2008

Jul

Handling Flash Crowds (usenix '08)

How to Price Subscriptions

Today's Random Fact

Liquid Paper correction fluid was originally called Mistake Out.

Jun

The Chuck E. Cheese Band performing: Usher - “Love in This Club” I have updated my life...

Bummer.

Turns out this post about the un-contacted Brazillian tribe was a hoax.

http://honan.net/yahoo/

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The original Pledge of Allegiance, written in 1892, did not contain the words, “under...

uxlog

soxiam: time it takes to develop a major new product: about 5 months. time it takes for someone to...

Today's Random Fact

Honey bees travel over 43,000 miles to collect enough nectar to make a single pound of honey.

Brilliant Red Lights At the Fillmore with a sixteen-piece drumline. EPIC!

“Oh, meltdown. It’s one of those annoying buzzwords. We...”
— Mr. Burns how come nobody uses...

"You have to treat your employees like...

Obama vs. McCain on Your Future Tax Bill

720p AND 1080p High Definition,...

…And it’d make me happy if you took a moment to check out http://www.viddyou.com

From Google: “City of Oakland: Auto Theft” -...

I Got Out Of San Ramon Just In Time,...

Me: so I was reading through twitter and I saw this:
kaichang Holy crap. In Citibank San Ramon and bank just got robbed. Guy shot at UPS guy and took off. Cop cars everywhere. WTF. about 5 hours ago from txt

A quick video of the BMW GINA concept that introduces a car covered in fabric as a viable...

This is actually a really good thing.

Convenience Beats Quality

Source: the front page of CNN.com Interesting.

Credit: Video originally from the awesome people at LEGENDMag

Pool Party: One Ruby Gem = easy EC2 computing...

Cameron: i just hope mccain has some crazy flashback.. and hits the red button like everyone is nervous about..
Cameron: i think if he wins.. we will withdraw from iraq
Cameron: and go to war w/ vietnam again

AVOID 123inkjets.com !

I strongly recommend you avoid 123inkjets.com. I’ve spent over thirty forty minutes on hold,...

Bye-bye Bananananannnana?

“The banana we eat today is not the one your grandparents ate. That one — known as the Gros...

Today's Random Fact

Pope John Paul II was named an honorary Harlem Globetrotter in 2000.

May

Today's Random Fact

The zipper was invented in 1893 for use on shoes, not clothes.

Uncontacted Tribe Discovered in Brazil

Google AJAX Libraries API

Stewie Griffin untooned.

Me: I’m not sure if this is cool, or really lame… Me: ‘cause beer pong isn’t...

“Confront the brutal facts of your current situation, but...”
— The Stockdale Paradox

I’ve always enjoyed this video.

Gets better and better with each viewing

Why isn’t this on iTunes yet? Sigh. jstn: New...

Lifecycle Messaging

Bill O’Reilly - keepin it cool under pressure.

I heart family guy

Of Course They Were From Santa Rosa

A Santa Rosa man has been arrested for allegedly punching a camel at Six Flags Discovery...

Today's Random Fact

The most popular fruit in America is the banana.

'GTA IV' could keep 'Iron Man' audience at...

Or, as he was once called...

Jasmeet: I get a beard trim usually, although I've upgraded (downgraded?) to a goatee
Me: a beard trim?! I dont' even know what that's like... what do they do?
Jasmeet: well, first you gotta have a beard =D
Me: your AIM photo is deceptive, are you rocking some sweet face fur?
Jasmeet: yeah, I've been needing an update.
Jasmeet: sweet face fur
Jasmeet: or as I was once called
Jasmeet: an 80's vagina
Me: lol

Today's Random Fact

Thomas Jefferson is credited with bringing the recipe for French Fries to the US in 1802.

Apr

Today's Random Fact

The life expectancy of a fine guitar is about fifteen years, on the other hand, fine violins improve...

Elevators are ten times safer than escalators.

Today's Random Fact

Broccoli contains more Vitamin C than an orange.

Minimum Rage

I think a minimum wage makes about as much sense as having a maximum wage. Yes, I understand all the...

Social networking wars. We’ve all been there.

I'm a Megaracer!

Today's Random Presidential Facts

Lincoln was the only president to ever hold a patent, James Buchanan was the only unmarried US...

Today's Random Fact

Male monkeys can suffer from male pattern baldness.

“Everyone talks about “monetizing eyeballs.” We all know that...”
— Amplifier This is such a good...

Google Website Optimizer

“I want what every man wants. I just want it more.”
— Achilles

For senior, abortion a medium for art,...

via david via annie

Today's Random Fact

Walt Disney was the only Disney organization employee allowed to have facial hair.

Ram

Is the noun (a male sheep) named after the verb (as in battering ram), or is it the other way...

Interview w/ Mike Hudack - I’ve read a fair amount about him and he seems like a stand-out...

Aww, thanks Facebook!

