big announcement from google last night, which could really impact people who plan and buy media (my old job).
it should be interesting to see how the media community responds and reacts to this.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
according to this article in the wsj (which you may need to log in to read), there is a bit of a modern renaissance of the sport of jousting going on. weird! i kinda want to go and see a tournament, but it appears that the governing league is in need of a website overhaul, and they only have one tournament in the US planned, which is sometime in september in new hampshire. i hope i remember to check back and see when they set the date!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
youtube recently launched a really neat new feature where they'll highlight short films from film festivals around the globe, with new films every few weeks. you can check out the program, titled 'the screening room' here. my favorite of the first four films is "the danish poet", which is supercute.
sorry i haven't written more! i have had about 10 things in draft format, so let me see if i can get them edited and up today. enjoy!
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we just got a roomba, which is really fun. we have only used it twice so far, but the first time i couldn't stop watching it (which kind-of defeats the purpose of saving time) as it whirred across the floor. it seems to do so in a pretty random pattern, but then again, it's a ROBOT, so i'm sure it's just smarter than me and there's a sense to it.
the second time we used it, we programmed it to work while we were gone for the evening (for an amazing indian food dinner party at my friend derek's) and when we came back the roomba hadn't made it back to its charging station. we found it forlornly out of power in a corner, where it had tangled up in a cord. poor roomba! it's supposed to be able to avoid cords, but apparently it doesn't work 100% of the time.
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this guy is obsessed with packing light. since it looks like i may be taking a four city 12 day trip next month, i should read his whole site for tips!
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i think you have to log in to see it, but this little humorous piece in the WSJ about yahoo spurning microsoft for google is pretty awesome. i think i like the afterschool special version the best.
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FINALLY! someone (actually, nerve.com) has put together a list of the best fake commercials of all time. now you can watch both recent classics like the "mom jeans" ad and the awesome "hey, you (the perfume of one-night stands"
i don't usually watch as much online video as you might expect, but this will be a great time-waster over the next few days.
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we just got a roomba, which is really fun. we have only used it twice so far, but the first time i couldn't stop watching it (which kind-of defeats the purpose of saving time) as it whirred across the floor. it seems to do so in a pretty random pattern, but then again, it's a ROBOT, so i'm sure it's just smarter than me and there's a sense to it.
the second time we used it, we programmed it to work while we were gone for the evening (for an amazing indian food dinner party at my friend derek's) and when we came back the roomba hadn't made it back to its charging station. we found it forlornly out of power in a corner, where it had tangled up in a cord. poor roomba! it's supposed to be able to avoid cords, but apparently it doesn't work 100% of the time.
............
this guy is obsessed with packing light. since it looks like i may be taking a four city 12 day trip next month, i should read his whole site for tips!
.............
i think you have to log in to see it, but this little humorous piece in the WSJ about yahoo spurning microsoft for google is pretty awesome. i think i like the afterschool special version the best.
...........
FINALLY! someone (actually, nerve.com) has put together a list of the best fake commercials of all time. now you can watch both recent classics like the "mom jeans" ad and the awesome "hey, you (the perfume of one-night stands"
i don't usually watch as much online video as you might expect, but this will be a great time-waster over the next few days.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
as you know, we're big into safety here at the hall household. that's why we were relieved to hear that a flaming hackysack toy was banned by the good folks of south australia. which then made me wonder: can you get this in other parts of australia?
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
wow! these photos of a chilean volcano eruption aren't brand new, but they're still the coolest photos i've seen in awhile.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
i just received this email from a local restaurant that i have been wanting to check out. i really like their other spots, so it made me happy that they can also send a witty email:
Anchor & Hope - the new fish house from the jackasses that brought you Town Hall & Salt House - is open. Maine lobsters, Dungeness crabs, steamed mussels, oysters & fish and much more. Print this and bring it with you and we'll treat you to one oyster. No, wait, that's too much. No complimentary oysters. A renovated 100 year old warehouse at 83 Minna Street between Mission and Howard & First and Second Streets.
