July 2010
Tracked down the GPS in a Boston garage, but left for NY in rental Merc without ezpass. D’oh!
“myDVR Manager will be available to use at Comcast.net TV Listings after it syncs with your DVR. Please allow up to 24 hours to complete.”
Heading to Electric Windows event in Beacon, NY this Saturday. Live music and painting 12-7. http://tinyurl.com/5tneuv
People standing in rain waiting for bus next to big BUS STOP HAS MOVED sign.
Enterprise wants $84 to rent a car on Saturday. Only $5 less than Zipcar but I have to pay for my own gas.
Finally have the new version of the Comcast software on my cable box. Lots of great new DVR features for managing your recordings. Folders!
Up, Up and a Way Up →
Mat Hoffman’s supersize stunts have contributed to BMX and Skateboarding Big Air events at the X Games, which begin Thursday in Los Angeles.
Migrating my work Gmail to a new Google Apps domain. I apparently have 2,248,760 messages in that account (one of many).
Guy in front of me in line is buying $200 in scratch tickets.
RT @cmonstah: Award for hilarious art P.R. goes to M. Boesky. Soak it up. ‘Cuz these don’t come around very often. http://bit.ly/c1ASfv
Whoa, USPS is selling the Union Square post office very soon! http://twitpic.com/29ggi7
Lunch at the Google cafeteria. (@ Google) http://4sq.com/6ixgEn
MEME gallery in Cambridge is hosting a 1 day transformation of the Wall at Central Square on 8/7 from noon to 9. http://tinyurl.com/2adu37h
Now that Google Apps accounts are becoming full Google accounts, you can no longer be logged into both at the same time in one browser.
Very embarrassing and amateur spill on the way home due to my apparent inability to release my feet from my new “Hold Fast” pedal straps.
Fat Tag Graffiti Deluxe - Katsu Edition (iPhone App) - http://tinyurl.com/yjltv2e
Last Comic Standing - Vote Myq Kaplan!
iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacMini, Airport Extreme, 3 x Airport Express & Time Capsule… FTW.
Sam Lagrassa’s brought in catered lunch today, FTW. Thanks @phishy !
Brought the dead Time Capsule into the office to have it replaced and it magically started working again!
My good friend Geoff Hargadon getting his propers on Brooklyn Street Art: http://tinyurl.com/2dnmgnf
Realized I hadn’t ridden yet today and did a quick 7 miles before it got dark: Union, Lechmere, Kendall, Central, Harvard, Union.
It’s Saturday and all the finance people are at work.
Girl next door sticks her entire torso out the window to blow out her smoke and cough.
Encountered multiple packs of BMX kids on my ride this afternoon. Wished I had the other bike.
Hold left cursor key for 2 seconds while watching a video and the YouTube player will let you play an embedded game of snake!!
Aziz Ansari! (@ Wilbur Theatre w/ 39 others) http://4sq.com/rgyTz
RT @Curvyboom: Omg totally want the Eminem bandaid.
Had a fabulous chat with the first of our CIO candidates.
The Five-Minute RCS Tutorial →
This quick tutorial will teach you everything you need to know to use the Revision Control System (RCS) for system administration. RCS is useful for applying version control to all of your system…
Just eliminated a rogue eyebrow hair that had grown to nearly an inch and a half and was turning white. *yoink*
“I leave scientists mentally scarred, triple extra large, wild like rock stars who smash guitars .”
Jewel Sings Her Own Songs at Karaoke in Disguise →
Jewel, disguised as a mild mannered businesswoman, drops by a local karaoke bar and performs some of her classic songs to a completely dumbfounded audience.
The case for cloud computing in genome informatics →
With DNA sequencing now getting cheaper more quickly than data storage or computation, the time may have come for genome informatics to migrate to the cloud.
RT @artsbeat: Eli Broad Offers $7.7 Million for Museum Siteease http://nyti.ms/aOf2dS
Louis C.K. at Wilbur Theatre September 24th and 25h (2 shows each night).
Stress testing the wireless network with all manner of video streaming. (@ Broad Institute (301b)) http://4sq.com/bL3tni
“Charlie Rose” episode on the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome draft.
RT @moonshine79: RIP Steinbrenner..
Just encountered a second bunny rabbit, this time in Assembly Square.
Ekosystem has some amazing pictures of Roa, his work and some of the reference materials for his animal pieces: http://tinyurl.com/3562kp5
RT @jeffcarvalho: Harvey Pekar passed away. Sad day. (American Splendor)
Quite a rain out there. Still some clear sky out there with sun poking through. Are we looking at a possible rainbow… or a double-?