May 2008
52 posts
Video - Indian baby dropping ritual - The Age →
“I have a little text-file on my desktop called WAITING.TXT that lists every...”
– Cory Doctorow: How to stop your inbox exploding
April 2008
49 posts
“I’m feeling noise creep. Lately, the noise seems to be increasing and the signal...”
– Seth’s Blog: Signal to noise
horses
banamine: -things i learned about horses today while learning about horses •always approach a horse from the left…his left •a good vein for venipuncture is the jugular, but if you’re feeling crazy try the transverse facial •a horse’s optic disc looks red when viewed with an ophthalmoscope •male horses are very quick in bed, if you know what i mean…it’s true, i...
“But there should be no shame in a love of Gossip Girl. After all, it is (and we...”
– How ‘Gossip Girl’ Is Changing the Way We Watch Television — New York Magazine
SMS this afternoon
Unknown: Is this Caitlin?
Me: Yes?
Unknown: I'm a college student in Virginia. My professor gave us a handout today that was basically all about u. Your number was on there too.
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Last year Yale and American and a lot of other schools read the article in NY Mag. Too bad the fact checker forgot to take my number out of the spread.
Awesome. Caitlin is so internet famo.
awesomeness. →
(via kkr) Katherine, have you visited them? They’re on Valencia and I keep meaning to check ‘em out.
“I don’t even have an e-mail address. I have reached an age where my main purpose...”
– Umberto Eco. One day … (via supernice)
WatchRiding an Auto-rickshaw in Delhi on Flickr Auto-rickshaw is a good way to get around Delhi. It’s cheap (120 rupees, or US$3, for the 1 hour trip we took) and it’s small and sounds like a motorcycle so you feel a little bit adventurous riding one. As of a few years ago, all auto-rickshaws and taxis in Delhi run on CNG (compressed natural gas) and are non-polluting. On the downside,...
“In most elevators, at least in any built or installed since the early nineties,...”
– The New Yorker: Up and Then Down: The lives of elevators (via gtmcknight)
Freedom, OS X Networking Freedom Software →
mroth: Freedom is an application that disables wireless and ethernet networking on an Apple computer for up to three hours at a time. Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create. At the end of your selected offline period, Freedom re-enables your network, restoring everything as normal. Freedom enforces freedom; a reboot is the only...
“if it’s raining and you do not have an umbrella, a good way to share a...”
– banamine.tumblr.com (That’s my brother’s tumblr… See also.)
Notes from Delhi
I’m in India for a couple weeks and I just starting my second day in Delhi. Here are a few initial observations: The malls have arrived. It was clear it was coming last time I was in India two years ago, but now it’s ingrained in the way of life in Delhi (and I assume, most Indian cities.) The chaotic, sprawling, lively markets always defined my experience of India. They’re...
“Mr. Charney’s penchant for outspokenness could also prove risky. In an interview...”
– American Apparel Bares All - WSJ.com (via rickyv)
WatchTwitter in Plain English The best explanation of twitter I’ve ever seen. By far. (via taylor)
office memo
subject: new policies from: Michael Ossareh Today is the first day of our ‘joint tshirt’ initiative, as brilliantly demonstrated by the deluux guys each company is required to wear matching tshirts on the days listed below monday:ijigg tuesday: iskoot wednesday: courses thursday: deluux friday: photojojomike
How to Take Better Photos for eBay, Etsy &... →
katydid: Very cool photojojo article. Hey, that’s us!
schlepping by bike →
kkr: amit, i expect similar documentation during your upcoming trip.I’ll do my best! —Amit
Amazon.com is full of GENIUSES!
superamit on ideawhen: So I was shopping at Amazon the other day (the real-world store, not the online one) and noticed they had these new shopping carts. They looked just like normal grocery store shopping carts, except under the handle they had a bulk of plastic and a little screen. The screen showed a little map of the store, with a dot for where you were. I guess it used some kind of...
** San Francisco tumblr meetup in MAY **
letsmeetinsf: OK it’s about time the bay area had it’s own Tumblr meetup (we gotta keep up people!) so I’ve taken initiative and created this group tumblelog so people can know tumblr happenings in SF! I’m thinking the beginning of next month (May) for our first meetup. Happy hour on a Thursday evening? Other ideas? Zeitgeist might work…. If you are in the bay area, REBLOG THIS!! The more...
Muxtape Recommendations →
mareen: You can type in your last.fm name and get recommendations to other MTs (via several people) Last.fm+Yahoo Pipes = Muxtape Recommendation Engine! It works, too. But it took a few tries.
Watchjakeandamir If Jake & Amir made a DVD, I would buy it.
ask a scientist lecture series (SF) →
This looks so awesome! I just signed up for their mailing list. (via kkr)
“Twitter would be a lot less noisy, and better, if by default you could only see...”
– me