by Jim Brayton var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-97158-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @jimbrayton)http://jimbrayton.com/<p>Last of our 4 govt subsidized digital TV convertor boxes died today after 12 months of use. The 9 year old TiVo is still going strong.</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/883167020http://jimbrayton.com/post/883167020Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:06:37 -0400<p>RT @justin: “Rescue Me” is an AA meeting with fire.</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/883166960http://jimbrayton.com/post/883166960Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:06:37 -0400<a href="http://xkcd.com/773/">University Website</a>: <p><img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/university_website.png" title="People go to the website because they can't wait for the next alumni magazine, right? What do you mean, you want a campus map? One of our students made one as a CS class project back in '01! You can click to zoom and everything!" alt="People go to the website because they can't wait for the next alumni magazine, right? What do you mean, you want a campus map? One of our students made one as a CS class project back in '01! You can click to zoom and everything!"/></p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/881824178http://jimbrayton.com/post/881824178Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:08:06 -0400<p>Kate insisting we listen to the Sirius 80s station as we drive thru rural Nebraska is causing me to have powerful high school flashbacks.</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/830008100http://jimbrayton.com/post/830008100Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:54:49 -0400<p>I just earned the Discoverer Pin on @gowalla! <a href="http://gowal.la/r/HVU5">http://gowal.la/r/HVU5</a></p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/820777634http://jimbrayton.com/post/820777634Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:02:52 -0400<a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/158740/You-were-doing-it-wrong">You were doing it wrong | Ask MetaFilter</a>: <p>Great (long) thread.</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/785127149http://jimbrayton.com/post/785127149Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:59:30 -0400<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nBJV56WUDng&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nBJV56WUDng&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBJV56WUDng">Open a Banana Like A Monkey</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/somedirection">somedirection</a>)</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/784995315http://jimbrayton.com/post/784995315Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:05:16 -0400<p>Now <a href="http://twitpic.com/22p2z8">http://twitpic.com/22p2z8</a></p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/773421674http://jimbrayton.com/post/773421674Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:32:20 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="225"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=12816548&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&server=vimeo.com&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&show_title=1" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12816548">Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time!</a> (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/cshimala">Craig Shimala</a>)</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/757406197http://jimbrayton.com/post/757406197Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:56:44 -0400<p>RT @RyanNewYork: My friend Joe @Rospars reminded me that it’s been 7 years since Howard Dean announced his candidacy for President - Jun …</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/735060592http://jimbrayton.com/post/735060592Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:54:50 -0400<p>did we just have a mini-quake? #btv</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/730303074http://jimbrayton.com/post/730303074Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:14:51 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="225"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=5374642&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&server=vimeo.com&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&show_title=1" /></object><br/><br/><p>What if Carter had been relected and the NREL in Golden, CO had been funded at NASA like levels in the 80s? A thought experiment.</p> <p>I wish their “projects” were tied more into current technical reality and extrapolated to what they would look like after 30 years.</p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5374642">Sascha Pohflepp - The Golden Institute</a></p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/728827432http://jimbrayton.com/post/728827432Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:56:25 -0400<p>RT @ryansholin: Not only was Manute Bol an incredibly tall basketball player and nice guy, but he’s the origin of “my bad” <a href="http://p2.to/TDZ">http://p2.to/TDZ</a></p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/725916085http://jimbrayton.com/post/725916085Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:20:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l434fhpNJO1qz4ubno1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>@designingobama book arrived today. Looks amazing! Great work Scott:</b> <p>Posted from <a href="http://twitter.com/jimbrayton/status/16261258778" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a> via <a href="http://atebits.com/tweetie-iphone" rel="nofollow">Tweetie 2</a> & <a href="http://gdzl.la" rel="nofollow">GDZLLA</a></p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/702930958http://jimbrayton.com/post/702930958Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:04:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l434flV7vI1qz4ubno1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>@designingobama book arrived today. Looks amazing! Great work Scott:</b> <p>Posted from <a href="http://twitter.com/jimbrayton/status/" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a> via <a href="http://atebits.com/tweetie-iphone" rel="nofollow">Tweetie 2</a> & <a href="http://gdzl.la" rel="nofollow">GDZLLA</a></p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/702931115http://jimbrayton.com/post/702931115Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:04:30 -0400<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2AAa0gd7ClM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2AAa0gd7ClM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM&feature=player_embedded">BP Spills Coffee</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/UCBComedy">UCBComedy</a>)</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/693816751http://jimbrayton.com/post/693816751Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:38:05 -0400<p>RT @fivethirtyeight: I’m not the first to point this out. But right now, the Big 10 has 12 teams and the Big 12 has 10 teams.</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/689638946http://jimbrayton.com/post/689638946Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:42:32 -0400<p>RT @textfiles: By the way, does anyone in the world look at Carly Fiorina’s history with HP and goes “man, good job - now go into politics”?</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/685893662http://jimbrayton.com/post/685893662Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:38:12 -0400<a href="http://balkin.blogspot.com/2010/06/copyright-elephant-in-middle-of-glee.html">Glee and copyright</a>: <p>everything the actors do on the show would be illegal in real-life, like every cover on YouTube [<a href="http://twitter.com/plamere/status/15792004367">via</a>]</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/684201621http://jimbrayton.com/post/684201621Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:34:07 -0400<p>When my 3yo’s toy train tips over, as he loads it up again, he says “Buffering.” As in waiting for a web video to load…</p>http://jimbrayton.com/post/671229134http://jimbrayton.com/post/671229134Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:04:10 -0400