Courtesy of AllAreaCodes.com

Courtesy of Techcrunch and Candytech.biz

It may not have been intentional, but it certainly got Red Medicine a lot of attention when they kicked out LA food critic, Irene Virbila, and put a photo of her on their web page.

Red Medicine, a Vietnamese influenced restaurant in Beverly Hills,  is a collaboration of Jordan Kahn and Adam Fleischman (Umami Burger founder). After spotting the LA Times Food Critic (whose job relies on anonymity) in their restaurant they snapped the picture and gave Virbila the boot. They also posted the picture on the Red Medicine Tumblr page. Ouch. So much for anonymity.

Anyways, the story was widely covered and gave the term “Red Medicine” a huge spike in popularity based on Google Trends:

the "A" indicates when news of Virbila's incident at Red Medicine dropped

Nice work! If Umami’s mention as GQ’s “Burger of the Year” wasn’t enough, this stunt will definitely get people to try Red Medicine. My review of them will be coming soon…so long as I don’t get the boot too (har har).

Red Medicine

8400 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Open until 2 am
323-651-5500

courtesy of Digital Surgeons

Some thoughts:

• I had no idea that twitter was so big amongst college students.
• Also twitter’s status as a platform for social interaction (rather than just a front end) is evident in that 52% of users  post to their twitter everyday, despite only 27% of those surveyed saying they login everyday.
• I wonder how apps in 2011 are going to interact with all of the real time data available in twitter’s API.
• In 2011, will Facebook and it’s advertisers figure out the formula to make Social Media Advertising as compelling as its SEM and Display Ad big brothers?

image courtesy of pitchfork

Came across this song by the Decemberists which is about an old Japanese tale. Thought it was a good song (NPR picked the album as #1 in 2006) and even better story behind. Story is included below the player.

“It’s a story about a peasant in rural Japan who finds a wounded crane on an evening walk; there’s an arrow in its wing. He revives the crane and the crane flies away. A couple days later, a mysterious woman shows up at his door and he takes her in. Eventually they fall in love and get married. But they’re very poor, so she suggests that she start weaving this cloth which he can in turn sell at the market—the condition being that when she’s weaving it, she has to do it behind closed doors and he can’t look in. So this goes on for a while and they actually become kind of wealthy. But eventually, his curiosity gets the best of him and he looks in at her while she’s weaving and it turns out that she’s a crane and she’s been pulling feathers from her wings and putting it into the cloth, which is what makes it so beautiful. But him having seen her breaks the spell, and she turns back into a crane and flies away. That’s the end.”

Crane Wife Story as described by the Decemberist’s Colin Meloy on NPR’s Fresh Air (courtesy of Wikipedia and NPR)

Now that it’s officially cool to be a geek, let me share some of my recent nerdy indulgences:

Dataspora is a blog devoted to data mining trends and technologies. These topics are increasingly important now that so much data is accessible for analysis. One day, socially awkward data scientists and statisticians will become smooth operators just based on mining of trends on popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Trust!

 

Oktrends is a statistical view into dating and relationships which is fueled by data from the free okcupid online dating site. Here is a revealing article about dating across races and another looking into deceiving profile information.

 

Surging in popularity is the expert q&a site Quora. It serves as more credible way to get your most nerdy curiosities answered. For example, user interface vs user experience design.

Here is there example for User Interface.

User interface courtesy of Quora and Xianhang Zhang

Check the article for the UE example. hehe.

 

Web 2.0 Summit (see YouTube coverage): This one is for sure the hippest of my geeky guilty pleasures. In 2010 they had notable interviews/presentations with: Ari Emanuel (who Entourage’s Ari Gold is based from), Eric Schmidt (Google CEO), Tony Hsieh (Zappos CEO/Founder), Mary Meeker (Morgan Stanley’s Superstar New Media Analyst turned Kleiner Perkins partner), Mark Zuckerburg (duh), Fred Wilson (Principal at Union Square Ventures), Jeff Weiner (CEO LinkedIn), and many more of tech’s elite. It let’s you know what is coming soon from the most innovative and powerful companies in the web, mobile, and media spaces.

 

We Live in Public. This movie about crazy web entrepreneur and experimental “artist” Josh Harris, is so off the wall, that I rechecked the cover to make sure it wasn’t a mockumentary. It wasn’t. It’s absolutely wild.

