January 2009 Archives

@LouFerrara are you going to be @WeMedia this year?

Diving into using PHP to auto-backup some image directories onto Amazon S3. Hopefully these classes will help Link

@susanmernit That's just damn depressing.

I really need to learn how to make a Twitter profile pic user-generated caption app: Link

AWESOME 1981 TV news report on getting the newspaper onto your "home computer" (thanks Mike Reilly) Link

I have to pick between Intense Debate and Disqus. Suggestions welcome.

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"Newsprint isn't just expensive and inefficient; it's laughably so." Link

I just signed up to stop receiving the yellow pages and white pages. Link

It's a good to know which of your client's email accounts they respond most quickly to when they use, like, 3 or 4 of them.

@brad_tumy sorry, FB would be Facebook

HAHAHA RT @shelisrael China gives MS XP & Vista pirates 6 1/2 years--Equal to 1 Vista reboot. Link

If you are looking at the glass as half full, you are obviously not drinking fast enough.

Is a family member suggesting a bf or gf them as a fb friend a new sign of an upcoming proposal? Discuss.

Join us at Casa Blanca to meet with some O'Reilly peeps and some now flash-savvy Nieman Foundation journalists ;-) Link

Many people in this Neiman Foundation flash training class are asking what things journalists should use flash for. Suggestions?

If anyone is up for grabbing dinner or a beer in harvard square after 430 poing me

Spending the day with @macloo at Neiman Foundation helping journalists get an intro to Flash.

Nix (IE) 6 in '09 - My plan to ditch IE 6 by the start of baseball season: Link

I have had it, and I know many of you have too. There are so many things that need to be built, sites that need to happen, and fewer and fewer resources to deal with them. And I'm not just talking about money. I'm talking about time, and people. How many companies have let go staff and are struggling to just now do the "bare bones" work that "needs" to be done?

Anyway, my point here is this:

In this current economic climate, there is just no time, resources or REASONS for people to have to babysit an outdated browser that has been the bane of many of our existence for way, way too long. I'm talking, of course, about Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6. As a friend of mine likes to say "Dat shit's gots to go."

And it is, but slowly. Way too slowly. IE 8 is on the way. Hell, I'm even drinking out of an IE 8 promotional coffee mug as I write this. (Thanks Web 2.0 Expo Microsoft Party!!)

Some people have been slow on the uptake to upgrade, and this is where we can help them.

I'm hoping more people take the lead on this, like my heroes over at 37 Signals, who boldly announced that they no longer support IE 6.

They originally announced the cutoff would be August 15, 2008, but pushed it back to October 15, 2008 to give people more time to adjust.

I originally thought of pushing for this to coincide with the presidential inauguration but now I think I know a better time: April 5, 2009. Why April 5? Congress is still mucking around with when to push back the digital TV transition and a lot of the problem seems to stem from people's confusion about the date.

April 5, however, has something else going for it: Baseball.

Major League Baseball's opening night is April 5. This day, for many, is a pivotal point in the calendar year. It's the time when summer feels much, much closer than it did even just one week before. It's a time of renewal, and a time of clean starts and possibilities.

I can think of no better day to make a break with an outdated browser that has caused more stress to developers, and prevented audiences from experiencing what the web can truly do, than the beginning of baseball season.

There are some things that still need to be done with this "movement":

• We need a logo
• We need a twitter # tag: my vote is #nix6on4509
• We need people to commit to it by spreading the word and alerting their web audiences why and when.

Then, come baseball season, already overloaded developers can relax that there's one less thing to stress about.

Play ball!
 

Yankees "Club officials, according to the report, would like to ensure that any future books are 'positive in tone' ..." Link

The world has too many problems that need solving for too much time to be spent on making rounded corner form fields.

I keep seeing web producer gigs that report to the marketing director. I think at this point this should be the other way around.

My response to the question: "Should Gary Williams be Fired" Link

Someone posted on my Facebook wall "should Maryland fire Gary Williams?" I post this as the reply I will give everyone. Hyperlinks are so much easier to post than repeated paragraphs ;-)

Gary has earned more slack than any coach in Division I. Any expectations people have for the program have only Gary to thank. He built this out of the rubble. Maryland basketball was as similar to our current economy as a college program could be when he got here. I used to get a ticket the day of a game and sit CLOSE to watch Walt Williams and Co. play. Yea we got played like suckers against Dook, but I also witnessed IN PERSON two Terps wins there that were amazing.

