ButtUgly:MainThis is the butt-ugly weblog from Janne Jalkanen.Me and my big mouth- July 17, 2008 The problem with ranting is that sometimes people listen to you and turn your rants into interviews on the official company blog. Oh well. Any notoriety is good notoriety, I suppose. (On a personal note: I've gone on an email diet for the holidays. I read and respond only to the most important, personal emails I get. All others get the backspace key or are ignored until I get back. This also concerns most blogs... I'm trying to concentrate on a small project I've been working on for about.http://www.ecyrd.com/ButtUgly/wiki/Main_blogentry_170708_1 Digital locality and friendship stasis- July 8, 2008 Dealing with mobile phones and NFC teaches about a few things about your surroundings. A simple way to model the world is to divide it to a few ranges: Proximity - the range of touch. These are the objects that are most immediate to you, both in time and place: the laptop, the chair, your clothes, and so on. Vicinity - the range of things around you which can impact you at a moment's notice. For example, the items in the same room. People don't matter if they're standing outside your...http://www.ecyrd.com/ButtUgly/wiki/Main_blogentry_080708_2 One-post-wonder- July 8, 2008 Heh. Here's something that gets pretty close to blog art - One Post Wonder, a collection of blogs who've only ever gotten just a single entry out. Each entry starts someone's life story, and then it leaves you hanging for more. And you're never gonna get it. (Via The Internet Superstar.)http://www.ecyrd.com/ButtUgly/wiki/Main_blogentry_080708_1 Moochin'- July 7, 2008 I finally got tired of duplicate books and stuff that I never read again anyway, and joined Bookmooch. It's almost like going to the flea market - within minutes, the local old hats have you surrounded and grab all the stuff worth something. Within four hours, I got half of my wares mooched; then when I added some more, I got four more. So I've spent a couple of days going to the post office, wondering what the best way to mail books are, and learning about the cheapest ways to mail stuff. I..http://www.ecyrd.com/ButtUgly/wiki/Main_blogentry_070708_1 |