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Who needs a driveway anyway???
2007
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Byers’ new house in cp
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My new ride
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All tuned up, courtesy of cap hill bikes. Still need some pegs though.
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The gingerbread man…
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Got all the way to columbia heights, then got run over. (found on sherman ave nw)
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Gym at farragut north metro
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Look forward to:
-More traffic by the escalators
-sweatier, smellier people on the metro
-working out underground
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Weekend Update
Shut up, crickets.
This weekend Red Sox take on the Yankees, as does this ever-mutating meme:
Uploading pics from my phone to here may be working now / soon!
Last weekend I went home to Boston for a solid 4 days full of great times and great food (how often these go together) – Pics
Justin got major knee surgery and graduated from Northeastern Law in the same week.
Went to WBOS EarthFest and saw Guster and John Butler Trio:
Also fun:
Passive Aggressive Notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers
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Encyclopedia of Life
Ultimately, the Encyclopedia will serve as an online reference source and database for every one of the 1.8 million species that are named and known on this planet, as well as all those later discovered and described.
The Encyclopedia of Life was inspired by E.O. Wilson, and specifically, his TED Prize acceptance speech where he pleas with us to pool our limited knowledge about life on Earth even as we destroy it.
On a technical note, the project’s pages include an intuitive slider that allows the user to instantly adjust their preferred knowledge level, and with it, the depth of information on the page. I know quite a few sites that could use an easily adjustable navigation like this.
I can’t locate the working example I played with earlier, but you can see what I’m talking about on the Example page.
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Just in time for Summer: the Ocean
Forget the iPhone.
The Ocean’s better. And available now. And ONE THIRD the price.
I haven’t been this excited for a consumer electronics, nay, any purchase, since I ordered the Nomad Jukebox back in 2002 (the iPod wasn’t working on PCs yet).
The Helio Ocean is at long last available for purchase, after driving me nuts with a vague “Spring 2007” release date. Click here for its features.
I’ve just scored a major victory in the battle for free time. The sooner I can do all of my email reading, blogging, Facebook-pruning, and other daily computer stuff while I’m bored on the bus and not in the precious free time at night, the better. I like to think that in the future, sitting in front of a desktop computer is going to be pretty old-fashioned.
And to add to my excitement, the Ocean is arriving via free two-day FedEx.
Even with all of the hype (and corresponding share price), Google continues to amaze me. A quick search for “Helio Ocean promo code” found:
The discount is as follows:
$75 off the device
$30 activation fee waived
$25 off your invoice for the first 4 months,
plus 1 month free of TV service.A total value of $211
Promo Code: B2BYMOD ($220 after discount)
If you order one and want to say thanks for the discount, put my phone number in the referral box on the order page and I’ll get a free month of service.
Bangarang!
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e-cards are back!
Extremely NSFW e-cards to send your coworkers.
http://www.someecards.com/, “for when you care enough to hit send.”
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The Day Fun Died
A special guest post by Matthew T. Richissin, commemorating the loss of yet another youth recreation destination in the Boston metropolitan area. I went to Fun Land once, and it rained. That’s just the kind of place Fun Land was. All I can say is GOD SAVE CANOBIE LAKE.
My name is Matthew T. Richissin, I am a 23 year old college student. Though I’m not a religious man, I do believe in heaven; as it is a place that I have already frequented. Dictionary.com defines “heaven” as “An eternal state of communion with God; everlasting bliss” and that is just what Fun Land was. Eternal Bliss.
For those who are unfamiliar with Fun Land, let me summarize it for you. Fun Land would be the amusement park you would’ve created at the age of 7 if you had a limited budget and had to build it in Tewksbury, MA. Go Karts that could accommodate a person of any age (provided said person was under 90 pounds), batting cages with pitching machines that weren’t afraid to brush you off the plate, and a mini golf course with obstacles featuring all of your favorite childhood plush toys, such as the Ninja Turtle hole.
Inside, an arcade with all your favorite videogames: NBA Jam, Aerosmith: Revolution and Cruisin’ USA (note: If you were hoping it had San Fransisco Rush, do yourself a favor and throw yourself off the highest building you can find). This was all surrounded by a chain fence topped off with barbed wire. The owners made their point clear, “If you don’t want to have fun, stay the fuck out.”
This is why the news of May 7th came as such a shock to me, as it is a day that will always be known as “The Day Fun Died.” In my opinion, when it is all said and done, the closing of Fun Land will be known as the single greatest national tragedy of the new millennium. I, nor any other great writer, could possibly describe all of the emotions I felt upon hearing the news. I can, however, provide you with images of what I believe this world will look without Fun Land:
I leave you now with the powerful words of the female vocalist Avril Lavigne (you can also watch a video of this fine gent singing it)
So Far Away, Wish You Were Here
Before its too late this could all disappear
Before the doors close and it comes to an end
With you by my side I’ll fight and defend.
I’ll fight and defend
Keep Holding On, cuz I’ll make it through, make it through.
Just Stay Strong, cuz u know I’m here for you, here for you.
There’s nothing you can say.
There’s nothing you can do.
There’s no other way when it comes to the truth
Keep Holding on. -
Interview Tips for MBAs
It’s May and people are graduating, which means sacrificing the first of many summers to an air conditioned office. That is, if you have a job lined up. If you aren’t, you could benefit from these interview tips.
In case you thought group projects and the inevitable videos died in
middle schoolhigh schoolcollege, my brother Brian is here with classmates (colleagues?) from the Kenan-Flager Business School at UNC Chapel Hill.Some humorous parts in here. Skip to the 6 minute mark for Brian, or, like all good videos, skip to the very end for a montage.
For more fun, check out Brian’s former attempts at becoming an online video celebrity.
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Deep Creek
In the spirit of sucking life dry, I’m heading to Deep Creek Lake for the weekend. I didn’t even have to unpack my suit!
For some reason, one of the first things I knew about the state of Maryland was that it has no natural lakes. As Katie points out, it has puddles, creeks, rivers, bays, ocean…just no natural lakes. Can’t trust a state without a lake, can you?
Deep Creek Lake was created by an electricity company many years ago and purchased by the state of Maryland in 2000. They list a number of outdoor recreational activities but I think my priority is going to be SCUBA diving and trying to find some sunken electrical equipment.