There is a real hypocracy that I feel many Maryland fans have when it comes to Gary. The reasons that they love to celebrate him and the team are completely forgotten about when they are down. If Gary wasn't a loyal alum, he would have left after watching the true colors of many of our fan base when the team got booed off the court during the Valentines Day loss to FSU a few years back before the team picked itself up and went on a historic string of victories that had cemented them as a team to be aware of at all times.

I know its been a while so it's hard for some people to remember, but the real bad times for this program were so much worse than they are now. I'll take 1999 - 2009 over 1986 - 1996 any day.

Yea Gary is abrasive sometimes and curses people out on occasion (I've even been on the receiving end of one or two of his yells and blank stares) but the bottom line is Gary IS Maryland basketball. His dislike of Duke is greater than most fans, and his sarcastic jabs at Coach K and the whole Carolina Elite of the ACC are priceless.

I miss Cole Field House, but I love the shiny new digs of Comcast Center. And while it might be nice to ponder who would also look good roaming the Maryland sidelines (Mark Few anyone) the thing is, Gary BUILT that shiny new building, and if he were to be ousted, it makes it very hard to make the RIGHT guy feel like Maryland is the best place for them to go.

Thanks for listening, and Go Terps.

If Verizon can offer 24-hour wireless broadband for a $9.99 "daypass", Adobe could offer something similar with an online Flash CS4, right?

RT @3GFalcon @danstuart: RT @socialmedian: socialmedian: 5 Steps to Going Viral on Twitter %u2014 Copyblogger [TwitLinks] Link

@baratunde White "Supremacists" serve as visual aid for non-hateful/non-ignorant people to not be complacent. Exposed hatred > Hidden hatred

Podcast from @WeMedia - A Conversation with Chris Willis from Footnote Link

It just occurred to me that @Scobleizer has more followers than would fit into Fenway Park. Not sure how I feel about this ;-)

I am slacking for not having done it yet, but I've never seen anything spread in FB like the beautifully simple "25 Random Things About Me"

@havahula well, soup is good food...

@jsteeleeditor awesome. Thanks Julie!

@MKoenig thanks for the update and the quick response.

If someone would be so kind as to tell me a joke right now I would greatly apreciate it.

@mkoenig @jfox85 @isaackeyet @austinhallock @intensedebate any plans/timetable for Facebook Connect ingegration with Intense Debate?

@Pogue I feel so used! But at least you didn't pass out in front of all of them.

@Pogue hold your breath until you pass out. Whenever you wake up, no more hiccups!

RT @HowardKurtz OBAMA TO DC: GET A SHOVEL! Pres mocks DC schools for closing in 4 in. of snow, says in Chicago, kids would still have recess

Fighting the urge to read Joe Torre's excerpt in SI about his last day with the Yankees. I'm (fortunately) way too busy

I think global warming might start to kill some tennis players at the rate we're going.

If you are playing with wordpress for the first time you NEED to at least glance at this page Link

Friend I'm helping with some CSS: You're fast at this. Me: well eventually, you run out of ways to screw it up.

If my head doesn't explode looking at Manila, WordPress, Movable Type, Twitter, Flash, and Javascript in the same day, that's a good day.

@npr100days come on up to Quincy, MA. I know people ;-)

Woo Hoo! Wikipedia: The Missing Manual now in Wikipedia Help: Link

I'm basking in the glow of a truly wonderful endorsement. One that is too good to share with a prospective employer.

From @bobfranken "Grim and Bear It" Link

WordPress category/tag cloud plugin installed Link

I just realized Alltel joined Verizon. So does that mean we're getting rid of that particular Chad in commercials? One down ...

Who should be more peeved at Del Potro's beatdown by Federer: His coach, or Nike? 3,0 and 0 OUCH!!

Like the Mountain West, I would like to seek an automatic BCS bid. I also want a pony. Actually I just want to nail down my health insurance

@acarvin Quick and the Dead ... sounds like some startups I worked for ;-)

Downloading a download manager to download Flash CS4 feels like pre-washing dishes before using the dishwasher.

Self-motivation tip: Play "The Underdog" by Spoon. Repeat as necessary.

I think my ife will be divided between the days before and the days after @swanny3388 joined twitter ;-)

I think comments on Shaughnessy columns should be their own twitter account. Too funny.

