My Very Own Big Fat RSS Icon
Photoshop is ordinarily a big mystery to me. Not sure if it’s because of a lack of understanding of the program or my limitations as an artist (I can draw a mean stick figure, but that’s about it) but I just don’t find Photoshop very intuitive or easy to use. Well, thanks to darrenlondon’s video […]
Look Back at My Final Four Picks
Ten days ago I posted my picks for the teams to make it to the NCAA Final Four. Let’s take a look back at those picks and see how they worked out. My Final Four predictions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) University of Southern California (USC) University of Memphis University of California […]
My New Banner / Logo
Remember my post about Jay from Scribbles and Words? Well he created a very slick 125 x 125 banner / logo for me. Check it out: Quite nice, eh? Jay also touched up my favicon (the little logo in the address bar of your browser) and made it a lot sharper. He’s really good at […]
The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program
Globalization is not a bad idea. In fact, free global trade (which the linked post argues does not currently exist) is a wonderful concept that would improve living conditions for the majority of earth’s inhabitants and is necessary for humans to survive. However, globalization creates oddities such as the below pictures. Everything looks good, right? […]
Going Down to South Park – Free Episodes Online Now!
Following in the footsteps of Hulu, the creators and copyright holders of the animated cartoon South Park have decided to release all South Park episodes online for free of cost but supported by advertisements. In a huge contrast to content interrupting Hulu ads, the advertisements on South Park Studios appear on the site itself, and […]
Casting Call for New Bruce Willis Film, The Surrogates
I just received an e-mail from a good friend about an open casting call for the film The Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis and Rhada Mitchell. The film is a science-fiction story about a futuristic world where humans interact with each other via surrogate robots while every human sits at home in isolation. The film appears […]
Awesome Services from Scribbles and Words
I just found an awesome blog called Scribbles and Words run by the polymathematical Jay. His blog’s design really sticks out for its simplicity and uniqueness. It’s apparent that Jay has tremendous design skills and an ability to write in a captivating yet easy to read way. Jay is offering up these artistic skills to […]
I Hate the Federal Reserve
I just received an e-mail from the Executive Vice President of HSBC Direct informing me that HSBC is once again dropping the interest rate on my online savings account, this time from 3.55% to 3.05%! Aaargh! At least it’s only dropped by .5% but it’s still frustrating, especially considering the savings rate started at 5.05% […]
Gmail Thinks Google Alerts is Spam?!?
Picture says it all. How does Gmail classify a Google Alerts e-mail as a spam message?
Resignation from the State Street Corporation
Yup, that’s right; it is now official, I am no longer employed by the State Street Corporation. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna do what you all think I’m gonna do, which is, you know, FLIP OUT! That Tom Cruise quote from Jerry Maguire is a perfect example of how not to separate yourself from an […]
My Final Four Picks
This post won’t have any insight or analysis, just my Final Four picks for the 2008 college basketball tournament. My Final Four predictions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) University of Southern California (USC) University of Memphis University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) Then, in the Final Four UNC will beat Memphis […]
“Fresh” Fish Market
Check out this sign at a small market in Field’s Corner in Dorchester, MA: “Fresh” Fish…don’t let anyone say they didn’t warn them!
My Top Five Most Played Artists in iTunes
So I was just taking a look at my iLike’s most played artists chart and thought it’d make for an interesting post. So, without further ado here are my top ten most played artists according to iLike.com (keep in mind, these charts don’t take into account music I play on my iPhone or otherwise). The […]
I Found a Space Laser Beam! AKA Google Sky is Wicked Awesome & Cool.
Google Sky is easily one of the coolest things I’ve seen on the internet. For years, I’ve been fascinated with the stars in the night sky and now there’s a zoomable map of them at my fingertips. Google Sky is wicked cool. Check out this green space laser beam I found:
Hulu Adds Full-Length Movies
I just logged into Hulu today for the first time since the site went public and noticed they’ve add full-length movies to their video collection. This addition is great news, but from my very limited time checking out the movie section, it seems advertisements still pop up during the movie. I understand that advertisements fuel […]
Hulu Goes Public Today!
Just two days after I (finally) reviewed Hulu.com they (finally) decide to open to the public after four and a half months of being in beta. I approved of Hulu then and I still approve of them now. Hopefully, now that they’re open to the public, a larger diversity of advertisements will flow in thus […]
Bought My Celtics Playoff Tickets
So as mentioned in this post, I’m the proud owner of a pair of Boston Celtic half-season tickets. About a week or two ago an invoice arrived in the mail for playoff tickets and today I finally secured my seats for rounds 1 & 2 of the NBA playoffs (and just a few days before […]
Hulu Review
A while back I got into the Hulu beta program (note: I still have 5 invites, send me an e-mail if you want an invite) but did not really use the site too much at the time. Recently, however, I moved my television out of my room and into the basement. Since then I’ve barely […]
Updates Galore
After catching some suspicious behavior on this blog, I decided it was wise to finally upgrade to the latest release of WordPress during my Saturday afternoon. After backing up my wordpress install and database, I set about disabling my plugins and then deleting old wordpress files. Then, this blog was ready for the new wordpress […]