer Jamboree weekend over; 2 kids, 8 games, 1 wrap-up party and I’m D-U-N done. Most important, though, they had a blast.
I hate to say it, but this #hnic play-by-play team doing the Canucks-Wings game is terrible.
RT @jimmyslims If Burrows was a Red Wing he would be not only leading the team in goals scored but total points too. Suck it Wing fans!
@swirlee I read that as “what are paRents for”… Seriously confused for a few seconds.
Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and sleep like nobody’s watching. /via @strutting
Video: Even if you’re not a fan of Jimmy Kimmel, you’ve got to see this bit. Classic! http://tumblr.com/x0a7ku…
OH:
A: Pretty sure that’s the first and last time my daughter sticks her finger in a pencil sharpener.
B: So you think she got the point?
Anyone else find it ironic that Google is tooting about the importance of good customer service online?
http://j.mp/dAXhwD
@leemathews Yikes! No wonder so many repair shops have a “format and reinstall” policy. You should get danger pay for that job!
@marcoarment If you learn of one, please share!
marcoarment Love about LaunchBar: Clipboard history.
Hate about LaunchBar: Differences from Quicksilver in spacebar, Delete when typing an app name.
@sportsnetmurph Don’t listen to StupED, Murph. Your stuff is great, keep it up! (never take direction from someone calling himself stupid)
badbanana Leprechauns are freaky, but Chakakhanchauns are horrifying. If you hear the opening of “I Feel For You” in the woods, run.
Or is it Windows 7 Phone Series?
Maybe: Microsoft Windows Seven Seas World Communicator Special Edition Series Ultimate. Yeah, that’s it.
Windows Phone 7 Series? Doesn’t even have copy-and-paste. I’m sure MS never mocked Apple for not having it when the iPhone released…
Copy-&-paste was so important in Windows Mobile and its precursers that you had to prove you could do it to start using the device.
Will someone please tell me why anyone on earth uses Owly to shorten links? That taskbar is unbelievably obnoxious. /via @fmanjoo (Agreed!)
“I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while…” http://tumblr.com/x0a7hd…
anildash Worth remembering any time you win an award that part of the reason institutions give awards is to affirm their own authority over you.
Humans are sooo weird.
Why is Facebook suggesting I connect with someone it shouldn’t even know that I know? - A friend recently… http://tumblr.com/x0a7g0…
@steverubel Thanks. I’ve no doubt Facebook’s a boon to marketers, but that’s at the users’ expense. Facebook’s privacy record is abhorrent.
Hint: The extended warranty he’s selling isn’t for _my_ benefit.
A marketer singing the praises of Facebook is like a commissioned electronics salesman singing the praises of the extended warranty.
I enjoyed @steverubel through his blogging, Twitter, and lifestreaming phases, but this Facebook love is sickening (& transparent).
.@FriedmanHNIC Riley Cote? Don’t you
mean Wile E. Coyote?
It’s a sweatpants kinda day. Take it easy ladies… /via @geehoneybee (awesome)
“This was a great TED for me because I’ve finally hit the point where a bunch of people know me, so my…” http://tumblr.com/x0a7ep…
@JimmySlims Wow, that’s an oldie but, well… Yeah. LOL
@DownloadSquad I want one, but I’m most definitely not at #sxsw!
I have three children, and NONE of them have any regard for my testicles. I mean seriously, could their aim _be_ any more accurate?
tonyrobbins He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg. -Chinese Proverb
tonyrobbins “Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly” Robert Schuller
Sign your life away - This comic perfectly describes how I feel about “loyalty” and “awards” programs. http://tumblr.com/x0a7ch…
I’ve just uploaded a new picture: http://dailybooth.com/u/…
Reflection makes my eyes look creepy. http://dailybooth.com/u/…
I love working from home: all-you-can-eat coffee!
Yeah, I said “eat”.
RT @gruber Easy tip to make the whole web look better on your Mac: Turn off Arial in Font Book.
Wow, dealing with malware really sucks, and I’m out of practice. I’m sure it’s coming to Macs soon, but for now it nice not to have to deal.
“Dreaming – At some point I have to stop dreaming about following my passion and start doing it.” - Four… http://tumblr.com/x0a7az…
How to get through your inbox in Gmail quickly - Gmail has a feature called Labs, which allows you to turn on… http://tumblr.com/xhe7ax…
Today is the day before the day before my holidays start. Hey, it’s something. #fb
strutting No matter how much you like her headphones, “nice cans” probably isn’t printed anywhere on the ticket to where you want to go.
scottsimpson Any office building could open a side business as an action movie theme park just by charging to let you crawl through the ductwork.
