Monday: May 17, 2010
- YouTube now gets about two billion hits on a daily basis.
YouTube has decided to share this information just as they turn a whopping five years old. According to the source article, the first video ever posted to the service can still be found on their site to this day (and you can view it here). Congratulations and a happy birthday, the Interwebs have enjoyed many a rickroll thanks to you.
Monday: May 10, 2010
- Scientist verifies that the human brain contains a master switch.
Shin believes his discovery may be useful in understanding brain malfunctions such as autism, epilepsy and others. While researching brain function, Shin has previously shown that taking statin drugs to lower cholesterol may actually inhibit some brain function.
Tuesday: April 20, 2010
- Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert renew their contracts with Comedy Central.
Stewart's contract extension with COMEDY CENTRAL will keep him at the helm of 'The Daily Show' through June 2013. Colbert's extension will keep him and 'The Colbert Report' at the all-comedy channel through the end of 2012.
Thursday: April 15, 2010
- Daily Grind: Caffeinated
Name: Vin (aka hyper-hypo)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Caffeinated @ 12:51:25 PM
What Vin really wants today: To remind self the next time I order a medium coffee at the local coffee shop that its quite large rather than medium. Enjoy unnecessary caffeine boost, attempt to post additional links to make up for yesterday.Music Stuck in Head: Big Bang Baby / Stone Temple Pilots
Any song that mentions Orange Crush in the lyrics is OK in my book. And by book I really mean magazine. And by magazine I really mean pamphlet. And by pamphlet I mean - whatever, the list is short.Stuff to do today:
- Go to Apple Cube over on Fifth Ave
- Remark that overall feeling and general consensus of the iPad was... underwhelming
- ...its kinda heavy for everyday use - especially as an e-reader
- ...typing on the device is not exactly a joy either
- Interface was pretty neat but if you have an iPhone you've been there
- On the other hand, that newly updated MacBook Pro is quite awesome
- ...and freakin' fast (even the base Intel i5 model screams)
- Save money for next major purchase
Wednesday: March 24, 2010
- Daily Grind: Picky
Name: Vin (aka mr. critical)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Picky @ 3:08:46 PM
What Vin really wants today: Continue nit-picking at certain designs and also learning all about the wonders of objective-c coupled with Cocoa Touch as I attempt to publish some kind of iPhone app... hopefully this year.Music Stuck in Head: Imogene / God Street Wine
The trend continues yet again. Also doesn't help that I'm building an archival site centered around the very same musical group at the very same time.Stuff to do today:
- See if that Tron DVD has finally arrived from Netflix
- Proceed to introduce said Tron movie to other half who has never actually seen it
- Brace self for nerdy onslaughts
- Find more time to play Final Fantasy XIII
- My take so far? Quite boring
- ...and this review sums it up quite perfectly
- Find more time to continue plugging away at iPhone app
- Find more time to continue that other archive-based project
- Find more time in general
Wednesday: March 17, 2010
- Want a new way to get your coffee fix on? Try inhaling it.
First there was the chocolate aerosol that gave chocoholics all the flavour without the calories of their favourite snack. Now the same scientists have come up with the coffee spray that gives you as much caffeine as found in one single espresso.
- The great big red spot over on Jupiter has brand new glow about it.
Turns out that great big red spot is not just a plain old oval after all. It seems to act as a mood ring of sorts to indicate weather and circulation patterns for nearby storms systems. You can see this glow for yourself at home, assuming you have your very own infrared telescope facility.
Tuesday: March 9, 2010
- Physicists find brand new way to achieve Superman-like X-ray vision.
In addition to allowing us to peer through paper or paint, and into cells, the technique opens up the possibility that opaque materials might be good optical elements in nano-scale devices, at levels where the construction of transparent lenses is particularly challenging.
