April 2009
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe...”
– Noam Chomsky
March 2009
gbb posted a photo @ I Love Teriyaki →
Time for some teriyaki!
“[G]etting tired of being told not to have hope for good things in a new job...”
– Me, being entirely reasonable about keeping hope in the equation, despite the economy and my need of a new job.
gbb posted a text message @ Kidd Valley Hamburgers... →
I think I deserve a burger at Kidd Valley considering I walked here. Gotta counteract all those calories burnt!
gbb posted a text message @ NW Market St & Barnes... →
Whee, more pt testing and drawing of blood!
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Statins can lower blood clot risk →
As someone on Coumadin (Warfarin) to treat my deep vein thrombosis (DVT), blood clots in my leg due to my brain surgery, this is very interesting. While my case is less hereditary/genetic, anything that can lower the risk of repeat offences with DVT should be of special interest to anyone who loafs in front of a computer all day.
WatchMy fiancée Sabrina and I spent the day utilising our year passes to the nearby Woodland Park Zoo here in Seattle. It was refreshing and fun, and the weather could not have been better (considering it is Seattle in early spring).
When we came upon the orangutan area, two guys were giggling and eating some fairy floss… sorry, cotton candy. They walked in front of us and we noticed the great ape in...
gbb posted a photo @ Woodland Park Zoo →
Bean and a baldy.
gbb posted a text message @ Woodland Park Zoo →
ZOOOOOO!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-3-29) →
Jeff Mangum (8)
Hot Snakes (3)
The Jayhawks (1)
The Decemberists (1)
John Vanderslice (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
gbb checked in @ Smith →
gbb checked in @ Smith
gbb checked in @ Tully's Coffee →
gbb checked in @ Tully’s Coffee
Trailers - Where the Wild Things Are →
If you didn’t grow up with this book, you may have no idea why I have goosebumps after watching this trailer.
The Unluckiest Man Alive →
Mr. Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip on Aug. 6, 1945, when a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body and spent the night in the city. He then returned to his hometown of Nagasaki just in time for the second attack, city officials said.
I know my life has been described as shitty in the past 3 months (seizure, brain surgery, blood...
Trusera’s Health 2.0 Portal Nearly Out Of Money →
TechCrunch tells our sad tale, but complements my design. Did I mention I’m looking for a job?
gbb posted a text message @ Dance Fremont →
I think i’ll just post that I’m at Dance Fremont rather than admit I’m at home watching Point Break about a block away.
Git installer for Mac OS X →
Now this could be handy… I mean, I know how to deal with svn, but never dealt with Git.
gbb posted a text message @ St Vincent De Paul... →
I made the mistake of pointing out a St Vinny’s.
“But I won’t miss a design philosophy that lives or dies strictly by the sword of...”
– Doug Bowman is leaving Google and has some great thoughts on a place that treats design as just another engineering problem.
“As a UI designer, I can see why some of the choices were made, but a few...”
– Me, GB, when given the chance to give Facebook feedback on their recognised home page redesign.
gbb posted a text message @ Rowdy Cowgirl BBQ →
Mmm mmm, time for some RoRo’s!
Twittia →
“Trying to write a new Twitter-client for OS X because Twitterific begins to suck and I really want to learn RubyCocoa.” Way to go! The nightlies are what I’ve been wanting.
Slate Magazine - Would You Like Your Cable Company... →
“Whoever composed it clearly took her cues from…the Moldy Peaches song…at the end of Juno…What seems catchy at first can very quickly come to irritate us. Also, the flat affect of the actors’ voices,…
FourTrack iPhone App →
This seems like it would be great for mobile live recording sessions. Very cool.
gbb posted a text message @ 7-Eleven →
Testing the integration of Brightkite and Facebook.
gbb posted a photo @ Ballard Locks →
We’re out and about and enjoying our kick ass area.
gbb checked in @ Ballard Locks →
gbb checked in @ Ballard Locks
gbb posted a photo @ Golden Gardens Park →
Windy!!!
gbb checked in @ Golden Gardens Park →
gbb checked in @ Golden Gardens Park
gbb checked in @ Kidd Valley Hamburgers & Shakes →
gbb checked in @ Kidd Valley Hamburgers & Shakes
Once he's recovered from surgery...
GB might be accepting some project/design inquiries. Ya know, just in case you’re curious or feel like giving him money.
LaCie iamaKey USB Flash Drive →
Okay, this makes way more sense than a USB keyfob. I want.
The new iPod shuffle: Button, button, who's got... →
“I suffer from a not uncommon genetic condition called ‘the stupid iPod earbuds don’t stay in my ears.’ I simply can’t use the iPod earbuds…Up until now, no problem: just swap in any pair of…
“Little Pieces” by Tolchock Trio, from...
Think gets a rethink
As you probably didn’t notice, the line between my Write and Think sections has slowly become muddied. When even I’m not sure which section to post in, something’s not set up correctly.
As a minority of my five readers may already know, I have an account at Tumblr, and it does a decent job of coagulating the random tidbits I post around the web. Around a year ago, it hit me...
Nissan's Cube is coolness in a box - Los Angeles... →
“For echo boomers and millennials born from 1980 to 1990, beautiful is counterintuitively clumsy, affectedly unsleek, modular and angular, as in Wii consoles, iPhones and the large, squarish heads of…
gbb checked in @ Starbucks →