Heh Flashback: AIM In 2002

In which Anil Dash reacts to a friend trying to throw a virtual snowball at him as part of a big AOL Instant Messenger game*. Around that same time, Ukazu.com opined – “I’ve been hit by two instant messenger snowballs and one instant messenger penis — people are obviously bored.” *Substitute Facebook for AIM, Anil’s… Continue reading Heh Flashback: AIM In 2002

Chatbubble Experiment: Sammy Stephens Explains It All

it’s just like it’s just like it’s just like a mini mall. [See this YouTube clip if this doesn’t ring a bell] The above is me testing out Rajbot’s Chatbubble tool, which endeavors to make it easier to display chat logs in HTML that look like iChat sessions. The tool consists of a CSS file,… Continue reading Chatbubble Experiment: Sammy Stephens Explains It All

As If You Needed A Reason To Visit New Orleans

Three excellent events that I don’t think I can make it to, so you should go and eat and drink and take pictures and then come back and tell me about them: BarCamp NOLA, February 16 and 17. The BarCamp format is now a pretty tried and true way to learn things, meet fellow doers,… Continue reading As If You Needed A Reason To Visit New Orleans

Heh List For Friday 2/8/2008

Apologies for having fallen behind in my heh chronicling. If you ever need a fix in between updates, you can always peek in on the things I’ve tagged heh on del.icio.us. But beware, there there be spoilers. CNN Physics Fail – The FAIL blog is the “Oh shit” T-shirt of our time. In the imaginary… Continue reading Heh List For Friday 2/8/2008

Sinclair Gas From Flickr To My Living Room

February is apparently “free neat stuff from nice people” month, between the Dulce De Leche concoction from Blake and this. Big thanks to Leah for sending me the Sinclair Gas patches depicted below. The design is really pleasing, so simple and beautiful. A little background on the patches, Sinclair, and how they made it to… Continue reading Sinclair Gas From Flickr To My Living Room

Unboxing Blakemakes Peanut Butter Dulce De Leche

I was one of the lucky few to receive a jar of BlakeMakes.com’s first batch of Peanut Butter Dulce De Leche. Blake is a friend I met a couple of years ago while visiting New Orleans for EarthLink/Earthling. He has recently started up a food blog and is now experimenting with producing food products under… Continue reading Unboxing Blakemakes Peanut Butter Dulce De Leche