December 2007
43 posts
The Update
Everything has been so amazingly crazy this week. I’ve been up and down the city, seeing Juno, pigging out at Pinkberry, spending random times with Jana everywhere (coincidentally, of course), snowboarding and injuring myself, playing Rock Band with some of my closest friends, and other good ol’ stuff. There will be lots of pictures up at some point, but after I return to SF since I...
Two Weeks for Kina: Kina Grannis' Blog →
Cute. I just listened to the rest of her songs, and they’re pretty damn good. Maybe I’ll buy her CD’s off iTunes.
[GameTrailers] Nodame Cantabile for Wii →
Ok, this kind of makes me want to get one… even if only for the live-action videos of the person in the mongoose suit teaching you how to use the Wiimote + Nunchuk.
[NYT] On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data →
This isn’t really news, but it’s good to see that social network analysis is being more visibly formalized in the scientific community. I enjoyed the reference to Granovetter’s “Strength of Weak Ties” (albeit indirectly) and Kossinets and Watts’ “Empirical Analysis of an Evolving Social Network” (requires free registration to view full text). Now...
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How to increase the screen resolutions available... →
[Ars Technica] 63% of US Population Now Plays... →
Aha! Proof that you’re the weird one for NOT gaming!
phpBB 3.0 Released! →
… and with a whole new slew of features!
“Take heart; Norman Mailer wrote all of his novels by hand. And you’ve...”
– An amazing customer service e-mail from Amazon.com, as seen on Consumerist
Wheel of Lunch →
It takes your zip code, a query (e.g. brunch, lunch, lobster, etc.), and returns for you a retro-looking spinny wheel that picks where you should eat lunch for you. Take that, decisions!
Free DivX Pro = Happy Holidays! →
[Time] 50 Top 10 Lists of 2007 →
There are way too many good top10’s here to wrap my head around.. so here’s the list of the.. lists.
Holiday Shipping Deadlines at Popular Online... →
This could be very helpful if you’re doing last-minute shopping, and want to make sure you won’t be spending hours driving all over the place dropping off gifts in order to pretend you hadn’t procrastinated.
[TechCrunch] Health Search + Patient Social... →
Finally! I was waiting for something like this. This is along the lines of the idea I had to better doctor/patient interaction via online system. I’m talking about being able to schedule appointments, check on test results, and ask your doctor a question every once in awhile from online. Wouldn’t that be novel?
[TechCrunch] Spokeo 2.0: A Feed Reader for Your... →
A Facebook news-feed’ish application for all of your social networks, huh? Sounds like a plan!
Office Snapshots →
A round-up of some better-known companies’ office environments. I don’t see Autodesk on there, but looking around.. the cubicle walls and infrequent decorations allude to why that might be.
YouTube Phenomena: CutieMish →
A bit old, but an excellent 411 on Michelle Lam, aka CutieMish. Yes, I’m still absolutely besotted by her. She’s so much cooler than Katie Leung.
A World of Warcraft World: 10 Ways Online Gaming... →
An interesting perspective on the future of MMORPG’s that reminds me a bit of Vernor Vinge’s “True Names”.
Neil Gaiman listens to Coulton... and I... →
[Lifehacker] Quick Look at Multiple Files! →
I didn’t even know you could quick look in the first place… news to me!
Zwingo
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Alright, this online game absolutely needs to be shared. In a nutshell: you have a ball on a string and you have to protect a bigger ball from other black balls that are trying to knock it out of its boundary. Simple, right? Well, only at first. I actually became invested in the game when the black balls started bouncing off each other to give them more momentum to knock against my big ball. I...
[Metafilter] Looking for Cyberpunk Novels →
A year-old roundup of some good cyberpunk novel suggestions of the “Snow Crash” and “Neuromancer” fare. Charlie Stross has been on my list for some time (“Accelerando,” “Halting State”), but I haven’t gotten around to starting any of his books. Sigh.. I miss you, Y.T.
“It was hot, the night we burned Chrome.”
– William Gibson, “Burning Chrome”
[TechCrunch] Facebook Messages: Small Changes, Big... →
I didn’t even notice this, but Facebook has finally started putting the content of messages in their e-mail notifications. Friggin’ sweet.
CSS Contents and Browser Compatibility →
A very pretty run-down of browser compatibility with different CSS styles. Now.. if only Opera had support for improperly signed certificates so I could use it for dev tasks at work.
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GamePro: The 48 Best Games of 2008 →
That’s… a list of entirely amazing games. My picks of the moment are Too Human, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Little Big Planet, Spore, FFXIII, and Left 4 Dead. I’ll probably need a PS3 at some point though… hmm.
Gmail + Chat + AIM = crazy delicious →
So would Gmail be Mr. Pibb, and AIM be red vines? Either way, a very cool addition, but I prefer Pidgin for my messenger aggregation, or even Meebo for an online alternative.
WikiHow: Be a Good Listener →
It’s tough being a good listener, let alone a decent listener, 24/7. We could all use a refresher course from time to time to make sure we’re actually doing some listening, and not just selfishly blabbering on or preoccupying ourselves with miscellany during conversations.
Ars Technica 2007 Gaming Gift Guide →
There are lots of good suggestions here for console/PC gamers alike. One thing I didn’t like though is that they constantly misspell Cactuar as “Cactaur”. For shame. The Cactuar figure was actually my original plushie obsession way back in 8th grade, right before a Master Tonberry (amazon.com) one and, of course, a Companion Cube (steampowered.com) one.
Facebook Phonebook →
Oh look: a neat little summary of the numbers of all of your friends. Coooool (but icky-feeling).
Definr →
An AJAX-powered dictionary. Yummy!
WatchWow: unexpected and hilarious, even with the sound off. Link (doubleviking.com)
