Acts of Volition

A suggested addition to the daily weather report. It is a scale that goes from 1 to 2, with 2 being “pants”.  •  The Pants Index  •  1 (low)  •  Don’t Wear Pants  •  2 (pants)  •  Wear Pants

The graph below illustrates a change in my enjoyment of the MuchMusic TV channel and CBC Radio over the past 15 years.  •  Note that there was a brief period around the age of 21 where I enjoyed both media outlets equally. Also, I think this chart would still hold true if the Y-axis indicated the …

Rocked baby to sleep  •  Took a nap  •  Had breakfast (boiled egg, whole wheat toast, and coffee)  •  Watched the closing ceremonies of the Olympics  •  Bathed baby

A shot from episode 16 from season 5 of Northern Exposure. Just because.

My good friend Peter Rukavina is always experimenting with web and mobile technologies. Often his experiments are best kept at the experimental stage, like the Open Bread project.  •  Other times, his experiments can prove quite powerful. He’s been a canary-in-the-coal-mine of geo-location. For …

Don’t worry, this wont turn into a baby-blog, but for the time being, that is my world. In looking at cloth diapers, I’ve stumbled across another delightfully odd branding sub-culture. It seems the world of cloth-diaper branding rivals the generic-brand cereal names in delightful absurdity …

As our lovely little girl, Anna, came early, we had to spend a few extra weeks in the hospital with her. My wife and I learned a few things:  •  There’s a super-loud cricket that lives right outside the hospital entrance over by the mail boxes. Super-loud.  •  Nurses are heroes.  •  The hospital …

The Zap Your PRAM Conference coming up in October is shaping up nicely.  •  Confirmed attendees so far include MetaFilter founder Matt Haughey, Mozilla Marketing VP Paul Kim, Lead Designer from Last.fm Hannah Donovan, openUsability founding member Peter Sikking, Internet Rock Star Brad Sucks, and …

While recently ranting about the office in my usual manner, I conceived of a scheme to write a series of one-phrase letters to the editor of our local paper. The purpose was vague, but the results would be hilarious. If only I had the attention span top follow through on such schemes.  •  A friend …