why not ben: Archive

Free Wifi for iPhones from AT&T Hotspots! This is awesome news (if true). http://tinyurl.com/5fem4k

May 1st

The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet →

Mostly obvious stuff, but great to have it all in one place.

Apr 30th

Apr 29th

"Will you be my running mate?" →

Apr 29th

It looks like ec2onrails 1.0 is going to ROCK http://ec2onrails.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk/gem/History.txt

Apr 28th

Hey, second to last week of my degree and I’m actually learning about useful stuff: bayesian classifiers & LSI. perfect for Quotably.

Apr 24th

Vapid

I’ve always had a problem with this word. Something about it makes me think of exactly the opposite of what it means.

Apr 23rd

Apr 22nd

9:30AM turns out to be a fantastic time to go vote at a predominately college-aged presinct. :-)

Apr 22nd

Obama has left the building. What a show! Totally impressed!!!

Apr 22nd

Excited that if all goes according to plan I’ll get to go to Obama’s final rally tonight before the big day tomorrow.

Apr 21st

Playing with the Starbucks -> iPhone integration for the first time. Pretty slick to see what’s currently playing.

Apr 15th

At a Starbucks in Seattle waiting @Ellis and @mknapp to show up from the airport

Apr 15th

just got back from presenting BibMe.org to a bunch of CMU VIPs. It was actually quite warmly received. Next up: a 6am flight to Seattle.

Apr 13th

Discovering a whole bunch of email from my inbox never made it from GMail into Mail.app over the past few weeks. It all showed up today. :-(

Apr 11th

I wonder how much Discover Card paid Discover (the magazine) recently for http://discover.com

Apr 10th

joshmohrer: Bu$hleaguer - Pearl Jam’s song about...

Apr 10th

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well, so much for my plan to integrate quotably with huddlechat. for once I totally agree with @techcrunch’s commentary :-)

Apr 9th

playing with Google AppEngine. A lot to learn, but it seems quite interesting. Contemplating a Quotably port to the platform.

Apr 8th

EC2’s down.. ugh! this does not bode well. watching closely to see how well they handle this. sucks big time.

Apr 7th

Oh man, I hope this really happens: http://tinyurl.com/5t3v9j

Apr 5th

Heading up to Toronto for the weekend to see the Red Sox @ Blue Jays. Excited!

Apr 4th

Apr 3rd

I am who I am - Ben’s Brother (that’s...

Apr 3rd

discovering that ec2onrails:server:upgrade_packages is EVIL. 2 hours (and as many new instances) later, the site’s back online.

Apr 3rd

Sorry - Abra Moore I love this. (via SXSW 2008...

Apr 3rd

Note to interviewers of politicians: When asking about gay marriage and the pol gives the “full legal rights” civil union pitch, respond with “so.. ‘separate, but equal’?”

Apr 3rd

Obama on the Hardball College Tour →

I find Obama very impressive in this Q&A. He actually answers the questions (amazing for a politician!), and does so both quite articulately, and also candidly

Apr 2nd

Yahoo & Google seem to be racing to index quotably. 18,522 & 26,965 requests in the last hour and a half, respectively. Damn!

Apr 2nd

Drunken Sailor - Blaggards Posting this mostly...

Apr 2nd

watching Obama answer questions at a “town hall” event in Scranton, PA. It’s the first time i’ve seen him in that context. He’s doing well.

Apr 2nd

trying to decide whether to move BibMe.org to EC2 or Joyent. Joyent’s running a sale that makes them very tempting.

Apr 2nd

This has been a really fun feed to be subscribed to: http://quotably.com/search/LMAO

Apr 1st