Tommy Collison

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Usage

If you sleep on it; sit on it; type on it or use it for more than two hours a day, you should get a high-quality, comfortable one, to the best of your ability and budget. I say this with regard to quality-of-life, referring to: Beds Mobile phones Chairs Laptops Backpacks Headphones Shoes Keyboards Anything [...]

A Quick Note on Permalinking

Recently, a lot of my posts have been linking to other articles, quoting bits and commenting on them. The TSA Insanity article is an example of such a recent post. How posts like those work:

Chat Lists

Whenever I sign onto AOL messenger and see Patrick online, I usually ping him for a chat or to ask him a question. Today was a little different because he’s actually home for Christmas, along with John. :) Now, I can ask him that question as he sits opposite me doing e-mails!

Jared Nadin • White Christmas

I really like this: He’s a wonderfully talented performer and great guy in real life :) Okay, I’ll stop gushing — if I don’t see you guys this side of the 25th, Happy Holidays, folks!

‘Weightism’

I’m a bit late to read ABC News’ Study: ‘Weight-ism’ More Widespread Than Racism” but when I came across it, I had to document it here. As a result, the researchers contend, weight discrimination is spiraling upward, and that’s a dangerous trend that could add fuel to the obesity epidemic. The study argues that discrimination [...]

Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works

Joshua Kopstein: But the chilling takeaway of this whole debacle was the irrefutable air of anti-intellectualism; that inescapable absurdity that we have members of Congress voting on a technical bill who do not posses any technical knowledge on the subject and do not find it imperative to recognize those who do.

Miss Saigon

Last weekend, I was very lucky to see CentreStage Youth Theatre’s Miss Saigon. To say that it was “not bad for a local production” would be a bit patronizing for what is one of the best musicals I’ve seen in many years. A strong set of leads being complimented by an equally powerful ensemble made [...]

Possible Extensions to Find My Friends

I talked abut Find My Friends recently and thought about two more points to do with it in the interim.   One of the new features in the iOS 5 Reminders application is a feature to remind you of a to-do when you leave or arrive a certain location (home, work, etc.). It’s pretty cool. I [...]

Rain

I went into town on both Saturday and Sunday and it was raining quite heavily on both days. I made a run for a bus during a break in the downpour and managed to snap this picture on O’Connell’s Street:

The Social Network

Say what you will about the inexorable onward march of the internet, the high availability of scans of blockbuster screenplays (and the improvements in Google et al.) is pretty great. MARK (V.O.) Perfect timing. Eduardo’s here and he’s going to have the key ingredient. MARK Wardo. EDUARDO You and Erica split up? MARK How did [...]