April 2012
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How Beginner's Luck Works and How You Can... →
I’ve been saying this for years.
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WatchWhy yes, I do want to see that.
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The internet can end now.
John Wood & Paul Harrison “One more kilometre” (by Kulturhuset)
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WatchThis is the very definition of ‘awesome’.
(via Time-Lapse Video Shows Astronauts’ View of Earth From the Space Station | Wired Science | Wired.com)
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March 2012
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Google Reportedly Targets Amazon and Apple With... →
Yeah, because that’s the problem.
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Research In Motion is dead →
That’s more like it.
Fun fact! BGR was started as a Blackberry/RIM fan and news site.
Why we get along.
me: Damn I love the internet
roommate: it's pornerific
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It’s Time To Believe In RIM And The BlackBerry... →
Nah, not really.
Even the writer of this article doesn’t believe that headline. In the article he admits that IT managers want something that ‘just works’ yet RIM relies on ‘lucrative contracts’ on software that powers Blackberries in the enterprise. Too bad Apple gives away the software that manages iPhones in the enterprise for free (and has for years, by the...
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The power of Keynote →
Anyone who has ever seen me present or heard me speak about presenting knows I’m a huge fan of Keynote. Seeing such an awesome application makes me happy.
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February 2012
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Apple - Mac OS X - Download the free Messages... →
Calling this right now: Messages gets ported to Windows within a year.
Anonymous asked: what does this watch cost?
m-pyre asked: Why won't you get to play Mother?
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PhysicsCentral: Science off the Sphere →
Knitting needles + surface tension + water in low gravity = awesome.
January 2012
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“We love the Subaru BRZ. Now we love the Toyota GT 86. One of the very best...”
– If only it wasn’t a Scion in the US! (Not going to stop me from buying it.)
Toyota GT 86 driven full road test car review - BBC Top Gear
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December 2011
3 posts
I'll flimflam every nation.
[my family's sink business just launched in Japan]
me: I'm hoping to be huge in Japan
me: like Rockapella
roommate: lol
roommate: from carmen sandiego to nippon
roommate: makes sense to me
me: I mean, she's been around the world
me: from Kiev to Carolina
roommate: she's that sticky fingered filcher
roommate: from berlin down to .........burmese?
roommate: DAMMIT
me: (Belize)
roommate: i hate myself
roommate: dont look at me
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November 2011
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True story.
KEY
My favorite game is Earthbound and I've never played Xenogears.
My roommate's favorite is Xenogears and he's never played Earthbound.
roommate: Before [Zac Gorman's] most recent Earthbound comic, he drew something about Xenogears. It's like he's speaking directly to us.
me: Yes. He's saying that you need to play Earthbound and that I've made no mistakes in life.
roommate: YES! Waaaaait...
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Yelping with Cormac: The Apple Store →
yelpingwithcormac:
Union Square - San Francisco, CA
Cormac M. | Author | Lost in the chaparral, NM
Two stars.
Given the way my uncle died havin a drink directly after his funeral just didnt seem right so I went for a walk instead. One of them downtowns where all there is is stores. Came across a store was a big…
Messing with the universe.
me: Beginner's luck is a real thing, and should be invoked whenever possible.
her: I should try more new things so I can be good at them, once.
October 2011
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A typical conversation.
roommate: We miss you in the [IRC] chan, btw
me: haha alas!
me: My client ran out :(
me: and I don't like the web based ones.
roommate: YOU'RE a web based client
roommate: i didnt mean that
me: I mean
roommate: sorry, i crossed a line
September 2011
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This happens more than you think
hardcore pc gamer friend: hey hey
me: yo yo
me: How are you?
hardcore pc gamer friend: great
hardcore pc gamer friend: i hate you
hardcore pc gamer friend: because i love my mac
me: You're welcome
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August 2011
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WatchI finally have my internet back, so I’ve uploaded a bunch of pictures and videos of the beach at to Long Beach the day after the storm. Check them out at my Flickr account.
Above, some perspective for how far I am from where all those reporters were during the storm.
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