 

Evernote. My inner nerd is disorganized like no other. Luckily, Evernote keeps track of all my crackpot ideas and organizes them in a way that nothing is lost. Between, the Evernote applications installed on my phone, browser, and desktop I have no need for browser bookmarks and meeting notebooks. Even this article is being typed into Evernote while I am flying high above Texas.

 

More to come, but in the meanwhile, send me some other nerdy finds relating to: big data, productivity suites, live action role playing (LARPing), etc.

Courtesy of the “thumbs-up” songs from the Funkrocks Indie Rock Pandora Station.

	Moth’s Wings	by Passion Pit	11-19-2010
	In A Perfect World	by Octoberman	11-19-2010
	Help I’m Alive	by Metric	11-11-2010
	Librarian (Live 2009)	by My Morning Jacket	11-10-2010
	Don’t Look Back	by Kasey Anderson	11-10-2010
	Sol Solis	by Moving Mountains	11-10-2010
	Angeles	by Peter Bradley Adams	11-09-2010
	Please Stop Time	by Tyler Ramsey	11-09-2010
	Lasso	by Phoenix	11-09-2010
	Tomorrow Comes Today	by Gorillaz	11-08-2010
	The Reeling	by Passion Pit	11-08-2010
	Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop	by Landon Pigg	11-07-2010
	New Days Close	by Spokane	11-07-2010
	Welcome Home	by Radical Face	11-06-2010
	The Only One	by Lucero	11-05-2010
	Home	by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros	11-02-2010
	Fences (Boombass Remix)	by Phoenix	11-02-2010
	Giving Up The Gun	by Vampire Weekend	11-02-2010
	Sun In An Empty Room	by The Weakerthans	10-30-2010
	After The Bombs (Live)	by The Decemberists	10-28-2010
	Breakfast In NYC	by Oppenheimer	10-28-2010
	Suffocation Keep	by The Slip	10-26-2010
	Different Names For The Same Thing	by Death Cab For Cutie	10-25-2010
	In The Waiting Line	by Zero 7	10-25-2010
	Falling Away With You	by Muse	10-25-2010
	Boy With A Coin	by Iron & Wine	10-25-2010
	Karate	by Kennedy	10-23-2010
	Connecting The Dots	by Kyle Andrews	10-23-2010
	As Much As I Ever Could	by City And Colour	10-22-2010
	Naive	by The Kooks	10-22-2010
	Fog (Again) (Live)	by Radiohead	10-21-2010
	Seventeen	by Meredith Bragg and the Terminals	10-21-2010
	Teardrop	by Massive Attack	10-21-2010
	As We Go Up, We Go Down	by Guided By Voices	10-20-2010
	Blood Bank	by Bon Iver	10-20-2010
	Brightest Hour	by The Submarines	10-20-2010
	I Found A Reason	by Cat Power	10-19-2010
	Indie Rokkers	by MGMT	10-16-2010
	Fresh Feeling	by The Eels	10-15-2010
	Lies	by Glen Hansard	10-12-2010
	Thirteen (New Moon Version)	by Elliott Smith	10-11-2010
	Bodies And Minds	by Great Lake Swimmers	10-11-2010
	Lump Sum	by Bon Iver	10-11-2010
	Forever	by Ben Harper	10-11-2010
	Metarie	by Brendan Benson	10-10-2010
	Love Always Remains	by MGMT	10-10-2010
	They Can Run	by Ticonderoga	10-10-2010
	Byrd Joel	by Red House Painters	10-10-2010
	I Still Care For You	by Ray LaMontagne	10-10-2010
	Tree	by Sebadoh	10-08-2010
	Jen, Nothing Matters To Me	by Irving	10-08-2010
	Summer Is Coming	by Matt Pond PA	10-04-2010
	Closer	by Joshua Radin	10-04-2010
	Darker	by Doves	10-02-2010
	Somewhere Only We Know	by Keane	10-01-2010
	Question	by Old 97′s	10-01-2010
	Miracle Drug	by A.C. Newman	09-27-2010
	Down The Line	by Jose Gonzalez	09-26-2010
	Sleep	by Azure Ray	09-26-2010
	Elsa	by Lilys	09-26-2010
	NightOut For The Downer	by Damien Jurado	09-25-2010
	Natural Selection	by Heart Pharmacy	09-24-2010
	Burning	by The Whitest Boy Alive	09-23-2010
	The Girl	by City And Colour	09-23-2010
	On The Table	by A.C. Newman	09-23-2010
	The Comeback	by Shout Out Louds	09-23-2010
