April 2008
40 posts
Ben's mac tips #1
I’ve been using macs for years and have learned a lot of little productivity tips over the years so I’d like to share as many as I can remember with anyone who bothers to read my tumblr.
Learn Spelling - When using a word processor (I use Pages, and it’s pretty great), you can right click to find definitions and corrected spellings of misspelled words. OK, you might know...
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What I learned today
Today I learned that Tron Guy wears a dance belt.
What did you learn?
You know what makes me sick
People paying for gifts on Facebook. It’s a fucking image, you’re spending a dollar on a fucking image, that you can see without spending a dollar.
What makes you sick?
New Tumblr feature
I’ve been trying to convince myself that the how concept of a feature, especially in a web product, is bullshit, however I just cam up with a great idea for a site that would use the Tumblr Suggest feature, as well as an addition to extraview!
Conferences
I’m seriously considering going to WWDC. I think it’s something I have to do
also, I hope that I can register for next years ROFLCon sometime soon.
I just got to kick nstrich in #tumblrs, my work there is done
ROFLCon Tomorrow
So I just found out ROFLCon is tomorrow, and I have to be in Cambridge. So, I obviously didn’t register, but I may just have to lobbycon this one.
WatchI just set up this IRC. keep it going folks
My Travel List
I was thinking of places I’d like to go because I don’t travel nearly as much as one should:
Japan - specifically Tokyo, I haven’t heard of anyone being disappointed with this trip.
California - I’m basically referring to Northern California. I’ve been there before, and I feel like something resonated with me there. Southern California can suck a dong.
China -...
Would you pay for a Tumblr Pro account?
lunchfood: Reblog to let me know. yes
Great Usability
I was at Stop and Shop today. Stop and Shop remains my favorite grocery store, even above Whole Foods. It’s not because they have good prices, which they do, and it’s not because it has a great selection, which it does, or because it’s clean and well laid out, which it isn’t. No, I like Stop and Shop because they have continually embraced new technologies in an effort to...
I'm in New Jersey
and I’m fucking bored.
why does it suck so badly here?
Ricky Gervais' Defining Moment →
samreich:
I hope that in the future we have some term for spiritual atheism. That’s not “Buddhist.”
”Spiratheism”
going to new york soon
3 for 1
yourmonkeycalled:
If you listened to the show, first: I’m sorry. I’m pretty sure it will get better. Like John from Cincinnati didn’t. But if you liked it at all, I’d like to recommend these audio shows. Instead of ours. Over the past year or so I’ve fallen in love with their casual brilliance:
Jordan, Jesse Go! Never Not Funny Maniacal Rage So you’ve got that going for you. This is what I...
Watch (via Google Video)
The original What What (In My Butt)
You Look Nice Today →
As I told Adam, this is my new #1 podcast.
I just bought a Moleskine
This is either a great thing or a terrible, horrible thing. We shall see
avalonstar:distortion →
Bryan Veloso is such a great designer.
It's gonna be a long night
I hate that feeling. the feeling you get when you know that you’re still hours away from going to sleep. sleep in the only thing that keeps most up us (including me) sane. I mean literally, researchers have done test where the deprive subjects of sleep and the go nuts. I don’t want to go nuts, I just want to finish my fucking work. Lets see if I can go to be before midnight. Place your...
AT&T's Mobility CEO "spills the beans" on iPhone... →
I don’t have an iPhone. I’ve been waiting for my stupid contract with Verizon to end so I could get one. Now I may be waiting a bit longer.
There is no fucking way I’m going to buy an iPhone only to have a 3g one come out months later.
Watchpatrickmoberg: A recent favorite. Why am I not surprised that Adam Lisagor plays the ukulele
I'm disappointed in myself
I need to read more. I mean I read the news everyday, and I have blogs and such that I visit, but I don’t really read books, like for fun. I’ve never been very good at it, I can never seem to choose a good book. I think I need to do something about this.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on hulu →
I really love this show. I haven’t been watching it (or any tv) for a while, but I just found it on hulu. It has ridiculous, unrealistic writing, but it’s also strangely well written. 8/10
Radiohead/ Remix/ Nude →
Radiohead is holding a remix competition for their song “Nude”