February 2012
2 posts
1 tag
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
1 post
1 tag
March 2011
4 posts
Why you should be weird
They told Van Gogh he used too much paint, and Englebart that the mouse was pointless. Galileo and Copernicus were called heretics for seeing the world for what it was. Dylan and Guthrie were told they couldn’t sing and that they had nothing to say. DaVinci’s helicopters and Tesla’s radio waves stayed in notebooks for years, as the ideas were too weird for ordinary minds to understand. Most great...
Growth of Target, 1962-2008 | FlowingData →
Watch the Growth of Walmart and Sam's Club Across... →
February 2011
2 posts
1 tag
Eephus League →
My new favorite Baseball web site.
January 2011
5 posts
Jon Foreman - Learning How To Die
Learning How To Die
I’m gonna miss you I’m gonna miss you when you’re gone She said, “I love you” I’m gonna miss hearing your songs And I said, “Please” Don’t talk about the end Don’t talk about how every little thing goes away She said, “Friend, All along- Thought I was learning how to take How to bend not how to break How to...
“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t...”
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-Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
I am really enjoying this book. I know I don’t fit the target demographic, but it is enjoyable none the less.
December 2010
2 posts
“Q:
What is your vision for the future of Christianity? What kind of Christian...”
– Chris Stedman: Just Follow Jesus: Interview with Christian Singer Derek Webb
November 2010
3 posts
October 2010
3 posts
Video: The Making Of 'Band On The Run' : All Songs... →
For Band on the Run, McCartney was looking a for a bit of adventure when he made this record. So he booked a studio in Lagos, Nigeria. Some of his bandmates decided not to join him, the studio wasn’t up to his expectations, and yet he soldiered on.
Below is a mini documentary on the making of Band on the Run filled with footage from the recording sessions and Paul and Linda...
July 2010
1 post
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
4 posts
Watch“Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer (by North Point Media)
I’ve been to this church, and I’ve been to a church that wants to BE this church. I’m sad about both of them.
April 2010
2 posts
The Truly Scary Part About Facebook Open Graph →
It’s all fun and games until someone owns your identity, or knows more about you and your habits than you do. And it is all in the hands of a 25 year old.
March 2010
1 post
February 2010
7 posts
“The crazy friend
Cultivate friends that say yes. Yes to midnight road-trips....”
– #55 – How to stay motivated « Scott Berkun
This is a paragraph from one of my favorite Scott Berkun essays. It is the part that I forget the quickest when I need to remember it the most.
“How the Letterman-Oprah-Leno Super Bowl Ad Came Together”
– How the Letterman-Oprah-Leno Super Bowl Ad Came Together - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com
January 2010
2 posts
The Great Newline Schism →
Sadly, I find this article VERY informative & interesting. Working with X12 files all day makes me notice things like Element separators, Line termination segments and CR/LF.
UltraEdit32 (http://www.ultraedit.com/products/ultraedit.html) is my favorite tool in my IT workshop.
Conan's goodbye
“Before we end this rodeo, a few things need to be said. There has been a lot of speculation in the press about what I legally can and can’t say about NBC. To set the record straight, tonight I am allowed to say anything I want. And what I want to say is this: between my time at Saturday Night Live, The Late Night Show, and my brief run here on The Tonight Show, I have worked with NBC...
November 2009
7 posts
I'll Become Even More Undignified Than This
I will dance I will sing To be mad For my King Nothing Lord Is hindering This passion in my soul
-Undignified - David Crowder
October 2009
21 posts
PowerGREP →
This little tool is quickly becoming my new BFF at work. Makes HDSearch & Stats look like a FisherPrice toy.
“There’s no denying that 2009 has been a fan’s dream. Six months of play have...”
– Book of Odds: Behind the Numbers: 2009, a Baseball Season of Oddities