April 2009
After the worst draft in the Giants Rule fantasy...
shebs:
Batters
Mike Napoli, C
Lance Berkman, 1B
Brandon Phillips, 2B
Chris Davis, 3B
Jason Bartlett, SS
Mike Fontenot, 2B
Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B
Vladimir Guerrero, OF, DH
Jay Bruce, OF
Raul Ibanez, OF
Torii Hunter, OF
Jayson Werth, OF
Chris Getz, 2B
Pitchers
CC Sabathia
Felix Hernandez
Zack Greinke
Matt Cain (Go Giants!)
Carlos Zambrano
Josh Johnson
Kevin Gregg
Chris Volstad
...
Does anybody date anymore? →
booksarebetterthanboys:
I agree with so much of this post. Though, sometimes I like to pay on the first date. Especially if I was ballsy and did the asking out.
I wish more women would ask men out on dates. That’s never happened to me, and I’d like to experience it once. Just to see what it feels like.
March 2009
Awesome
Not sure if you guys are following along on Twitter, but the day is going great. We’re signing up almost everyone that comes talk to us, and people are really enthusiastic. Thanks for all of the support!
Here’s the site: http://www.waffl.com.
Welcome to the land of "y'all"
I guess we’re in the South now.
I'm awake at 5am
So much to do!
Laundry
Buy 5x7 card stock (300 count) and an easel to hold a 4’x3’ poster
Print 300 waffl handouts
Design waffl logged in header
Design waffl rooms page
Write waffl About page
Write waffl Innkeeper marketing page
Write waffl Help page
Write waffl email copy for registration email, reset password email
Buy food and drink for the drive to Atlanta
FANTASY...
If the opposite of con is pro then is the opposite...
kaytee:
winstonwolfe:alanfm78:lieslieslies:
America: the book.
I know this is supposed to be clever and witty and whatever. It is not anything more than etymologically ignorant.
Pros and cons is a modern abbreviation for the latin pro et contra, meaning “for and against.” While the prefix pro- bears the same meaning, contra- is not the same as the prefix con-, which means “with.” The root...
Disqus
My three tumblogs now have Disqus comments. Thanks to the Disqus team for making it so darn easy.
Jumble thoughts
fortheloveoforange
waffl blog
Craigslist Apartment Search combined with Google... →
micek:
I wish I had this when doing my last apartment search. Its pretty amazing.
Thank goodness. Housingmaps.com has become so stale it’s unusable.
The Quiet Coup - The Atlantic
(May 2009)
→
Former chief economist at the IMF, Simon Johnson, talks about how the financial industry is killing America, and how Obama needs to step up.
Think having children will make you happy? →
micek:
thebestbirthcontrolofall:
psychotherapy:
Over the past few decades, social scientists like me have found consistent evidence that there is an almost zero association between having children and happiness. My analysis in the Journal of Socio-economics (Powdthavee, 2008) is a recent British example of parents and non-parents reporting the same levels of life satisfaction, on average.
...
Are there any good tumblr themes for multi author...
heykurt:
I need something that identifies the user who posted the post? Are there any good ones in the Theme Garden?
Anyone?
We’re using groupthink for the waffl blog.
“Content isn’t king, except to media mogul types who are invading the edge....”
– Stowe Boyd (via betaworks) (via brandpluscontent)
Bottom line: If someone else is Twittering for you, you’re not interested in being a part of the online community-you just want the online community’s money. That will bite you in the ass.
(via tanya77)
This is also true for people who are...
“Read that again: streaming music startups don’t want more people using their...”
– The Sorry State Of Music Startups - Techcrunch, 3/27/09.
Arrington at his best.
(via mokoyfman)
(via mikehudack)
“After nearly a decade of providing free, clean public restrooms everywhere from...”
– Charmin Shows BlackBerry, iPhone Users Where Restrooms Are - Advertising Age - Digital
More brand utility.
(via mikehudack)
Yes, this is the future of advertising. Forget TV commercials. Actually provide value to people. Give them something they will care about - entertainment, knowledge, etc.
