Archive for April, 2010

Facebook Connect: Without an SLA, can you trust it with your business?

April 22nd, 2010 by alephnaught

Facebook Connect: Without an SLA, can you trust it with your business?

I was just listening to a SpoolCast podcast, “SpoolCast: Moving Beyond Static Forms with Luke Wroblewsk.” Mr. Wroblewski talked about the value of Facebook Connect in speeding up and simplifying the form-based process for registration, especially for social media web sites. This reminded me of a huge issue I just had with Facebook, one that […]

Universal City

April 20th, 2010 by alephnaught

Universal City

I noticed via TripIt that a former colleague from LaSalle Bank was coming to town for a week on business, so we arranged to have dinner. We ate at Karl Strauss Brewery – the beer was wonderful and the food was also quite good; I had their mac and cheese with meats – extremem comfort […]

April 18th, 2010 by alephnaught

Snuff

Title: Snuff Author: Adam Huber (Author), Eric Enck (Author) Paperback: 184 pages Publisher: Snuff Books (April 6, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0981896723 ISBN-13: 978-0981896724 I bought this book at a local horror bookstore, Dark Delicacies. I loved the store and wanted to buy something. The quote on the cover, “Snuff is by far the single […]

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Pictures from West Hollywood and Lookout Mountain

April 11th, 2010 by alephnaught

Pictures from West Hollywood and Lookout Mountain

We decided to play hookie on Saturday afternoon and shopped around West Hollywood. On the way home we saw Lookout Mountain, which was a big hippie spot in the ’60s and has some great lookouts, so we drove up it part way; we got to a narrow section and had to back out to let […]

April 4th, 2010 by alephnaught

Air Vol. 2: Flying Machine

Title: Air Vol. 2: Flying Machine Author: G. Willow Wilson (Author), M.K. Perker (Illustrator) Paperback: 128 pages Publisher: Vertigo (October 20, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1401224830 ISBN-13: 978-1401224837 I’m not sure why, but I’m really digging this graphic novel series.  This is the story of a flight attendant who has the ability to “fly” by […]

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