Archive for November, 2008

A Thousand Dreams Away

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

< ![CDATA[A movie about computer dorks, with a male protagonist of Filipino descent ... and it co-stars a former Superman? “You ever hear of the ‘I Love You Virus’? It’s based on that. It’s the American girl and the Filipino boy and I leave the Philippines and there’s not much Internet or cell phone stuff [...]

Take On Me, Literally

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

< ![CDATA[If you ever find yourself asking how a particular music video relates to the song behind it, then you'll probably find this (via) refreshing. My only concern: the author reinvents the song based on the video – shouldn’t it be the other way around?]]>

Gift Card Camera Speakers

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

< ![CDATA[Bullseye has a gift card that doubles as a disposable digital camera and More Better Purchase offers one with built in speakers. I’m not sold on either of these concepts. Make one that drives like a BMW and then we can talk.]]>

GOOD is as GOOD Does

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Is the rhetoric rhetorical? A look at the first 100 days of every president since FDR via kottke. I can’t settle on a good personal policy regarding magazine subscriptions (worth the waste? will I recycle?), but I think GOOD is at the top of my list if I finally make the plunge.

A Letter to the President Elect (Whoever He May Be)

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Dear Mr. President Elect, Congratulations on your election by the great people of this United States of America to be our nation’s 44th president. Your victory, while historic, brings with it greater challenges than those you faced in the days, weeks and months leading up to it. You inherit a nation at war – at [...]

Eight

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Eight years ago, I stepped up to the booth and shouted at the top of my voice. As loud as the pen and ballot would allow me, I declared my choice for the office of President of the United States of America. Four years later, I again stepped up to the booth. This time I [...]

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