January 2009
12 posts
Literally, too many bells and whistles
I’ve recently starting taking private piano lessons. In order to make any sort of real progress in learning the piano, you need to practice often. Although I’m living in a house full of musical people and instruments (many of them mine), the only thing resembling a piano that we have is a little 60-key Yamama thing. It’s basically a toy, the kind of keyboard you had as a kid,...
micahmicah:
My landlord is moving out today it looks like, with new management coming in I hope the building doesn’t start to suck.
That makes me sad, Tuck was a great manager. I bet it’s pretty emotional for him, consider how long he’s been there and all that he’s been through there. Lansdowne won’t be the same.
Belt-Tightening | 2:06 p.m.
Welcome to the White House. Did I tell you there won’t be any pay raises?
That was essentially the message President Obama delivered to senior members of his administration who were sworn into their new jobs on Wednesday afternoon.
During a ceremony in Room 450 of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Mr. Obama signed the first executive order of his presidency, a measure intended to fulfill...
iShoot == Scorched Earth
marco:
The hit new iPhone game, iShoot, is great. But it is not a clone of Tank Wars or Worms, as many review sites are saying.
It’s very clearly a good port of my favorite old DOS game: Scorched Earth.
I care so much because this is an excellent game, and I have a bit of a history with it: I’ve spoken to the (very nice) author before and I’ve tried to port it to every platform I’ve ever coded...
“I’m still clinging to my BlackBerry. They’re going to pry it out of my hands.[…]...”
– Speaking with CNBC Wednesday, Barack Obama explained that he is still fighting to hold onto his BlackBerry despite the sea of lawyers who have warned him against keeping it. (via lapanopticon) (via somethingchanged)
Boosh.
