j. paul arterburn

fred-wilson: Congratulations - MGMT new MGMT. I love it. hit...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:33:30 -0600

Congratulations - MGMT

new MGMT. I love it. hit repeat about five times in a row now.

reminds me of something/someone i can’t place right now.

Just came across this…fresh off the tracks. If you live...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:26:00 -0600

Just came across this…fresh off the tracks. If you live around Imperial, NE you might recognize it.

woke up this morning in a familiar place and my head din’t hurt at all
didn’t have to stain the porcelain with the remnants of last night’s last call
still feel kind of empty but today the cavern feels comparatively small
the warmth of the sunshine meets my morning face today I walk instead of crawl

the pieces of dreamers are spread all over this town
like cartoons on bar stools, we draw ourselves to the ground
theres reasons for leaving that we’ve all figured out
but it’s easier to drown

later on in the afternoon in a familiar room where the sun never shines at all
in front of me i’ve got another drink, a little time to think
Billy’s behind the bar; catch my reflection in the bar back mirror
expression so sincere as it says ‘where do you go from here?’
I don’t know what the answer is, but I can tell you this: it never gets that far

Chris Larson of Heart Start Hero

Marvelous 3 - Freak of the Week….remember this song?...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:36:00 -0600

Marvelous 3 - Freak of the Week….remember this song? Related news: Butch Walker (frontman) releases his 7th solo album this week, on full stream at spinner.com for a limited time.

Freak of the Week wasn’t your style? It was probably “Over Your Head” then.

Not just "Why Topeka"...but rather "Why Topekans?"

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:38:34 -0600

Not just "Why Topeka"...but rather "Why Topekans?"

#1G4Topeka to be renamed as Google, Kansas?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:04:00 -0600

A movement has started to bring Google into Topeka as an Internet Service Provider and I can think of only a few that are against it (I’m looking at you, Cox Communications). It wouldn’t be the first time Topeka was officially renamed to fulfill corporate fantasies of having a city named after them.

Supporters with some high energy leaders have done quite the job to get:

Think Big Topeka website created to centralize all the happenings around the project
a Facebook group for the cause has 8,900 members that didn’t even exist a month ago
Youtube channel to give an outlet to tell Google “Why Topeka”…although I will be honest - the “Why not Topeka?” I’ve heard is not a good strategy.
That’s not a misspelling or some kind of h@x0r code in the title; lots of people are talking: #1G4Topeka on twitter.
City Council & local businesses support.

One thing I’ve noticed is the lack of ideas that would truly max out the bandwidth Google Fiber would provide: 128 MB per second. That’s like downloading things 2x that of the speed that see when you copy files to a USB thumb drive. What I envision is this sort of speed would truly make it possible to work from the cloud. Microsoft is soon to announce Office Online. Excel in a browser. I work with 15-80MB files in Excel. Excel in a browser is not a realistic alternative for me. Yet. Google has been pushing this same concept: GMail, Google Docs, Calendar…heck Chrome OS is basically a laptop with only a browser. The faster your Internet, the more you use Google services. My grand idea on this kind of bandwidth involves a hologram of T-Pain & auto-tuning…but I haven’t quite worked out all the details.

It’s kind of interesting to see a change in the way people are viewing Topeka now that something like this is a realistic opportunity (albeit no way to gauge Google’s favoritism towards a city). It’s worth noting that any city has the opportunity to get a shot at this - they are looking for a community with 50-500k people.

If you live in Shawnee County and this blog was a bit slow to load, I present to you the official nomination link (which you probably already saw with the popup):

http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi

Update: Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten will issue a proclamation calling for Topeka to be known for the month of March as “Google, Kansas, the capital city of fiber,” he told city council members Monday. Story here.

Video

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:24:22 -0600

me: I wish there was some kind of certification you could get that would give you credibility during customer support calls. I know what I'm doing, don't tell me to press start, all programs.

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:18:00 -0600

me: I wish there was some kind of certification you could get that would give you credibility during customer support calls. I know what I'm doing, don't tell me to press start, all programs.
Matt: exactly; a code word
me: "how bout them bananas today?"
Matt: "Ah, indeed, The Winters are extremely cold in St. Petersburg"

Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man Digging these guys lately -...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:53:00 -0600

Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man

Digging these guys lately - remind me of a mix between Avett Brothers & Frightened Rabbit (who comes out with a new album in March).

Excel Waterfall Chart

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:56:00 -0600

Have you ever needed to make one of these charts? I have and I never knew how to do it. I found a template on Juice Analytics and modified it to make it easier to make it go up or down. Click on the picture for an Excel template.

Recently launched blog, Stuff That Was Cool, that celebrates the things in life that used to make...

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:11:00 -0600

Recently launched blog, Stuff That Was Cool, that celebrates the things in life that used to make the now twenty-somethings smile (and probably still do). It’s a project hopefully-eventually-turning-profit-venture that I’m collaborating with 2 other guys currently residing in San Francisco.

this was a little weekend project i had been thinking about for...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:49:00 -0600

this was a little weekend project i had been thinking about for a while. it grabs all your friends’ on twitter favorite tweets (or starred tweets) and displays them in easy-to-see format. part of the fun was being able to play with the twitter API (which grabs the profile images) and also working with javascript again for the code that turns links into links and @replies into links as well.

There's a (web)app for that...

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:55:00 -0500

tipTapp was my very first iPhone web-app. Since creating this, I’ve put together trackTapp (package tracking) & scoresTapp (sports scores). Although the release of the App Store has taken visitors away, many users still find the price (FREE!) & features very useful.

One nifty feature that I added as a personal choice was the ability to create a palindrome out of the total (“mirror” -> $92.29). This offers an excellent check whether the staff fixed the bill and quickly lets you remember that the transaction is restaurant related for services like Mint.com where you categorize all transactions.

Check out tipTapp on your iPhone by going to sixteenseven.com/tiptapp