Sunday, February 25, 2007 :::

since I have a new ipod, I now also have an old one which I have been meaning to use as a storage device. and lifehacker has been kind enough to direct me to some software than can make it all happen seamlessly. lifehacker as also pointed out the less pressingly useful but nonetheless whimsically interesting restaurant choice randomizer known as the wheel of food, which chooses your restaurant from a selection of nearby eateries.

Labels: macs, useful things

::: posted by johnok at 11:18 AM

last night we started watching michael gondry's the science of sleep, which is a movie that requires a lot of patience, but has some very fascinating moments. and naturally I had a rather interesting dream last night, in which I had to hand-write my email password over and over again in different handwriting styles (neatly vs messily, with or without little curlicue flourishes, etc.) -- to be handed over to a committee of of jowly middle-aged men for review and record-keeping purposes.

Labels: dreams, movies

::: posted by johnok at 11:08 AM

Friday, February 16, 2007 :::

so the sidebar's been updated, and with this post I'm also taking the opportunity to test out the new tags feature

Labels: maintenance

::: posted by johnok at 11:06 AM

Tuesday, February 06, 2007 :::

assorted boing boing links: toy boat floating on air. mug shots as art. and how to not have your google searches forever archived.

in other surfing, I found out through starbucks gossip that a georgetown starbucks is a test marketing site, and features starbucks test products that don't appear elsewhere.

also, via lifehacker: how to add missing album artwork to iTunes. and ten free apps that every mac user should have, along with the best twenty Mac apps you've never heard of. and lastly, widgipedia is your one-stop source for where to find widgets.

::: posted by johnok at 2:31 PM