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I really don’t do a whole lot.

Monday, March 24th, 2008

It’s kind of sad to talk to someone you haven’t seen for a few weeks and all you really have to talk about is all the times you’ve been drunk since you last saw them.

NY Philharmonic arrives in N. Korea – CNN.com

Monday, February 25th, 2008

NY Philharmonic arrives in N. Korea – CNN.com So the US has a full economic embargo on Cuba, in an attempt to drive the nation into poverty, but the NY Philharmonic is free to travel to North Korea, which by all accounts is much more totalitarian and evil? Am I the only one who thinks [...]

I rode the trolley home today…

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Why is it that the sorts of people who talk to you on public transit are exactly the sorts of people who really shouldn’t be talking to you on public transit?

The boboification of Andrew

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Thanks to my friend Snitty I learned a new term this week: Bobo. From Wikipedia: Bobos are noted for avoiding indulging in high acts of conspicuous consumption in favor of spending the greatest amount possible on the “necessities”. Brooks argues that they feel guilty consuming in the way typical of the so-called “greed era” of [...]

My neighbors are going to love me.

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

So why do we need all these new area codes?

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

As of this writing I’m personally using up 4 numbers in the 619 area code: My Grandcentral account My Vonage account My cell phone (Inexplicably(as in why does this need a number?))My Verizon EVDO account In addition to that I’m currently chewing up a 951 number with a prepaid cell, a number in China with [...]

Things learned at the bar this week.

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Stout will float on hefeweizen, and it makes a really good combination. They’re also thick enough that it looks like you’re drinking a lava lamp. A shotglass containing 50/50 Baileys and Goldschlager dropped into a half pint of beer and then taken as a shot tastes an awful lot like a pumpkin pie.

This weekend, aka hedonism

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Food consumed: Mozzarella sticks, onion rings, chimichangas, french fries, egg rolls, pork buns, dim sum, caramelized shrimp, miso glazed salmon, pizza, ice cream Drinks consumed: Stella Artois, Woodford Reserve, Bare Knuckle Stout, Lemon Grass Coconut sake, unfiltered sake, cocktails with thai chili infused vodka, Drop Top amber ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Sierra Nevada Celebration [...]

Note to the designers of BofA ATMs

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

While I’m sure you were near your budget when designing the nifty new ATMs, next time you might want to use a sound designer instead of using “Windows XP Critical Stop.wav” as the default “You pushed a button!” sound. Enough computers are out there now and enough people have been trained to think of that [...]

How to double the performance of a new ThinkPad T60p

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Replace Windows Vista with Windows XP. Seriously, this is bliss. The hard drive doesn’t grind randomly for 40 minutes at a time, all my apps work. Even the fingerprint scanner works without me having to swipe my fingerprint 5 or 6 times. It also will actually come out of sleep mode without me having to [...]

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