May 2007
101 posts
Phone Numbers: Contact Executive Customer Service... →
Executive customer service is a firewall team that keeps your complaints from disturbing busy executives golf games. Very often, they do this by actually solving your problems, possessing superhuman powers to command all parts of the company to action, from billing to technical.
WatchOpen a bottle with car door latch (via Google Video)
UCLA Ethno memories Collage - Thanks Tomas! →
How on earth did I get that young!
Do a good deed and laugh at me in a Gorilla Suit...
Hi Folks,
Sorry for the mass email, but I could really use a little bit of your help.
Turns out that there are only 700 Gorillas left in the wild. I was shocked when I learned that too. To do my part, I am participating in the Great Gorilla Run 7K. This event is normally run in London, but it is happening in Golden Gate Park this year.
This means that next Sunday, June 10th, I will join...
Think Progress » Fighting them there →
The Iraq war, which for years has drawn militants from around the world, is beginning to export fighters and the tactics they have honed in the insurgency to neighboring countries and beyond, according to American, European and Middle Eastern government officials and interviews with militant leaders in Lebanon, Jordan and London.
Some of the fighters appear to be leaving as part of the waves of...
Acoustic Stove Could Aid Third World →
Neat idea, but is there a way to do this without burning through all that wood?
Watchvia Body Hacks: Amplify your car remote signal with your head - Lifehacker
Carnaval SF
Went to Carnaval SF today. Had a great time at the festival on Harrison and took some pictures. More in my photostream
Boing Boing: James Surowiecki on feature creep →
You might think… that companies could avoid feature creep by just paying attention to what customers really want. But that’s where the trouble begins, because although consumers find overloaded gadgets unmanageable, they also find them attractive. It turns out that when we look at a new product in a store we tend to think that the more features there are, the better. It’s only once we get...
International Day of Chaos
Friday, 6pm, Justin ‘Pee-wee’ Herman Plaza at the Embarcadero
List of Chaos:
> + critical mass (end of month extra-annoying)
> + caco anti-critical-mass hack
> + zombie attack
> + pirate/clown attack on zombies
> + giants game
> + pillow fight
> + rush hour on memorial day weekend
I’ll have my camera and some riot gear.
best of craigslist : Ode to SF General Hospital →
Silent Way's Bay Area Net Music Company Directory →
older, but still useful
Tuba Tips →
Fructose and HFCS proven to be bad →
“Fructose apparently tricks the brain into thinking you are hungrier than you actually are. Unlike carbohydrates made up of glucose, fructose does not stimulate the pancreas into producing insulin. Nor does it promote the production of leptin, a hormone made by fat cells. Under normal conditions, the amount of insulin and leptin in the body signal to the brain that you’ve had enough to eat....
Forget 'The Long Tail' - Go For The Sweet Spike →
Bears to Breakers, SWNH photos coming soon
Here are some photos from before the events as a warm up. Check my flickr photostream pictures and favorites for all the highlights
Wow a whole week without posting. Sorry things have been so quiet. I’ve been recovering from this and getting ready for the gig today at Giordanos Bros and Bears to Breakers Check out the sites and then come help us celebrate. I can’t wait for this weekend!
HOW TO TICK PEOPLE OFF
Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies. In the memo field of all your checks, write “for sexual favors.” Specify that your drive-through order is “TO-GO.” If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets. Insist on keeping your car windshield...
