Chris Goodrich

Could this be the future of internet browsing?  A very futuristic, but realistic, possiblity of how user interaction on the internet may be.  After watching all 4 videos, I found it very interesting how politically correct they have attempted to be while creating these videos.  Adaptive Path used almost every ethnicity, age group, etc. in their videos.  It reminds me of the Toys ‘R Us catalogs I used to get when I was younger.

In the midst of trying to send an email today, I began to get errors from Gmail. I soon realized that Gmail was down and there is no way to access my emails, not even via imap.

It got me thinking (probably a very cliche discussion, but oh well) about how much I rely on the technology around me. Gone are the days of days of a paper calendar, and welcome are the days of iPhone UI beauty. Have I put too many of my eggs in one basket here? I rely so much on the internet to manage my day to day activities, that when it goes down I am lost as to how to communicate.

I guess I shall just go hibernate in my cave. That way I can be more productive when Gmail comes back online.

This just goes to show that we are nowhere near out of the woods on this economic rough patch.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Bertrand Russell (via angad)

jakehurwitz:

Wall-E was awesome.

I loved the complete lack of dialog in the film. Reminded me of old silent films I watched in my freshman film aesthetics class. Well worth the $10.

An unfortunate side affect of living in a brand new home is the revolt of the creatures that inhabited the land prior to us: mice. That’s right, what started with what we thought was a mouse has quickly become mice. I had the unfortunate event of discovering the first mouse while trying to take a shower one morning. Not a pretty sight.

As I thought about our creature infestation in our home and as I was in the drive-thru for lunch this afternoon I realized that sometimes we are willing to pay for the accountability of a service offering more than we are the service itself.

We have quite a few family members who work or worked in the pest control industry and have plenty expertise and knowledge to deal with these creatures with very little cost to us. Despite this, we are considering paying an exterminator to help us with the infestation.

What are we getting out of this service that our family members couldn’t provide to us for nearly no cost? Accountability. See we have a hard time sleeping at night with the thought of the creatures lurking around our floors or possibly under our bed. We want to be assured that our little friends will be gone after the service is provided.

Pretty funny videos.  You have to watch more than 1 to completely understand.

something I have pondered for quite some time.  Is my blue your yellow?

I was eating lunch today at El Pollo Loco and some lady begins to paint her nails while sitting next to me.

I was immediately reminded of the days as a young child sitting in the nail salon as my mom held her hands under that strange purple light thing.  It was not exactly the smell I wanted to experience while eating my lunch.

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