	The Blower’s Daughter	by Damien Rice	09-23-2010
	Time Won’t Let Me Go	by The Bravery	09-22-2010
	Jolene	by Ray LaMontagne	09-21-2010
	On And On	by Mission To The Sea	09-20-2010
	Sanguine	by The Avett Brothers	09-19-2010
	Broadripple Is Burning (Daytrotter Sessions)	by Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s	09-10-2010
	Skinny Love	by Bon Iver	09-04-2010
	Half Hearted Apology	by Dean Fields	09-04-2010
	Man-Revolutionary!	by Rogue Wave	09-04-2010
	The Captive Mind	by The Helio Sequence	09-04-2010
	Rewind	by Stereophonics	09-04-2010
	Mad World	by Gary Jules	09-04-2010
	Falling Slowly	by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova	09-04-2010
	Slow Burn	by Hudson Bell	09-04-2010
	For Emma	by Bon Iver	09-03-2010
	Carolina	by Benjamin Gibbard	08-30-2010
	Cold December	by Matt Costa	08-30-2010
	Death Of An Interior Decorator	by Death Cab For Cutie	08-29-2010
	Heart Skipped A Beat	by The Xx	08-29-2010
	Fidelity	by Regina Spektor	08-29-2010
	Falling Slowly	by The Frames	08-29-2010
	Islands	by The Xx	08-29-2010
	Catarina	by Joe Purdy	08-26-2010
	Meet Me In The City	by The Black Keys	08-26-2010
	Lately	by The Helio Sequence	08-26-2010
	Sweet Disposition	by The Temper Trap	08-24-2010
	Falling For You	by Sennen	08-23-2010
	Trying To Pull Myself Away	by Glen Hansard	08-23-2010
	All The Way Down	by Glen Hansard	08-20-2010
	Free Fallin’ (Acoustic) (Live)	by John Mayer	08-18-2010
	West Coast	by Coconut Records	08-17-2010
	Ocean In The Way	by Dinosaur Jr.	08-16-2010
	Astral	by Calla	08-13-2010
	Priests And Paramedics	by Pedro The Lion	08-13-2010
	Red-eyed And Blue	by Wilco	08-13-2010
	Transformation	by David Gray	08-13-2010
	1901	by Phoenix	08-13-2010
	2:45 AM	by Elliott Smith	08-03-2010
	Burn It All Down	by VHS Or BETA	08-03-2010
	One Big Holiday	by My Morning Jacket	07-30-2010
	Pleasure And Pain (Live)	by Ben Harper	07-30-2010
	Breathe	by Telepopmusik	07-29-2010
	Stability	by Death Cab For Cutie	07-29-2010
	Look What You’ve Done	by Jet	07-27-2010
	You Could Be Happy	by Snow Patrol	07-27-2010
	Part One	by Band Of Horses	07-26-2010
	One Red Thread	by Blind Pilot	07-22-2010
	Prank Calls	by Kelley Stoltz	07-22-2010
	Now	by Mackintosh Braun	07-21-2010
	Hear Me Out	by Frou Frou	07-07-2010
	Only You	by Joshua Radin	06-29-2010
	Upward Over The Mountain	by Iron & Wine	06-17-2010
	9 Crimes	by Damien Rice	06-17-2010
	In My Lady’s House	by Iron & Wine	06-09-2010
	Between Days	by Red House Painters	06-08-2010
	My Little Bird	by Rogue Wave (Children’s)	06-08-2010
	Snow On Dead Neighborhoods	by Electric President	06-07-2010
	Sparks	by Coldplay	05-27-2010
	Talking In Code	by Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s	05-25-2010
	No One Would Riot For Less	by Bright Eyes	05-25-2010
	Red Right Ankle	by The Decemberists	05-24-2010
	Waitin’ For A Superman (Live)	by Iron & Wine	05-24-2010
	See You Soon (Live)	by Coldplay	05-23-2010
	It’s A Hit (Live)	by We Are Scientists	05-23-2010
	Delicate	by Damien Rice	05-23-2010
	How Can You Laugh	by Marjorie Fair	05-23-2010
	Kanterns	by The Microphones	05-22-2010
	Vampires In Blue Dresses	by Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s	05-21-2010
	Broadripple Is Burning	by Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s	05-20-2010
	Nothing Gets Crossed Out	by Bright Eyes	05-20-2010
	Generator	by Minipop	05-20-2010
	To Leave It Behind	by Great Lake Swimmers	05-18-2010
	Lousy Reputation	by We Are Scientists	05-15-2010
	Two Weeks	by Grizzly Bear	05-15-2010
	Morning Fog	by The Morning Benders	05-13-2010