Apparently I'm not the only one having trouble with images and flv files showing up in the same JW Player Link

My joy in trying on different JW Player skins is what some people experience when clothes shopping, tho more people will see my outfit ;-)

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Did anyone ever actually USE VCR-plus?

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I am SOOO happy those two required perl modules were installed.

My favorite moment from #inaug09 Link

There were many wonderfully fun moments for me during Inauguration Day 2009, and now that I finally found the tiny, tiny micro SD memory card for my phone, I can share one of them with you.

About an hour or so before the parade officially start, people were getting really cold. Some of the songs they had played over the speakers were on their second or third trip down Pennsylvania Avenue. Then, they finally played D.C. native Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give it Up."

That got the crowd, at least what there was of one around me, moving.

Despite its small size and less than stellar picture and audio quality, I absolutely love this video.

It showed a bunch of people expressing their sheer joy to be a part of this moment, and a willingness to share it with others. Even a woman who couldn't keep up with the Electric Slide was having a ball "doin' her own thing," as one observer nearby put it.

Damn, even Bob Wade's teams didn't lose that bad to Dook. OY. #terps

Just had a great conversation w/ a client who is looking to launch one section of a blog as a separate site. Good perspective on priorities.

There's a strain of Ebola called "Ebola Reston" Link

So @linkedin why only 1,000 characters per job description? I really did more than 1,000 characters of work and I want you to be my resume.

The day Google Docs supports .docx files, well, that's just gonna be a really good day.

How was dowhatchalike not played during the Inauguration parade? Seriously. EVERYBODY would have been jamming to that one #inaug09

ooh ooh fun project! I'm gonna be helping out with Flash training for the Nieman Fellow journalists in Cambridge next Friday.

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Such a strange feeling, putting part of my LinkedIn profile into past-tense. Well, at least I stopped my habit of saying "we" yesterday ;-)

Booked my ticket for the toc.oreilly.com conference today. Looking forward to it!

I think this was a question to both guests: "You guys have technical backgrounds." She said this to the Blue State Digital CTO.

Just a little unintentional comedy in this interview of Jascha Franklin-Hodge on WGBH. Like, this is SNL skit worthy.

I think WGBH's Greater Boston show is about to do a feature on guys from Blue State Digital, FYI

Installing a calendar plugin into a Wordpress 2.7 install. I'm not married to any of them, so suggestions are welcome.

A win is a win. And that includes hooking up your loaner laptop to your printer and successfully printing a page in under 10 minutes.

I love my family. My wife's cousin just started a Facebook group called "Sick of the Blowhards on WEEI" I had to join, tho I never listen.

How to assess if an educational institution is in financial risk Link

I just went to the new whitehouse.gov and all I can say is AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Turning in after showing that newsletter's HTML who is boss. Way to go out with a win!

@dcexaminer FYI, putting an inaugural tag into your sports headline tweets only makes you look like an ass and/or a twitter spammer.

This was the only #inaug09 dark spot for me Link

First of many Inauguration thoughts: Witnessing the Present to Savor It in the Future Link

This is the first of a series of reflections I intend to post following one of the great moments of my life, the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.

I'll never forget the father who brought his daughter, probably around 5, to the parade. They got there, and sat on the bleachers next to me. This man, whose face was barely visible between a knit hat and a scarf covering everything but his eyes, held his daughter wrapped in blankets for hours. She was adorable, with bright red hair and a pink coat that would have made Jackie Kennedy proud. "You'll remember being here when you're older," he said, attempting to explain the significance of the moment.

About 30 feet away, an older African-American couple from North Carolina were huddled together awaiting the parading Obamas. There was a joy that took almost no effort to conjure in talking with them, and yet, it was just as easy to turn the tone to one of deep reverence and solemn appreciation for what had happened in the past to bring us to this point.

"There was no way I was going to miss this," he said.

I am finally fully embracing mobile facebook and LOVE this tip from @spampy: you can call people right from their profile page if # is there

As we blow through hartford ct from #inaug09 Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam are singing 'take me home' ... a theme song emerges

If you told me I'd be stuck in sub-freezing temps for 15 hrs & walk 8 mi. & love it I would have laughed. But #inaug09, that's different.

I need to give Verizon Wireless a crazy-emphatic 'terrorist fist bump' for providing wonderfully reliable coverage during #inaug09

After walking 4plus miles to #inaug09 15 hrs ago this empty train back to arlington & a downhill walk back to @oatestom compound is a dream

Me ty and steph are making plans for #inaug13 even though #inaug09 ... it ain't over ... Groove me ...

