what?
Monday, April 30th, 2007pat and i actually tried this.
Archive for April, 2007
free beer
Sunday, April 29th, 2007thief betrays himself to get free beer.
in related news: the formula for a perfect pint.
sounds interesting. maybe I’ll try to get a grant to do some “research”.
MSNBC: Bill would allow Internet gambling
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Dean of Admissions at M.I.T. Resigns
Thursday, April 26th, 2007lesson to stressed-out kids applying to college: don’t worry about being perfect: just lie and say you are
lesson to anyone who got their job by lying about their credentials: if you don’t have the guts to come clean, stay under the radar. forever. don’t try to get quoted in the press. and definitely don’t write a book.
[update: expert consensus is that either way you’re screwed]
Wikipedia Releases Offline CD
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007via slashdot:
“WikipediaOnDVD, with cooperation with the Wikipedia community, has released its first offline test version. The articles were selected by Wikipedians and reviewed for accuracy, vandalism, and importance. Nearly 2,000 core Wikipedia articles will be sold on compact disc to give people without a net connection access to highlights of the popular web resource. The CD can be purchased or downloaded online via their site or the torrent.”
Seriously? I think its a great idea to have “fixed” versions of wikipedia articles approved by staff, just like many software authors distribute both stable and beta releases of their work. So I could go to wikipedia and click on “see last community board approved version of this document”. But offline? Seriously? Unless they’re intended for time capsules.
jazz quotes
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Trane:“Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before. Being so inescapably a part of it, I’ll never know what the listener gets, what the listener feels, and that’s too bad.”
Hello world!
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007yosefblog is powered by a new blogging engine. I still have some work to do. more details to follow.
Couch - Very Uncomfortable, Red - $3.75
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007here, from best-of-craigslist
skymall culture
Thursday, April 19th, 2007dina is too cool
Thursday, April 19th, 2007A couple of weeks ago, Dina restyled Bassie’s lunchbox:
I thought this might have been by chance (cf. U2’s ubiquitous Elevation Tour heart-in-a-suitcase logo [nicer but small one here]), but when I asked her what she made, she said “That’s Uncle Matt’s favorite band.” I’m still not sure if she was consciously playing on the heart-in-a-suitcase motif (which she has undoubtedly seen on posters at her grandparents’ house), but I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt on that extra coolness.
