January 2009
13 posts
Short video recipies w/ Jamie Oliver →
Here are some short reicpies taped by my favorite chef, Jamie Oliver.
26 Years of Notebooks
This guy’s 85 notebooks(!) makes we want to suggest to him Tofu. Then all he would have to lug around would be a laptop and he would have access to all notes, past and present. Moreover, they would all be searchable.
Full story @ http://designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=38831
Starting a Company while Laid Off
So what do you do if you’ve lost your job? I know a lot of people are in this situation right now, including myself, so I will offer what I’ve experienced. I know my situation may be different from yours, but use what you can.
At first, I experienced some feelings of being lost. What do I do now? How do I pay for X? What are my options?
Along with being lost came the two F’s:...
Why the Oscar should go to Brad Pitt →
This is a short clip showing some of the science behind Benjamin Button and what Brad Pitt went through to make it happen.
Obama Inauguration Speech →
It’s now streaming and available as a high-quality download from whitehouse.gov.
Hey Man, You Got A Second So I Can Fire You? →
An absolute Onion classic! This one really hits home. :)
AMAZING Aerial Photo of Inauguration Day →
Obama Makes Headlines Worldwide →
Here’s a pretty neat page of a ton(all of them?) of newspaper headlines from around the world. It’s powered by Newseum, which I’ve written an applescript in the past to fetch the front pages of newspapers in your local area as a single PDF. You can download and modify the script at http://edge14.com.
Amazing movies I’ve seen recently:
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. The Wrestler
3. Slumdog Millionaire
An extraordinary end to 2008.
Down, but not out
After working in IT for 8 years for the same employer, my world was turned upside down this January 9th. I had worked at this place since I was 17 years old and took a full-time role there after getting my Computer Engineering degree from Michigan State University in 2006. Though I was officially laid-off, I was really fired.
It all started in 2006 when I returned there to work full time and the...