Hanging in union pub in capitol hill with the wonderful super duper ty and steph after my 90 minute walk around the parade #inaug09

I am glad to be soaking in #inaug09 alone if only so i don't feel guilty for what i would be putting others through in this weather

Never heard a marching band while inside a port-a-potty before #inaug09

If anyone wants to mix it up at #inaug09 go argue with the dude holding the 'repent obama' sign on 13th and constitution

Volunteers taking people showing signs of hypothermia to warming stations #inaug09

Yea there was ice in my last gulp from my water bottle #inaug09

A favorite moment was the impromptu tightenup dancing when dc native marvin gaye played. & they weren't just dancing to keep warm #inaug09

I asked someone here if he thought Obama would walk down the parade. a: he better walk his ass down here! #inaug09

Same man is also the first person I heard refer to Michelle Obama as 'his old lady' #inaug09

I'm officially a bostonian now. My friend in stands returned to warming station, says to me 'Don't know how you can stay out here' #inaug09

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I just got a big cheer by yelling out 'no more Cheney!' after Joe Biden was sworn in #inaug09

Rt @baratunde: I have a copy of obama's speech! #inaug09

My heart was in my throat watching the #inaug09 motorcade go by ahead of the awesome responsibility that awaits President Obama

Nastiest wind gust of day rips thru as 'lovely day' blasts on speakers. Volunteer suggests group hug w other volunteers #inaug09

Rt @baratunde: Cheney is in a wheelchair??? HAAAAA HAHAHAHA. THANK YOU BABY JESUS #inaug09

My personal online marketing effort at #inaug09 Parade Link

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Listening to donnie simpson talking with marion barry about obama 'he didn't happen to be black, he IS black. Come on man!' #Inaug09

Russ parr morning show reports that the mall east of 14st has reached capacity #inaug09

Park ranger who i am literally chilling with across from fbi hq ''some warming station'' he's been here since midnight. #inaug09

Just made sign between 10 and 9 street on penn ave: thisguychad.com got laid off just in time for change #inaug09

Man waves a 20 at cop to open gate. A woman yells out 'that's not enough' #inaug09

Baltimore cop to member of crowd 'just dont ask me for directions' #inaug09

man to a family member about getting thru the crowd 'i think you will get to the promised land. I might not get there w/ you...' #inaug09

Crowd waiting for gates to open at 12 and constitution #inaug09

Beginning the four mile walk from arlington to the Mall #inaug09

Rt @eesullivan: R. Maddow listing off cities w/ watch parties showing up in Google and mentions Quincy, Mass. And she pronounced it right!

Rt @OatesTom: #inaug09 Howard Dean at Netroots party "we are not done"; he's still loud BTW Link

Howard dean just took the netroots party stage #inaug09

Just saw Nate Silver of 538.com fame surrounded at the netroots party #inaug09

H Dean at netroots: our biggest mistake was putting politics on the shelf. you have got to be a community organizer all the time #inaug09

Party foul netroots style: guy at the bar next to me dropped his iphone on the wood floor #inaug09

At netroots party with @oatestom #inaug09

Twitter-Yahoo Mashup Yields Better Breaking News Search Link

Had a nice chat with Obama campaigners from La. who were beaming about the win, despite that state's (and neighboring states') vote #inaug09

Rt @laurelatoreilly TONIGHT: #Inauguration #tweetup: Link

Arizona cardinals are nfc champions ... Typing it didn't make it seem any more real.

Showing the minister at aspenhillcc.org how to use his Wordpress 2.7 install

@JasonCalacanis try to get T.O. to cry about his quarterback.

Northeast driving #dctrip09 tip: Consider this route:Link

2 am gridlock on 14th street ... Must be #inaug09

Chillin at toledo lounge #dctrip09 #inaug09

The homecoming begins! #dctrip09.com is taking me through the home of Francis Scott Key, Frederick, MD ... I had some good times here.

mobile reminder: you can follow #dctrip09 tweets at dctrip09.com and #inaug09 tweets at inaug09.com ping me with any issues/feedback

#dctrip09 just picked up with Oran Juice Jones on XM. I want him to speak at #inaug09 to W: "I gave you things you couldn't even pronounce."

