uninteresting :: rich

i’ve been cooking once a week. something that i’ve always meant to do but, for whatever reason, was never able to. here’s what i’ve made so far:

1. Sausage & Broccolini Fettuccine
2. Sichuan Pork Noodles
3. Coconut Curry Beef & Vegetables
4. Baked pasta with ricotta and olives

unfortunately the best dish so far was the first – it’s been downhill since. at least my baby smiles and eats it (something i once had to do).

• The Obama Health Care Plan summarized in 4 mins. This administration is like light yrs ahead of Bushie's. http://is.gd/3ydUj #
• editing a video in memory of my uncle. man, life goes by in the blink of an eye…SMK RIP. 1924-2009. http://twitpic.com/iog8r #
• upgraded from intel x25-m gen1 to gen2. i'm addicted to SSD. #
• This is not a joke: Microsoft wants you to throw Windows 7 "Launch Parties". Here's how to scare off all your friends: http://tr.im/zwFF #
• new accounting rule approved. $AAPL earnings will be stated much higher than before. http://tr.im/zwKD #
• awesome name for an augmented reality app: Bionic Eye. http://www.bionic-eye.com/ #
• smugness: $RIMM is down about 15% after blowing the quarter. sorry blackberry #
• smugness: Zune HD screen problems. http://bit.ly/1ff5Oe #
• love it: Kate Gosselin's "mullet of guaranteed loneliness". http://bit.ly/eMX9Y #
• are Hayden Panettiere & Kevin Connolly really sex symbols? #
• per Tim Ferriss' 4 Hr Work Wk: going on a media fast for a wk. minimizing online distractions & tech news. feels like going into rehab. #

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• omg new version of Notational Velocity is out. <nerd dance> thought I'd be running PPC code forever. http://bit.ly/LVGtV #
• fantastic infographic: iPod plus iTunes Timeline — http://tr.im/yFOS #
• oh, mint.com: you were supposed to be an alternative to Intuit, not get bought by them. time to delete my account. #
• AAPL stock may pop with accounting rule change. 'Real' earnings are 60% higher than stated. http://tr.im/yHKH #
• YJ is hyped, but Together beats it imho rt: Shawn Blanc on Yojimbo 2.0: http://✪df.ws/drh (via @daringfireball) #
• Together>Yojimbo: any file type (w/quicklook), tabs, non-proprietory db, hierarchical folders. Cons: ui not as nice, not as snappy feeling. #
• quietube is like readability, but for youtube: http://is.gd/3hlq4 #
• properly delete your mint.com acct: profiles:settings, pw at top, click delete acct, enter pw below, click "Finish" (don't type return). #
• if u don't follow those steps *exactly*, mint.com won't delete your account (you get the "null") screenshot. tricky bastards. #
• Microsoft Bing: it's great for watching porn (turn Safesearch Off). just hover over the thumbnails: http://is.gd/3hQqb #
• you can use the 3GS even if you're blind. check the video. iPhone Accessibility: http://tr.im/yN0Q #
• Microsoft Zune HD launch day experience: "I’d say that they blew it" http://tr.im/yNl4 #
• Twitter's got to fix all the spam in trending topics. Half the tweets about $200 gift cards and free groceries. #
• Mail.app » Fixing “Copy Address” in Mail on 10.6 http://tr.im/yOnE #
• it was inevitable…cell phones at Burning Man this year. http://tr.im/ySnQ #
• I shudder to think that Cramer has this much impact on AAPL's share price (up almost $7 today) http://tr.im/yTWJ #
• whoa…the 9 apps avail for Zune HD (& no app store), though free, have commercials. Chess takes 30s to get to the game. http://tr.im/yU7p #
• gear snapshot – sept '09: http://uninteresting.org/nerd/?p=365 #
• Been juicing pretty regularly. My fav: 2 oranges + about 8 carrots, slightly diluted. Yum #
• accidentally sent email to a group list of over 7000 people. oops. #
• hmm why'd twitter erase my profile pic? #
• Batman Arkham Asylum is actually a fantastic game. Runs well on the iMac w 8800 GS on windows 7. #
• Stepped in cat puke twice in 12 hours. Not cool. #
• though I work in Itunes Store, just now learning how to set up column views the way I want in iTunes client. Isn't very intuitive. #
• Away We Go is a fantastic flick about regular people. Hilarious parenting humor. http://bit.ly/7Qkhz #
• peanut death cake for mousey. http://yfrog.com/0sabpj #

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• the sad state of news: #2 CNN story is about Tila Tequila not Twittering as much after alleged battery. #
• Helvetireader makes Google Reader just plain lovely. http://tr.im/yh74 #
• in almost all recent Apple keynotes, you get something for nothing. this time: iTunes 9, iPhone OS 3.1 #
• way to go, Republican Joe Wilson, you f'ing a'hole: http://tr.im/yiZu #
• did u see The Garden? Great documentary about LAs urban garden #
• comic book distributed as iTunes LP ($1.99): Tyrese Gibson's MAYHEM! (Comic Book and Single) – http://tr.im/yrwl (iTunes link) #
• First & 20: showing off iPhone homescreens of famous nerd. http://tr.im/yrzs #
• Big baby steps this wk: 1st baby food, use of high chair, solid poop, and sleep training (7hrs bt feedings)! #
• latest Hubble images are mind-blowing. http://is.gd/3cUiQ #
• This We Know: Explore U.S. Government Data About Your Community http://is.gd/3f3YP #

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i’m reading the book Free, where the premise is that giving your stuff away for free is a viable business model. quick example: many of us use google throughout the day for web searches, email, rss reading, calendar, etc…yet we never pay them a penny. nor facebook, nor twitter.

a more concrete example I just unconsciously fell for: I came across the blog Information is Beautiful, where the author has posted some great visualizations of data. great stuff, then i noticed he has a book coming up for sale on amazon (The Visual Miscellaneum) and i bought it straight away.

the visualization i like most: The Billion Dollar Gram. what does it mean to the common person when we say the Iraq War costs $3 trillion, or that Walmart makes $352 billion in revenues? it’s hard to visualize those values until you see it like that.