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McCain vs. Dungeons & Dragons II

2008-08-21 09:37:58-04

John McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb seems to have a weird problem with Dungeons & Dragons.

Regular JeffRubinJeffRubin readers already know that Goldfarb compared the New York Times editors to a blogger, “sitting at home in his mother’s basement and ranting into the ether between games of Dungeons & Dragons.” It was an unusual quote for sure, but if you want to paint bloggers as antisocial it at least sorta makes sense to invoke one of the nerdiest things of all-time.

Actually, it’s true, there is a lot of D&D played here. But they’re totally out of touch and still playing with the v.3.5 ruleset.

Child Pornography

2008-08-20 19:07:09-04

Remember when Pete Townshend was briefly arrested because he had been looking at all kinds of child porn and get was released after saying he was researching a book? Whatever happened to that book?

I looked it up… it’s been abandoned, but it’s good to know the “I’m writing a book” excuse is a valid defense.

If you’ll excuse me, I have some things to do, I’m writing a book on downloading movies.

I’d really like to ...

2008-08-20 10:28:25-04

I’d really like to set up a bunch of computers with some sort of computer visual identification software and then feed them a bunch of Rorschach inkblot tests.

We could snicker at the results together.

This is another really ba...

2008-08-19 10:16:02-04

This is another really bad error message in Transmit. They tell me, “Permission Denied,” what they mean is “You are not connected to the internet.” Previously…

I’m a fan of Panic’s software. I own licenses to just about everything they’ve ever made, but they’ve got some bad error messages.

I must say. With a bit mo...

2008-08-18 23:29:09-04

I must say. With a bit more power (and a bit less Windows), this thing would be really tempting.

I can assure you. The RIA...

2008-08-18 21:13:24-04

I can assure you. The RIAA is not at muxtape.com. These are lies.

Nothing says “an ev...

2008-08-15 13:43:47-04

Nothing says “an event will take place at this time” quite like a greyed out box.

At the Times Center

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:16:22 -0400

The Homer...

2008-08-14 12:47:01-04

The Homer

Vimeo is growing fast, by...

2008-08-13 16:45:07-04

If you're qualified, you'd be foolish to do anything else before you apply.
-- Ted Roden

Vimeo is growing fast, by the end of this month we’ll have 600,000 users with over 1 million videos! Since January we’ve grown traffic five-fold, and now serve a million videos a day. We need some fresh brains around here to help make the best website in the world even better.

We’re looking for superstar web application developers:

Have you written your own MVC framework (preferably in PHP)?
Do you enjoy tweaking httpd.conf in your spare time?
Can you explain EXPLAIN?
Have you worked with INNODB on tables with millions of rows?
Can you tell when a machine is swapping?
Do you have experience with cloud (EC2) or virtualized (Xen) environments?
Have you changed your legal middle name to “scalable”?

We’re looking for superstar Flash developers:

Do you have OOP experience in a language other than Flash?
Does the prospect of your SWF being loaded 7 million times a day excite you?
You have demonstrable design experience?
Have you built a Flash video player before?
Have you built Air applications?

We’re also looking for year-round community apprentices. We really want apprentices from inside our wonderful community, so if you or anyone you know might be interested, please pass this along. Here are our requirements:

Be well versed in “internet”
Know your way around the Vimeo website and community
Be creative
Like to watch and make videos

Your days will consist of:

Working closely with dalas and Blake on community support and answering help emails
Watching and organizing tons of videos
Monitoring the site and testing new features
Carrying on “The Intern Net Show”
Giving high-fives and getting coffee

These jobs are located in the infamous Connected Ventures offices in ~~sunny~~ loud Union Square, Manhattan— you have to be in commuting distance. If you think you’d fit in, shoot an email to morlocks@vimeo.com with a link to your Vimeo account (yes you need one), some links to some work you’re proud of and a short description about yourself.

“Poor Laszlo Cseh, ...

2008-08-13 09:56:54-04

“Poor Laszlo Cseh, the Hungarian who twice in these Games has finished second to Michael Phelps, was quite frank when asked by a reporter whether he had thought, during Wednesday’s 200m butterfly that he could actually beat Michael Phelps. “It never even crossed my mind,” he said”

— Rave Reviews For Michael Phelps

The most amazing dog robo...

2008-08-12 14:18:55-04

The most amazing dog robot ever, watch past the first part: tinyurl.com/zvc4f

--Ted

I have the theme song to ...

2008-08-12 10:11:57-04

I have the theme song to Cheers stuck in my head.

--Ted

fred-wilson: reblog beco...

2008-08-11 21:21:58-04

fred-wilson:

reblog becomes notes. hmm.

Wonder where they got that idea? *wink wink*

A Modern Promise

2008-08-09 20:34:25-04

The new Francis and the Lights album is officially out today in mp3, aiff and vinyl pre-order. I was lucky enough to get a copy of it a bit earlier this week and I can safely tell you, it’s worth the purchase in whatever format suits you best. I went with the vinyl.

The process to buy it is simple enough and at the end of it I was greeted with a link download the album as mp3s. Fantastic. I’m also in the process of downloading the 1080p version of the video… for free. This is evidence the record industry isn’t dying, we’re just witnessing a changing of the guards.

Also, the embedded muxtape player? Insert your favorite biz-dev keyword: game changer, it moves the needle, it’s going to provide hockey stick growth, whatever… it’s really something.

I just realized...

2008-08-06 15:23:46-04

QFT
-- Ted Roden

I spend 80% of my day with headphones on with no music playing.

Overflow seating to watch me work

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:10:47 -0400

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2008-08-06 00:54:25-04

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Holy FS! Check out this site, powered by Grablr (also his tumblr)

hint: for added awesome scroll to the bottom of his page.

I will gladly have sex and / or produce a video* in order to beta test this service.

Wow.

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2008-08-05 22:53:40-04

Emacs on a big screen

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:10 -0400