	I Shall Not Walk Alone	by Ben Harper	05-11-2010
	Great Ghosts (Live)	by The Microphones	05-09-2010
	This Charming Man	by Stars	05-05-2010
	An Honest Mistake	by The Bravery	05-03-2010
	Size Too Small	by Sufjan Stevens	05-03-2010
	Heartbeats (Live At Park Ave)	by Jose Gonzalez	05-03-2010
	Lisztomania	by Phoenix	04-28-2010
	Waitin’ For A Superman	by Iron & Wine	04-28-2010
	Out Of Reach	by The Get Up Kids	04-27-2010
	Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf)	by Pixies	04-23-2010
	Girlfriend	by Phoenix	04-22-2010
	We Already Said Goodbye	by The Lovemakers	04-21-2010
	Sleepyhead	by Passion Pit	04-21-2010
	Boys Don’t Cry	by Victor Malloy	04-18-2010
	Thumb (Live)	by J. Mascis	04-15-2010
	Jesus, Etc.	by Wilco	04-14-2010
	Wait For It	by Rogue Wave	04-14-2010
	A Fond Farewell	by Elliott Smith	04-13-2010
	Walking On A Dream	by Empire Of The Sun	04-13-2010
	New Slang	by The Shins	04-09-2010
	Weekend Wars	by MGMT	04-09-2010
	Lisztomania (Classixx Version)	by Phoenix	04-09-2010
	Flightless Bird, American Mouth	by Iron & Wine	04-09-2010
	Daylight	by Matt & Kim	04-09-2010
	The Youth	by MGMT	04-09-2010
	Lightness	by Death Cab For Cutie	04-08-2010
	An Offer She Can’t Refuse	by Reeve Oliver	04-07-2010
	Kids	by MGMT	04-06-2010
	Two Weeks (Radio Mix)	by Grizzly Bear	04-06-2010
	The Start Of Something	by Voxtrot	04-05-2010
	A Certain Romance	by Arctic Monkeys	04-03-2010
	I Like What You Say	by Nada Surf	04-03-2010
	Ghost	by Rogue Wave	03-31-2010
	My Girls	by Animal Collective	03-30-2010
	Cold Wind	by Arcade Fire	03-30-2010
	Three Seed	by Silversun Pickups	03-29-2010
	Cartwheels	by The Reindeer Section	03-26-2010
	Life’s A Dream	by Built To Spill	03-25-2010
	Grapevine Fires	by Death Cab For Cutie	03-25-2010
	Wave Of Mutilation	by Pixies	03-24-2010
	Sooner (Live)	by My Morning Jacket	03-22-2010
	Tiny Vessels	by Death Cab For Cutie	03-21-2010
	Countdown	by Phoenix	03-19-2010
	The Scene Is Dead	by We Are Scientists	03-19-2010
	Detroit Has A Skyline	by Superchunk	03-08-2010
	A Certain Romance (Live)	by Arctic Monkeys	03-05-2010
	Y Control	by Yeah Yeah Yeahs	03-03-2010
	Your Ex-Lover Is Dead	by Stars	03-03-2010
	These Streets	by Paolo Nutini	02-28-2010
	The General Specific	by Band Of Horses	02-19-2010
	Blood Bleeds	by The Helio Sequence	02-15-2010
	Twilight	by Future Of Forestry	02-14-2010
	When Did Your Heart Go Missing?	by Rooney	02-11-2010
	Lake Michigan	by Rogue Wave	01-29-2010
	Ode To LRC	by Band Of Horses	01-25-2010
	True Love Waits (Live)	by Radiohead	01-07-2010
	Rock ‘N’ Roll	by The Sounds	12-11-2009
	Hit The Heartbrakes	by Black Kids	12-11-2009
	Motor Away	by Guided By Voices	10-19-2009
	Playground Love	by Air	10-09-2009
	Fortress	by Pinback	09-20-2009
	Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect > Dreams (Live)	by Colin Meloy	09-19-2009
	The End	by The Autumns	09-12-2009
	Sixteen, Maybe Less	by Calexico & Iron & Wine	09-10-2009
	The End’s Not Near	by Band Of Horses	09-10-2009
	A Movie Script Ending	by Death Cab For Cutie	09-10-2009
	Wet The Day	by The Album Leaf	09-04-2009
	On The Old Mountain Radio Christian Kleine Mix	by Mum	08-28-2009
	Flightless Bird	by Iron & Wine	08-26-2009
	Ivy	by Coastal	08-25-2009
	I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You	by Colin Hay	07-31-2009
	Messenger Bird’s Song	by Bright Eyes	07-30-2009
	Harvard Hands	by The Foxymorons	07-16-2009
	Jack-A**	by Beck	07-09-2009
	Remind Me	by Royksopp	07-09-2009
	Paris Radio	by Coastal	06-18-2009
	Say It To Me Now	by Glen Hansard	06-18-2009