@spampy is feeling guilty about eating the Baconator 'it's for people who want to die' #dctrip09

Hello Pompton Lakes NJ Wendy's, we meet again. #dctrip09

Glad i reminded @spampy to grab his camera battery charger! #Dctrip09

You might not believe this, but @oatestom is one of the best dancers you'll ever see. I have actually won bets on this.

To the very very helpful folks at Verizon Wireless - Thank you for getting my broadband daypass set up in record time for my #dctrip09

Packed Arthur Ashe's "Days of Grace" to take on #dctrip09 to #inaug09. He's watching Clinton's Inaugural while writing his letter to Camera.

You would not believe what I'm going through and being asked just to get set up for a Verizon Wireless broadband day pass. #dctrip09

Sweet! I found my bunting. Yes, I have bunting. Now I'm ready for my #dctrip09 to #inaug09.

I have five days left to spend $20 in donorschoose.org credits. I'm open to suggestions.

Watching the #inaug09 parade on TV? I'll be the guy with the sign that says "GOT LAID OFF JUST IN TIME FOR CHANGE - THISGUYCHAD.COM"

Scoping gloves and hood masks at REI Ahead of #dctrip09 and #inaug09

Screw you cold. I'm getting a haircut. What do you think about that? Neither you nor anything else can bring me down! Mmuuuwwaaahhhhahahahah

The great people in your life are truly remakrable ... They just know how to be or say exactly what you need when you need them the most.

If you ever voted for George W Bush I hope you understand why I headbut you if I find out.

I am debating ... Should I twitter what I am really thinking right now ... Discuss

If anyone needs any CMS, blog migration, feature writing, MT/WP work, online video or twitter magic tricks, visit capellman.com

I am wondering why #mbta even bothers printing bus schedules. Save some cash and just be honest that there is no schedule already. Ahhhh

My new plan for the #inaug09 balls. 1) Wear a suit 2) Pick a random bar 3) Watch the crazy. Suggestions welcome and will post on inaug09.com

Looks like if you took this gig, bad spelling wouldn't cost you. Link

You know, these feature-rich game trackers on many sports sites would do well to actually tell you when the game has gone final. Grrrr

I'm looking @ JW player skins at flashskins.co.uk and I'm liking what I'm seeing. Especially now that I got playlists working from Amazon S3

A whole new twist on the phrase "Bracing for the inauguration" Link

People are harping on Bush's farewell tour, talking of his "twisted reality" but if you were never *actually* elected, what else can you do?

I hope that guy at the train station was wearing a surgical mask cause it's freezing outside

My w/e project launched! bgtime.org - Bridging Generations through Tech, Information, Media & Engagement - (A Knight News Challenge grant)

I'm really hoping I can get away with not including a duration on this JW video player playlist. Like, a lot.

Just plotted my walking course from crash pad to #inaug09 parade route with Google Maps. Link

My thoughts and prayers are with the family friends and fellow firefighters of Lt. Kevin M. Kelley, BFD Link

If a friend starts a gambling pool for the day and time his wife has her baby, is it then time for an intervention?

What would happen if all of your draft emails all got sent out? At once? (shudder)

@stevebuttry great cover!

I just realized I'm < a week from breaking my personal ban on red Washington Nationals hats! #inaug09 #dctrip09 inaug09.com dctrip09.com

I'm starting to put imaginary voices to each twitterer I follow. For some of you, that's great. For others, you really don't want to know...

Wondering if Rickey Henderson speaking in the third person during his HOF induction speech would be a possible drinking game.

The 2:52 point of this Change.gov video startled me. That said, I love that this is how the new government will work. Link

@socialmedian Thanks for the super-comfy T-shirt!

@pandora_radio so can I play only music with explicit lyrics? You know, to maintain my street cred ...

Maybe Obama can appoint the class act and retiring Tony Dungy to a committee to fix the college football postseason Link

There is no better #emailsubject line I can think of right now than "Munchkins in the kitchen (EOM)"

So @GloPan you're OBVIOUSLY not talking about my wife on the "all obey" front. #fem2pt0 #fem2

As a Terp fan, I would like to thank UNC for hardly playing Steelers standout RB Willie Parker, and to Phillip Rivers for never beating us.

OK can we ban "out yardaged" as a phrase by football announcers? That would never make it into a well-written article on a game.

My search for "prohibited items" for the #inaug09 parade route led me to this page from the Secret Service Link

@cdorobek I built dctrip09.com and inaug09.com for non-iphone mobile users. Still growing it. Cheers.

