card.ly
This is basically what I wanted to do with my web site. I wonder if I should just relinquish cleverswine.net and call http://card.ly/cleverswine my new home?
Felony Flats and Hearses
This morning I was browsing Weather Underground because there are lots of neat weather related features on that site (almanacs, astrology, maps galore, etc). I was looking through the various Portland weather stations and came across one called "Felony Flats, Portland, OR". I thought that was pretty funny. What's funnier is the link to the station's web site: Coffin Cruisers Hearse Club of Portland. I had no idea there existed a community of people who drive hearses (and have personal weather stations).
Bystander Culture
I know it's lame to duplicate a blog post from someone else, but I must quote what I saw on Jason Kottke's web site today. I guess I'm one of the 5k at the moment.
Some days, the web feels like 5 people trying to make something; 5k people turning it into a list; and 500MM people saying, "FAIL."
My Thoughts Exactly
From Portland Metblogs:
Why do people feel compelled to take a summer vacation - when everyone else is doing so - prices are higher - it’s hot and sticky and gross outside?
Read more here
Real Interesting Stuff
It's been a while since I've written anything here, but I can't say that I have anything real interesting to write about...
It's 98 degrees in Gresham right now.
My contracting job is almost up, and we banged out this web site in 6 weeks: http://www.xrankcelebrity5.com/. There's a good chance that I will stay and work full time for this company (Avenue A | Razorfish).
Bren is having her wedding dress altered today, or something like that. I'm staying inside the air-conditioned house.
We just finished watching "The Wire" seasons 1-4, and now we're watching "Dexter". The Wire was great, and so is Dexter so far.
I installed a plugin for Windows Media Center to watch Netflix Watch Now movies via the WMC interface. It's nice.
The Astros are awful. They will be playing the BoSox again today. The Kansas City Royals are doing as well as the 'Stros.
apt-get install wife
This comic is especially funny since I'm about to get married.
http://www.lessaid.net/fun/apt-get-wife.png
Note: apt-get is a Linux (Debian) command to install software, therefore "apt-get install wife" says to add wife to the system.
What I Do
For those who know what I do for a living, but don't actually know what I do, I submit this link to an article called What Is Programming? If you would like to know what my levels of enthusiasm are, check here.
These are things that I am not: web designer, tech support, network engineer, and a bunch of other things that I can't think of right off hand. I've not eaten today because I've been inspired and wired.
FriendFeed
So I've been using FriendFeed for a few months now. It basically aggregates my online activity (mostly via "social" networks like Facebook and Flickr) and then provides a feed for anyone to consume. It's not a bad idea, but it's really too bad that we need something like this. I think it's a sign that the social web is out of control. Anyway, I find it useful to track what my friends are doing on the web, since we have similar interests. To see what it looks like, check my feed here: http://friendfeed.com/cleverswine.
Meanwhile, I twittered for the first time last week. It wasn't as good as people say it is. I'm unfulfilled.