Norm Smittka of the Seaside Gazette in Maine writes - "I've never been there but I give Anchor & Hype, sorry, Anchor & Hope - or whatever you call it - 8 stars because they were just really nice people on the phone."
Call 415.501.9100 or go online at www.opentable.com
Town Hall is located at:
342 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415.908.3900
Fax: 415.908.3700
For more information (dress code, parking, map, etc.) or to make reservations at
Town Hall:
http://www.opentable.com/restaurant_profile.asp?ID=2777&restref=2777
Anchor & Hope - the new fish house from the jackasses that brought you Town Hall & Salt House - is open. Maine lobsters, Dungeness crabs, steamed mussels, oysters & fish and much more. Print this and bring it with you and we'll treat you to one oyster. No, wait, that's too much. No complimentary oysters. A renovated 100 year old warehouse at 83 Minna Street between Mission and Howard & First and Second Streets.
Norm Smittka of the Seaside Gazette in Maine writes - "I've never been there but I give Anchor & Hype, sorry, Anchor & Hope - or whatever you call it - 8 stars because they were just really nice people on the phone."
Call 415.501.9100 or go online at www.opentable.com
Town Hall is located at:
342 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415.908.3900
Fax: 415.908.3700
For more information (dress code, parking, map, etc.) or to make reservations at
Town Hall:
http://www.opentable.com/restaurant_profile.asp?ID=2777&restref=2777
i just received this email from a local restaurant that i have been wanting to check out. i really like their other spots, so it made me happy that they can also send a witty email:
Anchor & Hope - the new fish house from the jackasses that brought you Town Hall & Salt House - is open. Maine lobsters, Dungeness crabs, steamed mussels, oysters & fish and much more. Print this and bring it with you and we'll treat you to one oyster. No, wait, that's too much. No complimentary oysters. A renovated 100 year old warehouse at 83 Minna Street between Mission and Howard & First and Second Streets.
Norm Smittka of the Seaside Gazette in Maine writes - "I've never been there but I give Anchor & Hype, sorry, Anchor & Hope - or whatever you call it - 8 stars because they were just really nice people on the phone."
Call 415.501.9100 or go online at www.opentable.com
Town Hall is located at:
342 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415.908.3900
Fax: 415.908.3700
For more information (dress code, parking, map, etc.) or to make reservations at
Town Hall:
http://www.opentable.com/restaurant_profile.asp?ID=2777&restref=2777
Anchor & Hope - the new fish house from the jackasses that brought you Town Hall & Salt House - is open. Maine lobsters, Dungeness crabs, steamed mussels, oysters & fish and much more. Print this and bring it with you and we'll treat you to one oyster. No, wait, that's too much. No complimentary oysters. A renovated 100 year old warehouse at 83 Minna Street between Mission and Howard & First and Second Streets.
Norm Smittka of the Seaside Gazette in Maine writes - "I've never been there but I give Anchor & Hype, sorry, Anchor & Hope - or whatever you call it - 8 stars because they were just really nice people on the phone."
Call 415.501.9100 or go online at www.opentable.com
Town Hall is located at:
342 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415.908.3900
Fax: 415.908.3700
For more information (dress code, parking, map, etc.) or to make reservations at
Town Hall:
http://www.opentable.com/restaurant_profile.asp?ID=2777&restref=2777
Monday, June 02, 2008
last week on our trip, ann and i were talking about our life goals, and the topic came up again today with another friend. i've had variations of my list for a long time, and these conversations have been the catalyst for me to see what versions of the list i can dig up, and try to write up a current version. do any of you, dear readers, have a "bucket list"? and what's on it?
