Props To The Gramma Sarah Pound Cake Recipe

My friend Jenny at Gearlive wrote up my late grandmother Sarah Distenfield’s legendary pound cake recipe for their Food Squeeze section. This is the same recipe my gramma used to make the cake I brought as a gift to His Holiness The Dalai Lama in 1996 when I had a private audience and interview with… Continue reading Props To The Gramma Sarah Pound Cake Recipe

Good Things At Super Deluxe

A few recent things at Super Deluxe I really like: Bathing With Bierko: John Malkovich – This hits a comedy sweet spot for me. When done well, I like awkward-funny a whole lot. But it’s also a real interview that does, in fact, shed light on John Malkovich in its own way. Thankfully, Bierko in… Continue reading Good Things At Super Deluxe

You Turn Years, I Turn Athletes

Today, I am Larry Bird years old.* *This is part of a side project that’s still under construction. Thank goodness there was a Larry Bird photo there to properly reflect my age. If you’d like to contribute photos of athletes and/or encourage me to finish this thing up, drop me a line. A little bit… Continue reading You Turn Years, I Turn Athletes

Post-Tornado Notes

It’s been a weird weekend. On Friday night, the tornado that ripped through downtown Atlanta and then Cabbagetown came through East Atlanta. I was lucky that there was no damage to my house, and the power was only out until early Sunday morning, but lots of my neighbors weren’t so lucky. I decided to write… Continue reading Post-Tornado Notes

Friday Heh List

(…which will be published on a rolling, additive basis today…) The Rossitano Report(World Premiere heh) – Just born! From the mind of Craxy comes this tribute to all of the the hats worn by Judah Friedlander’s character Frank Rossitano on 30 Rock. Each blog entry is good for all of the hats worn in a… Continue reading Friday Heh List

SXSW Recap: Bespoke Business Cards

Today I’m going through all my notes and memories and business cards and free stuff from this past weekend’s SXSW interactive. This was my third time attending. It felt much bigger than last year, and that both helped and hindered my travels through it. On the upside, there were lots of fresh faces and more… Continue reading SXSW Recap: Bespoke Business Cards

Introducing Hashpip.es

At SXSW I had quite a few hallway conversations about what I consider the Twitter hashtag problem. As a constructive contribution to the ongoing discussion, in between sessions I threw together a way to strip out hashtags from Twitter a account and create a new, hashtag-free account using Yahoo Pipes and Twitterfeed. You can see… Continue reading Introducing Hashpip.es

Once A Nerd, Always A Nerd

I can’t wait for SXSW. Around this time last year I wrote about it being my first trip back after a six year hiatus, and it lived up to all of my expectations. One of the things I mentioned in that blog entry was all of the discussion around Ev Williams and Pyra Labs during… Continue reading Once A Nerd, Always A Nerd

Follow-ups, Notes, And Updates

In no particular order: The MetaFilter community continues to amaze me. After getting some much appreciated help from Extraface readers but no resolution, I threw the Jazz Cap question out to Ask.MetaFilter.com. Though I still haven’t found a photo, I got back several solid recollections, a few of which came in within an hour. Here’s… Continue reading Follow-ups, Notes, And Updates

Leap Year Day Heh

The Internet is not done with the Rickroll yet. Once it gets its teeth into something, it just keeps tearing and gnawing. The Doom Rickroller Weapon: [via dorkus] An infographic explanation: Made by timbearcub and uploaded by boyshapedbox More of those in the Song Chart Pool Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken – This is every… Continue reading Leap Year Day Heh