- Daily Grind: Nerdy
Name: Vin (aka levelup+1)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Nerdy @ 2:55:41 PM
What Vin really wants today: Finish up remaining work tasks and attempt to get some time in playing a certain RPG video game that sounds vaguely similar to 'Shminal Shmantasy' at some point this evening. Insert traditional battle victory theme here.Music Stuck in Head: Call it Love / God Street Wine
Continuing the celebration of the recently announced GSW reunion. You can have a listen to this rare jazzy track over on archive.org.Stuff to do today:
- Purchase Final Fantasy XIII from semi-local NYC area Best Buy
- Semi-local = four subway stops from work location (meh)
- Ignore reviews complaining about PS3 versus Xbox 360 quality
- Finally post new photo to photoblog
Monday: March 8, 2010
- Daily Grind: Fantastic
Name: Vin (aka hat tipper)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Fantastic @ 2:11:12 PM
What Vin really wants today: To continue absorption of certain programming material for a certain mobile platform in a certain amount of uncertain time.Music Stuck in Head: Electrocute / God Street Wine
Mostly in honor of the recent God Street Wine reunion announcement that was just recently posted. Must. Contain. Excitement. Link here for those interested.Stuff to do today:
- Continue containing excitement
- Attempt to purchase tickets to said reunion shows first
- Seems like it's a good week to be a fan of jambands past and present
- And by 'present' meaning this little Phish link that popped up this week
- Attend movie in full-on Avatar costume for giggles (since it will most likely be in 3D and all)
- Ben Stiller FTW - abandon previous to-do item
- Get back to iPhone development
Friday: March 5, 2010
- Jon Stewart and the Daily Show take ChatRoulette for a spin.
The Internet is like mexican food, every site has the same ingredients - just in different combinations. But go ahead and investigate, I wonder what your reporters will find on this video-based anonymous stranger-finder.
Thursday: March 4, 2010
- Daily Grind: Crazed
Name: Vin (aka robot on the rampage)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Crazed @ 2:57:12 PM
What Vin really wants today: To note disappointment in lame attempt to get back on track with consistent daily grind posts. No sleep and no sleep makes Vincent something something.Music Stuck in Head: Cheap Utah Blues / God Street Wine
This absolutely made my day yesterday. I discovered a page on archive.org that had rare and unreleased tracks from one my favorite (and for the most part generally unknown) bands. Here is a link to said tracks for those who care.Stuff to do today:
- Research more methods on how to obtain sleep whilst parenting a child that does not like to sleep
- Commit to aggresive napping during strategic parts of the day
- Strategy is dumb and may lead to eventual work dismissal
- Continue researching new methods of data capture via strategically placed web tracking bus
- Translation: reverse engineer Google Analytics code snippet for fun
- More sleep is required to pull this one off
- Daily Show and Colbert Report pulled off of Hulu via the suits at Viacom.
As of March 9, Hulu will lose the rights to the two half-hour shows, but that doesn't mean they're disappearing from the Internet entirely. Full episodes will still be streamed on TheDailyShow.com and ColbertNation.com.
Monday: March 1, 2010
- New study shows that others just might know you better than you know yourself.
Similarly, if you think that you are warm and friendly, and your friends and family say even if you think along those lines, you don't come across that way, you might pay more attention to your behaviors.
- Daily Grind: Motivated
Name: Vin (aka springy)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Motivated @ 8:55:44 AM
What Vin really wants today: To welcome everyone back into the world of daily grind posting after taking an entire month and a half off. What can I say, it's been a crazy past 45-50 days or so.Music Stuck in Head: New York City Traffic
Recently I've taken a break from listening to music on my morning commute into the city. These days I'm all about playing Scramble (free app) on the good old iPhone. Passes the time quite nicely.Stuff to do today:
- Attempt to post new photo to photoblog at some point today
- Continue achievement hunting through Ghostbusters: The Video Game for Xbox 360
- Some of these achievements are just ridiculous
- Mini review of game: mildly enjoyable, lots of wasted potential, flat voice acting (looking at you Bill Murray)
- Find time to watch Termination: Salvation
- Mini review of movie: wasn't all that bad, quite predictable but not overly terrible
Monday: January 11, 2010
- Daily Grind: Twitchy
Name: Vin (aka shakey mctwitchy)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Twitchy @ 1:38:25 PM
What Vin really wants today: More sleep. Also, more coffee but without the twitchy side effects. Attempt to lessen coffee intake as day progresses.Music Stuck in Head: Night Moves / Bog Seager
Disturbing yet fitting all at the same time.Stuff to do today:
- Launch a whole bunch of updates for work related tasks/projects/favors/requests
- Fix several stupid mistakes made due to lack of sleep
- Pat self on back for being smart enough to make backups first
- Yawn
- Prep house for ensuing pipework with chances of dirt/dust clouds that will begin shortly
- ...all of which should be just great for the sinuses
