January 2011
16 posts
new year's 2011
It pretty much comes down to The Album Leaf and Prosecco. It is good.
December 2010
17 posts
top 10 searches
Truly mindblowing. I remember when Google went out and interviewed people on the streets of NYC, asking them if they knew what a browser was. I wonder how many heads would have exploded if they had asked for the definition of a URL.
Via VentureBeat, the top 10 searches of 2010:
facebook
facebook login
youtube
craigslist
myspace
facebook.com
ebay
yahoo
www.facebook.com
mapquest
a good time will be had by all.
“if you leave one of your metal pens…”
sealed-off manhole covers
radiation detectors
counter-snipers
All this and more at the Times Square New Year’s celebration.
Blogger
I just logged into Blogger for the first time since January. In so doing I caught my first post from a plane (last December) and noted how I’d like a net book soon. My most recent flight was iPad mania, FWIW. Things change. Quickly.
In case you had any doubts.
In terms of overall profit, Wall Street is on track for one of its best years ever, although it will trail 2009, which was pumped up by federal bailout money and the rebound from the financial crisis.
via NYT
The Black Swan...hmm.
(Note: I have not seen Pi.)
I have a love/hate relationship with Aronofsky. Meaning, I hate Requiem for a Dream and I love The Wrestler. Actually, to say I loved The Wrestler is a pretty dramatic understatement; I adored it. It got so much right about that strangest of soap operas, and did so with heroic fairness, tenderness, and humanity. It was a dignified effort—a mature step...
Dear Netflix
Dear Netflix,
Your rating system fucking stinks. I just saw The Black Swan, and guess what? Neither “I didn’t like it” nor “I liked it” sum up my feelings. For Christ’s sake, why isn’t the 3-star rating “It was OK?”
Otherwise, your loyal customer,
Greg
Quick entry about Tumblr itself.
I’m a big fan of this service, downtime and all. I particularly like the photos that are featured in my dashboard (see attached image). But I’d like to view them without leaving my dashboard itself. Minor quibble, but I think it everytime I see something neat feature there.
Fuck Yeah, Dexter & Lumen
I wanted to write this post last week but got stymied by Tumblocalypse.
This season of Dexter has really surprised me, and I hereby extend a hearty hats off to the creative team behind the show. I knew Julia Styles would appear in this season, and all I ever associated her with till now has been interracial dance movies. That’s my own fault, of course, for not researching what is...
