I've been a Delicious.com user since late 2003, back when it launched. I was happy when it was sold to Yahoo as it meant (what I thought would be) a secure future. Recently, Yahoo revealed that they would like to shutter/sell the site and a rush for alternatives pushed a lot of people towards Pinboard. …
Yearly Archives: 2010
Post-Cyclocross Depression | Grit & Glimmer
How incredible is it to be able to go out once a week, sharpen yourself into a point and cut into the deep, unpretty parts of your brain. via gritandglimmer.com This is precisely why I love cyclocross so much. After sitting in a desk chair tapping a keyboard on the web for the past 15 …
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My favorite photo of the year
This is from Dan Sharp, from last weekend’s race that I was also at, and it not only looks cool, those guys are going about 25mph on a somewhat cloudy day and I’m amazed that this photo could even be technically captured so well. So great.
Some insanely great New York City video
via http://www.youtube.com An incredible (and I guess questionably legal) First Person View (FPV) r/c helicopter cam ride around a clear day in NYC.
Favorite Tweet o’ the Day
Ordered Coconut Cream Pie. Waitress returned to say they were fresh out. I raised my fist grumbling “KAAAAAHN!” She said “Okay, then. Pecan” via Massawyrm on twitter.com
Boba Font
Boba Font, originally uploaded by Lishoffs.
Still no Posted Elsewhere
postedelsewhere, originally uploaded by mathowie. Nearly six years ago, I cobbled together a trackback script to make a mini-blog of everywhere I’ve commented on the web, accessible on my personal site. It was a pain to use and not automatic enough, but I’m still surprised that this problem hasn’t been solved in all this time.
A wise man once said…
Any sufficiently advanced financial instrument is indistinguishable from fraud. via http://www.metafilter.com
Little ideas that refuse to go away
BUT FARMER HOGGETT KNEW THAT LITTLE IDEAS… THAT TICKLED AND NAGGED AND REFUSED TO GO AWAY… SHOULD NEVER BE IGNORED… FOR IN THEM LIE THE SEEDS OF DESTINY. — Babe (1995) Watching Babe tonight and hearing this passage reminded me of SBJ‘s new book and this post about it, and Twitter, and working on ideas …
One year later, and some updates
A year ago today, I had the surprise of my life. Thanks to Charlie Park, you can relive the outpouring of support I described in my first post about the diagnosis on the site mathowielove (along with this explanation of it). I get a lot of email from people with similar health issues and from friends …
A Whole Lotta Nothing 