http://www.masnick.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:02:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So it's been one full year since the wedding, and for our anniversary I could write up a long post about how wonderful married life is and how awesome my wife is, but since me sitting at the computer rather than spending time with her isn't the most effective way ... http://www.masnick.com/2008/07/07/one-year-in/ Last Friday evening, I had mentioned on Twitter that we were preparing to dogsit for two rowdy dogs for a week -- joking that I wasn't worried how our dog would handle it (seeing as she's incredibly lazy and prone to ignoring other dogs), but more about how the cat ... http://www.masnick.com/2008/07/03/cats-dogs-mass-hysteria/ On my mother's side, I have 5 cousins, making a total of six of us. From oldest (my sister) to youngest (my cousin Steven), there's only 7 years difference. We all grew up in and around New York City, and we spent plenty of time together. We're ... http://www.masnick.com/2008/06/28/to-my-grandma-rose-on-her-90th-birthday/ "True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country." -- Kurt Vonnegut I went to a fun gathering last weekend, put on for Jonathan Zittrain, the founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. The occasion was ... http://www.masnick.com/2008/05/17/high-school-nostalgia-part-i/ Ok, so remember that last post about the old photo of an Atari 800 on a desk from 1983? The one that I said reminded me so much of the old Atari 800 I grew up with? The one that I said that I was pretty sure my ... http://www.masnick.com/2008/04/14/go-ahead-and-compare-atari-desks/ Boingboing has a post today including a photo from one of Pesco's friends, Jennifer Brown, of a computer desk showing an Atari 800. The photo is circa 1983: The scary bit is that looks exactly like the setup I had with my Atari 800, which I used all through school, ... http://www.masnick.com/2008/04/04/that-atari-800-looks-awfully-familiar/ Thanks to RSS, just noticed that Amazon is now taking pre-orders on the latest Slackers album, Self Medication which will be out in a month. Fred was asking if I'd heard it, and while I haven't heard the full album, I definitely recognize some of the songs, especially the ... http://www.masnick.com/2008/03/22/self-medication-on-the-way/ Mentioned this over on Techdirt last week, but might as well mention it here as well, since all sorts of folks are emailing/texting/calling to say they heard the show. On Friday evening I got interviewed by Robert Siegel on NPR's "All Things Considered" talking about "The Streisand Effect," the ... http://www.masnick.com/2008/03/03/turns-out-lots-of-folks-listen-to-all-things-considered/ I'll admit that I was pretty skeptical about Twitter for a long time. I had a few false starts in trying to use it, but a couple months ago I got serious about it and have discovered that it can be useful in surprising ways. It seems that ... http://www.masnick.com/2008/02/24/twitter-spam-does-exist-if-only-a-little-bit/ This is a crazy long post, so if you actually decide to read it, might as well hit the play button on this playlist, since it's equally as long. And, yes, if you're wondering where the hell I found the time to write this up, I've been traveling way ... http://www.masnick.com/2008/02/17/coming-up-with-a-ska-wedding-mix-not-so-easy/