Tech & Etc
Ok-Go!
Ya'll have probably heard this one already but still, Ok Go rocks. I was out of the country for a year so all this stuff is still uber-cool to me! Yes, I did find a way to stick 'uber' into a sentence. Go me. Viral marketing,
Jack Fisher
40something finding my way back to writing.
Different Journeys
Woa. Nice to know an Alief girl (Hastings HS) has 'made' it. Tila Nguyen, aka Tila Tequila [NSFW], is the 'Madonna of Myspace'. Part trashy Asian-exotica softcore and part well, trashy Fergie/Black Eye Peas/Pussycat Dolls -- it's wham bam awesome! She just
Tech & Etc
Google Homepage
I really like what Google is doing with their personalized homepage. It makes sense. They're trying to turn into a content destination and with their web apps and widgets, they're trying to pull a lot of what people do on their desktops and turn it to
Tech & Etc
Ebay - it's for everyone
Manny Ramirez, baseball all-star, is selling his grill. Any takers? Ebay, it's for everyone.
News & Politics
Not her best moment
This mash-up video of Apple's iconic '1984' ad and the upcoming Democratic primary fight-fest between Obama and Hilary is gaining traction on the web. Pundits are announcing a historic moment for media with this (I'll admit) clever ad. I guess maybe they are behind
Art
Remembering the Rabbit Hole
One of the greatest tragedies in my life is when for some reason, my parents cleaned house when I left for college. Along with the cleansing went all my books from first grade onwards to the half-price bookstore. Comic books, tattered and dog-eared pages of favorites -- companions on rainy
Twentysomething
Netting stories
So he looked at me, starched collar and striped shirt, this new breed of yes-men, pilferers of pyramids and the ones who said the Taj Mahal couldn't be built (and then promptly got their hands cut off after they finished the dammed thing); I looked past, eyes stale,
Twentysomething
Two cities
Conversations overheard absurd werd: Hipster enclave: a coffeeshop in the Village [A] Like omigod I had dinner with David the other night and like all he talked about was Elizabeth; I mean, he didn't even know her name two weeks ago and now it's non-stop, honestly.
Art
Gotta see, gotta know right now
To keep alive, sky high, floating up spring awakening moving – to keep moving, like back back, on the bus, drowsy, lidded eyes, fuzzy haze red and pink, sunlight bouncing off the shades – riding buses through China, Laos, Jordan, Cappaddoccia; rice fields and deserts, jungles and ruins – they gallop past, half
Food
East Village meals under $5
I found two new good eats in the East Village today. Both are locally run and make their ingredients fresh and on-site. Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches (150 E. 2nd Street). Fresh warm baguettes, savory meats and dark coffee. Up here in Manhattan, I don't get a lot
Art
TV can be fun!
A couple of shows that will pry me away from my magazines and blank screen (I hate that screen, staring at me sullenly, daring me to type something trite -- I'll show it!) History Channel: This is one of my favorite stations -- who doesn't like
Twentysomething
In like a Lion..
It was 75 degrees two days ago, and now there's a snowstorm. Crazy! I don't mind. I love snowstorms – probably cause I don't have to trudge to work. Tomorrow if it holds I'll hopefully have a chance to snap some photos. Some