Quicken just launched their new site. I had nothing to do with it. Sapient did pretty much all the work. As an optimist, I wanted them to succeed, but looking at the site, I have trouble getting over some significant issues. Task completion was definetely not a major part of the thought process. The amount…
Check out Tesla Motors! This thing kicks ass. It’s 100% electric. It goes from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds. Top speed of 130mpg. It uses ZERO gas. Charge it and it goes 250 miles. It charges by plugging it into the wall. Lotus designed it. This thing is awesome. Check out their FAQs. So…
Best Fight Ever scenes from the movies: Leroy Green vs. ShoNuff (The Last Dragon) “Rowdy” Roddy Piper vs. The other guy (They Live) Patricia Arquette vs. Tony Soprano (True Romance) Rocky Balboa vs. Apollo Creed (Rocky – the one he lost) What’s on your list?
The Jets played the dreaded New England Patriots (Hiss! Boo! Rubbish! Filth!) and, of course, lost. But they didn’t just lose. They first went down by a lot and then made a nice comeback near the end of the game. Some great plays, but in the end, they fell short. It seems that the Jets…
Cases in point: 1. I dropped Ethan off at school and lost Jared. I started to panic and get frantic. I went to the school office and they put out the APB. He is quickly found. Jared, where did you go? He said, "I had to go poop!" ugh. The other parents thought I was…
Of course, the minute I say Storm Large is cool, she gets the old heave ho. She got kicked off the island! Her website is unavailable now. Apparently, it got slammed after her dismissal. Oh well, she still had a few great songs. Next week is the last show. Who will win? I think Toby…
I have a guilty pleasure. It is RockStar SuperNova. I have to admit, I like it alot. I didn’t want to like it. Dave Navaro is retarded and the SuperNova guys (Gilby Clarke, Tommy Lee and Jason Newstead) but damn it, I really am hooked. I liked Lukas at first, and then I liked Ryan…
I am thinking I should go Andre Agassi and shave my head. Or maybe I should just use the buzzer with one spacer and have it super short. Please vote. Shaved head or not.
Many designers use a particular set of latin for "dummy copy". It starts with, " "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…". On a lark, I looked up it’s translation on this website. Apparently, it has been in use for 500 years. The translation is pretty surprising. Basically it is talking about sadism. Take a look at…
I just got into work. The floor is dark. None of the lights are on. No one is here. Should I streak down the halls buck nekkit? Helllloooooooo! (echo) Fridays here are often like this. Reminds me of the night Andy and I played pool at Sporting Life. It was a converted warehouse, huge tall…
I had previously written (in 2004) that my goal was Wisdom. I think this was my 26th post. However, I want to log a few thoughts on intelligence. I had read somewhere that intelligence is the ability to see signal in what would otherwise be perceived as random noise. For example, when I see numbers…
Started to read Flow, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Woof, what a name. It is interesting, but I don’t know if I am going to like it. Basically, he is saying that we can control if we are happy or not. Despite having said this before to people, something just strikes me odd about it. Happiness. Such…
If you have an Innie belly button: Insert your finger deep into your belly button. Move it around slightly. Now smell your finger. I believe that all human beings cringe at this exercise. (All who have ‘innies’ anyway) Many people are fascinated and afraid of their belly-buttons. It is not an erogenous zone, but it…
I took the boys yesterday to see a matinee of Superman Returns. The movie was mediocre, with medium acting. They put Parker Posey as Lex Luthor’s (Kevin Spacey) girlfriend. The other Superman movies made sure to have a buxom blonde in that role. Then then had a cute girl to be Lois Lane. I would…