Category: Asides

I would say I’m failing miserably at keeping my new year’s resolution. In fact I’ve been on the verge of insomnia the last 2 weeks. It’s bad. Last night was the worse thus far. Need.. to.. sleep..

Well, we’re already a couple days in but Happy New Year! One of my resolutions this year is to get more sleep on a regular basis.

I’m still in a holiday slump, not feeling like working even while the work is piling up higher and higher on my desk. The tennis season is back in session again so that’s good. Another diversion.

As a kid I always thought the year 20XX seemed so futuristic (20XX, not 200X). Like by then we’d have clean energy, flying cars, and cool gadgets. Now that we’re here, it’s not all that exciting. We just capped a decade where this country, as a whole, basically accomplished and learned nothing. Sorry if that sounds depressing. At least we’re starting anew (sort of).

Well, gotta run. Hope 2010 is great year for everyone.

I discovered Grooveshark only last week and I’m loving the service. The interface is easy to use, full-screen, and very responsive. It’s easy to find music and their library is huge. The sound quality is also pretty good. Not as good as high bitrate MP3 but hey it’s good enough. These days I’m pretty lazy when it comes to manually building up my library. I can simply use their “Popular” playlists to find new songs I might like. They even have a “Radio” feature that tries to add songs you might like based on the current songs you have playing. I was even able to find some Korean songs, so their library seems pretty comprehensive.

Check out TimeOut’s 101 things to do in New York City in the winter:

Own This City

I love this city!

I just had to post this:

How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell

Only web designers/developers can relate. A client recently told me a design needed more “pop” just like in the comic. Sigh..

Jon Stewart’s hilarious impression of that loony Glenn Beck on The Daily Show. Do not have food or water in your mouth at 3:17 in the video!

Awesome – Matsui batted in 6 runs and the Yanks win their 27th World Series crown! WOOOOO!

How many come-back, late-innings wins have we had this year? It was disappointing to see Joba give up the tying homer but during the 9th I kept saying Yankees are going to score and Rivera will close it out.. even at 2 outs. Granted, I kept saying “here comes the double!” when Matsui and Jeter were up too. The base stealing by Damon was pretty awesome. And what a postseason for Arod, who keeps coming through in the clutch. Rivera is just a stone-cold killer. What was that, 3 outs in like 6 pitches? Last night was 2 outs in 5 pitches.

I hate you.