Maria’s birthday party takes place tonight, and I expect that it will be a genteel Mexican affair like the one pictured below:
Feliz cumpleaños, Maria!
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Nov
17
2006
Blogstravaganza, Friday, December 8th
It’s been decided that Accordion City needed another gathering of its blogger populace, so yet another Blogstravaganza has been declared for Friday, December 8th at Fiddler’s Green (right by Wellesley Station), starting at about eight-ish. The responsibility for herding various categories of bloggers has been divided among three people:
Bob Tarantino to gather the right-of-centre bloggers: [...]
Nov
17
2006
Meanwhile, on Global Nerdy…
Here are the most recent articles in the tech blog I help write, Global Nerdy:
Working at Reddit: Wired. Working at Wired: Tired. And Bummed. Aaron Swartz writes about his new working situation now that Reddit’s in the Wired offices.
Every Time a Bell Rings, Apple’s iPhone Gains a Feature: The speculation about the iPhone is getting [...]
Nov
17
2006
"Uh…Now What?"
Click to see the photo at full size. Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
When I saw the photo shown above (click it to see the full-size version), I was reminded of Aaron’s situation, which I wrote about in this entry.
Nov
17
2006
Why Asian Kids are Good at Math
It could be that their textbooks are more motivating:
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele and hardhat.
I recognize the trig and geometry bits, but if any of you out there can translate the Korean, could be you please enlighten us in the comments? I’m burning with mathematical curiosity.
Nov
16
2006
Working at Reddit: Wired. Working at Wired: Tired. And Bummed.
I posted this story to Global Nerdy, but thought it might also belong here on the Accordion Guy blog, as the questions it raises about office life might be worthy of discussion.
One might say that for Aaron Swartz, one of the people behind Reddit, the honeymoon resulting from their purchase by Conde Nast/Wired [...]
Nov
16
2006
Today’s Articles on "Global Nerdy"
If you can’t take the word of a Photoshopped picture of respected computer book publisher and conference organizer Tim O’Reilly, whose word can you take?
Today on Global Nerdy:
The Times Talks About Incompatible DRM Formats
SiteMaps Explained
Will the iPhone Be Here in 2007?
Nov
15
2006
Supertelevangelistic Sex-and-Drugs Psychosis
If you remember Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from the Mary Poppins movie and if you’ve heard of the Pastor Ted scandal, you’ll love Supertelevangelistic Sex-and-Drugs Psychosis!
The song is performed by Spaff, and you can download it here [1.8 MB].
Here are the lyrics — feel free to sing along!
I used to be a master of the anti-gay [...]
Nov
15
2006
Running into Robot Johnny Down South
Before Wendy’s friend Liz took us to Mama Dip’s for some good ol’ unhealthy-but-yummy southern cookin’, she took us to Carr Mill in nearby Carrboro. Carr Mill is a mill that’s been converted into a shopping centre for offbeat and “alternative” shops. One of the shops in Carr Mill that we visited was Wootini, which [...]
Nov
15
2006
The Catmas Blog: Alive and Purring
Believe it or not, Catmas — the weblog devoted to pictures and videos of cats — is still in operation, with new pictures posted every now and again. That includes this one, titled Still Life with Kibble:
Be sure to also check out the How to Pet My Cat / How Not to Pet My Cat [...]
