Sorry so slow today: Cats Autotuned – The inaugural heh from Andrew Baron’s new site Mag.ma. Two great internet tastes that taste foul together: The Bill Paxton Pinball Machine – Why shouldn’t there be one? If The Internet Named Movies – Sometimes College Humor really nails it, and in those times I must salute them.… Continue reading Friday Heh
Month: August 2009
The Friday Heh
Fred Mossler As Cunning As Odysseus – According to this filing, Fred’s title at Zappos is “No Title.” I’m thinking maybe Fred came up with that title in a battle with a mighty Cyclops: Balance Life With The Media Diet Pyramid – .75 hrs for microblogging is a little thin if you ask me. And… Continue reading The Friday Heh
Personas Identity Bar
This is an art project by Aaron Zinman at MIT. It seems to flip through search results and chunks of text with your name in them, and assemble this visual of how your expressed interests and topics of conversation around you stack up. I like how kinetic the whole process is. Try it with your… Continue reading Personas Identity Bar
Advice To The Ten Years Ago Me
I was talking to Leah about a project I worked on ten years ago, and the question came up of what advice would I give that version of myself — from 2009 Dave to 1999 Dave. Here are the three thoughts that popped in to my head: Don’t worry, AOL is not going to remain/become… Continue reading Advice To The Ten Years Ago Me
How Different Groups Spend Their Day – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com
Via @johnmorton, a fun and interesting infographic at NYT to play around with about how Americans spent their day in 2008, according to the American Time Use Survey. Cropped screenshot below: A couple of interesting things I noted as I flipped between highlighted slices of the graph: People without kids work less and watch more… Continue reading How Different Groups Spend Their Day – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com
Testing The Extraface Yard Sale: GI Joe Comics Magazine #1 – Free
Update: Sold! I’m testing out a plug-in that allows me to list items for sale. More often, it’ll probably be items that I’ll give away free as long as you’re willing to pay postage. It’s my own little freecycle, except for your postage dollars, I’ll go to the trouble of shipping things to you. To… Continue reading Testing The Extraface Yard Sale: GI Joe Comics Magazine #1 – Free