January 2009
81 posts
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December 2008
38 posts
IM conversation today
Me “Last night I had a really heavy conversation. It was amazing but heavy.”
Maya “Chocolate is good for those situations”
Me “That’s what I did! I said fuck it, come here box of truffles… I had planned to give them to my roommates and instead I ate them all”
Maya “I used to do that when I lived with my grandmother. I’d say here...
MelodyMcC: RT @konatbone: Attention All startups!!... →
MelodyMcC: Talking shop w/ @rodnaber over Thai.... →
MelodyMcC: Comparing how the same approaches to... →
A self-taught behavioral economist and former IDEO designer, Paharia’s...
– Bunchball’s theory on what stimulates user engagement
http://wakerupper.com/ →
I’m absolutely using this for evil.
Man creates sculptures with his bare hands that are so small they balance on top of a single hair and he has to use a piece of dust as a paintbrush…
MelodyMcC: Empty office + caffeine = high... →
MelodyMcC: OH "Wait, is that baby licking that... →
MelodyMcC: Quality time in the city w/ @summermcc... →
MelodyMcC: Spent much of the vacation walking... →
My Favorite Blog Strikes Again
Puffin hoax revealed!
There’s nothing more obnoxious than a fake animal that tries to pass itself off as an authentic member of the animal world. Puffins are maybe the biggest offenders when it comes to this, even going so far as to pretend to take pictures with humans and hang out in places like Iceland where no normal person can confirm that they were really there. (Like Iceland is a real...
Me: “Why has that bird been pecking on the window every day since I’ve been here”
Mom: “It’s my pet, it’s trying to come see me”
Me: “That’s gross. Do you feed it?”
Mom: “No, it just likes me. It’s spent its whole life trying to be around me”
Me: “So…the bird is insane”
Mom: “Don’t say...
Scenes of Tokyo, shot with a Canon 5D Mark II. I. want. this. camera.
Someone else has a pet snail! →
Charlie Brown Christmas!
Battlestar Galactica Catch Up →
So excited for the new season
Holiday eCard from the Gore's. Awww, thanks guys →
Is Recycling Worth It? PM Investigates its... →
A little insight into what happens after you put that bottle into the recycle bin. Scary, but definitely worth a full read. We have a long way to go my brothers and sisters.
Fuzzmail, a project out of MIT Media Lab →
Do sexy things: ride a Jet Ski with a tuxedo on, shoot a machine gun or take a...
– Aziz Ansari’s Guide to Marketing Yourself (via nickdouglas)
IBM Predicts Solar Sidewalks in 5 Years →
According to IBM’s annual “Next Five in Five” report, thin-film solar cells will be embedded in driveways, sidewalks, paint, rooftop, and windows within 5 years.
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» See peer reviews of Home Solar Power Systems at Green Home
The prediction is based on an expected drop in the price of thin-film solar cells, which are 100 times thinner than silicon solar cells.
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Ah yes, what life should be like. I want to float around the shadowy darkness like a Sims character with silvery white hair shining like a beacon in a deathly dark night sky.