July 2010
31 posts
Stalked? →
About a month ago an article came out about online stalking and I was the subject (the stalkee, if you will). Essentially the author collected everything she could find out about me on the public web and presented me with my dossier over a cup of coffee in Soho.
The publication, Assembly Journal, asked me if I’d like to respond and I took them up on it. The reply, which they gave the title...
Six Years →
Six years ago today I started this blog.
Over that time I’ve gone through four designs, written 1,429 entries (including this one) and gotten 5,504 comments (some of which are certainly spam). I’ve…
Clicksdropping →
The Economist has a story about a group of academics that were able to create some software to extract keystrokes by just listening to people typing [the article is unfortunately now behind the Economis paywall, but Google’s still got a cached version which probably won’t last long itself]. The method is actually pretty straightforward:
The new approach employs methods developed for...
Screading →
Kevin Kelly has an interesting piece on what screens do for reading in Smithsonian. I especially liked his thought here:
Books were good at developing a contemplative mind. Screens encourage more utilitarian thinking. A new idea or unfamiliar fact will provoke a reflex to do something: to research the term, to query your screen “friends” for their opinions, to find alternative views,...
Rational Rule Breaking →
With all the World Cup posts and today’s entry about Lebron this is starting to feel a little like a sports blog. Sorry about that, but here’s one more. This one is a followup to my post from a few weeks ago on the Uruguay handball against Ghana. The comments on the post were super interesting, as folks debated both sides of the ethics goal line handball.
This post, which labels the...
“This means that while we love our technology, we also somehow believe we are...”
– iphone 4 bumpers - the shocking flaw : ryan mcmanus’s blog : : the barbarian group
Come to breakfast tomorrow!... →
(via benjaminpalmer)
Lebron + Game Theory →
Interesting analysis of Lebron’s decision by a game theorist:
By allowing Bosh and Wade to make their decisions first, did LeBron possibly get himself into a situation where he ended up with a sub-optimal outcome? If so, it would certainly put that ESPN special in a whole new light - not just obnoxious, but possibly even counter-productive. By committing himself to a specific timetable -...
“Tiny, unheralded New Zealand, one of the pre-tournament favorites for the title...”
– There and Back Again - The Run of Play
Tumblarity
rickwebb:
Hay! We ever gonna get Tumblarity back? GOD I MISS THAT.
I know it’s not a popular sentiment, but I’m with Rick on this one. I don’t see some magical difference in the quality of the posts now that there’s no Tumblarity and I enjoyed being able to immediately gauge whether people found whatever I had posted interesting. I mean, whatever, it’s not a big...
“A 16-year-old boy got so intoxicated the other night that he stumbled into the...”
– Drunk, Naked Teen Passes Out in Bed in Former Family Home - LAist
“The uniform clash between Holland & Uruguay in HD is the greatest moment for...”
– Twitter / Bill Simmons: The uniform clash between …
Cold-Brewed Iced Coffee →
I’m up in Boston for a few days for work and found myself making a pitcher of cold-brewed iced coffee with none other than Mr. Doug Pfeffer (if you haven’t explored his crazy awesome projects it’s worth it). Anyway, after getting it all done I figured I’d share the recipe for this summer delicacy:
Mix a ratio of 1.5 cups water to 1/3 cup ground coffee (medium grind is...
Managing Football →
The plot: One man’s quest to raise a team from the dregs of Italian football and return them to the glory they once had ninety-plus years ago.
The catch: The narrative is entirely born out of a game called Football Manager where instead of actually control the players on the field, you make all the administrative decisions and see how your team performs.
Seriously, though, there’s...
Handball →
For what it’s worth I fall on the side of Luis Suarez’s handball that thinks it’s one of the more brilliant plays I’ve ever seen in sports. In case you missed it, it came in the last minute of extra time between Uruguay and Ghana. After two rebounds Ghana had a clear shot at goal and Suarez stuck his hand up and pulled it down before it could cross the line. He was...
“From a practical point of view, it will be as if we are simply adding one person...”
– Woot : Amazon, Woot, and You: But Mostly Woot 