	Lazy Eye	by Silversun Pickups	06-09-2009
	Special	by Mew	06-03-2009
	Nothing In My Way	by Keane	06-02-2009
	Say Yes	by Cord Stone	05-17-2009
	Across The Universe	by Fiona Apple	05-16-2009
	I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend To Dance With You	by Black Kids	05-16-2009
	Sour Times	by Portishead	05-16-2009
	Norma	by Shellito	05-14-2009
	Cath	by Death Cab For Cutie	05-13-2009
	Jen Is Bringin The Drugs	by Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s	05-13-2009
	Hell Is Chrome (Live)	by Wilco	05-13-2009
	Behind The Drapes	by Mew	05-09-2009
	Not The Same	by Ben Folds	05-09-2009
	Black Star	by Radiohead	05-04-2009
	Reckoner	by Radiohead	05-02-2009
	No One’s Gonna Love You	by Band Of Horses	05-02-2009
	Detlef Schrempf	by Band Of Horses	05-01-2009
	Better Things	by South	05-01-2009
	Emblems	by Matt Pond PA	04-30-2009
	Gideon	by My Morning Jacket	04-30-2009
	Virgo Torpedo	by Shellito	04-30-2009
	Lucky	by Radiohead	04-29-2009
	Be Still My Heart	by The Postal Service	04-25-2009
	Let Go	by Frou Frou	04-23-2009
	Untitled	by Interpol	04-23-2009
	The Fake But No Finish	by Readymade	04-23-2009
	Left Of The Dial	by The Replacements	04-22-2009
	Only Ones Who Know	by Arctic Monkeys	04-22-2009
	Lover’s Spit	by Broken Social Scene	04-22-2009
	So Here We Are	by Bloc Party	04-20-2009
	Fix You	by Coldplay	04-20-2009
	All My Friends	by The Pale Pacific	04-20-2009
	Blue Light	by Bloc Party	04-15-2009
	Brand New Love	by Sebadoh	04-14-2009
	You Were Right	by Built To Spill	04-09-2009
	Chicago	by Sufjan Stevens	04-07-2009
	Hey	by Pixies	04-04-2009
	Penelope	by Pinback	04-01-2009
	Weeks Go By Like Days	by My Morning Jacket	03-24-2009
	Lost!	by Coldplay	03-24-2009
	Wave Of Mutilation (Live)	by Pixies	03-21-2009
	Real Time	by Stars Of Track And Field	03-12-2009
	You’re A Wolf	by Sea Wolf	03-12-2009
	Stars	by Hum	03-12-2009
	Nothing Better (Styrofoam Remix)	by The Postal Service	03-12-2009
	The Trapeze Swinger	by Iron & Wine	03-11-2009
	Up Against The Wall	by Peter Bjorn And John	03-10-2009
	The Ocean Breathes Salty	by Modest Mouse	03-10-2009
	Hurt You	by The Sounds	03-09-2009
	Pieces Of What	by MGMT	03-09-2009
	Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1	by The Flaming Lips	03-09-2009
	Do You Realize??	by The Flaming Lips	03-05-2009
	Loro	by Pinback	03-05-2009
	The Ice Is Getting Thinner	by Death Cab For Cutie	03-05-2009
	Young Folks	by Peter Bjorn And John	03-05-2009
	Steam Engine	by My Morning Jacket	03-03-2009
	Missed The Boat	by Modest Mouse	03-03-2009
	Hallelujah	by The Helio Sequence	02-12-2009
	Is There A Ghost	by Band Of Horses	02-10-2009
	Time To Pretend	by MGMT	02-10-2009
	How To Disappear Completely	by Radiohead	02-04-2009
	Paper Boats	by Nada Surf	02-03-2009
	Ocean Of Noise	by Arcade Fire	02-02-2009
	World At Large	by Modest Mouse	02-02-2009
	New Hampshire	by Matt Pond PA	01-31-2009
	Sodom, South Georgia	by Iron & Wine	01-30-2009
	Thirteen	by Elliott Smith	01-30-2009
	Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)	by The Decemberists	01-28-2009
	Back To This	by The Helio Sequence	01-13-2009
	No Inside, No Out	by Mount Eerie	01-12-2009
	Crooked Teeth	by Death Cab For Cutie	01-10-2009
	Karma Police	by Radiohead	01-10-2009
	Your Mother And Father	by Cass McCombs	01-03-2009
	Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect	by The Decemberists	12-30-2008
	Left And Leaving	by The Weakerthans	12-26-2008
	Sunship Balloons	by The Flaming Lips	12-24-2008
	Pictures Of Success	by Rilo Kiley	12-22-2008
