November 2009
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Nov 18th
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merlin: My God, how I love “Le Petit Dummy” (iTunes). It’s completely addictive. And horrifying. And addictive. The first time I saw it was right after it had been submitted for approval. I was out to dinner with Robert, and he made the wikipedia photo for a vagina talk in my voice. Yes. It was harrowing. And very, very funny.
Nov 4th
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The Classics Presents: Le Petit Dummy
theclassicspresents: Three months ago, Bill and I decided to create an iPhone app. We had an idea in mind and though the idea was most definitely low-brow, we thought the challenge worthy of our efforts. So down into the gutter we climbed to begin working on the app that would become Le Petit Dummy. Everything was going as planned. We were making great progress. Then it happened. Something...
Nov 4th
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October 2009
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Oct 14th
September 2009
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Sep 1st
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Sep 1st
March 2009
4 posts
Post redirects in Rails →
Retain the post params when you redirect in Rails. Yay! This should just about eliminate the Exception notifications I’m getting.
Mar 26th
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Michael Kontopulous’ “machines that almost fall over” is featured on kottke.org. Michael was an artist in residence at the Barbarian Group SF.
Mar 20th
The case of the 500-mile email →
I was working in a job running the campus email system some years ago when I got a call from the chairman of the statistics department. "We're having a problem sending email out of the department." "What's the problem?" I asked. "We can't send mail more than 500 miles," the chairman explained. I choked on my latte. "Come again?"
Mar 4th
February 2009
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Hey! Hey! Tweak Today →
TweakToday is a project I’ve been working on for the past couple months. The idea is that users rally behind a simple mission every day, and submit photos, videos, or tweets about it. Missions are user generated and user selected, so check it out and contribute some ideas!
Feb 24th
January 2009
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Shepard Fairey talks about the Obama poster on The Colbert Report
Jan 19th
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Burger King has infiltrated Facebook with a new application that asks you to sacrifice your friendships for a free Whopper.
Jan 18th
Evolving a Keyboard →
“Dvorak designed his layout in the 1930’s without the aid of computers. … Could a modern evolutionary algorithm and a huge input sample discover a better arrangement? I had to give it a try. The results surprised me!”
Jan 18th
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Subtle changes is Web architecture →
Functional differences between today’s web and the web of yesteryear.
Jan 15th
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December 2008
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Rails and Merb to merge in Rails 3 →
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November 2008
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Nov 21st
One Cuil = One level of abstraction away from the... →
Example: You ask me for a Hamburger. 1 Cuil: if you asked me for a hamburger, and I gave you a raccoon.
Nov 14th
Nov 10th
It Still Felt Good the Morning After - NYTimes.com →
On the morning after a black man won the White House, America’s tears of catharsis gave way to unadulterated joy.
Nov 9th
Nov 4th
Flickr: Lessons Learned while Building an iPhone... →
Nov 3rd
October 2008
2 posts
Set Sail for Fail (php namespaces) →
“Not only that, but *my mind* parses: Foo\tBar as Foo[tab]Bar” - Arse Bandit
Oct 27th
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