Good Weekend
Well, those last two games went better than I expected. Short recap (and funny shot of Indians GM Mark Shapiro and his wife) at Surving Grady: With All Due Respect to Ryan Garko, Champagne Tastes Much Sweeter at Home.
The Best Deal in Photography
Daring Fireball has recently been on a tear singing (and linking to) the praises of the Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens, and I couldn’t agree more. For about $80 (“the best deal in photography“) you get a great lens — though with less-than-great construction — that is a lot of fun to use and a great …
Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone
15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will (Onion AV Club)
Apology Ecard for Yankee Fans
If you’re a jerk, here’s an ecard you can send to your Yankee fan friends: (Hopefully this same ecard won’t be needed for Sox fans…)
Hidden Elements in Logos
Uni Watch is a blog all about sports uniforms, and often has some interesting articles. (It’s where I learned about baseball’s “futuristic” uniforms…glad I missed those games.) Anyway, there’s a pretty good one about hidden elements in sports logos (inspired by a discussion of the FedEx logo’s negative space arrow). In it they mention the …
Meat Helmets?
“In the spring we’d make meat helmets.” — Dr. Evil
The Return of Sinko
I decided to start doing Sinko again: a weekly podcast that’s basically a 5-song “mix tape” based on a theme or artist. Check it out if you’re interested, and you can subscribe here.
Stuff
Paul Graham has a good article about owning too much stuff. It’s good for me to read something like this every so often to inspire me to clean out a lot of things I really don’t need.
Polite Grouch
While talking about Sesame Street… Amelia: Why does Oscar always tell people “Get lost”?Me: Because he’s a grouch.Amelia: Well, he should say “Get lost, please.”
Wacky Photos
While digging around old files for this site, I came across two somewhat creepy photos of me. First is one I created years ago for reasons that escape me now, and it sorta looks like Jeremy: The second was a creation that Jeff did, combining me and Jakob Nielsen: (If you know me and know …