- Buy masks for family
Thursday: January 7, 2010
- Daily Grind: Efficient
Name: Vin (aka jimmy three-teeth)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Efficient @ 3:10:25 PM
What Vin really wants today: Give myself a round of applause for writing various scripts that condensed a boatload of work into a smaller buoy-sized amount of work.Music Stuck in Head: The Entertainer / Billy Joel
Mostly because the synth effect in the intro and outro of the song. Reminds me of Saturday morning cartoons every time.Stuff to do today:
- Read up on all the happenings from CES over in Las Vegas
- Watch the Microsoft Keynote
- Boy, was that ever boring
- Find something more entertaining
- This YouTube video will suffice for now
- Wow, it's even got Reversi
Tuesday: January 5, 2010
- Daily Grind: Semi-productive
Name: Vin (aka workhorse)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Semiproductive @ 2:06:48 PM
What Vin really wants today: To be fully productive as opposed to just semi-productive which in turn would be quite swell but alas, I am only semi-productive today. Meh, I blame the cold medicine.Music Stuck in Head: Harpua / Phish
Yes, you too can enjoy a little Harpua on YouTube to make the day pass along just a wee bit quicker.Stuff to do today:
- Drag big clunky non-flatscreen television to curb this evening
- Call town to alert them of bulbous trash offering
- Prep dank basement for inspection
- Clear cobwebs and various giant insects
- Move on to topics with less dank, insects and cobwebs
- Hey look, Google's brand new Nexus One phone has been released today
- ...eh I'll stick with the iPhone thanks
- Read up on some more Apple tablet rumors
- Stop making giddy noises
Monday: January 4, 2010
- Daily Grind: Congested
Name: Vin (aka sinus doom)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Congested @ 12:58:11 PM
What Vin really wants today: Buy some kind of pill-type medicine, most likely a pill and most likely medicine, to get rid of this annoying sinus headache that has been plaguing me for the past three days. Seriously, go away.Music Stuck in Head: Season of the Witch / Donovan
Stating the original artist above but I'm a bigger fan of Al Kooper's interpretation of the tune.Stuff to do today:
- Figure out why my PC decided to stop running certain scheduled tasks
- Reboot, all better
- Find better explanation when time allows
- Watch Phish's NYE gag one more time on Vimeo
- A little kooky but fun nonetheless
- Try and get some more time in playing Brutal Legend
- Note that I am not a fan of the RTS elements but I will soldier on
- Zero Puntucation's review is pretty much spot on
- Oh, and Transformers 2 was horrible
Wednesday: December 30, 2009
- Daily Grind: Gross
Name: Vin (aka lozenge boy)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Gross @ 1:12:09 PM
What Vin really wants today: To go home and not breath on anything that happens to be a living thing. Seriously, enough with this cold/flu crap.Music Stuck in Head: Panama / Van Halen
I'm confused. Is this tune about a girl or a car? Or both? What does any of that have to do with Panama? Upon closer analysis, the song is actually about a car. Thank you Wikipedia.Stuff to do today:
- Take more DayQuil
- Break down and download Dragon's Lair app for iPhone
- Downloaded
- This is really quite a nostalgic journey back to the arcade
- Here's a video showing off most of Dirk's many demises on YouTube
- Find a copy of Mad Dog McRee next
Tuesday: December 29, 2009
- Daily Grind: Attractive
Name: Vin (aka influenza attractor)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Attractive @ 2:20:57 PM
What Vin really wants today: Yes, in between the times that I'm not coughing, wheezing, sneezing, and/or blowing mucus-infested nostrils I actually feel quite charming. Roar.Music Stuck in Head: Let's Get It On / Marvin Gaye
Aww yea. Hold these dirty tissues and let's toast some NyQuil together. Or not.Stuff to do today:
- Cough, sniffle, cough
- Finish up watching seventy minute Star Wars video review
- What video review you ask? This one. You'll either love it instantly or instantly hate it
- Snort, wheeze, sniffle
- Also finish watching new episode of TWID
- Elephant noise, cough, higaga
- Finish up work, go home and sleep
Monday: December 28, 2009
- Daily Grind: Slightly bored
Name: Vin (aka caulking madman)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Slightly bored @ 2:50:46 PM
What Vin really wants today: Go home right after slow workday finishes up and caulk things that don't necessarily need to be caulked because I want to label myself as a 'handy homeowner'. Also because my back patio door leaks when it rains (no, that's not code for something else).Music Stuck in Head: Stuck in the Middle With You / Stealers Wheel
I always thought this was a Dylan tune until I just looked it up on Wikipedia. Wow, Stealers Wheel? Really?Stuff to do today:
- Buy more caulk
- Start making New Year's resolutions for myself
- Make resolution to get back on track with daily grind posting
- ...starting today
- Its always good to start resolutions early
- Although it's a short a week so this little item may not kick off appropriately
- Try really hard
- Thank MacInquirer for rekindling my inspiration for making a new DotComic in the near future
- Also thank them for carefully reading the about page of GLM
Thursday: December 10, 2009
- Turns out that we gobble up about thirty-four gigabytes on a daily basis.
