2008

Congrats on the Primary Win!

I spent a good portion of last night hitting the refresh button on the Wyoming Secretary of...

“Authorities reported today that a woman whose body was found...”
— Daily News

Another reason to love fantasy sports

I’m talking to a friend nearly every day now that I had completely lost touch with. Fantasy...

June Jones picks 2 true freshman as the...

amandalynferri: Tornado hitting NYC take cover asap We...

Wilco (8/13 @ McCarren Pool)

Wilco played an outstanding 2+ hour concert last night at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn. I could not...

Who do you think opened the letter?

From the Washington Post: In a handwritten letter to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of...

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how are swimmers smashing so many world...

dihard: Have you noticed that every Olympic swim event is also a record smasher? It seems like...

Can you really see the Great Wall of...

I say bullshit.

Texas Startup Blog

Jessica Lea Mayfield - The One I Love Best

Who's the #1 overall pick in fantasy...

Fantasy Football leagues are about to get started.  Who do you take #1 overall? I still think it is...

Wilco ticket

I’ve got an extra Wilco ticket for August 13th at McCarren pool. I paid $100 for it on...

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What's going on in Washington?

Get a peak by following John Culberson on twitter.  He’s been a bit busy today.

Great Live Blog from ESPN on the MLB Trade...

I thought it may have been too loud where we were. Fun show...

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Figured I’d walk across the street for this one.

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape...

Trouble finding doctors

Taylor pulled (or tore) his hamstring in our softball game last night. He is going to see a doctor...

Hunter's last three messages to me

Hunter: (July 10,2008) Just found a Creed cd at home. We have it made now. Eghh haaa!
Hunter: (July 26, 2008) I just had a flashback of playing creed on my guitar at 2 in the morning.
Hunter: (July 28, 2008) I was serious about playing "My Sacrifice" on the guitar drunk too.

“I’d like to say that global warming was evident during my...”
— Freakonomics Blog found via...

Ever get bored at work?

Nearly all my friends complain that at some point, every week, they get bored at work. They have...

How about an arrow or something?

More Zimbabwe Inflation

“Mr. McCain: They go on for me. I am learning to get online...”
—  New York Times interview with...

New Last.FM Launches!

The hall of famers take the field

This sucks.  Fewer Pirates means less burried treasure. ...

Courtesy of Taylor. Frantically* trying to find a store in...

Too hot to stick around in Philly

Now we can panic. david: The Iran-Clonetool Crisis (via...

My Analytics

I have three services tracking activity on this blog: Google Analytics, FeedBurner, and Lijit. ...

Rich Harden Going to the Cubs

How I’ll cope.

I’m in hell with one blinking light. No fix from Time...

Breaking News: Multi-Millionaire Sports Star...

Pappi handing out party favors at the game on Friday.

Umm…possible condo?

Interesting New Fantasy Baseball Game

New York Tech Meetup

I used to go to these all the time when I first moved to NY in late 2006, but stopped attending...

Facebook Was Shut Off in China Today

rickyv: They could have remained on if they had played by China’s rules and allowed the government...

Royal Bangs - Little Switzerland

How Twitter Could Be Worth A Billion In A...

ethanb: The Paper Version of the Web at Deeplinking A bunch...

Austin Ventures zeroing in on online...

Will Leitch is leaving Deadspin

1880 Census Questions

My mom has been buiding our family tree on Geni and has ramped up the research this summer....

Volunteer Criteria

Not all help is good help. wyomingirl: People have been telling me for months, “Annaliese you...

NYC Construction Workers Still Drinking On...

Social Media in D.C.

I thought Robert Scoble’s recent post from D.C. was really cool. Annaliese has the Cynthia...

superamit: I’m interested in how people are using...

rickyv: The number on the left, X, is how many times Kevin...

Ninja party

The Best Criminals Have a Dad

I like this part from Taranto’s Best of the Web today: The Chicago Defender notes a curious...

Girl Talk adopts the Radiohead...

Girl Talk has a new album out and is selling it using the “pay what you want” model. ...

The all overpaid and underpaid list (MLB)

Would You Pay $715 for $630 in Cash?

joelaz: There is a buy-it-now listing on eBay today where the seller is offering $630 in cash,...

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Financial Startups in New York

I’ve been thinking about the discussion going on on the NextNY site about financial startups...

“My only message is simple. The National League needs to join...”
—  Hank Steinbrenner (who Crash...

How did this slip by the ESPN editors the...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15)

Two of the four balconies at Hunter’s sick new place

“The Kobe-MJ thing … done. Over. Jordan never would...”
— Bill Simmons diary from the...

