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The difference between Arial and Helvetica. I prefer Helvetica...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:43:48 -0500

The difference between Arial and Helvetica.

I prefer Helvetica myself.

"The crazy friend Cultivate friends that say yes. Yes to midnight road-trips. Yes to co-writing bad..."

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:45:26 -0500

“The crazy friend
Cultivate friends that say yes. Yes to midnight road-trips. Yes to co-writing bad screenplays. Yes to brainstorming world domination strategies over lunch. We’ve all known crazy friends but after college they fade when careers, families, and other mature pursuits, take center stage. Yet when motivation wanes, seek out your crazy friends. They’re the ones best likely to get what you’re talking about, why you care so much about something few others do, and will rally behind you, increasing the odds you’ll get it done. Use the buddy system: you be their crazy friend if they’ll be yours.”

- #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.

The original version of guitar hero wasn’t quite as much fun.

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:50:48 -0500

The original version of guitar hero wasn’t quite as much fun.

Shutdown all the coffee presses on the cafeteria level!!

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:45:49 -0500

Shutdown all the coffee presses on the cafeteria level!!

Inspiration from Dream Theater - “Take The Time”

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:29:18 -0500

Inspiration from Dream Theater - “Take The Time”

A Skydive into Bristol Motor Speedway I’ve been in the...

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:13:08 -0500

A Skydive into Bristol Motor Speedway

I’ve been in the stands several times to witness this live, and this helmet-cam POV gives me the same kind of goose bumps!

Tecmo Recreates Super Bowl XLIV’s Clinching Play - Tecmo...

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:32:58 -0500

Tecmo Recreates Super Bowl XLIV’s Clinching Play - Tecmo Bowl - Kotaku

"How the Letterman-Oprah-Leno Super Bowl Ad Came Together"

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:30:00 -0500

“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

The Great Newline Schism

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:02:46 -0500

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

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:47:00 -0500

“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 for over twenty years. Yes, we have our differences right now and yes, we’re going to go our separate ways. But this company has been my home for most of my adult life. I am enormously proud of the work we have done together, and I want to thank NBC for making it all possible. Walking away from The Tonight Show is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Making this choice has been enormously difficult. This is the best job in the world, I absolutely love doing it, and I have the best staff and crew in the history of the medium. But despite this sense of loss, I really feel this should be a happy moment. Every comedian dreams of hosting The Tonight Show and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second. I’ve had more good fortune than anyone I know and if our next gig is doing a show in a 7-11 parking lot, we’ll find a way to make it fun. And finally, I have to say something to our fans. The massive outpouring of support and passion from so many people has been overwhelming. The rallies, the signs, all the goofy, outrageous creativity on the internet, and the fact that people have traveled long distances and camped out all night in the pouring rain to be in our audience, made a sad situation joyous and inspirational. To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life. All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism- it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen. As proof, let’s make an amazing thing happen right now. Here to close out our show, are a few good friends, led by Mr. Will Ferrell…”

xkcd - Lego

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:35:56 -0500

xkcd - Lego

Finished my Tracy Morgan book, and I have now moved onto...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:47:48 -0500

Finished my Tracy Morgan book, and I have now moved onto Superfreakanomics. This is the followup to the bestselling Freakanomics.

The Muppets cover Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:39:37 -0500

The Muppets cover Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

Tracy Morgan - I Am The New Black This is my current audio book...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:42:00 -0500

Tracy Morgan - I Am The New Black

This is my current audio book that I am ‘reading’ while driving to/from work. Very, very good look at growing up in the ghetto of NYC. Not as funny as I expected, but much more insightful. (read by Tracy)

(From Rick Reilly of ESPN.COM) …You need look only a foot...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:12:00 -0500

(From Rick Reilly of ESPN.COM) …You need look only a foot farther to see something even more puzzling on K-Mart (Kenyon Martin), whose skin is a kind of human bathroom stall — his ornate “I Shall Fear No Man But God” scrawled on his back. Uh, see Kenyon, the thing is: God isn’t a man . Did you mean, Fear No Man. Fear God? That’s the unfortunate thing about tattoo guns: no delete key.

I'll Become Even More Undignified Than This

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:32:13 -0500

I will dance
I will sing
To be mad
For my King
Nothing Lord
Is hindering
This passion in my soul

-Undignified - David Crowder

Muse - Uprising They will not force us,They will stop degrading...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:47:00 -0500

Muse - Uprising

They will not force us,
They will stop degrading us,
They will not control us,
We will be victorious

We should never be afraid to die

—

The video uses Tilt-Shift photography AND has Zombie Teddy Bears. It dosen’t get much better than this on a Friday morning.

PowerGREP

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:33:53 -0400

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 featured a no-hitter, a..."

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:03:50 -0400

“There’s no denying that 2009 has been a fan’s dream. Six months of play have featured a no-hitter, a perfect game, an unassisted triple play, and eight cycles. Each event is rare, but some are more anomalies than acts of skill.”

- Book of Odds: Behind the Numbers: 2009, a Baseball Season of Oddities

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life (Donald Miller)

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:04:00 -0400

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life (Donald Miller):

Just finished this up on my Kindle yesterday. In my opinion not as strong start to finish as Blue Like Jazz, but the last third of the book had some very relevant points to my current station in life.