This video of a hamster going too fast on its wheel is horrifyingly cute.
This video of a man going too fast on his motorcycle is just plain horrifying.
Author: Aaron Weber
Florida-based artist Emily Page sent me a note about how the forthcoming movie Snakes on a Plane has led to an expression meaning, essentially, “Oh well, shit happens.”
It is fortunate that I have learned the expression today, because I now have the exact right expression of sympathy for someone who gets this horrible new eye fungus disease that’s going around.
Title
I am now the proud titleholder of a used Suzuki SV-650. Paperwork should take a couple days but I may be riding it as soon as next week.
Now, to finish selling my Ruckus.
Science should be taught in Science Class
We don’t teach science in our science classes.
Really. What is the matter with Arkansas?
What a sausagefest
Today, I am a man: I have made my own sausage. With Bookdwarf, of course. The flickr set has notes and stuff. We got our meat from Savenor’s.
Now of course I keep thinking about getting the sausage stuffing attachment. Mmmm, natural casings.
Boston Globe Real Estate Special (Hub Man Injured in Atom Blast Edition)
Foreclosures are rising in Boston. And they’re rising in all the neighborhoods you’d have guessed: places where people have less money and more melanin in their skin.
I’d like to see coverage and stats on my neighborhood and the rest of the Boston metro area, but hey, this is the Globe, so nothing outside of Suffolk County is worthy of real analysis.
Salad Days
Word is that the boom days are back, that Boston is entering a new tech resurgence, etc. etc. Allrecipes.com just went for $66M, the word on the street is that Facebook thinks it’s worth $2B.
I’ll believe it when I get a steady job.
Scamming Job Seekers?
I got a voicemail today saying it was from “Michael at Red Hat” and asking me to return his call to a number in “country code 621.” Country code 621 doesn’t exist, but country code 62 is Indonesia. The number on the caller ID was Australian.
Scam? Job offer? Who knows! If it were a legit call about my job application at Red Hat, I’d have expected a call from a US office– either their Boston or Raleigh locations. Or they’d have sent an email. And if it were a legit call, wouldn’t they have left a last name? On the other hand, an effective scam would have to know I had applied to work at Red Hat.
New Acronym
Dan Savage of Savage Love has brought us great dirty slang words like santorum and good relationship advice like “DTMFA” (Dump the #$@&* Already).
Now he brings us ITMFA: Impeach the #$@&* Already.
Go Dan!
How to run a store online
I’d heard a few recommendations to check out New Enough, a new (not used) motorcycle gear store, so when I decided to get a jacket, I had a look. At first, I was a little put off: the site design is clunky at best, there’s no real search, and for some items you have to email them for a price quote.
But look at the product descriptions. In addition to the basic description and photo from the manufacturer, New Enough provides sizing comments and a paragraph or so about the item. Each item is carefully photographed on a staff member, with key details highlighted and commented on. Relevant accessories that work with the product are hand-selected. They do this for every product.
I bought the jacket using the sizing information they provided, and ordered a size different from what I usually wear. It fits perfectly. It’s exactly what I thought it would be. Excellent, excellent store.
Also, note that they have a fuel economy program for their employees. How cool is that?
Secretly Ironic 