June 2009
150 posts
MN Supreme Court: “Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state’s long-running Senate race.” http://bit.ly/V2mm9
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“As appropriations chairman, Obey has clamped down on earmarks, including barring...”
– JSOnline covering a screaming match on the House floor between David Obey and Maxine Waters
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“It is in this Alaska—where it is possible to be both a conservative Republican...”
– Todd S. Purdum on Sarah Palin at vanityfair.com (via KD)
Got Nuffin by Spoon →
Spoon simply rocks. This was the 3rd time I’ve seen them and tonight they bristled with feedback and energy. Hightlight: “Small Stakes.”
I’m wearing a Mad Men inspired t-shirt and it’s becoming clear over the course of the day that not many people watch the show.
Chicago’s New Wave of Microbrews →
Journeys in the New York Times
The new Whole Foods bacon is less bacon-y and more porky (if that makes sense). Red beans were requested for a Pirt family barbeque.
Paul Beck interviewed on State of the Union on CNN this morning.
You’ve never had Grimbergen Abbey Ale until you’ve had it in a plastic cup. From Cafe Hollander where @kohenari fell in love w/ a waitress.
Eye of the Tiger blaring before the start of the Downer Classic. It’s not just for boxing.
Downer Classic: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/tofias/3666777364/
Invasion of the in-laws at any moment…
Comet Cafe & Wii with the condo association.
It’s Smoltz o’clock!
Is everyone as excited about John Smoltz as I am?
Mark Sanford doesn’t seem very contrite to me.
“I would also note that it’s not obvious to me how an incumbent politicians would...”
– Matthew Yglesias on The Limited Explanatory Power of the Median Voter Theorem
Summer Drinks →
A Guide to Bartending When the Frost is on the Glass - New York Times
Contemporary Amphitheaters →
The Alpine Valley Music Theatre seems to be the second largest in the United States.
“We want you to be happy. Don’t live inside the gloom. We want you to be...”
– “Joy” - new Phish song
With the @mjensley family at Hot Doug’s. http://twitpic.com/843be
I just bought Instapaper Pro on sale for $5. Free version has been my favorite app. No excuse not to get it now. http://bit.ly/WWNS0
Indie Rock's True Jamband Roots →
Brooklyn Vegan excerpting a - Relix article (via email from Mets Fan #1 and as he said in the email, “suck it pitchfok”).
I made banana figgy muffins to celebrate father’s day.
“Taking free-market principles seriously, therefore, requires us to acknowledge...”
– Duncan Watts
Crazy thunderstorm. Not sure how @atofias is sleeping through this.
The Notes sync in iPhone OS 3 is welcome, but seems half-baked. Apple, please fix and add task sync for my good friend @sethkjolly. Thanks.
The wife is demanding an Eckersley-to-English dictionary. If Remy is out any longer NESN might need to provide one.
Links to Boston.com on iPhone are now being forced to utterly crappy mobile version of the site. It’s no wonder that NYT is losing money.
How to set-up CalDAV with the new iPhone OS and Google Calendar: http://bit.ly/6ytMj
Using CalDAV with the iPhone Google Calendar
Step 5
Go to the Settings application and choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”
Choose “Add Account…”
To add a Google calendar choose “Other.”
Choose “Add CalDAV Account.”
Following this Google page The correct settings for Server are
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/YOUREMAIL@DOMAIN.COM/user
where YOUREMAIL@DOMAIN.COM is...
My mom isn’t sure if she upgraded to iPhone OS 3 or not. When will share my screen come to the iPhone? Devoted children everywhere demand it
Going to 3.0 now.
“What does one write about Phish for Pitchfork? I could focus on the fact that...”
– from the Pitchfork review of Bonnaroo 2009
Academia works better when PDFs are text that can be searched than when they are locked or when they are scanned images.