December 2007
59 posts
“I’ve finally made it on a blog and it doesn’t say anything bad about...”
– Andy (photo below)
“Wait, I didn’t put anything in my hair. It has no shape or bounce.”
David while Marco snaps a shot
“Jakob, I’m gonna shoot your pants again.” -Marco
“I have to get the macro picture of Jacob’s pants.” -Marco
WatchThe latest video from Barely Political. Dottie, you’ll love it! :-)
From: George Bush, Lame Duck…”You’re So Lame” | Music Videos
Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone →
This is big news for extreme web geeks. Not that we intend to use IE8, but we look forward to its widespread availability and the day that we can stop designing CSS hacks for the noncompliant behavior in IE 5-7. (thanks, Dailymeh) — marco
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Note to self… read this later —Marc
My wishlist for channels
Tumblr is a free service that I love… and I demand MORE for my money!! :-)
1. Gimme dates. I have no idea when many posts were created. Perhaps trivially solved by:
2. Interleave the channel posts into the main dash. Then I’ll also have some indication that there are new channel posts (right now there is no indicator unless I click the channels dropdown). If I want to view...
PHP: Semaphore - Manual →
Mr. Fong (man of few words, ref link) saw the persistent PHP bet and pointed out that SysV IPC with an external-to-apache PHP deamon will do the trick.
Unfortunately, I locked myself into finding an apache module that would provide a persistent interp. Dang! I should try thinking outside the proc more…
but we had a fun and lively discussion for a few minutes in the office as a result,...
WatchCarrie is THE busiest person in the office. Seriously.
Fixed CSS to play nice with new theme and...
Ty pointed out that my recent theme change made comments unreadable. Fixed!
I think we can all agree that smart people are few and far between. So how has Jeopardy! been able to stay on the air for so long? Seems like they would run out of brainiacs. — dalasverdugo
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I wonder if fact-association and intelligence are reliable proxies for each other. -Marc
And you can use it to speak with people. Really.
Todd just told me that he ordered food via iPhone. This was the first time ever that someone told me they used a phone to order food and I assumed that meant they used a web browser to do it (which he did).
Success Without Ads - New York Times →
the exception that proves the rule — fred-wilson
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Respectfully, I disagree.
Consumer Reports does not manufacture the same product that a media company produces: an audience. Most websites publish content with the goal of manufacturing an audience that their clients (the advertisers) will be interested in purchasing (via ads). CR manufactures content that their clients (the audience)...
Disqus + Tumblr: an experiment.
I’ve installed comments to see how they’ll work out for me… Mike, have at it! :-)
WatchEven though this has already made the rounds, this just makes me smile. If you’re in a meeting with me, and I suddenly start to giggle, it’s probably because I just thought “FIRST! Totally pwned.”
And I’m thinking it in “Lazer” Seitz’s voice. :-)
Paul: Did you update the live site?
Todd: I announced it.
Paul: But you say lots of things.
