September 2008
21 posts
The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget →
Read this.
Watchbudesigns:
Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie
WatchSouthCentral (PART 3 of 4) on Vimeo
My next job:
Will either integrate well with the rest of my life, or at least never interfere with it.
Will pay better.
Will challenge me in some way.
Will offer some worthwhile benefits.
Will be with some other kickass people.
Will benefit something other than a middleman’s bottom line.
The more I think about what I want in my next job, the more I see I’ll probably have to go it alone.
Poster beware: More bosses watch applicants'... →
Here’s a better idea: If an employer is so opposed to your personal life that they won’t hire you (or will fire you) based on what’s on your Myspace or twitter, shouldn’t you be HAPPY that you’re not working for them?
The secret to being popular online
There is one big thing you have to know to be popular online. It’s the one thing that most people forget when they start looking at pageviews, SEO, and a whole lot of other little details. Here it is, free of charge: MAKE SHIT THAT PEOPLE WANT.
All the SEO tricks, digg popularity, facebook friends or whatever are completely irrelevant if nobody wants your shit. Remember that.
This is...
Boredom
I haven’t been really, truly bored in a while. My mind doesn’t wander very far nowadays. Even when my focus drifts from work or a task at hand, I find I’m shutting off more than letting my mind wander and imagine. I think it’s sapping my creativity and I have to do something about it. Less TV and internet for a while I think. I need some time to daydream.
Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world... →
“Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our own private opinion.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Feed them with music →
One reason to stay off the torrent sites
And now for something new
The old site is gone. Well, I still have it, but it was wearing on me. Wordpress is great if you make a living off your blog or whatever since the options are wide open on it, but at the same time it makes writing a post into this big production. Not to mention keeping plugins up to date and staying on top of security releases, etc. Well I just want to post and get on with my day, so here’s...
Thule Trail (Oregon Trail remake) →
Waste your workday
No excuses. I need to update this more. And take more pictures. And lots of other things.
“Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for...”
– Abraham Maslow
“I say to you, this morning, that if you have never found something so dear and...”
– Martin Luther King
Internet
jimrock:
Stop giving republicans the time of day, please.
Even though you’re making fun of them, you’re giving them free marketing. Despite your savvy use of culturally relevant zingers, you’re raising awareness of them and turning them into real people.
A week ago I had no idea who Sarah palin was. Now I know who her daughters are fucking. I thought the Internet kept me safe from this...
