The blog chronicles my struggle with ALH (Adult Left Handedness). I also post drawings and write about software. Sometimes there's clips and notes from shows I am in or watch.
New layout: highlights / didyaknow type stuff up top, pushing the recent blog posts below. You can also browse and search the blog from over there-> . The top nav is more damn grouping of input and output.
I'm Managed by Software
I am the creator and sole user of The Bit Tracker 2000. I use it to manage my set lists among other things.
App Imitates Art
Someone from Australia saw a YouTube clip of me saying I'd made an iPhone app that uses 'mail merge' to customize mass texting. He contacted me to see if I actually made it (I didn't). I invited him to go at it; he said he would and give me some credit.
Here's the controversial joke:
Helpful & Amusing Gadgets
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It's F*@$ng Great!Reviews of restaurants as told by a filthy-mouthed comedian--Bob Zaget. 
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Recent Blog Posts
I’ll be competing in this years ING New York City Marathon Nov. 7th. This is a big deal for me. I’m excited. I’m in great shape, and will be gunning for a result less than 3 and one half hours.I’m glad that I’ll be able to run it for the first time along with one of my oldest friends, Matt C. I can feel the weight of history as the date approaches.
I’ll be doing a lot of running as part of my training; look for me, I’ll be wearing shorts and singing along with my handy iPod.
The hitch is: In order to secure entry, I’ve committed to raise $2600 for Team For Kids. I am embracing this opportunity, and have set some time for this weekend to think about the charity and fund raising.
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Lending a Vacuum Cleaner and a Million Dollar Idea
Posted in Random / Consumerism, Software / Usability
Some of you may know I built a Personal Inventory Manager program (Wazitat) in 2007-8 and then got bogged down trying to make it a way to share goods among friends and neighbors (the philosophical issues bogged me down) . Now there are numerous companies that provide a platform for sharing items or excess capacity (such as a room). It’s a sound model. This article in today’s New York Times offers a helpful glimpse into the real life world of people who use services such as AirBnB and SnapGoods. The principle underlying these services is “access trumps ownership.” I’ve been a believer in that since “Wired” turned me on to the powers of a network economy. Funny enough, one of my first blog posts (before they were called blogs) was about the diminished importance of ownership versus access. The crux was: “With ownership comes responsibility (taxes, insurance..); with access, opportunity.”
Although I bowed out of developing Wazitat so that I can focus on music and comedy, I remain an advocate and user of peer-sharing… and I may re-start development of some of Wazitat’s functions.
I recommend listening to “Moon Food,” the new album from Unbunny. I’ve made a set list at Myspace with some of its standout tracks. This guy Jarid del Deo is highly adept at transferring his broken heart onto his records. Each of these songs tells a pretty depressing story, and yet reveals the writer as triumphant.
Links:
My “Moon Food” Sampler @ Myspace
My true nature is that of a champion. I have joined a gym that trains athletes. It is a Cross Fit gym, which features high-intensity exercises at fast-pace. Some nights I row; some nights I box. I’m working hard to get back on top.
What did the astronomer say when the boss told him about a problem with the observatory’s new telescope?
“I’ll look into it.”
