choicestream.com
The new website I designed for ChoiceStream (where I work) is now live.
Spring training
I had a nice surprise when I logged onto My Yahoo today. My normally empty Scoreboard module was actually showing something:Spring training is officially here!
The ugliness of MySpace
I feel exactly the same as Matt at A Whole Lotta Nothing regarding askew baseball hats and MySpace: I always secretly hoped I’d never grow old and unhip, but every few months I’m reminded that the world is passing me by. It all started with the askew hats. Two or three years ago I was …
Picasa: iPhoto for Windows
If you use a Mac and shoot digital photos, you should be using Apple iPhoto to manage them. But my mom — who, for reasons unknown (despite numerous major problems with Windows over the years) — has yet to switch to a Mac. Since she asked for help backing up her photos, I needed to …
Lil’ Crap
Here’s a quick but foolproof rule of thumb when determining if a rapper is good or not: If they have “Lil” in their name, they’re bad (not to mention unoriginal in selecting a stage name). Proof: Lil’ Jon, Lil’ Kim, Lil’ Flip, Lil’ Bow Wow, Lil’ Wayne, Lil’ Troy, Lil’ Mo, Lil’ Romeo, Lil’ Scrappy…
Note to Nate Fisher
Note to Nate Fisher now that I’ve finished watching season three of “Six Feet Under”: please stop saying the f-word so much in front of your baby. Thank you.
Nerdy New Year
I don’t know what’s worse: that I actually got a little laugh from this McSweeney’s list of New Year’s Resolutions, or the fact that it took two people to write them.
2005 Soundtrack
This year I finally started an annual project I’ve been wanted to do for years: at the end of each year, I’ll create a CD with the music that most accurately reflects my year in music (not necessarily music released that year). Selections could be artists I discovered, rediscovered, or just listened to a lot; …
Ricky Gervais podcast
Yesterday, Ricky Gervais (of The Office and Extras) started doing a free weekly podcast courtesy of the Guardian UK. It’s great — do check it out. Worth it for the spaceship with the banana dispenser discussion alone! The only bad thing about it: I end up looking like a giggling lunatic to the other people …
Arrested Development
Fox cancels “Arrested Development”. Meanwhile, “Yes, Dear” enjoys its fifth season… Related: Die-hard ‘Arrested Development’ fans already feeling sting of loss