separately, a (guy) friend told me today that he made a mix CD for a gal that he digs. i still have a box of mix tapes from good friends. megan stielstra made me a mix tape that introduced me to "wonderful tonight" by clapton, fred rice sang me songs he wrote himself, fred thomas had the best names for his mix tapes, aaron put on more than one song by genesis (even though he knew i didn't understand his love for them), and then steve made me a mix with "ain't that a kick in the head" on it, which still makes me think of the beginning of our relationship whenever i hear that song. i should dig out that box and find a way to enjoy some of those... and i wonder what i would put on a mix CD if i were making one today. i guess i'd have to assume if i'm making one today, it would be different for steve than it would for anyone else in the world. and it would be damn difficult to make him one, since we listen to mostly the same stuff anyhow! still, i did make him a mix CD once -- and it was all about how much i lovelovelove him, yet i tried to make it un-cheesy. i remember that i included "stickshifts and safety belts" by cake on it. and i know that the liner notes i made are still in one of our CD books, but the CD is long gone. i guess i could always re-release that as a playlist. however, call me old-fashioned, but somehow that seems a lot less romantic.
separately, a (guy) friend told me today that he made a mix CD for a gal that he digs. i still have a box of mix tapes from good friends. megan stielstra made me a mix tape that introduced me to "wonderful tonight" by clapton, fred rice sang me songs he wrote himself, fred thomas had the best names for his mix tapes, aaron put on more than one song by genesis (even though he knew i didn't understand his love for them), and then steve made me a mix with "ain't that a kick in the head" on it, which still makes me think of the beginning of our relationship whenever i hear that song. i should dig out that box and find a way to enjoy some of those... and i wonder what i would put on a mix CD if i were making one today. i guess i'd have to assume if i'm making one today, it would be different for steve than it would for anyone else in the world. and it would be damn difficult to make him one, since we listen to mostly the same stuff anyhow! still, i did make him a mix CD once -- and it was all about how much i lovelovelove him, yet i tried to make it un-cheesy. i remember that i included "stickshifts and safety belts" by cake on it. and i know that the liner notes i made are still in one of our CD books, but the CD is long gone. i guess i could always re-release that as a playlist. however, call me old-fashioned, but somehow that seems a lot less romantic.
I'm so glad I'm home!
The flights were (thankfully) uneventful. There were no crying babies, there was minimal turbulence, and the most annoying thing was a guy in the row behind me that kept shuffling and reshuffling a pack of cards while I tried to sleep (seriously, who does that for over an hour?!?)
It was great to see Steve (of course!) and we were able to see a lot of other friends too, at Courtney & Chris's baby shower yesterday.
The only negative thing to report is that I think I caught a cold on my way home. I keep sneezing... I am fighting it valiantly, though. Hopefully Zicam will kill it before it gets worse. I am afraid that we'll have a repeat of my last cold, though: I was minimally affected for about 2 days, and then Steve caught it from me and was out of commission for 5 weeks. Ick!
I hope the Red Wings can pull it off tonight... I hope I don't jinx it by saying that!
I am going to my first personal training session tonight. I hope my trainer is hot.
Last random thought for this post: I love these shoes! I am in no way hinting that I am going to buy them (since they're way too expensive), but I so totally dig them!
The flights were (thankfully) uneventful. There were no crying babies, there was minimal turbulence, and the most annoying thing was a guy in the row behind me that kept shuffling and reshuffling a pack of cards while I tried to sleep (seriously, who does that for over an hour?!?)
It was great to see Steve (of course!) and we were able to see a lot of other friends too, at Courtney & Chris's baby shower yesterday.
The only negative thing to report is that I think I caught a cold on my way home. I keep sneezing... I am fighting it valiantly, though. Hopefully Zicam will kill it before it gets worse. I am afraid that we'll have a repeat of my last cold, though: I was minimally affected for about 2 days, and then Steve caught it from me and was out of commission for 5 weeks. Ick!
I hope the Red Wings can pull it off tonight... I hope I don't jinx it by saying that!
I am going to my first personal training session tonight. I hope my trainer is hot.
Last random thought for this post: I love these shoes! I am in no way hinting that I am going to buy them (since they're way too expensive), but I so totally dig them!
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