cine + octo = boo

so i’ve had several blog posts stewing about in my head…rather than let them pass off into oblivion, i’m piling them all into the duckpress and mulching them into a fine pulp…for you. enjoy.
thursday’s trainride home was an interesting dive into user feedback. we met up with a chap named [redacted] who really, really, really [...]

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this sign is here for a reason
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sure, delays are frustrating. no one likes being derailed, and nobody enjoys disruptions to routines. we are all creatures of habit, and when something intervenes our comfort levels get overturned and ire is inevitably provoked.
it’s understandable, but don’t blame the conductors. blame the rail. amidst the [...]

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a friend of mine passed this video along, and all i can say is, “this is absolute insanity.”
no, really. watching this video makes me nervous, but part of me is compelled to see this in person. check it out for yourself.

supposedly the video was shot during a hike through the Caminito del Rey in Spain. [...]

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post-WALL•E screening

yesterday we woke up bright and early to take amelie AMEL•E to see WALL•E. after a night of socializing at the Pownce 1 year anniversary party, i was surprised to find myself so eager to jump up and get going. it has something to do with the way the girl lights up when she [...]

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while heading to and from trader joe’s this afternoon, i luckily caught segments of ‘Atheism and its Critics‘ on NPR. the first segment focused primarily on dissecting the Richard Dawkins, the “new atheist,” and critics of atheism.
the second segment highlighted a documentary titled, “The Dhamma Brothers,” which follows a group of Buddhist instructors who undertake [...]

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it hasn’t even officially been four months since i packed up my cube and headed off to SF to join a band of merry currentians. it’s been fun so far, but something clicked last friday and i’m not exactly sure how to express it.
here goes. as happy as i am presently, its hard to ignore [...]

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it looks like yahoo! is bucket testing a purple logo on the front page. not sure what is hoped to be accomplished here, or why it’s being bucketed for that matter…interesting. could this have something to do with that announcement today at 1:30? what do you think?
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activision explorers’ club
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hey, stop me if you’ve heard this before:
person 1: “all hollywood does is churn out remake after remake.”
person 2: “that’s because originality in film is a lost art. everyone plays it safe by regurgitating variations of the familiar.”
i can’t begin to tell you how many times an exchange like this [...]

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anyone involved in online communities should take the time to read ariel waldman’s post on twitter’s refusal to uphold their terms of service in response to an online troll stalking and harassing her on their service. so far, the ordeal has resulted only in revealing some of twitter’s own identity problems. they are responding as [...]

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