Archive for April, 2007
links for 2007-04-20
History Magazine – “What Time is Dinner?” A history of mealtimes. (tags: food history) GOM Player Freeware media player for Windows. (tags: free video software windows) Airbag – LLC. Greg on going into business for himself. (tags: business design) Mike Davidson: Pagination and Page-View Juicing are Evil. On the usability and ethics of splitting short [...]
Verizon: A Moving Experience
I normally try to be nice to customer service reps on the phone; they’ve got a tough job, sitting in a cubicle with a headset to deal with irate and clueless people all day. To my knowledge there are only three times I have actually ever raised my voice to a phone CSR: once, when [...]
New Apartment
Spent the weekend moving to the new apartment, with help from Steve and Saleh. The new place is five floors down and opposite the building from my old one. 525 sq. ft. corner 1BR with a view of the alleyway and a sliver of E Street. Same old tiny kitchen, slightly smaller bathroom than the [...]
links for 2007-04-14
Digital Web Magazine – HTML5, XHTML2, and the Future of the Web. Mark Pilgrim is pretty sure that HTML 5 is the future. (tags: html xhtml markup development standards) Best Easter Wishes: 1908 | Shorpy – Chick pulling wagon with flowers. (tags: cute photos history animals) The MOTH | McGough – My First Day With [...]
Sunset.jpg
Setting sun peeks through the trees along the National Mall. Days like this are nice for walking home. (Sunset.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)
Segways.jpg
City Segway Tour group learns how to drive before setting out from corner of 14th and Penn NW. (Segways.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)
links for 2007-04-13
NASA Ames Research Center. Powered by WordPress! (tags: nasa wordpress) What Doesn’t Kill You… | By Farther Steps Does greedy media stupidity over manufactured religious controversy serve to strengthen the faith with increased apologetic discourse? (tags: faith media) Linux and Open Source Blog – Why Use Software Illegally When You Can Use Legally. Free and [...]
New Job
As of early last week, I had sent out about twenty resumés to various openings in DC, of which only three had garnered positive responses: one was for a Webmaster/IT Manager position at a DC-based network of U.S. academic computing departments (which entailed web development and tech support, which I turned down because the target [...]
BearHold.jpg
While waiting for my pho at Asian Bistro at 19th and L NW, I spotted this bear and her cubs. The bear is holding a fish full of toothpicks. Yes, indeed. Pity the poor bear. And her cubs. And toothpicks. (BearHold.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)
OatsDude.jpg
The Post Honey Bunches of Oats promo continues outside Union Station, now with an Oat Monster mascot wandering the area. Or maybe he’s a spoon with cereal in it. Or something. (OatsDude.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)