http://somedirection.com Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:40:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have a guilty pleasure. I like to give (awesome) computers as gifts and record the unboxing. The first time I gave someone a Mini, I recorded a movie of it and it was pure gold. To this day watch it occasionally. It always makes me smile. When my aunt, father ... http://somedirection.com/2009/03/23/happy-gets-a-mini/ Over the last couple months I've been comprising some of my top music for 2008 to consolidate some of my recommendations. I was planning on making something to incorporate into Tune Muncher, but time has not been on my side. Nonetheless, I didn't want to see my efforts go to ... http://somedirection.com/2008/12/31/heavy-rotation-the-best-music-of-2008/ These are exciting times. Halloween is my favorite holiday, not because I like blood and guts or horror movies or scaring people. It's when the companies I do work for make $$$$$$. Plus, it's a fun holiday to just let loose, relax and have fun. Who doesn't like a costume ... http://somedirection.com/2008/09/30/oh-no-my-site-is-down-be-notified-as-soon-as-it-happens/ I've been playing around with branding for my site and my online persona for a long time. Seems that everything I came up with on my own wasn't up to snuff. Eventually I got a good idea (it took years) that would be loud, recognizable, and sent the proper message. Luckily ... http://somedirection.com/2008/09/08/a-long-time-coming-new-somedirection-branding-revealed/ On August 7th I'll be speaking at the Betahouse with John Resig about the jQuery Javascript Framework. My friend and colleague Patrick Haney put this talk together for Refresh Boston. Check out the Upcoming Event. Sign up sooner than later, as of this writing there were only about 20 slots left! I'll ... http://somedirection.com/2008/07/28/speaking-about-jquery/ I realized throughout my whole "apartment searching" process I came up with some pretty novel ways of leveraging the web to help me find the ideal place so I figured I'd share. Please let me know if this article helps your search in any way. My Situation I live with my girlfriend ... http://somedirection.com/2008/07/21/how-to-find-an-apartment-in-boston-hint-cast-a-big-net/ I've been with Sprint since 2005, before that I had Nextel (which was later bought by Sprint). We got the phones for a now extinct development company I ran with my buddy Dan. On 7/11/08 during the iPhone craziness I logged onto my Sprint account and saw you could check ... http://somedirection.com/2008/07/18/sprinting-away-from-sprint-hands-down-the-worst-cellphone-company-ever/ I had a fun time this morning customizing and staring in (a brief cameo) the latest JibJab election satire. Send a JibJab Sendables® eCard Today! http://somedirection.com/2008/07/17/jibjab-is-impressive/ When I get sick of some of my tunes (I have a habit of getting new music and wearing it out immediately by overplaying), I've found I can always find great tunage with this Smart Playlist in iTunes. Which lets me know what tunes I burnt out on last year. :) It's ... http://somedirection.com/2008/05/15/my-go-to-playlist/ moar funny pictures The trend is over with but I couldn't help to submit this picture this morning when I stumbled across it in iPhoto. http://somedirection.com/2008/04/20/i-has-controlz/