MLB Advanced Media is always ahead of the...

“Fantasy Football is back, complete with new features – hint,...”
— Andy Beheren’s Yahoo!...

Worst Fantasy Sports Product Ever

I’m surprised that it comes from Yahoo! because usually they have simple, functioning, no...

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Time Warner Cable is Horrible

Watching the NBA Finals in HD is impossible because of the jumpy feed from Time Warner Cable.  My HD...

The salt lick has a hell of a line

MagLev's demo at the Ruby on Rails...

Looking for any video of the conference, particularly this demo.

This is no coincidence...right?

I have never received any telemarketing phone calls on my cell phone. I’ve had the same...

Amazon.com

It’s been down for at least 20 minutes here. Is this normal maintenance I never noticed? Not...

Big Apple BBQ in Madison Square Park!

If you live in NY you can’t miss this.  I’ll be piling my plate up with some brisket...

superamit: buzzandersen: Sketches for an iPhone Version of...

Best Wikipedia Entries

I get lost on Wikipedia frequently.  Here are two fun places to start: William Walker Zimbabwe...

feedback: Panda high-life unaffected by credit crunch.

The Supreme Court won't hear the Fantasy...

We're not technically in a recession

Good cartoon I saw on The Big Picture. But really…what’s the point of having a...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-1)

Summer Mix Pt. 1

Some of this is new and some is old. This is what I have been listening to this summer.

So proud of your support!

People I'm following (Tumblr Issue)

I wish that the list of people I was following was not in the reverse order that I started following...

Cool way to use Google Adwords

How close did Tivo come?

I was reading a blog post about Tivo today (can’t remember where) and all I could think about...

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This guy hasn't set himself up to be...

Summer Mix #1

George Will on rhetoric from presidential...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-25)

Stuck in Cleveland overnight on my way to Austin. Very, very...

Why does my team suck?

I’m trying to figure out why my fantasy baseball team sucks so bad.  I usually finish in the...

Huge Man U fans

Either the Pour House in the East Village is a known Manchester United hang out that I never knew...

How to build a start up team

Just got back from the NextNy meet up on how to build a start up team. I hadn’t been to one of...

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-18)

Comparison Widget Cont...

I made a post earlier about wanting a comparison widget from any fantasy provider. I stumbled...

You're next Taylor

Hunter has a Tumblr.

In the cheap seats today.

Does It Offend You Yeah? - We are Rockstars

Does it offend you yeah?

Playing tonight at Highline Ballroom in Chelsea.  So I guess I like electronic music now?  Never...

Baseball Trivia

Someone asked me this the other day and I thought it was a good trivia question. How does someone...

I don't get the Kindle; feel the urge to buy...

Filming outside my place at Webster Hall. Annaliese heard it...

Last.fm Tumblr feed

Looks like it is broken.  I haven’t noticed anyone’s top 5 artist feed on my dashboard...

“You say that even if global warming turns out to be no...”
—  George Will’s questions...

Geographic Balancing

Junes Jones talks SMU Football and the Run...

My plea to fantasy sports providers

Build a trade widget.  Or a player comparison widget.  Whatever you want to call it.  What this...

My grandfather must have been a wizard too

Want a beautiful & unique Tumblr theme?

This place could use a face lift.  I’d like to do it on my own but not sure it will work out...

SI making Facebook apps for Fantasy Sports

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-4)

Proactive or Annoying?

Trying to decide if the email I want to send out is me being proactive or annoying. This issues...

Three organs?

Rjd2 at Bowery ballroom

Umm...how did that happen?

No more political posts for a while.  It’s not what I want this blog to be about.  I’ll...

Experience in politics

I don’t necessarily want inexperienced politicians running for high office.  People seem to...

“Mr. Wright, who has long prided himself on criticizing the...”
— 2007 New York Times...

At the NY Google office today

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Tokyo Police Club

I’ve spent tonight listening to this album that I’ve seen on many people’s most...

George Will's questions for Obama

George Will brings up some excellent questions that Obama should answer.  I’d like to see Will...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-27)

Grandaddy - AM 180

Good day for shake shack

Web-Listings.net

Totally shady company sending me fake bills for one of the domian names I own. Can you imagine...

Fleaflicker bought by AOL

I love living on this street

Metcalfe's Law and fantasy sports

First, Metcalfe’s Law is a pretty simple idea:  The value of a network is equal to the square...

I love this one, and Brandon Bird.  I almost bought a print...