Aug 23, 2008
"The stars are about as far as San Francisco is from Boston. (3100 miles)"

The Flat Earth Society FAQ

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I laughed.
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RADIOHEAD

I bought the 3-day ticket for Outside Lands, and last night was the first night. I caught part of Beck (not very much, unfortunately, since I wanted to get a good spot for Radiohead) and the last part of Manu Chao (meh). Radiohead’s setlist:

  1. 15 Step
  2. Reckoner
  3. Airbag
  4. There There
  5. All I Need
  6. Nude
  7. Talk Show Host
  8. National Anthem
  9. The Gloaming
  10. Videotape
  11. Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
  12. Idioteque
  13. Karma Police
  14. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
  15. Just
  16. Exit Music (for a Film)
  17. Bodysnatchers
  18. Pyramid Song
  19. You and Whose Army?
  20. Paranoid Android
  21. Fake Plastic Trees
  22. Everything In Its Right Place
FANTASTIC
INCREDIBLE
SO GOOD
AMAZING
I can’t overstate how awesome this show was. Even though the speakers cut out twice (Radiohead kept playing without a hitch). Also, in one of the songs where Thom Yorke was on the piano, and facing away from the crowd, there was a camera zoomed in closely on his face, and projecting to a huge screen behind the band. Thom started singing, caught sight of himself on the huge screen, and cracked up.
But seriously, they were unbelievable.

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Aug 22, 2008

Cutest video ever. I love kids. Most of the time.

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This sales guy was *good*

  • Me: If you don't mind my asking, how it unfair to your customers to provide them with the new firmware upon purchase of a new iPod? It seems like it should arrive with all of the updates already
  • Sales Guy: The customers who already have the Touch have to purchase it, so we tried to keep it that way across the board. Would you like me to assist you with your purchase today?
  • Me: Yes, that would be helpful
  • Sales Guy: Okay! I have your personal discounted page up, which Mac are we looking at today?
  • Me: Actually, I'm going to have to take a quick pause in around 8 minutes... is there any way that we can continue this in half an hour or so?
  • Sales Guy: Not really, we would need to finish, if you give me 10 minutes, I can have you configured, processed and a Happy Mac fan!
  • Me: Hahaha, thank you, but I'm (semi-long story) on a bus going back home, and my stop is coming up soon.
  • Sales Guy: Guaranteed.
  • Me: There's no way to request you specifically again?
  • Sales Guy: No, we cannot transfer to other agents, I can wait here for you for a few minutes, how long is your walk?
  • Me: It's a little under 15 minutes
  • Sales Guy: We can continue configuring during your walk and by the time you get home, you will be ready to purchase!
  • Me: The wi-fi's on the bus only, so I'll be disconnected until I get back home.
  • Sales Guy: Oh no, ride around for a little longer.
  • Me: If i call can i get you on the phone?
  • Me: I mean, if you're working on some kind of commission, I'd be more than happy to help you out
  • Sales Guy: Well, I tried. You can come back here again and any of the helpful agents would be happy to assist you in your purchase.

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Aug 21, 2008
"No, none of the Touch come with the new 2.0 software. We tried to come up with the best solution to be fair to all our customers."

An Apple Customer Service rep, when I asked him if the $10 upgrade fee still applied to brand-new iPods

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"I just want to finish this and go to Vegas."

Ian Mendiola, working on IanBox

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Aug 19, 2008
Finally

My decision to license my Flickr photos under the Creative Commons has finally paid off.

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Aug 14, 2008

Today

Today was almost unbearably pleasant.
We had to go to Mountain View to show off posters detailing what we’ve done so far, a task we’d been dreading for weeks (we, of course, being the interns). But it wasn’t too bad. When we first arrived, it was incredibly nice outside. From what I’ve seen, every day is incredibly nice in Mountain View (truly it is the Happiest Place On Earth). And today was no exception. Just beautiful.

After the presentations I had lunch. For lunch today I had a). 6 pieces of spicy salmon-avocado sushi, b). stir-fried veggies, c). grilled tilapia, d). a delicious tomato-fresh mozzarella-balsamic-vinaigrette salad, and e). a salad of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries. The highlights were c and e. I’ve never had tilapia that good before. It had a delicate taste, and no added flavors, and for some reason, I had this borderline synesthesetic experience. It was almost like I was at the ocean, like on a pier or a boat. It was strange. But quite pleasant.

And the fruit salad! I should have taken a picture. The blackberries were in a word, incredible.

Probably the best lunch I’ve ever had.

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White Ninja’s stubbly beard

White Ninja’s stubbly beard

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