Can't believe I got 1 of the 5,000 tix for the parade route of #inaug09 ... this is gonna be a great #dctrip09 !!

If my dream of a muting option for individual sports announcers ever happens, I want to call it "The Siragusanator"

If you're not watching this Ravens-Titans game, please refrain from referring to yourself as a true football fan.

RT @BrianReich I want to buy & run the Seattle PI. I have a plan for doing it too. Anyone w/ big money who can help bankroll this? Seriously

I had a wonderfully moving night w/ @eesullivan watching @spampy in Link

My MBTA red line train is delayed b/c of "traffic" ... it's 12:45 a.m. I'm not saying you even have to tell the truth, just lie better guys.

PSYCHED about finally seeing @spampy act in The Laramie Project tonight at 7:30 Link

I feel like I've been stabbed in the back. Not figuratively, I mean it literally hurts kinda like I've been stabbed in the back.

OK Whopper Sacrifice is funny, but I think I should get a whole combo meal and a drink if unfriend a family member on FB Link

I just sent my first email with a red ! in months. Hope that magic character helps.

Looks like RSS feeds are password protected now on @twitter causing problems EVERYWHERE. Good times. Wonder if my FB status will update.

RT @pahlkadot my daughter's school invited parents, kids & teachers to watch the #inaug09 on the campus together as a community. WIN.

Conversation with a co-worker - Me: Is that a potato? Co-worker: No that's a bruised pear. (That was one scary looking pear)

I'm working on a blog post about why newspapers that haven't tried certain things suck. I have a few. Feel free to send me your best rants.

Stumbled on to a Two and a Half Men episode with Denise Richards ... so weird.

Check out @spampy and friends in The Laramie Project in Harvard Square Tomorrow thru Sunday Link

On cell phone performing human GPS duties with Google maps for my brother who is disoriented driving near the #inaug09 parade route.

@slandry1234 looks like you peaked. No more room on that chart to grow!

I watched House for the first time in a while last night, and I'm about to join FB's Don't Let Newspapers Die "cause". This might get ugly.

I am enjoying the irony of @twuffer making its last tweet on Dec. 20, despite the fact that it's a tweet scheduling service.

@Marc_Meyer I think I am going to make the intro to Joy and Pain my phone alarm clock sound. Nice way to ease into the morning.

I enhanced that WaPo story with a map that approximates the route from the 6-yr-old boy driver's town to his school. Scary Link

The Washington Post reported on the story of a six-year-old boy who took his mother's car to school when he missed the bus, because he said he wanted breakfast and to go to PE. He told authorities that he learned how to drive from playing video games like Grand Theft Auto.

His ride ended when he took out a wood telephone pole about 1.5 miles from his destination, after passing several cars. The washingtonpost.com story is here, but there's something missing: a map.

I took the details from the story and did my best to recreate the journey from his town to his school. This map gave me chills.

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WaPo: "The [six-year-old] child had an idea about how to start, propel and steer the car from playing video games." Link

RT @missingmanuals Macworld Keynote-Absence Is In the Eye of the Beholder ... so many #macworld twitterers, so little time Link

I can't believe how effin' AWESOME this Pandora station is, and the ONLY thing I entered was Maze featuring Frankie Beverly

Tweetup at Toledo Lounge in DC on Sun. Jan. 18 at 9 p.m. Link

@kenyatta Where were you when you had this moment of clarity?

Maybe Obama will use a 3-headed monster of Sanjay Gupta, Billy Mays and Shamwow/SlapChop Vince to sell universal health care.

I am not saying the person who ate the last double chocolate milano and left a tauntingly disappointing empty bag is evil, or am I?

It appears yahoo pipes caps rss feeds you make at 1440 items. I do not recommending learning this the way I just went about it. Oy.

RT @missingmanuals: Find the "wow" moments Link

@checkmark I do not plan to at this time. I did just find out I'll be at the WeMedia.com event in Miami in Feb. though. Check it out.

Is there a gambling site built yet for twitter outages? I'm guessing the start of the #macworld keynote would be a good bet.

Aussie friend asked of my holiday break 'how was your festive period?' I like that, tho it sounds like the rest of the year, you know, sucks

OK Fiesta Bowl, I forgive you. What a finish! I think I will make the Big 12 appointment viewing next season.

Seriously? A close game? Damn you Fiesta Bowl ...

I think Colt McCoy let out a Michael Jackson squeal en route to the end zone for Texas in the Fiesta Bowl.

