Monthly Archives: March 2009

A Tumblr hack

By Michael | Published: March 31, 2009
One thing that I wish Tumblr had, is the ability to create a couple static pages; ie. an about page. I have gone through a couple iterations of about pages – first a regular post, then a private post, and now, I have just implemented my latest iteration. I have created secondary tumblr site [...]
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Photos from today’s Capitol 10k in Austin

By Michael | Published: March 29, 2009
Photos from today’s Capitol 10k in Austin
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Dangerous milk: Uploaded via tarpipe.

By Michael | Published: March 27, 2009
Dangerous milk: Uploaded via tarpipe.
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P. Terry’s

By Michael | Published: March 27, 2009
P. Terry’s Hoping to go here this weekend in Austin. I hear the burgers are awesome – and I will always go for a great burger. Here’s what P. Terry’s has to say about themselves: The whole idea for opening a hamburger stand actually started as a reaction to reading the book Fast Food Nation. We [...]
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ASCII-O-Matic on Typeorganism

By Michael | Published: March 26, 2009
ASCII-O-Matic on Typeorganism
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… but because I wanted respect I was trying to motivate her to be respectful by being unloving. (Sort of like trying to urge her to be watchful by poking her in the eye with a sharp stick.)

By Michael | Published: March 26, 2009
… but because I wanted respect I was trying to motivate her to be respectful by being unloving. (Sort of like trying to urge her to be watchful by poking her in the eye with a sharp stick.)Love and Respect by Dr. Emmerson Eggerichs I am reading this book right now (slowly but surely) and [...]
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Google Street View Time Lapse, by joelaz I noticed Google updated the images for Street View in San Francisco, so I spent a few minutes updating my time lapse of the Golden Gate Bridge.  It would be cool if there was a website that automatically generated time lapse videos of drives through cities using images from Google Street View.  This is just a rough example of what they might look like, which I recorded manually by just clicking through Google Maps for about 15 minutes and then speeding up the video footage.  A developer could automate the process using Google’s API.

By Michael | Published: March 25, 2009
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This guy exported all of his tweets and turned them into a book. Very neat idea. Maybe I’ll consider when I pump out several more thousand tweets. Vanity Press Plus: The Tweetbook | booktwo.org

By Michael | Published: March 25, 2009
This guy exported all of his tweets and turned them into a book. Very neat idea. Maybe I’ll consider when I pump out several more thousand tweets. Vanity Press Plus: The Tweetbook | booktwo.org
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How Twitter Makes You A Better Writer

By Michael | Published: March 25, 2009
How Twitter Makes You A Better WriterThis is true. I also find myself creating new abbreviations for words too – not sure if that makes me a better writer though.
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eat food. not too much. mostly plants.

By Michael | Published: March 24, 2009
eat food. not too much. mostly plants.Michael Polan This quote describes my dinner last night: Chicken & Vegetable Soup w/ Israeli Couscous. Surprisingly though, I really enjoyed it.
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