The first is raw hours of consumption, which counts time spent multitasking—browsing the Web while watching TV, for example—twice. All told, US consumers spend nearly a dozen hours a day immersed in some sort of media.
Wednesday: December 9, 2009
- Daily Grind: Grumpy
Name: Vin (aka nitpicker)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Grumpy @ 2:53:50 PM
What Vin really wants today: To stop agonizing over Photoshop mockups for work and over-analyzing pixel placement. Yes, I'm a little thorough.Music Stuck in Head: L.A. Woman / The Doors
Mostly because I love shouting gibberish whilst doing a poor Jim Morrison impression. It's comedy gold.Stuff to do today:
- Download finale for Tales of Monkey Island
- Find time to play said finale
- Attempt to get more holiday shopping done
- Continue threats of embroidered Snuggie blanket for other half
- Find potentially worse gift than that of the Snuggie
- Look around for litter of robotic hamsters
Monday: December 7, 2009
- Daily Grind: Slightly grouchy
Name: Vin (aka wet blanket)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Slightly grouchy @ 2:28:30 PM
What Vin really wants today: Get back in the swing of things from being off last week (took a vacation - sorry for the lack of notice or posting).Music Stuck in Head: Christmas Music
It's everywhere.Stuff to do today:
- Get some additional holiday shopping / decorating in order before holidays actually arrive
- Try not to break neck this year installing lights in trees surrounding house
- Opt for alternative low-altitude holiday decorations
- Get siked up for season finale of Tales of Monkey Island
- ...of which arrives tomorrow online
- Continue catching up on work, make time for games later
Friday: November 20, 2009
- Daily Grind: Cloudy
Name: Vin (aka dayquil daytripper)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Cloudy @ 2:39:23 PM
What Vin really wants today: To shake off yet another strain of this cold/flu business prior to my upcoming (and much-needed) vacation.Music Stuck in Head: Only a Dream / Phish
I'm very curious as to why they decided to leave this off the new album and stick it on the bonus disc (which most people still haven't received). This tune is better than most of the songs on 'Joy'.Stuff to do today:
- Clean up GeekLikeMe footer and paging (scroll to the bottom of the site)
- Test new code additions in multiple browsers, particularly Internet Explorer
- ...of which I highly reccomend this tool to all of my fellow web nerds: IETester
- Cross that item off the list
- Fix rupture in space time continuum for crossing off crossed off item on daily grind to do list
- Wish a certain member of the Michnay family a happy birthday
- Apologize for lack of a daily grind post in what... two weeks?
- Get back on track next week now that server mess is all cleaned up
- Steve Ballmer quite pleased with how Windows 7 turned out.
Ballmer told the Microsoft Annual Shareholder Meeting that Windows 7 has been outselling previous versions of Windows, including Windows Vista, by a ratio of two to one. While Ballmer declined to give exact sales numbers he said that the sales were fantastic.
Friday: November 13, 2009
- Full 1080p resolution playback coming to YouTube next week.
Uploaded videos will still be subject to a ten minute maximum, but the maximum file size will almost certainly need to be increased from the current two GB.
Friday: October 30, 2009
- Daily Grind: Laid back
Name: Vin (aka notmyjorb)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Laid back @ 3:56:00 PM
What Vin really wants today: For this day to be over so I can get to some important Halloween activities which consist mainly of eating copious amounts of candy until I explode.Music Stuck in Head: Run this Town / The Apples
Discovered some great new music while listening to The Bunny. This is really good stuff, you can find it on iTunes.Stuff to do today:
- Finalize 'costume' for Halloween trick or treating candy grab
- Costume is in quotes because there is no costume actually prepared
- Go as BookFace
- Sign up for Sirius /XM trial so I can listen in on Festival 8 this weekend
- Find time to play new chapter of Tales from Monkey Island as well
- When it finally becomes available
Wednesday: October 28, 2009
- Twelve of the worst car parking errors caught on video.
Enjoy these feats of automobile parking brilliance in all of their YouTube glory. Some of them will cause you to literally laugh out loud (I'm looking at you, oil station lady).
