Everything is Everything

I’ve been enjoying a new service called Olark. It pops a little click-to-chat box in the corner of my browser window, and lets any reader chat me instantly from my website, connecting with my Adium (or most other chat clients.) A service like this is miles away from the inclusion of an email link or…

Gaga is awesome. In a world where so many musicians are candyfluff creations of studio execs, it can be hard to find anyone to look up to. She is a self-made sensation through and through, from her strikingly original fashion to her true musical talent and rise from honest musical roots (got to see that…

This past Thursday was the inspiration for what will be three stories..when it rains, it pours. This story is about the nonprofit Holiday Express and an innovative fundraising strategy I hope to pull off by Christmas (if anybody with PHP or MySQL skills would like to help spread some joy, it would be very meaningful.)…

Thursday’s defeat of Gay Marriage in New York hit hard. It wasn’t as bad as Proposition 8, which hit with the sting of a fresh injury, but it was bad. Proposition 8 was a vote of the people, and I think that gay marriage’s short-term future is in the courts and legislatures, not popular votes.…

UPDATE: No sooner had I posted this on my blog that Etherpad announced they are being acquired by Google. The tried and true method of eliminating small competitors shows itself again. Oh well, play around with it for now… I just learned about Etherpad, a very awesome tool. It’s founded by some people who used…

Why do you spend time deleting the same newsletters every day? Take a few seconds and hit Unsubscribe. Just do it. Wouldn’t it be nice to get excited for emails again? Update: I mistakenly posted this three times. Now that’s irony.

What are you thankful for on this Thanksgiving? For me, it’s the fact that with twenty minutes and tools you find in a modern living room (an iPhone, cable, and a mac with Quicktime), you can make a stop motion movie! While others slept off their sleepiness (not actually induced by tryptophan), Brock and I…

This applies to almost everyone, as I guarantee there is a place for quick and cheap web video in almost any task: A friend of mine runs a weekly meditation research group that brings in guest lecturers and other sorts of presentations, and recently asked me to recommend a way to post audio of the…

“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere.” —Frank Sinatra “Let’s hear it for New York. I made you hot nigga.” —Jay-Z This is my 100th post. 100 posts, eight months in New York – 245 days, one city. Three scripts, two feature and one short. Eight TV episodes. About a dozen things…