OH (my wife): It was a really good mail day; no bills, and a whole magazine about things to cook with cheese!
I love the phrase “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE”; it lets me filter messages containing it straight into the trash.
@GlenTrainor Have you exposed her to The Wall yet?
@GlenTrainor What album did she get into?
@ttscoff My current environment started life as Tiger, and I upgraded through Leopard and Snow Leopard. It might be time.
@ttscoff Don’t tell me that! I really don’t want to be tempted into performing a complete reinstall…
chartier If you value productivity, don’t visit this link that contains the user-recommended best of Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/di…
Enjoying the classy and exquisite toots coming from @grubes69
Does anybody really need to be convinced that Facebook doesn’t respect its users’ privacy? http://bit.ly/aaRwfu
Prediction: Google Buzz will fail, and Google will purchase Twitter. I give it 12 - 18 months, tops.
I wish I could combine my favourite features of Tweetie and Twitterrific. @atebits seems to have woken up today… maybe there’s hope?
Que Sera Sera: I hope they don’t have kids in hell - What a delightfully disturbing take on having children…. http://tumblr.com/x0a77s…
Even with Google’s force-feeding Buzz to everyone, I’m finding it to be just a relatively crummy way to read Twitter.
.@bradlinder Congrats! mobiputing.com looks fantastic!
When my 6 year-old is not within earshot, it frustrates me that I can’t text him. But I’m not giving him a phone. http://nyti.ms/b9TuLE
Having an OCD moment.
@chartier Do you know if that WordPress->Tumblr script retains comments?
This list’s for all the GTDers out there:
One Way to Improve Productivity Anytime, Anywhere
Unfollow a productivity blogger. Seriously.
My Oscars prediction: Uninteresting, unimportant people will be glorified and feel even more unjustifiably self-important.
@ttscoff Clean install? Ouch! That’ll set you back a few days… especially with your customizations!
@leemathews Haha, good point. I just don’t think there’s any point villainizing 40% of your audience. They’re not changing.
@chartier I’m not saying the article is wrong, just that it’s futile. I write online too, and wish it wasn’t the case.
@chartier Asking web users not to block ads is like asking TV watchers not to skip them with a PVR. That horse is out of the barn for good.
@chartier It’s the age of Google, where content has become commoditized. If one source disappears, they just search for a new one.
@chartier Adblocking article’s good, but you presume readers love the sites they visit. I think few have that level of loyalty.
That’s probably only entertaining / adorable to me.
My 1 year-old has a teddy bear named Chum, but she can’t pronounce “chum”. She’s walking around enthusiastically yelling “that bear’s dum!”
@adeelraza Cool, thanks!
@adeelraza No; I had saved whatever Cydia does automatically, but restoring forces an upgrade to 3.1.3, so I’m basically out of luck.
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter…” http://bit.ly/aqhapC
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t…” http://tumblr.com/x0a73r…
Moving day http://bit.ly/cKlt3M
Moving day - My blog is moving to a new URL. It’s now at blog.jasonclarke.net, and it’s powered by Tumblr,… http://tumblr.com/x0a73h…
Wide Mouth Mason - “King Of Posion/Superstition” -… http://bit.ly/bn8UnX
Restoring my iPhone, which will un-jailbreak it. Bummer, but crashing every 4 hours was more of a bummer.
Think softly
@jsnell @chartier I think Flycast pioneered the idea of launching a stream in the background via Safari - that was the first I saw it.
Is it a full moon today?
The woman in the stock photo on Microsoft’s Volume Licensing Service Center page is creeping me out.
Downside of being a pro hockey player: people talking about your groin. I feel bad for Bernier right now. #canucks
@leematthews It’s ON: Canucks vs. Wings tonight. Prepare to be stoned by our gold-medal winning captain!
RT @ebertchicago Press releases are admissions they’re not news stories. They’re written for the boss to know that they’ve been written.
Wow, NHL trade deadline day couldn’t be more boring! All those TSN and Rogers SportsNet promos didn’t lie to us, did they? /sarcasm
The offices on either side of mine are empty today, which means I can have my music turned up louder than normal. Lovin’ it!
I am emailing so hard that the earth’s axis tilted and the days are 1.3 seconds shorter. /via @anildash
OK Go’s video for the official version of This Too Shall Pass http://bit.ly/dnxejq
Napping empties your brain’s inbox http://bit.ly/arCICW
Shaking people down for paid reviews: reprehensible
Shaking down @lonelysandwich: hilarious
http://drp.ly/vzg5t
I’m not sure I have enough Advil in my bag for a Monday morning.
The best thing about Mondays is that i have to leave at 4:30 to take my son to soccer. Oh crap, this is the last week of soccer practice.