	The Glow Pt. 2	by The Microphones	12-22-2008
	Inside Of Love	by Nada Surf	12-22-2008
	Fade Into You	by Mazzy Star	12-20-2008
	Are You A Hypnotist??	by The Flaming Lips	12-20-2008
	Blacking Out The Friction	by Death Cab For Cutie	12-19-2008
	The Tiger And The Tailor	by Tiger Saw	12-18-2008
	Blacking Out The Friction / Brand New Love (Live)	by Death Cab For Cutie	12-18-2008
	A Perfect Sonnet	by Bright Eyes	12-17-2008
	Dramamine	by Modest Mouse	12-17-2008
	Marching Bands Of Manhattan	by Death Cab For Cutie	12-17-2008
	Angeles	by Elliott Smith	12-13-2008
	Lanterns	by The Microphones	12-12-2008
	Forever Young	by Youth Group	12-08-2008
	Love It All	by The Kooks	12-08-2008
	High And Dry	by Radiohead	12-08-2008
	Wake Up	by Arcade Fire	12-05-2008
	L.E.S. Artistes	by Santigold	12-03-2008
	Apocalypso	by Mew	12-03-2008
	Just One Thing	by My Morning Jacket	12-03-2008
	Hindsight	by Death Cab For Cutie	11-30-2008
	The Last High	by The Dandy Warhols	11-25-2008
	Blizzard Of 77	by Nada Surf	11-21-2008
	Caring is Creepy	by The Shins	11-21-2008
	The Reasons	by The Weakerthans	11-20-2008
	Float On	by Modest Mouse	11-20-2008
	The Zookeeper’s Boy	by Mew	11-20-2008
	Ten Thousand Lines	by Electric President	11-19-2008
	Red Elephant	by Sunny Day Real Estate	11-19-2008
	All Is Full Of Love	by Death Cab For Cutie	11-19-2008
	Eyes	by Rogue Wave	11-19-2008
	Title And Registration	by Death Cab For Cutie	11-19-2008
	Sunshine	by Matt Costa	11-19-2008
	Lua	by Bright Eyes	11-18-2008
	Electric Feel	by MGMT	11-18-2008
	Gagging Order	by Radiohead	11-18-2008
	On/Off	by Snow Patrol	11-14-2008
	Tell Me A Lie	by Griffin House	11-12-2008
	Play Crack The Sky	by Brand New	11-12-2008
	Big Foot!	by The Weakerthans	11-11-2008
	The District Sleeps Alone Tonight	by The Postal Service	11-11-2008
	Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years	by Mew	11-11-2008
	The Recluse	by Cursive	11-11-2008
	June	by Pinback	11-11-2008
	Aside	by The Weakerthans	11-09-2008
	Where Is My Mind?	by Pixies	11-07-2008
	Up For Air	by The Dimes	11-07-2008
	Don’t Let It Break Your Heart	by The Devlins	11-07-2008
	Our Swords	by Band Of Horses	11-07-2008
	She Moves In Her Own Way	by The Kooks	11-07-2008
	Fake Plastic Trees (Acoustic)	by Radiohead	11-06-2008
	Evil	by Interpol	11-05-2008
	It’s All About Us	by The American Analog Set	11-05-2008
	Last Embrace	by Northern Room	11-04-2008
	Eat, Sleep, Repeat	by Copeland	11-04-2008
	Photobooth	by Death Cab For Cutie	11-04-2008
	You Only Live Once	by The Strokes	11-04-2008
	Untitled 4	by Sigur Ros	11-03-2008
	Inevitable	by Damien Jurado	11-01-2008
	Running Up That Hill	by Placebo	11-01-2008
	Fake Plastic Trees (Acoustic Version)	by Radiohead	10-30-2008
	Taylor	by Jack Johnson	10-30-2008
	Half Right	by Heatmiser	10-30-2008
	St. Augustine	by Band Of Horses	10-30-2008
	I Will Follow You Into The Dark	by Death Cab For Cutie	10-30-2008
	Rose Parade	by Elliott Smith	10-30-2008
	Across The Universe	by Rufus Wainwright	10-30-2008
	Sleeping Lessons	by The Shins	10-30-2008
	The Chills	by Peter Bjorn And John	10-30-2008
	Paper Thin Walls	by Modest Mouse	10-18-2008
	Perfect Distillation	by Bottom of the Hudson	09-13-2008
	Such Great Heights (Remix by John Tejada)	by The Postal Service	05-19-2008
	Another Lonely Day	by Ben Harper	05-19-2008
	Leave Me Alone	by Pernice Brothers	05-16-2008
	Bags Of Bones	by Owen	05-06-2008
	Invention	by Pedro The Lion	04-21-2008
	Only One Listening	by Martin Grech	04-18-2008
	Truckstop Cassettes	by Portastatic	04-11-2008
