Oh Google, you so crazy
I wrote an email with the following silly, meme-ey subject line. Gmail responded with the following: I LOL’ed.
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Archive for June, 2011
Le Sigh
(watch the butter. oh my god. the butter.)
Old Navy Socks
I was out buying some bits and pieces to help a friend repair some bathroom tiles. That’s right I can cook and I’m handy. I stopped by the Old Navy to buy some socks. Because from time to time, a brother needs socks. This is the selection I was presented with: At first I was [...]
A video love letter to the Aero press
I found a lot of coffee discussion going on in my RSS feeds today. I came across these two video love letters to coffee, coffee making, and coffee lovers everywhere. Aero press from Alexey Kurbatov on Vimeo. Kolyan from Alexey Kurbatov on Vimeo. Gorgeous.
Mad Men to return to TV
Jon Hamm and Lion’s Gate have reached a deal and Mad Men Season will air in March 2012. Jon Hamm will be paid $250,000 per episode by the last year of the agreement. You cash those handsome checks you handsome man.
Wunderlist Review
Wunderlist is a free todo list application – or suite of applications – which launched recently for Mac OS, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Android. They also provide a very nice web client client. The A-Number-1-killer feature is free cloud syncing between all versions. This means you can install Wunderlist on your Mac at [...]
I’ll have to try this
This week I ran across four things I’d like to try. Steak, extremely rare Michael Ruhlman explains how to make Steak Tartare (safely) at home. I’ve only had this dish a few times, but I’ve always enjoyed it. If I make it at home as a treat then I have another excuse to put a [...]
Walla Walla Weekend
I was surprised to discover that Walla Walla, WA is a real place and not just just a Bugs Bunny joke. The missus and I took a short vacation to celebrate her completing her second year of medical school and taking step one of the USMLE. We chose a bed and breakfast in Walla Walla [...]
Shawn Blanc reviews Backblaze, Crashplan, and Arq
Shawn Blanc reviews a number of cloud backup services and gives his rundown. He ultimately chooses Backblaze for pretty much the same reasons I did. He also does a quick breakdown of his broadband internet speeds and how bumping up his service helped the cloud backup strategy be usable. If you’re on crappy DSL (because [...]
It’s like an abandoned amusement park
Sometimes a new post on Metafilter will be deleted (by the moderators) before I get to see it. The post will still shows up in my RSS feed though. If I click through to find a deleted post it’s sort of like I’m somewhere I’m not supposed to be. Like internet trespassing. It’s amusing to [...]
