March 2009
45 posts
“You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me justice.”
– Richard Burton
Blues at BB King’s in Memphis.
EightShapes Unify →
… and you can follow the adventure at http://twitter.com/8sunify
Study finds rock stars more likely to die young →
Old research but fun to draw on in new conversations.
Add in the theory that “only the good die young” and you’re left with some interesting results.
Sign of the times?
Apparently attendance at many of the IA Summit pre-conference workshops is quite low - so much so one workshop was cancelled. I admit I was interested in two or three workshops but since I’m paying for this conference out of my own pocket it was harder to justify the cost.
I would love to know how many people at the event this year are paying their own way after having a company sponsor in...
Charles Vergos' Rendezvous →
Not the BEST ribs I’ve had but holy crap they were good. Tons of folks went off to a restaurant with things like gravlax and “lemon xest” on the menu when amazing BBQ is on every other corner.
I just don’t get people.
Memphis Trax 2009 OR Music to IA to
I put together a mix for the upcoming IA Summit in Memphis and figure to pass out a few copies to people I meet along the way. This way there’ll be a track listing out somewhere after the fact.
They’re not all strict Memphis tracks or soul for that matter but it sounds so good all thrown together.
Wearin’ That Loved On Look - Elvis Presley
Thunder Chicken - The Mighty...
“For this final column, I set myself the task of digging deeper, of trying to...”
– Ombudsman: ESPN’s excess root of fan frustration - ESPN
“One group that is not likely to come out in great numbers to see the new film...”
– The American Spectator : God Exists, and He’s Mormon
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be? — HBS... →
“Never trust a big butt and a smile.”
– Everything I needed to know about dating I learned from Bell Biv Devoe’s “Poison.”
Appreciations: Is The Economist the Greatest... →
Fort Knox Recordings - Shop →
Scroll down for the awesome DJ Mixes.
“Beware the fury of a patient man.”
– Dryden - Abaslom and Achitophel, 1
For Sale - The $100 House - NYTimes.com →
Charles Vergos' Rendezvous :: Memphis Tn →
Holy crap I’ve GOT to swing in here when I head to the IA Summit next week.
Living Between Wednesdays: Is Atlanta Thrashers... →
Did we learn nothing from the dark Zima years? →
Tequiloco - “Made with Gold Tequila, Tequiloco provides an authentic taste of joy and life of Mexico.” I have the suspicion this is pumped with enough sweeteners and additives to make it passable as a soda… because you’ll need at least a tablespoon of HFC to mask the rotgut tequila they must be using.
This is how poor, unsuspecting kids are lured into thinking (a) gold...
Flickr: Panda →
Pandas vomiting rainbows and pictures, how can you go wrong?
10,000 mixes on 8tracks
8tracks:
We had our 10,000th mix published last week!
We’re very excited about this milestone, and we’re giving the person behind this mix — Charles Dicus (aka ‘landogoshen’) — a hot 8tracks T (black, American Apparel) and bottle of bourbon.
Check out Charles’ mix here: http://8tracks.com/landogoshen/landogoshens-march-2009-mix
The man who walked into my office had a strange, wavy look to him. He shifted his weight and adjusted his coat so often he looked out-of-focus and blurry. It was if someone needed to walk up to him and slam the side of his head to get the picture to stay still. I figured it was rude to bash a potential client on the side of the head, especially when the rent was coming due and the last of the...
“Coolio killed my partner!”
– What happens when you cast Coolio as an international gangster in your action movie? You get comedy gold in the form of quotes like the one above. It’s even better(?) when the line is delivered in a thick Chinese accent. Leui ting jin ging (2000)
“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.”
– Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship
To Choate
Years ago a certain engineer I knew did a “reply to all” that made him famous. I just found the notes from that day. I wish I had saved the whole thread. Instead I just have the reply I sent to my team for the Tivoli Dictionary:
Main Entry: Choate Pronunciation: ‘chOt Function: verb Etymology: Email reply from an engineer chastising a Senior VP Date: June, 2000 Intransitive...
Organization as a last resort
I’ve run dry of ideas for a project I’m working on so I’ve taken to making some sense of my desk, office and computer. If it wasn’t for writer’s block I might never clean up this place.
Janet Jackson - Got ‘Til It’s Gone...
“Because Iceland is really just one big family, it’s simply annoying to go around...”
– Wall Street on the Tundra | vanityfair.com
Stars
stevenf:
The problem with rating systems in general is that only people who feel very strongly about something will take the time to rate it. For a five star scale, that suggests mostly one and five star ratings.
This is why most iPhone apps will have a three star rating. A lower quality app will tend to have about 2.5 stars, and a higher quality app will tend to have about 3.5.
As soon as...
The Pirate Bay - Innocent or Guilty? →
A good recap of what’s been happening in the recent trial. It leans ever so slightly to the defendants (hellooo…. torrent site!) but it’s still worth reading.
KeepMeOut →
Good idea for those days (and nights) when you’ve got to focus and you feel your willpower waning. Not that I’ve ever had that problem. Nope. Never. Not once…. wonder who’s updated on twitter?
“It’s precisely because Twitter is unlike email that it has reached a...”
– Shut Up, Google: Why Google CEO’s Twitter Diss Is All Wrong
Google Mobile - Sync →
It’s about (*$&#^!# time!
This American Life #375: Bad Bank →
The collapse of the banking system explained, in just 59 minutes.
960 Grid System →