	Charlie Brown’s Lament	by Jacob Miller (Rock)	04-03-2008
	Fake Plastic Trees (Live)	by Radiohead	03-07-2008
	Skull	by Sebadoh	03-07-2008
	Carry The Zero	by Built To Spill	03-06-2008
	Your Tester Bunny	by Kyle Andrews	03-03-2008
	Idioteque	by Radiohead	02-28-2008
	Heartbeats	by Jose Gonzalez	02-28-2008
	Brothers On A Hotel Bed	by Death Cab For Cutie	02-27-2008
	Commerce, TX	by Ben Kweller	02-26-2008
	Seaside	by The Kooks	02-25-2008
	Automatic Stop	by The Strokes	02-20-2008
	Ooh La	by The Kooks	02-12-2008
	Benediction	by The Weakerthans	02-12-2008
	The Employment Pages	by Death Cab For Cutie	02-08-2008
	The Lazy Librarian’s Son	by The Foxymorons	02-07-2008
	Green Eyes	by Coldplay	02-07-2008
	Snow Brigade	by Mew	02-06-2008
	Happy	by Shellito	01-30-2008
	Til I Hear It From You	by Gin Blossoms	01-25-2008
	Lampshade	by Fielding	01-24-2008
	Psalm For The Elks Lodge Last Call	by The Weakerthans	01-24-2008
	Limb To Limb	by Mellowdrone	01-24-2008
	Read My Mind	by The Killers	01-24-2008
	Bad Best Friend	by Nada Surf	11-02-2007
	None Of These Can Save Me From Myself	by Promenade	10-30-2007
	The Great Salt Lake	by Band Of Horses	10-26-2007
	Carry Me Ohio	by Sun Kil Moon	10-26-2007
	Knock-Down Drag-Out	by Weezer	10-26-2007
	Imaginary Friends	by Nada Surf	10-26-2007
	Lola Stars And Stripes	by The Stills	10-25-2007
	One With The Freaks	by The Notwist	10-25-2007
	Hperspace	by Nada Surf	10-12-2007
	In Transit	by Albert Hammond Jr	10-12-2007
	The First Song	by Band Of Horses	10-05-2007
	I Ran Away	by Coldplay	10-05-2007
	Better Day	by Ocean Colour Scene	10-05-2007
	Condor Ave.	by Elliott Smith	10-03-2007
	Girl Sailor	by The Shins	10-03-2007
	Title Track	by Death Cab For Cutie	10-02-2007
	Creep	by Radiohead	10-02-2007
	Kissing The Lipless	by The Shins	10-02-2007
	The Garden You Planted	by Sea Wolf	10-02-2007
	Minotaur (Burn A Candle For Love)	by The Skygreen Leopards	10-02-2007
	Kreuzberg	by Bloc Party	10-02-2007
	Elevator Love Letter	by Stars	10-02-2007
	We Have This Place Surrounded	by The Boxer Rebellion	10-02-2007
	Am I Wry? No	by Mew	10-02-2007
	Thirteen (Live)	by Big Star	09-27-2007
	New Slang (Live)	by The Shins	09-26-2007
	The Twenty-Second Century	by Say Hi To Your Mom	09-26-2007
	Infra-Red	by Placebo	09-26-2007
	Hysteria	by Muse	09-26-2007
	The Tourist	by Radiohead	09-26-2007
	Symmetry	by Mew	09-25-2007
	I Am Always The One Who Calls	by Pedro The Lion	09-25-2007
	The Funeral	by Band Of Horses	09-25-2007
	20th Century Towers	by Death Cab For Cutie	09-24-2007
	Zen Brain	by Nada Surf	09-21-2007
	Innocent Vigilent Ordinary	by The Appleseed Cast	09-21-2007
	Bacardi	by Nada Surf	09-21-2007
	This Is Such A Pity	by Weezer	09-20-2007
	Morning Bell (Live)	by Radiohead	09-19-2007
	Sphagnum Esplanade	by The Shins	09-19-2007
	Electricityscape	by The Strokes	09-19-2007
	Honestly	by Zwan	09-19-2007
	Andre The Giant And Cool	by Golden Birds	09-19-2007
	How To Be Dead	by Snow Patrol	09-19-2007
	Severed Lips	by Dinosaur Jr.	09-19-2007
	Obstacle 1	by Interpol	09-19-2007
	On Fire	by Sebadoh	09-19-2007
	I’m Sleeping In A Submarine	by Arcade Fire	09-19-2007
	Animals Of Many Kinds	by Mew	09-18-2007
	Into Your Hideout	by Pilate	09-18-2007
	Telepath	by The Church	09-18-2007
	Can’t Lose	by We Are Scientists	09-18-2007
	Someday	by The Devlins	09-18-2007
	Smile Like You Mean It	by The Killers	09-18-2007
	Keeping Track	by Superchunk	09-15-2007
	Happy kid	by Nada Surf	09-14-2007
	It’s A Hit	by We Are Scientists	09-14-2007
	Every You Every Me	by Placebo	09-14-2007
	Phantom Limb	by The Shins	09-13-2007

