Entries for week beginning January 17, 2010
➠ January 23, 2010
For the next few weeks, assume all my evening and weekend tweets have the hashtag #snuggieandthewiredvdboxset
Posted to Twitter at 10:15 p.m.
➠ January 22, 2010
Seeing @jonathancoulton. Woot! — at The Great American Music Hall http://gowal.la/s/aTn
Posted to Twitter at 8:21 p.m.
Wicked excited to be seeing @jonathancoulton at the GAMH tonight. http://rdbgb.us/uO4
Posted to Twitter at 12:56 p.m.
➠ January 21, 2010
Terry Jones Q&A and Holy Grail screening (@ Castro Theater w/ @laughatlantis) http://4sq.com/91Fhut
Posted to Twitter at 7:04 p.m.
➠ January 20, 2010
Uneducated Bet #2: The iSlatabpad will have a fancy UI for handling app notifications. iPhones will also get this UI next firmware update.
Posted to Twitter at 3:34 p.m.
Uneducated Bet #1: The night Jay Leno takes back the Tonight Show, Letterman will have Conan on as a guest.
Posted to Twitter at 3:32 p.m.
I for one welcome our new caffeine refrigerating overlords - http://twitpic.com/yzazs (@SlideInc)
Posted to Twitter at 2:35 p.m.
Awaiting any news that convinces me that @lettersapp isn’t just www.mydreamapp.com again, but with only one application.
Posted to Twitter at 1:17 p.m.
➠ January 19, 2010
Things (http://culturedcode.com/things/) is part of Indie Relief. I swear by it - it’s the first TODO app that really got me organized. $50
Posted to Twitter at 12:41 p.m.
http://www.indierelief.com/ - For 24 hours, all proceeds from some Mac & iPhone software goes to Haiti-related charities.
Posted to Twitter at 12:33 p.m.
➠ January 18, 2010
“Playing Taboo alone is about the worst thing you can do to yourself.”
Posted to Twitter at 5:29 p.m.
YouTube - Chevy Chase's Spectacularly Bad 1993 Talk Show
With all the talk of Late Night Wars, here’s a treat. Launched one week after Letterman started on CBS, this is a clip from the first episode of Chevy Chase’s cancelled-after-four-weeks 1993 Fox talk show. If you can make it through the five minutes without pausing to cringe, you’re a stronger man than I.
What Would Martin Luther King Make of Twitter?: Baratunde Thurston
Thoughtful and funny piece by Baratunde Thurston.
Love love LOVE the sound of the rain storm.
It reminds me that we don’t own a house in Somerville with a leaky basement any more.
♥
Posted to Twitter at 10:29 a.m.
Watched first episode of The Wire (Thank you, teh torrents).
Hooked.
Posted to Twitter at 3:01 a.m.
➠ January 17, 2010
Op-Classic, 1993 - O'Brien Flops!
From the NY Times archives come this piece that I remember reading back in 1993, prior to the premiere of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”. I love the idea that people read this seriously, without noticing the byline.
Just realising that “9” http://bit.ly/Bgtlm, “Nine” http://bit.ly/oWJn3 and “District 9” http://bit.ly/9jngj are three different movies.
Posted to Twitter at 5:31 p.m.
DRUG BUYERS BEWARE
"Your license plate number is being reported to the police department"
I’ve listened to so many mash-ups, I get confused when my iPhone plays “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, and Beyoncé *doesn’t* start singing.
Posted to Twitter at 4:03 p.m.
OK, I’ve heard enough recommendations.
Considering buying the complete box set of “The Wire” and taking a week off work to enjoy it.
Posted to Twitter at 12:58 p.m.
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