“There is an easy formula for doing it wrong: publish attention-getting bullshit...”
– John Gruber, as ever, encapsulating the blah blah blah into a succinct, memorable, and paint-peelingly candid précis. Damn. (via 43folders)
It wasn’t that long ago when SEO was considered shady. Manipulating search results? Tsk tsk.
“But, I don’t think this is the only reason Frugality is a core value. Amazon’s...”
– Ian Sefferman - Leaving Amazon: What I learned over the last four years (via datainsightsideas)
Somehow I didn’t know Ian had a tumblr. Anyway, go give him a follow. Everything he wrote in his post is consistent with my Amazon experience.
5-way tie for second place on my tumblr crush...
Who’s gonna get ahead?
At 14 Likes a piece, the contestants are:
soupsoup
azspot
rachelgab
suitep
gluttonyisabliss
First place isn’t even close, sorry.
“We pay bills, we go to work on time, we catch taxis, buses and trains, people...”
– Whiskey and Goats Milk: Adult vs. Baby (and how there is no difference)
Hit the nail on the fucking head.
(via kaytee)
We're going to Philly! (For the summer)
waffl:
OK, here’s the scoop. We’ve been accepted into the Philadelphia based summer startup program run by DreamIT Ventures. Woooooo!
Here’s what that means. First of all, we’re still launching on Tuesday of next week (oh man!). But we’re only launching the first part of waffl, which is the individualized web sites for Bed & Breakfast property owners. So, an innkeeper will be able to have a...
I have no words for how shitty Memphis is playing.
herheadhurts:
I will now go into my corner. And cry.
I’m sorry.
MEMPHIS IS COMING BACK!
The good news is official. Will share as soon as I...
Go waffl.
indierawk:
The Decemberists - The Hazards of...
Tumblr Is Tracking Our Clicks?
deleteyourself:
Any reason why Tumblr is tracking every outboud link? Any link you click on in the dashboard is replaced with JavaScript:
http://www.tumblr.com/route?url=THE_URL_YOU_CLICKED
I noticed that as well.
What is a Good Recommendation Algorithm? |... →
Greg was one of the original Amazon engineers working on recommendations, and he’s always worth a read if you care about the topic. A lot of the points he makes were still valid during my time on that same team (5 years later) and are still valid today.
I met up with some of the Netflix engineers a few years ago at an ACM conference for recommenders, and we talked about how the goals for...
You're Driving Me Crazy! (Psychology Today) →
psychotherapy:
So often it’s the pettiest problems that tear couples apart. How small irritants become big issues—and what to do about them.
Without doubt, there are big problems that afflict relationships; infidelity, abuse, and addiction are not perishing from the earth. A highly sexualized society delivers an alluring drumbeat of distractions. But it may be the petty problems that subvert...
A Letter From Inside AIG: "The Entire US System Is... →
It's All About The Customer
mokoyfman:
I’d like to take a moment to gloat about Spark’s portfolio company Boxee.
A couple days ago Boxee held a Meetup in NYC that drew a crowd of over 600 people. That is a truly remarkable feat for a company this early in its life cycle, or any company for that matter.
Bijan wrote a great post yesterday highlighting the strength of Boxee’s innovative product. I want to focus on one...
Anybody want to be the 14th team in a fantasy...
The league I’m in just had a guy drop out. It’s a very competitive and dedicated league, which is a lot of fun if you like that kind of thing. Mixed league, 5x5, auction draft. We’re making it a keeper league for the first time, which adds to the fun. The draft is this sunday, 4pm EST. Email me (david.lifson@gmail.com) if you’re interested.
The startup I wish I could build
Thanks to food safety laws, I think this one is impossible. But I wish I could build it anyway.
It’s basically a hyperlocal e-commerce site / social network for foodies in metropolitan areas. There are so many times when I make a great meal (or want to make a great meal) and I end up eating by myself. I’d love to be able to sell one (or more) seats at my table for dinner, which is an...
