The other day, Kate and I were discussing the difference between a “tool” and a “douche bag”. It is a subtle but important differentiation, and we came up with the following guide. We hope you find it helpful, and failing that, offensive.
Tool: Drives a champagne Lexus LX with gold trim.
Douche Bag: Drives a [...]
Category Archives: Web
Social Hygiene
June 29, 2008
Locker Room
June 1, 2008
Just as soon as we started describing Twitter as a micro-blogging/text-messaging tool, a well-oiled jealousy engine, and a scalable narcissism platform, it seems to have evolved into something beyond all that. Judging by my list of favorites, as well as those of others, Twitter has become a venue for sharing your profanity-laden sexual innuendo [...]
Quantum Entanglement - Part II
May 11, 2008
This is Part II. Read Part I.
As I mentioned earlier, Siskiwit and Rosco were unintentional BFF. When I launched Rosco I wanted to preserve the link structure of Siskiwit, because people were still way into searchin’ for and diggin’ on that stuff.
Siskiwit had a long and colorful history of publishing platforms, but a number of [...]
Quantum Entanglement - Part I
May 11, 2008
This is Part I. Read Part II.
Over the last few weeks I’ve been working diligently on a few personal web projects, and what you have in front of you now is the most recent incarnation of Daneomatic, which was launched last night. There’s also a new version of Brainside Out, which has already been [...]
Travelog
March 23, 2008
After two weeks of leading a jet-setter lifestyle, crisscrossing the country in economy class, and enjoying only the finest plastic cups of Canada Dry, I have returned home. Ahh, Hood River, where all the postal clerks know my name, I have the EDGE network all to myself, and there are no more than two [...]
Tamagotchi
December 18, 2007
I realize now that this whole writing thing brings with it an alarming clarity of thought, something I’ve sorely missed since I stopped doing it on a regular basis. I make no promises, but indeed this would be a good habit to cultivate again.
Part of the problem is that while I have been writing, [...]
