January 2012
1 post
Fitness Goals 2012
This is the year of gettin’ strong.
GOALS:
315# deadlift (3 plates on each site) (current 1RM: 265)
21 minute 5K (Currently around 24)
Learn to surf, catch some waves (Currently can’t even sit up on the board in the water)
240-point Fight Gone Bad (current PR 205)
20 reps of body weight back squat, aka The Widowmaker (Current PR: 155, current bodyweight 175)
October 2011
1 post
September 2011
1 post
Kelly Sutton's Tumblr: Your idea is terrible →
kellysutton:
Last night while hacking on LayerVault, I had put on Paul Graham’s Office Hours at TC Disrupt. After watching the six or so guys chat with him, I am ashamed to call myself a software developer.
[…]
The problems that your project solves shouldn’t start with “Wouldn’t it be nice if…” Instead, they should always be phrased, “X sucks because Y and Z.”
August 2011
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July 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
2 posts
Palm Springs / Thor 4.0 Launch / Wall Shots
Happy birthday, Thor! Thanks for being attractive, Thor’s friends!
morecris:
See full set here.
April 2011
2 posts
2 tags
Craftsmanship
One theme that ran through all of Codeconf was the idea that successful, happy people and functional organizations that people want to be part of are dedicated to craftsmanship — in other words, doing something for its own sake and doing a good job because that’s what satisfies you. Wil Shipley’s talk was an appropriate way to wrap things up because it emphasized that you gain...
March 2011
1 post
January 2011
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November 2010
1 post
October 2010
2 posts
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
1 post
“When I was very young I did things by hand but was told it was not a decent...”
– Metafilter user Postroad on Artisinal Pencil Sharpening | MetaFilter
July 2010
3 posts
#mefightclub, just now
22:15 cortex: BZZZT. citing the NYT on any question of style or trend is an automatic disqualification.
22:15 pfc__: oh snap
22:15 thedaniel rushes up to FR, raises yellow card
22:15 pfc__: just walk away man
22:16 cortex: they need more colors of cards
22:16 thedaniel: i could see something in a nice mauve
22:16 pfc__: I hate the refs with yellow...
June 2010
4 posts
Apple tech support doing it right
I took my ailing first-generation Macbook Pro to the Apple Store because the keyboard and mouse failed, and I was sick and tired of taking it apart myself. I was told that this model of laptop along with the G4 powerbook has an approximate $200 parts, $100 labor flat rate for any and all repair. Sounded too good to be true, but I sent it in anyway. This was at 8PM on the Friday before Memorial Day...
May 2010
2 posts
Bike nerd feedback pls
So I’m putting together a bike from spare parts that I mostly already have sitting around so that I have something to leave at our rehearsal studio downtown because nothing’s quite close enough to walk but it’s such a pain to drive and repark.
So far I have:
- a black fixed wheelset with not-skinny but not-quite-mountainy tires
- a GT hybrid frame that’s a little bit...
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Fitness goals 2010
10 consecutive muscle-ups (or just one verrry slow one)
22-minute Angie (currently around 29 min)
275 point Fight Gone Bad (current personal record 206)
21-minute 5K run (currently around 24 mins)
That’s all I can think of for now. YARRRRGH
March 2010
2 posts
Watchkneath:
Oh, Zooey.
via textbook
Ohhh, Zoooeeeyyyy.
February 2010
7 posts
“Cafe racers and fixed gear bikes have cultural parallels, mainly helping their...”
– Being Totally Sweet In Chicago.: Bike v. Motorbike
WatchBand Reunion at the Wedding - predictable but the lyrics got me.
January 2010
4 posts
“In 2010, to “use the internet like a normal adult” is to give in to...”
– Barack Obama “Uses the Internet Like a Normal Adult” - Barack Obama - Gizmodo
“[…] “enforced revelry” as a general concept is one I abhor. I...”
– Tycho - Penny Arcade - The Bright Side
December 2009
3 posts
November 2009
3 posts
“There’s no such thing as life without bloodshed. I think the notion that...”
– Cormac McCarthy
“My nuanced position isn’t that hard: if you can generate a DOM do so. When...”
– pwnguin, So, does anyone know how to make an HTML regex parser? | MetaFilter
“I don’t care much whether or not Gladwell is right or not, or if...”
– Metafilter user mccarty.tim, commenting on Pinker on Gladwell | MetaFilter
October 2009
1 post
“Roger Sterling: You don’t know how to drink. Your whole generation, you...”
– Mad Men S1E4
August 2009
1 post
“First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers...”
– Douglas Adams
July 2009
2 posts
