Hey Jason - delete key in Gmail!
Just caught this post on Lifehacker, and it’s almost scary to me that the first thing that came to mind was how happy Jason Calacanis would be. Somehow, I remembered this post from WAY back in 2005, where he was asking for the “T” key to trash things. It’s the pound key, if you have keyboard shortcuts on, but close enough, right?
Cliches for the rest of us
Check out this item from a couple of weeks ago from Defective Yeti, showing what the “old” cliches were, and what should be replacing them. I gotta say, I have a small place in my heart for “Back to world 1-1″ taking the place of “Back to square one.”
For Sale By Owner
So I’m moving soon, and have a couple of things for sale
Here’s my purple couch - craigslist link.
Here’s my nifty 57″ Toshiba television - craigslist link.
That’s what’s up at the moment. Let me know if you have questions either here or in the comments.
Sing, sing song
So, one of my co-workers alerted me yesterday to the fact that her cousin is one of the people hoping to win the Chock full o’Nuts singer contest, to be the “official” singer for the coffee’s jingle that most of you have probably heard at one time or another. Her name is Sita Chandrika, and she’s from West New York, NJ. You do have to register to vote, but it enters you in a contest, and you can opt out of hearing from them with marketing messaging.
Penguins to stick around?
Just watching SportsCenter, and as they went to a commercial shortly before midnight Eastern, they mentioned a “big deal” in Pittsburgh, so I knew something had to be going on with the Pens. As it turns out, there was at Netscape.
Humor on the court
Even if you aren’t a hoops fan you have to appreciate this item about the New Jersey Nets’ Vince Carter hiring an “on-court assistant.”
Beef and milk it is, then
Asian players have been told that they need to eat the whole cow, and drink the cow juice if they want to compete when it comes to soccer, says the word on the street.
Sex begets sexiness, apparently
According to a study (gasp!) recently released and discussed by Discovery News, having sex makes you feel sexy, or at least sexier. Who would have thought that the positive reinforcement received by someone wanting to have sex with you could have made you feel sexy?
Oh, but wait - it’s not just that simple, it’s actually science behind it, not just logic and emotion. Or is it that the emotion is fueled by the chemical reactions going on post-coitus? Oh, who cares.
Braille for everyone
From the hmmmmm category, I give you this item from wise man David Weinberger, who suggests that by adding Braille to our modern computer keyboards, we could all theoretically learn it over some time. And considering how your brain “works” when typing, it’s not a half bad idea.
[via Boing Boing, natch]
Happy Cigar Day!
It’s National Cigar Day, don’tcha know? Matt informed me of this in his all-cigar wiseness, and I thought it wise to pass it along.