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It’s going to space, can you just give it a second to get back from space?
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009The Feltron 2008 Report is out, get it while it’s hot (and, uh, available)
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Remember a few posts back when I was all excited about Daytum, the site by Nicholas Feltron that lets you create pretty graphs and pie charts representing data from your life?
Well his 2008 report is now out, and if you want one I suggest you act fast. The unfolded versions are sold out (he made 3000!) but the folded versions are still available. $8 including shipping on PayPal, from right here.
Three side notes:
1.) I am tickled to have similar tastes in alcohol and music as him
2.) Based on the one photo on his site, he’s a redhead with glasses.
3.) I <3 redheads with glasses, big time.
Personal Project: Sneak Peak at Daytum
Friday, January 9th, 2009
I have a silly habit of falling for pretty things, web 2.0, and personal projects by designers. Last year I ordered the Feltron 2007 Annual Report after reading about it on a website. Last month the New York Times featured the designer who created it, Nicholas Feltron.
In short, it’s a gorgeous collection of graphs and pie charts cataloging Feltron’s year of life (and it’s sold out). What he drank most, how many flickr pictures he took, the restaurant he visited most, the number of miles he walked, the best day of his year, etc. etc. All in all, it’s very much like life blogging except not as lame, stringently self-curated, and in pleasant graphic representation.
And now you can have a report of yourself, for yourself, on a beautifully designed site. Track whatever you want. You just have to request a beta account.
Here’s my Daytum site, and a sample from it: (more…)
Netflix Tricks: Monitor Your Spending Per Movie and Stream Videos
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008I own a big flatscreen, but I absolutely refuse to purchase cable tv because 1.) I don’t trust myself not to watch crap just because it’s on and 2.) I grew up with limited tv and appreciate its absence from my life (of course, I resented it at the time). But I do love Netflix, especially in these Pacific Northwest winters. Dreary weather calls for movies and booze, often at the same time.
So I have a Netflix account, with two movies at a time. The first movie is for documentaries and other things I’ve always wanted to see but don’t want to actually rent, and the second is for the I’ve had a rough day give me something easy part of my brain. Both make me happy, but there’s still times when I wonder if I’m actually getting my money’s worth from the service.
Enter FeedFlix, kind of like Google Analytics for your Netflix account. To sign up, you enter your Netflix RSS feed and off you go. FeedFlix also offers email alerts to remind you if you’ve been sitting on a movie for a long time.
As you can see, I suck at Netflix. The cost per movie averages out to a whopping $6.53 at the rate I get through my queue (2 per month), which sounds like a lot per movie. However, given my inability to return movies on time, and the rental fee of about $4 per movie at my local shop, I still think I come out ahead. Just not by much. Right now it tells me I’ve had Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance for 20 days, and You Don’t Mess with the Zohan for 13. Which doesn’t surprise me, but does say something about my art brain vs silly brain queue system. Click those links for some weirdly fun information including how many other Netflix users have this movie right now and how many have it in their queue.
Second on the list is the option to stream movies, already available if you have a PC and Netscape. But I don’t. There is now the option to connect devices directly to your internet and stream via Netflix that way. An Xbox 360 will do it (what doesn’t that thing do?), as will expensive Blu-ray players. The cheapest option (if you don’t have an old junky PC around) is a little box by Roku which retails for about $99. It doesn’t do HD though, and the Netflix on demand selection is notoriously slim. I’m thinking of saving up for a Blu-ray since my tv is HD compatible anyway. Access to Blu-ray titles on Netflix is another $1 a month.
More than anything else, though, I clearly need to watch more of my movies. Since I just started a sake subscription and the weather is crummy, I think we’ll see my stats improve. Hello, winter.
Be my Netflix friend by clicking this here link.
More ideas about naps, and poisoned monkeys
Monday, November 3rd, 2008I, for one, need one right now. And lookie loo, right now happens to be about 3, which is exactly when this diagram says I’ll need a nap. Bedtime at midnight, up around 8:30am, nap around 3, repeat. This is totally me. Or should be, if I had a place to nap.
It’s from the Boston Globe, of The Big Picture adoration, and they even put ideas/naps in the url: www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/naps/.
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I was especially pleased with the napping monkey image, because it reminds me of how I once woke up groggily next to a new boyfriend on one of our first mornings and he turned and said, “We’ve been sleeping like a couple of poisoned monkeys!” Think of that the next time you nap, and you’ll wake up chuckling.