February 2010
51 posts
“Regardless of your personal politics around the hot potato that is legal...”
– Texting for Change, Immigration Reform’s Stealth Strategy
January 2010
57 posts
The Astronaut: Peach vodka & Tang, served in a Tang-rimmed glass. It’s gonna be a loooong night.
Humane Society Online Pet Photo Contest →
The Spay Day 2010 Online Pet Photo Contest is limited to the following pets: dogs, cats, rabbits, horses, burros, donkeys, mules, miniature horses, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, ferrets, mice, rats, canaries, budgies, cockatiels, zebra finches, society finches, lovebirds, and freshwater aquarium fish.
They’ll accept a miniature horse or a rat as a legit pet but not a chicken‽ I call...
Congratulations Firefox!
You’ve officially joined Microsoft Word and Adobe Photoshop in the elite group of Things-I-get-really-pissed-at-when-I-accidentally-double-click
Thoughts on iPad
I would order 4 of them immediately if it had a video camera + Skype/iChat. Seriously. I have many sets of parents, in-laws, and grandparents, all of whom hate their computers.
The iPad is close to perfect for all of them, but sadly, video chat with the kids is the missing killer app.
Panopticlick →
giantrobotlasers:
How unique is your browser finger print? I was unique among 44K people tested. Clearing my cookies doesn’t mean you can’t track my usage. It is likely not personally identifiable information yet.
This is fascinating. The combination of your screen resolution, time zone, web browser, browser plugins and a few other simple characteristics make you uniquely identifiable as you...
Apple's Tablet: The Ultimate Red Herring
Apple is often compared to and seen as competing with Microsoft and Google, but it’s not a great comparison. While there’s obvious overlap, these three companies are diverging in major ways.
Microsoft is going to continue to rule the corporate environment and will do quite well at it. We use Google Apps at work and from personal experience, it has a shockingly long way to go to...
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Let’s say I’m traveling from Lower Manhattan to the Upper West Side.
Before I can get there, I must go through Midtown, which is halfway there.
Once I’m in midtown, I have to travel again to the next halfway point between midtown and the Upper West. Once I’m there, I have to travel to the next halfway point. And then to the next halfway point.
This sequence of going...
This evening I posted what I thought was the most creative idea I’ve had in quite a long time. I spent forever in Photoshop. I expected hundreds or thousands of Likes and Reblogs. Maybe even a stint on the Radar.
It’s currently neck-and-neck with a quote about a folder on David’s desktop.
Karp, I’d like to offer you a draw.
Ilana Kramer to Receive Prestigious K. Patricia... →
Congratulations Ilana!
Support Haiti relief by buying Instapaper Pro...
instapaper:
All of today’s (Wednesday’s) proceeds from Instapaper Pro are being donated to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) as part of the Indie+Relief program.
You have half of the day left to buy. If you’ve been on the fence, what better reason to buy than to support a charity?
You say that like supporting the developer who made it and getting a great product in return for your money...
Electric City Yarn Co. →
Both the egg sweaters and the girl that my Mom made are featured on Electric City Yarn Co.
What are You Supposed to Be? →
Wow, getting on Tumblr Radar does all sorts of good things to your ego.
Next up, trying to get on Tumblr Tuesday. I figured that my personal and professional blogs probably don’t have wide spread enough appeal, so here goes another blog.
What’s my all-time favorite thing to read about on the web? Cockeyed’s costumes!
Introducing What are You Supposed to Be? my new Tumblelog...
I can’t even describe the roller coaster ride this week has been.
It was just a couple years ago when we sat in a tiny little room and started imagining innovative new ways that non profit organizations could use mobile phone for communication, fund raising and advocacy. Remember, there weren’t any organizations using text messaging at the time. We were making it all up as we went...
Mobile Giving: How Your Organization Can Start... →
Learn all about this text to donate thing that’s all over the news. Mobile Commons is keeping a list of all the relief organizations out there collecting donations via text message and how your non-profit can do the same.
History is Bound to Repeat Itself
I get secret joy out of watching people speculate about upcoming Apple products. What amuses me is that people have a really hard time innovating themselves, and more importantly, a hard time believing that Apple can innovate.
Of the thousands of predictions about the Tablet/iSlate, they pretty much all boil down to two possibilities: a MacBook running OS X without a keyboard or a large iPhone.
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My blog post about iPhone screen repair was reprinted on Yahoo Finance and Silicon Alley Insider.
Text HAITI to 25383 to donate $5 and help the International Rescue Committee rescue lives in Haiti
“The Christmas Day underwear-bombing attempt won’t just slow...”
– Bringing Home the Bacon Gets Tougher in the Age of Terror
The terrorists have already won :(
Using Fibonacci Numbers to Convert from Miles to... →
Take two consecutive Fibonacci numbers, for example 5 and 8. And you’re done converting. No kidding – there are 8 kilometers in 5 miles. To convert back just read the result from the other end - there are 5 miles in 8 km! Another example. Let’s take the consecutive Fibonacci numbers 21 and 34. What this tells us is that there are approximately 34 km in 21 miles and vice versa. (The exact...
“With the H1N1 flu virus disproportionately striking younger people, the state...”
– Alerts on H1N1 tap into technology
The California Department of Public Health launched a really cool mobile campaign this week with Mobile Commons. Text “NO FLU” to 30644 to find out the closest clinic with available H1N1 vaccines.
The Truth About iPhone Screen Repair
My wife’s iPhone G3 screen shattered a couple weeks ago. It was still usable, but tough to read the screen.
I set out to fix / get it fixed. What I found was so much misinformation that I just want to set the record straight.
Here are your current options for fixing a screen:
iPhone screen repair by Apple costs $199.
A myriad of 3rd party vendors who will replace it for $100-$150.
A...
Ben: I can't believe my Grandma doesn't have wifi. That's like living in a place without clean drinking water.
Arin: Why don't you just tether your iPhone to your laptop?
Ben: ...
Arin: ...
Ben: How did you even know to say that?
Arin: I subscribe to a blog of things to say to frustrate your nerdy husband
lovedov asked: What type of person puts ketchup on a hot dog?!?!?!
“I am not Master Lebowski; thou art Master Lebowski. I am the Knave, called the...”
– Two Gentlemen of Lebowski
A man goes to the Pittsburgh Steelers ticket office and inquires about purchasing play-off tickets. The ticket teller replies that there weren’t any tickets for sale because the Steelers did not make it to the play-offs. The following day the same man goes to the Pittsburgh Steeler ticket office and inquires about purchasing Steeler play-off tickets. The ticket teller politely replies that...
“Assuming you mean a navigational compass, the center of a compass is universally...”
– Jason, who is definitely the go-to guy for things like this.
benstein asked: Do people ever make jokes about you being named Ben Stein or do they all just say "You must hear jokes about you being named Ben Stein."
Benjamin Ste.in Pro →
I have a very varied audience for my blog. My wife, geeky friends, colleagues, strangers, and my parents. It’s actually quite hard to find good content that will be appealing to all the different audiences.
It’s not a huge problem; for the most part, people are good at filtering out things they don’t care about. Kennyb knows to avoid the baby pictures and my Mom is more than...