There’s a cemetery down a street that we really enjoy visiting. It’s old, picturesque, and has some great old trees. It’s very peaceful and relaxing to stroll around or just hang out under them. (Sidenote: we might accidentally be raising some “odd” kids who like cemeteries: often when we drive by one, they often exclaim …
Sounds like shitmydadsays is watching ESPN baseball.
A new site (new to me, thanks to Daring Fireball), Finer Things in Mac, pointed out that iTunes 9 gives you more control over your smart playlists: Smart Playlists in iTunes 9 have become smarter. They now offer more granular, nested control over rules for collecting content. I’ve had some pretty complex playlists in my …
I watched this video on the train last night (via the Radio Lab podcast) and thought it was very cool, not to mention more moving than I thought it would be:
Flip Flop Fly Ball is kind enough to provide a public service to the younger generation of baseball cap wearers: Ballcap sticker removal provides the instructions needed for removing the sticker from your new hat. Thanks Flip Flop Fly Ball!
The Pixies seemed to be everywhere this week: 1. This weekend I finally watched loud QUIET loud, the documentary about the Pixies’ 2004 reunion tour, which I enjoyed. And despite a friend’s warning that it would “bum you out after seeing it,” I didn’t feel that way at all. I thought it just showed the …
“A love of baseball plus a love of infographics equals Flip Flop Fly Ball.” Flip Flop Fly Ball has some interesting baseball-related infographics, including Green Monster (comparing the size of Fenway’s left field wall), Ballpark Orientation (the direction batters face at each stadium) and Major League Fields (ballpark shapes).
An eventful few days makes Brian & Hilary future spouses and future homeowners. Big congratulations to both of them!
When we go on vacations and getaways (especially in New England) I always like to hit up fancy chocolate shops. Turns out there’s some quality handmade chocolates right nearby. If you’re in the Bridgewater area and have grown loath of ordinary confections, get over to Skinner’s Sugar House. Damn, that’s some tasty stuff! (Made a …
This is probably going take me to another level of Apple/CSS nerdery, but so be it. (I can’t be that bad since this has been around for years and I’m only noticing it now.) In the HTML code for Apple’s website they have class=”sosumi” for the copyright style. Fellow Apple nerds recognize the hilarity of …