Nice visual cue added to the iPhone’s podcasts… Now, if you subscribe to a cast that publishes both audio and video, you can tell which is which. Very useful when trying to choose something to LISTEN to on the train or while walking.
This is a test post from the wordpress for iPhone app… So good!
Markdown Plugin test
Second bullet item
Numbered list item
Block quote goes something like this.
Second line of a block quote…
This is an example of an inline link to Google
emphasis using single asterisks
emphasis using double asterisks
There are more, but that about covers what I know from memory…
…at least for today. so, as you can see in my sidebar (at the bottom) i do a little running for my regular exercise. i try to keep it consistent at least and there are a few things i use to help entice me to keep going (aside from the guilt that comes from sitting at a desk all day at work and most of the time i’m at home surfing the web and furiously watching every episode of lost - currently starting season 4 - on abc.com or netflix) one of which is a nice little website called, simply, RunLog. it’s being developed by Takashi Okamoto, an amazing designer who i unknowingly became a fan of when i first saw 2×4’s website which he designed (check out the source for an easter egg). runlog is affiliated with the physical language workshop at MIT and is an extremely simple calendar of my jogging history. the point of this site is to encourage you to run, not fiddle with customizing a website about running and it does a very good job at that. it also looks nice and works well, so that helps make me think less about trying make it my own.
anyway, it has a top 10 list too (of course!) and because there aren’t that many people using the site, there was always the possibility that my meager running history would make it to the front page as it were. well, that day finally came as you can see below! (don’t ruin my glory by explaining that some algorithm pushes you off the list if you haven’t run in the last week - i realize this and i still celebrate dammit)
i also use the Nike+ iPod Nano thingy for calculating the distance and blah blah blah from my runs… it works pretty well and automates a lot of the process which is really nice. there’s a wordpress plugin which is what i have running in the sidebar - so good of Nike to have an API for this kind of stuff. 
cascading style that would be. you’ll notice that i’ve been tweaking the blog a little lately. ( nothing like a little yak shaving to get me motivated ) anyway, there are fun things in the sidebar now so you can see my latest jogging stats and some selected links from delicious and google reader and you can buy some books that i’ll get a small percentage on…
also, i’ve started tinkering with the CSS files as well. and thanks to CSSEdit i can actually make sense of them. this is the greatest tool for visualizing what’s going on in those horrifying wordpress theme cascading style sheet files. i’m not saying you should judge it’s usefulness based on my webdesign skills, but i was actually able to make some changes ( for the better i think ) so that’s that. i’m sure there are going to be some lingering issues with my modifications and i’d be much obliged if you sent me a little note or left a comment when you come across something.
cheers.
aside from the music ( which, oddly, makes me feel like i’m watching lee majors or something ) this is one of the most unique and amazing robot videos i’ve ever seen!
yes, i am actually not studying at this particular moment… but my diversion is related. as i’ve been reading through the wonderfully engaging ALS book Structural Technologies 2 for my test tomorrow!! i came across a ‘Notable Engineer’ by the name of John Roebling which stood out immediately since i have enjoyed eating at the Roebling Tea Room and often drive down Roebling Street in Williamsburg on my way to dinner or the grocery store. however, i was not aware that he ( and his son Washington ) were responsible for the design and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. apparently i am learning.
incidentally, in my initial link search for confirmation, i discovered that Emily Roebling ( daughter to John Roebling ) was “…considered to be the person in charge of the day to day construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.”
oh yeah.
i guess lead a bit of a sheltered existence by not having a tv, but this is sort of frightening.
whoopi goldberg: “Is the world flat?” sherri shepherd: “Is the world flat?” whoopi goldberg: “Yes.” sherri shepherd: “I don’t know.”
watch the video clip here: click for video
via The Beast
this one isn’t really about “going out of the city to see an art museum” as much as it is just about going out of the city. we went to a friend’s wedding in Glencove last weekend ( the weekend before Thanksgiving ) and took the opportunity to stay out there for the night and the following day.
first of all, the wedding was a Sikh wedding which was a new experience for me. it was both much more informal than i was expecting and everything that i imagined. there was a lot of music performed by three older men playing something like accordions. i’ll have to look up the name, but they were these sort of mini air powered organs. we received two meals during the course of the wedding and were not allowed to sit next to each other. unfortunately we didn’t have a good camera to take pictures, but here’s a couple shots of us before we went into the temple and of the tv showing a live feed of the alter…
the reception was at a different location, Bethpage. we had some time to kill and Bethpage is very close to Levittown, which, if you remember you architectural history, is the original suburb. i, of course, did not remember this, but we decided to check it out nonetheless… preparation would have been the key word here since we really didn’t see much of anything that seemed to warrant a field trip. that said, we were unprepared and at least we didn’t have to go far to check into our hotel where we proceeded to watch Big Daddy for the next couple of hours before heading to the reception.
the reception was a lot of fun… good indian and chinese food. we met some really nice people who we will probably not see again, but that’s how weddings go i suppose. here are a couple shots we took at the reception.
the following day we went to the Sands Point Preserve and spent the day hiking through the forest and along the coast of the long island sound. it was a beautiful weekend for this trip and although we missed the tours of the more restricted areas ( out of season… ) we were able to find some good fall colors and very peaceful walking paths. here are a few pictures… more of all of these can be found by following the links.
