Category: Journal

New Addition to Blogroll: Atlas Obscura

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I like to be surprised by the things in my blogroll, that’s why I follow blogs centered around art and design. I like to discover interesting concepts and objects from around the world.

That’s part of the reason that I’ve been enjoying posts from Atlas Obscura, a blog centered around interesting landmarks, museums, and geographical points of interest from around the globe. Their website is pretty interesting, and well designed, but they’re also good for a random point of interest that, more often than not, is legitimately interesting.

Google Wave "killer app"

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I don’t want to come down too hard on Google Wave. It’s in alpha release, and the biggest problem with it is that people don’t have accounts. Nevertheless, I haven’t really been checking it because after a flurry of sandbox-like posts, there wasn’t much activity.
I decided to start a Wave with my LOST watching buddies, all of whom are all around the country, and it’s been working out so far. My plan is to set up a wave for every episode this season. My friends on the East coast can use it like a chat room while watching it live, and I can check it after I watch the episode and participate in the post-mortem, even if nobody is still online.

Google Wave "killer app"

Matthew EilarLeave a comment

I don’t want to come down too hard on Google Wave. It’s in alpha release, and the biggest problem with it is that people don’t have accounts. Nevertheless, I haven’t really been checking it because after a flurry of sandbox-like posts, there wasn’t much activity.
I decided to start a Wave with my LOST watching buddies, all of whom are all around the country, and it’s been working out so far. My plan is to set up a wave for every episode this season. My friends on the East coast can use it like a chat room while watching it live, and I can check it after I watch the episode and participate in the post-mortem, even if nobody is still online.

Old Man Writes About Sex!

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I’m a big fan of Roger Ebert, both in his writing style and (most of the time) his opinions. His blog, which started about a year ago as post-stomach surgery therapy, is interesting and features very close interactions between Ebert and his peanut gallery.

Anyway, there’s an entertaining post up right now about Ebert’s fondness for making out and groping. If that doesn’t gross you out right away, it’s funny (don’t forget to check out the comments section where Ebert is trying to set up his lonely commenters together).