Monday, February 28, 2011

the same should be asked of Americans

from the NYTimes article

The Lands Autocracy Won’t Quit

"A recent poll of Russians asked if they preferred order (even at the expense of their rights) or democracy (even if it gives rise to destructive elements). Order won, 56 percent to 23 percent.

That may not sound encouraging, but a decade ago the spread was 81 percent to 9 percent."

I found this article using utterment

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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Cowpoke Jamboree

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But I gotta add, this ordinary man switched over from Netflix to YouTube videos of the Pixies from '86 & '88, right when this frame reminded me how incredibly stupid this movie was. I wish it had known my tastes and recommended a better film. Thank you Netflix for allowing me to enjoy my evening with Kim Deal.

Her screaming Tony by herself at the end of Tony's theme is just incredible. Incredouble!

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I iz sorry I pede on my bed. I am happee it iz cleen now.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

The e mail

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Winter's Thaw, a shelf I made for Nicole

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Nirvana - Love Buzz (Kicking Kurt's Ass)

Check out this video on YouTube:

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Who do you work for?

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Friday, February 18, 2011

How Did It Get So Far Away From Us?

Tonight at dinner, it was Friendly's because our children in their hip hop class all HAD to go out together (I loved it, for reals) for dinner since it was the last class, my friend Mel, who played drums in punk bands in Boston in the late 80s early 90s (that's how much cooler she is than you and me), sits across from me and tells me all about seeing "what's his name Biz, Biz Stone, on Fresh Air." She was inspired to sign up to Twitter because of @biz's great ease with Linda and the great poise he displayed in answering some of the most heady questions leveled at a man in quite some time - "Egypt? Revolution? and all you need is one cell phone?" But here's the sticky wicker, she got scared signing up.

The UI there IS confusing. It has to be, doesn't it? There's been so much growth in Twitter, it all must be covered there. Some of that copy seems left over from the twttr.com days. I remember them, because that's when I signed up. But it's confusing because there are the layers of Twitter's growth, the simplicity coupled with the DM settings, the email notification settings, the bio, the timeline option. I thought this thing was easy to use and to understand?

I tried to help her, but it's been years since I've signed up for Twitter. I certainly evangelize the service, but I haven't held anyone's hand as they danced through the sign up. If all this is confusing to you, what I'm saying, Doug Bowman, is that it is not what is said on Twitter that is confusing, it is getting people to join the conversation in the first place. There must be a way to make it easier to sign up. Design some way to let people get into Twitter without fear, without the unknown rearing its ugly head down on them and eating up all their available TXT MSGs for the month.

To my friend Mel I suggested, as a matter of course, that she just stick to following a few real friends and few non-real friends and to follow them all via SMS notifications. I also suggested she tweet from the SMS, like the command bunker in Egypt, vs any other Twitter client in the Broadcast Booth. Oh, wait. That's the from that new Bright Eyes record. My bad.

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@stop, 2/17/11 6:23 PM

Doug Bowman (@stop)
2/17/11 6:23 PM
I don't get LinkedIn's strategy anymore. Why does it look like Twitter now when I log in? Where do I go to accept add requests?

To my eyes this sounds like the designer slapping himself on the back. Wait. No..., it looks like the designer farting in church.

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Recognize, how much Twitter is like a telegraph from 1904 ringing off the hook, or something as equally anachronistic.

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Nitto Uses the Best Cardboard Boxes

This one is 10 years old. I'm never getting rid of it, because it equals "camping" to the family. It's what we take with us!

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Take Me To Your Leader, Mr. Jobs

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Bookshelf for a Therapist's waiting room, filled with identical benches

HIM: It mounts directly to the wall at eye level (if you're 5 5 $1.25) and hangs just above the back of one bench, which like everything else in the room is mounted to the wall hanging 10 inches off the floor.

ME: Naw. It's just part of a shelf I made for a Therapist's office.

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Fever of 102, but his hair is cool.

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Hug your children and spouse tonight

http://mobile.boston.com/art/30/news/local/breaking_news/2011/02/mother_and_s...

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

what's happening in the world when Twitter is over capacity? (#failwhale)

a few observations

twitter is down. just checked.

it's 1:00am on valentine's day. so happy valentines. i got be mine.

okay. now that that's over, I got real substance.

first up, news. what's up with the news?

huff po on the aol? they're gonna haveta rename aol. I mean, news is gonna be their bidness. So name change, I vote for Hapoluff, or in its native German, Hasselhoff. Somebody call David!

huff po does, remember, have the google reader guys from Brizzly (also an aol product). Can you imagine Hasselhoff as Brizzly's mascot? I'm picturing it. you know in my mind's eye. How righteous would that be? That right there, Hasselhoff's golden moment. Internet Celeb news bear, meet real celeb beach boobs foil.

shit. I had an earth shattering revelation to revel, and I just forgot. It was good too. Better than the Hasselhoff demographic.

those google reader guys are smart. turducen, i just love the brizzly trend definer api! by which i mean i love the concept. i know nothing of its effectiveness because i don't use it, but that doesn't mean i don't wanna get my hands on it to mind meld with my current love child. but this entire thought exercise could in the end, well end up an utter waste of time. a house of cards playing with matches. or a house of cotton balls soaked in gasoline playing with matches, perched on the rim of a glass of water, being held by a man getting into a barrel on the Niagara River. That was a Buffalo joke.

twitter is back up. OMG the grammies brought it down?! holy shit. time to get artsy on the interwebs and everybody else scream, save art! look at all that cool stuff to buy on the internet!!! Buy stuff!!! Woot. while you listen to music and be cool.

be cool

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