Archive for August, 2007

This just in: NYC Cab driver finds Kansas City fat

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

My mom and I just took a cab over to the NYU medical center to visit my father who is busy recovering from a hip resurfacing (check out hipresurfacing.com for details!) On our way over our Indian cab driver explained that “Kansas city is very nice, but there are no gyms. The people are so […]

Times homepage goes interactive

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

I could be mistaken, but I think today’s slide show at the top of the New York Times homepage is the first time interactive content has appeared right at the top of the page. Equally notable is the invitation to comment right below the slideshow, since one of the user generated comments has been selected […]

BitTorrent on my mind

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

BitTorrent is a way of downloading and sharing files over the internet. It’s the name of both a file sharing protocol and a program that uses the protocol. Many, many people use BitTorrent to download copyrighted content, but about half the time I mention it to “a non-computer person” they don’t know what it is, […]

Retroactive Florida Blogging

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

7/26, 7:00 pm: I’m at JFK’s Terminal 3 about to board Delta flight 2 at Gate 1. If JFK had free internet, it would make for a killer blog post titled “3, 2, 1 Blast off!”. Either way, Florida here I come.
7/26, 9:30 pm: After only 2 hours on the runway we’re finally taking off […]

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