Tom Creighton
The history of the Star Wars universe is more extensive and better documented than Earth’s history. Awesome/depressing?
“Barbecuing is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing on a piece of meat as a sacrifice to the gods of the stomach.”
Does Amazon’s recommendation engine work on negative feedback as well as positive feedback? I.e., does it learn by what I ignore?
There’s no IE float/positioning problem that can’t be overcome with the CSS equivalent of severe head trauma. #css #html
I interact with the abstract and incorporeal all day. I need to make something tangible for balance. Suggestions?
I’ve experienced the giant psychotropic pyramid of robot rock. Next concert to check off my life list: Grace Jones.
The oldest representational art ever found is dated to 36000 years ago. It’s of a woman with huge bosoms. Make of this what you will.
‘Twittering for purely business reasons’ turned out to be so not true. Twitter, you’re a lovable scamp.
Note to self: jump in with both feet. The only thing you’ll lose is sleep and maybe money. Both are replaceable.
New Web 2.0 idea: Tweetshits.com: get your Twitter stream printed on toilet paper!
Still surprisingly watchable: Magnum P.I. Good for fans of the Ferrari 308 and moustaches.
When the Picard facepalm is used on a established news outlet, it’s time to find a new ‘failure’ meme.
Moore’s Law for Photoshop: Processor power needs to double every 18 months to keep up with Photoshop’s resource consumption.
Tom’s GTD query: What is your task-chunking algorithm? I need to be better at project management.
Saw #startrek. Stupid story but so well put together I didn’t even care. They nailed the characters. Sylar was born to be Spock.
Leaving a blog comment that says ‘cool!’ or ‘good post!’ is akin to going to a party while asleep.
Warning from new office toaster oven manual: “Do not place in heated oven.” Yo dawg…
@seanlazer @adriandz Suggested title: “You’re Not Important and Nobody Likes You”. A self-help book, obviously.
To all applications: don’t EVER steal system focus. That is the worst offense you can make as a denizen of my computer.
New Web 2.0 idea: Petchirp.com: connecting dogs on Twitter with other dogs on Twitter.
On a lighter note: I have discovered I have the uncanny ability to do a perfect Skeletor impersonation.
Web 3.0: re-introducing human interaction on a personal level to the technological platforms of Web 2.0. This has already started.
Instantly the most interesting thing I’ve read in a bit: http://bit.ly/Z0OIa Viewer implicitly submerged into map. Positional cartography!
Weekend discoveries: Ethiopian food and Romanian pop music are awesome.
Popular culture weekend part 2: Saw #Wolverine. Broke my nerdy canon-respecting brain. Haven’t they seen Iron Man? That’s how you do it!
Plan for the weekend: consume popular culture to excess, recover.