August 2008
Lil Wayne - Let the Beat Build
how have i not...
help!
i am having some trouble finding a shirt to match my new maroon jeans…
that is probably not something my father ever thought he hear when he held me in the hospital.
Tonight’s run put me over 350 miles for the year. With close to a third of that coming in the last month. I think I deserve a prize.
i was playing around on garageband this afternoon...
no internet. no phone.
no work.
my weekend just started early.
Inspiration, Mom Style
My mom wrote me an email in response to this post
“Read on The Highlighted Life about training for the marathon but doing something you have committed to when it is not convenient or not even pleasant is the difference between doing something great and being great.
BE GREAT I am proud of you James!! love da mama” Moms are the best.
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A Brief History of the Kit-Kat Bar →
An amazing economics experiment and how it got... →
Really interesting articles about how in the end financial incentives will trump social networks in the workplace.
on training for a marathon
i am about a month and a half into training for the philadelphia marathon on nov. 28th and it is not getting that much easier. dont get me wrong, i am getting much faster and the miles don’t effect me in the way they used to, but that is not the hard part.
the thing i was not ready for in this process was the oppressive relentlessness of it all. running 6-8 miles every single day be it...
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Travis Rants, I Listen
This is the text from an email Travis sent me asking his opinion on a piece of art. As Travis is prone to do, he came back with a well written intelligent rant. While he did not directly answer my question the end result was more interesting for it:
lately, i buy and re purpose commercial objects for display, or i buy and display the work of my friends. i do this because, for me, these pieces...
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“some lonely night we can get together
and i’m gonna tie your wrists with...”
– andrew bird
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: The iPod Zepto:... →
This is one of my favorite articles ever from McSweeny’s.
The best part?
“Q: My iPod Zepto has turned evil and is holding my family hostage. A: A patch to the IntellectShuffle feature will address the evil-Zepto issue. The main things to remember in the meantime are: (1) don’t talk in a condescending tone to your evil iPod Zepto, (2) don’t meet any of your evil iPod...
100% agreed
sostark:
Speaking of amazing...
Travis, this song was on your mix Summer Baby....
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The Quiz - Hello Saferide
Great little song from...
growing on me
sometimes i find myself learning to enjoy songs i dislike just because someone close to me likes them. listening to the song reminds me of how much said person enjoys it and how much i enjoy said person.
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“We figured that each time we go to the windtunnel it cost us about $25,000. It...”
– Cervelo “About Us”
this is how a company should feel about their product devolpment. so often companies choose to spend money on marketing and fluff, rather than putting that into making the best possible product. cervelo rejects that idea and that is why they make some of the most...
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