Note to Fiesta Bowl announcer Matt Vasgersian of Fox: "Yardaged" and "Time of possessioned" are not verbs. Nor is it English.

Downloading Qarbon's Viewlet Builder 4 for Mac to make a tutorial for posting to Wordpress 2.7 ... Should be an adventure!

@jeremydurham OOPS! Here's the Head First Rails book that Jeremy, Matt and Mike tech reviewed Link

@monstro If you win, your attire should be a discussion topic on GetSatisfaction, no?

BIG thanks to former colleagues Jeremy Durham, Matt Harrington and Mike Isman for their work on Head First Rails Link

@saschasegan Your blink tags, B tags and non-closed P tags made me laugh out loud.

RT @saschasegan Tuesday night burger run at #ces09 with press and whoever else shows! Link

Just when I thought the weirdness was complete in the Franken election, a Purple People Eater makes an appearance. Awesome Link

I enjoyed making @macslocum laugh out loud at my notion of current mobile web browsers being the sequel to the CueCat.

Spread the word and send me feedback: inaug09.com and dctrip09.com for mobile twitter updates on those two inauguration tags.

If I was a dog that noise in the Harvard Sq T Station would have made my head explode. Guess I would have needed to be a seeing eye dog tho.

To @timoreilly and others: Neil Young on innovation and green cars. Much of the value of this post is in the comments. Link

My self-appointed Wordpress camp over break included the unique CMS challenges of a church web site. I re-launched aspenhillcc.org

Can't believe I slipped 7 times and fell twice on my (normally) 15-min. walk to the T. Careful out there folks. It's DANGEROUS in the Hub.

thank you thank you thank you gmail for enabling .docx files to be readable as html. again, thank you.

Wow number one unc goes down to bc and the broadcast craps out on nesn fail!

Dolphins Stadium is playing "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey after a rough playoff loss. Methinks they might want to go ahead & stop.

Yes We Can! I launched 2 *mobile* sites for the inauguration - inaug09.com (to track/search #inaug09 tweets) & dctrip09.com (for #dctrip09).

I can't believe winter weather won't be a factor in any of the four NFL wildcard playoff games today.

You can't beat HD Planet Earth @ night w/ the lights off for quality TV. Every environmental criminal should be forced to watch this series.

I made a widgetbox widget for anyone who wants to add all of the #dctrip09 & #inaug09 tweets to their site Link

I'm working on a new fun project, that involves me putting this on my site. Stay tuned ...

I'm laughing that @tempo and @monstro are next to each other in my "Following" thumbnails. You guys are like the Bret and Jemaine of Web 2.0

Vince of Sham Wow fame "you're gonna love my nuts" Link

@joshlewis And let's not forget the Sham Wow. It's made by the Germans, and you know the Germans always make good stuff Link

Oh the irony. I google "htaccess redirect directory to home page" and the first link that comes up gives me a 404 error.

@billcarroll No argument here, but college presidents should be made to feel this is a short-term gain that will hurt donations long-term.

@billcarroll I was lookin' for a cause to get behind, and starting a campaign for colleges to ban predatory credit assistance is perfect!

Strange FB moment. A husband/wife listed next to each other on a friend's list. Their pics were slightly different versions of both of them.

@eesullivan I'm just glad we didn't buy in his hometown. ;-)

@SarahM what could possibly go wrong?

it just occurred to me that I probably have more than 100 email forwards pointing to my personal email address. OK, back to denial ...

Did Doug Flutie get a perm? And will @eesullivan throw something at me for even asking?

Millions of college-educated Americans should take a moment to mourn the passing of Sen. Claiborne Pell, who died at 90 Link

@BrianReich Thanks Brian. I totally lost track of time. After the 100 foot motorcycle jump last night, everything else is kind of a letdown.

I'm planning on hitting Burr Gymnasium for the Howard v S. Carolina St. hoops game @ 2 p.m. on MLK Day, Jan 19. Interested? Ping me.

I JUST got an email that Gmail ways was sent 5 days ago. Meantime, my work email is down. I wonder if the leap year is causing a problem.

Just nine hours in and 2009 is already light years better than 2008. Woot!

To quote your "coach" who shared the first great quote of 2009 "Robbie Maddison, you are the fucking man!"

OK you have to turn to ESPN RIGHT NOW 4 a real-life Idiocracy moment as this real-life jackass tries to defy death on a motorcycle in Vegas.