January 2010
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Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger →
The Onion’s obituary for Salinger:
“There will never be another voice like his.” Which is exactly the lousy kind of goddamn thing that people say, because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and it’s just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody anything.
Pretty solid, if you ask me.
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Interview on the Mobile Orchard Best App Ever... →
If you’ve wanted to listen to me ramble on endlessly about Ego’s development and design as well as iPhone development and PR, here’s your chance.
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Vote for Ego in the 2009 Best App Ever Awards →
Ego has been nominated in the Most Useful App category of this year’s Best App Ever awards, so if you like the app please take a moment to vote for it. And if you don’t like it, you’re nuts. (Alright, I’m a bit biased.)
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Indie+Relief raises $143,872 for Haiti →
When we started this project last week I never would have imagined we could make this much money in 24 hours for charity.
This event was a huge success and I’m honored to have been part of it.
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“Congratulations, Conan, on finally securing your place as permanent host of The...”
– Norm Macdonald, in his congratulations card to Conan from June, 2009, which he forgot to give Conan until tonight
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Indie+Relief →
All proceeds made on January 20, 2010 will be donated to Haiti. You get great software, Haiti gets financial help in its time of crisis.
Buy any of the software listed tomorrow (Wednesday) and developers will donate the proceeds to charities for Haiti relief.
I’ve been working on this site all weekend—it’s amazing how difficult it was to design a clean layout for that...
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“When I was a little boy, I remember watching ‘The Tonight Show with Johnny...”
– Conan O’Brien (via thedailywhat)
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First-Person Tetris →
When you rotate a piece the whole world rotates. I had a lot of fun playing this. (via kottke)
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WatchCHTV: Internet Bridge Troll (via thedailywhat)
Pretty much spot on.
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Another Garrett Emails Me
On January 5, 2010 at 11:11 PM EST, Garrett Singer wrote:
Being a computer science and english major with minors in film and marketing, I just want to point out that you have stolen what I want to do. You have also stolen my name. Well done, I will let you know when I have new dreams.
Sincerely,
Garrett (the better one)
On January 5, 2010 at 11:13 PM EST, Garrett Murray wrote:
You’re...
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Initial Nexus One Impressions
After playing with the phone for about 30 minutes so far:
Hardware
The form factor is very nice. It is indeed thinner than the iPhone, but only by a millimeter or two. It feels thinner, though. The battery cover has soft rubber on it which makes it feel grippable, although it’s probably only a matter of time until that cover gets loose.
The screen is gorgeous. Bright, much denser...
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Steve Jobs on Magazine Covers →
A collection of covers from 1981 to today. My favorite is the premier issue of Macworld. (via Gruber)
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State of the Union: January 2010
Ego hasn’t been touched in a month or so due to client work, but I have a several very awesome updates coming by the beginning of February. Not quite ready to talk about what’s coming yet, but I’m excited.
Prettify* took a break over the holidays, but I’ve queued up content for the next several weeks, so starting tomorrow it will be back to serving up nice wallpapers and...
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Really Missed the Point There, Lady
Me: There's a girl on Tumblr who has started reblogging stuff from That Isn't Art.
Me: Only she removes the funny stuff. So she's just reposting the "art".
Me: And sometimes she adds her own "deep" message after.
Shawn Morrison: Getting it from you? That's awesome...
Me: So, basically, SHE COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT. Missed it by so much she nearly did a 360.
Shawn Morrison: Maybe you should reblog her note and make fun of it.
Me: The problem is that it's so ridiculous and so sad that I can't think of a good way to mock it without just feeling bad for her.
Shawn Morrison: Yeah, I guess being her is punishment enough.
Me: I think i'm just going to post this conversation to my site.
Me: Passive-agressive indirect mocking.
Shawn Morrison: The best kind!
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Music Purchases, January 2010
Reservoir by Fanfarlo
Momo by Hooray For Earth
JJ Nº 2 by JJ
Love Your Abuser by Lymbyc Systym
Colony Collapse by Miracles
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
The Con by Tegan and Sara
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“I discovered a fool-proof test for brain damage. STEP 1: Did person commission a...”
– Shawn
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Movies I’ve watched in the two-week span considered to be “holiday break” (including the three days I was in Seattle for meetings with clients), that I hadn’t seen prior, and my respective rating of each on a scale from 1 to 5 stars:
Beowulf (2007) (2★)
The Boondock Saints (3★)
Fired Up! (2★)
G.I. Joe (2★)
The Hangover (3★)
He’s Just Not That Into You (1★)
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