Today Also Happens to be Tax Day.

April 15th 1452 - Leonardo da Vinci is born. April 15th 1850 - The city of San Francisco was...

jakoblodwick: “Not much, just skelaxin’.”

Lazy Salesmen

Me: So, I got this email...
Aaron,

My name is Andy Chang and I’m with Panther CDN.

I’ll be in SF next week on business and am hoping you are available for some time to discuss Kyte’s current content delivery needs.
We have become a proven and superior choice for many of the leading social network, web2.0 video companies today-
And I want to explain why.

-andy

Me: I don't mind cold-call emails but I do mind that he didn't even bother to enter the right company name in the email
Me: we're not Kyte
Me: we don't rhyme with kyte, our company names are not even close. Obviously this is a lazy copy & paste spam job
Me: So I responded with "Hi Andy, We're Viddyou, not Kyte. Thanks, Aaron"
Ash: hahaha thats awesome

PR Through Obfuscation!

Ryan: Let's stop using video as a term
Ryan: It should be "sustained long-duration sequential multi-frame photographic process"
Me: yes, that describes the new and revolutionary experience much better
Ryan: Well now we can launch a PR campaign announcing that and our foray into the new photographic realm of long duration sequential multi-frame photographic process

MultiScreener - freeware app by Zach Poff

“The round-trip journey, which will cost taxpayers about...”
— Boston.com (via pile)

I'm Calling It Now...

The next big thing in alt-rock is going to be big bands. I don’t mean ‘Big Band’,...

Tweetscan: Real-time Twitter Search

Today's Random Fact

To this day, Swiss law states that all of its citizens are required to have immediate access to a...

Lake Tahoe, April 2008

Product Centrism

Other than Microsoft’s Flight Simulator, I don’t play any games on my computer, and I...

Patricia of StyleDiary

Normally I enjoy Valleywag for its irreverent attitude (and consequently, perceptive insight) to the...

“Apple now top music seller in America, beating Wal-Mart.”

Freetards Are Ruining The Web

Your Twitter is not your blog is not...

carpeaqua: I love the fact that Web software has become more social. Being able to see what music...

Today's Random Fact

There are more than 700 distinct breeds of dog.

Gorgeous Web Design!

Today's Random Fact

The lowest temperature ever recorded was -129 degrees Farenheit at Vostok Station, Antartica.

Mar

From Threadless

I just upgraded my 8525 from WM5 to WM6. It was a pretty...

Dropclock is an esthetically intriguing motion clock screensaver. Every minute of real time is...

Today's Random Fact

The southernmost city in the United States is Hilo, Hawaii

Scalr is a fully redundant, self-curing and...

ideas: Phonofone II iPod Speaker

“You embrace that which defines you”
— Donna Cook

20/20’s John Stossel does a short report on the three common design mistakes Americans Make.

Today's Random Fact

Ozzy Osbourne’s real name is John Osbourne

Paparazzi For The Rest Of Us

pmcarthur: Yes yes

Last week my startup, Viddyou, came out with a new release...

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the...”
— Winston Churchill

celemony - Direct Note Access

skyvillain: George Cochrane’s cover for “Love in the Club” by Usher. I think I’ve found my new...

Today's Random Fact

The little raised dots in the center of highway lanes are called Bott’s Dots, named for their...

Top 5 Bands that Defined the 90's...

(in order) 1. Sublime 2. Nirvana 3. Smashing Pumpkins 4. Radiohead 5. Rage Against The Machine

I put out Birdmonster’s first EP on 7” vinyl a few years ago. Today they’ve...

So true

Ryan: To me that's like listening to a police scanner all day
Aaron: that's probably the best explanation of Twitter I've ever heard

The Internet Just Got A Lot Prettier

soxiam: Simplicity utter and exquisite bullshit like this...

“We shall distribute the company’s surplus earnings to all...”
— Masara Ibuka, again, this time...

Aw Jim, tough break.

Anathallo :: Dokkoise House (with face covered) I was lucky enough to spend four months out on the...

What’s your favorite curse word?

She lost her vision, sense of taste and smell, her disease...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day folks, remember to sport some green today.

The thing is, most people don’t understand financial...

The Tough Alliance :: First Class Riot

How the design of your resume can land you...

I can haz premonition?

Today I was mauled by a monstrous daddy longlegs that felt inclined to parachute on my MBP while I...

Today's Random Fact

I have Arachnophobia.

If you aren’t familiar with Owen Pallett’s “Final Fantasy” I highly...

Finally, calendar cohesion! My calendars on all my devices...

Aaroneous

Currently my News.YC and Digg profiles as well as my Viddyou viddstream and my Twitter stream are...

Today's Random Fact

The original Volkswagen was actually designed by Ferdinand Porsche in 1936. He later went on to make...

Tastes like burning!

Well, it looks like I just broke the paper shredder…