January 2009
85 posts
President Obama's Weekly Address and Key Speeches... →
Subscribe to Obama’s weekly video address in iTunes
“In retrospect, it did seem a little too stylish. Turns out the picture...”
– Ben, on his new “I Heart Chickens” t-shirt
“If all of us are going to be obsessing about Google’s epic fail on a Saturday...”
– Om Malik (Google Mistakenly Labels The Internet as Malware)
The Current State of My Blog
3 self-referential posts about the blog (including this one)
3 pictures of my dog
2 relatively long articles about relatively geeky things
a picture of my chickens
a picture of my wife
a story about Mobile Commons
a story about biking
a Simpsons reference
a kick ass You Tube video about sports
a link to a fun flash game
a link to the killer monkey robot story
and the requisite bacon...
Not So Huge
I renamed my Tumblog so that when people quote me it will say benjaminstein: instead of huge:
I think that’s a good change. Not sure yet.
I Turned Comments Back On
Please, be funny.
Cox Doesn't Get to be the One Who Decides
Om Malik has a nice summary of Cox’s decision to start traffic shaping (e.g. delaying certain types of Internet traffic).
From the article:
“…automatically ensures that all time-sensitive Internet traffic — such as web pages, voice calls, streaming videos and gaming — moves without delay. Less time-sensitive traffic, such as file uploads, peer-to-peer and Usenet newsgroups,...
Twitter is not public infrastructure
Marco posted a little while ago in response to Twitter Limits Potential App Growth.
I’ve been thinking about his response over the past few days:
Is Twitter’s rate-limiting the only factor giving you pause about building a business that depends on Twitter? Maybe I’m a cynic, or maybe it’s the programmer in me trying to enumerate all possible failure cases, but I’ll never feel comfortable...
Mobile Commons Presenting at the NY Tech Meetup! →
mobilecommons:
Mobile Commons is presenting at the NY Tech Meetup on Tuesday, Feb 3rd. Tickets go on sale today (Friday) at noon. Hope to see you all there!
I’m excited to present at next week’s NY Tech Meetup! If you’re in NYC, come out and watch.
We have some really good stuff to demo. Plus I’m gonna try to make it entertaining ;)
'Immortal' Jellyfish Swarming Across the World →
Whoa! I wonder if this is how the scientists at Puppy Recycling have been doing it?
Also, this is the most horrifying thing I’ve ever heard. I seriously think we should set aside part of the US stimulus package to keep this gene sequence away from the monkey robots…
(Link via kirindave)
Auditorium →
Play this.
OpenCongress: American Recovery and Reinvestment... →
OpenCongress links to all the details about the proposed recovery plan. The summary of the plan available from the House website (pdf) is a very interesting read. Really psyched about some of these programs!
“Your search ♥ did not match any documents.”
– Looking for love in all the wrong places: ♥
therealfirstworldproblems:
I have no idea how many people actually read this blog, because the only numbers I care about anymore are the number of people who follow this blog via their tumblr dashboard. Everyone else is dead to me.
The Country's New robots.txt File →
A geeky perspective on how much change has just come to Washington.
The robots.txt file for Bush’s http://whitehouse.gov had a shocking 2,400 “Disallow” lines!
Obama’s has 1.
The fact that you can’t reblog yourself is probably very frustrating for Kennyb and Charlie Kaufman.
“Q: Could you have picked a worse time to launch a company? A: We don’t...”
– The FAQ for startup company ioBridge (via @alexlines)
Do Liquidation Sales Really Mean Better Bargains? →
Circuit City’s going-out-of-business liquidation prices are still higher than Walmart’s!
It’s funny because it’s true.
Once Upon A Win: Epic Wins from when we were kids →
I usually don’t like nostalgia and reminiscing (usually it just gets as far as Thundercats before I get bored), but this blog is just too right-on to pass up. They’ve done such an unbelievable job of summarizing my childhood. Wow.
prettyhuge:
mikesabat:
From Kennyb: (prettyhuge) Did I tell you guys that I confronted my parents in re: the twitter thing? My mom was like “What’s a twitto?” and my dad was all “I had to come to your apartment to get Skype hooked up, how do you think I know what Twitter is?”
Am I psyched or pissed that I have to reblog a conversation that I had with somebody from a third party’s tumblr? If...
Eye On Springfield →
+Follow this.
tonblr:
What kind of paperwork does Obama have to sign on his first day? Does he have to choose a healthcare plan? Does he have to pay a deposit to get the nuke keys? Does he have to sit through a boring seminar on worker safety?
Great questions! I also wonder if he has administrator privileges on his work computer. Do they block Facebook and AIM at the office?
Fluid Dock Badge for Tumblr Dashboard →
Just finished testing my userscript with the new version of Tumblr. I confirmed it’s compatible with version 5. Yay. I also moved the code to GitHub (in addition to userscripts.org) for easier sharing.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, see my original post about the Fluid/Tumblr dock badge.
superuseless superpowers →
Funny!
“He maneuvered that plane like he was Ton playing a flight simulator.”
– Neil, on the US Air pilot’s heroics
“Brooklyn Industries — is it cool? Or would is it like wearing an *NSYNC...”
– Michael, after his recent move to Williamburg
Catch the Frak Up! →
“Everyone is freaking out because finding Earth has been the point of the whole show”
I’M SO FRAKKING EXCITED!!!
Obama's People - The New York Times →
Photos of Obama’s top advisors, aides, and the incoming administration.
Kathleen A. Corbet, Former President of Standard &... →
Congrats to my friends at Rapid Ratings on their new investment!
“Wind chill values as low as 3 below.”
– Weather Underground, New York (11217)
As we speak, I am simultanesouly defrosting chicken inside and freezing chickens outside. Seems somehow inefficient…
Mobile Giving Insider →
A new blog dedicated to mobile giving (charitable donations given over SMS). This is really exciting stuff for us at Mobile Commons, so check out it!
