February 2008
19 posts
“February, March, and April up to the 14th are the cruelest months.”
– T.S. Eliot
“It” by Cloud Cult off of They Live on...
trivia
Q: What makes up 35% of the Earth?
A: Iron.
Trivia, it’s on tonight.
Woman Driving, Man Sleeping. The Eels.
The...
what my thesis is about, maybe
Any website that relies on interaction between agents requires an effective reputation system to build trust or otherwise support the site’s purpose, whether this be developing a community, engendering socially networked capital, supporting trade, or providing entertainment. So far, sites have maintained their own siloed reputation mechanisms, but as the web evolves to become even more...
“My Burton Group colleague Mike Neuenschwander is fond of saying that our...”
– Burton Group Identity Blog: Antisocial Networking
“Such a Night,” from The Band’s...
Hot Chip - Touch Too Much →
Nice track with a great unofficial video.
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
See it. Seriously. Awesome.
my Macbook Air review
link to the original.
So, we’ll get a few things out of the way. The MacBook Air (with 80-gig hard drive, $1,799; with 64-gig solid stat drive, $3,098) is a design marvel. It’s beautiful, sleek, thin, light and most importantly sexy. When I saw it for the first time, I had an uncontrollable urge to pick it up and sort of rock it back and forth in my hands. It wasn’t quite a hug, but then...
Boiling the point of a long piece of writing down to one sentence is, I think, a good exercise, but one that has eluded me for the last couple of days.
this is my new home
alexmrosen.com, the new home of Alexander Michael Rosen.
Mint.com →
I recently signed up for Mint and have found it a great service so far. Getting your data in could not be easier. Typing in your online login and password once makes it seamless.
Already, it has helped me realize that I spend more money than I probably need to. There is something about seeing all my cards aggregated that makes it easier to visualize my spending and note areas where I could cut...
The Wesleyan Argus - Technically Speaking: The... →
My review of the touch in the ole’ school newspaper. Next up: Macbook Air, then the Voyager.