He’s got really clean style, which seems to have flowed into the design of his pro shoe.

This is one of the most unusual skate shoes I’ve ever seen, but for some reason, I like ‘em. It’s a slip on with a worn suede outer that gives it a similar look to grandpa’s old house slippers. The bottom of the shoe has some style too with a damask tread. Supposedly, Rieder refers to them as his tap dancing shoes. Well if he can skate like he does in these, then more power to him.

In an earlier post, Think More. Design Less, I shared some products that smacked of great design. Recently I came across the documentary, Objectified, which is an in depth look at the design process for consumer goods. It even touches on  some of the products that were mention in my earlier post. From concept to prototype on to mass manufacturing, Objectified is a revealing journey through the product design life cycle.

Disclaimer: This doc will be pretty boring for those who aren’t into well designed products aka Apple Haters. Kidding!

Here’s the trailer.

Recently I had an interesting discussion with a friend about their coworker who is engaging in a number of borderline unacceptable behaviors. It led to a funny argument about whether this person’s actions were odd or just flat-out wrong. Here are the charges:

- Washing his face in the company kitchen sink

It’s all good because: “Washing hands in the sink is completely acceptable and hands are typically dirtier than someone’s face.”

Grosssssss because: “Face washing is confined to the bathroom sink/shower for two reasons. Snot and spit.”

- Urinating with the stall open and his pants down. aka bare ass showing

It’s all good because: “No genitalia is on display.”

Grosssssss because: “Stall open pissing should be confined to dive bars and sporting events. Furthermore the Bare Ass technique is only acceptable for kids 8 years and younger. Besides, bare ass at work is hardly professional.”

- Using bare hands to serve himself food. This occurred once when taking fixins from the community salad bar AND again when taking a slice out of a birthday cake.

It’s all good because: “Well…at least we know he feels strongly about cleanliness because of his thorough hand to face washing in the kitchen sink.”

Grosssssss because: “Really, this one is just unacceptable. C’mon!”

- Squatting/living in the office. This is not 100% confirmed. Maybe 92%.

It’s all good because: “Hey, he’s getting away with not paying rent, utilities, and home upkeep. He’s probably handling a helluva lot of work with all that time in the office. Plus, it’s like having a night watchmen free of charge.”

Grosssssss because: “I got nothing. Props to him for beating the system.”

And really, who are we to judge? It’s not like we haven’t engaged in some (or all) of these behaviors at some time or another. Right? Riiiiight?!