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Month: March 2014
Your Message Will Be Answered in the Order in Which it was Received. Perhaps.
My friend and colleague Matt (@wastedgenius) retweeted this from one of his twitter contacts a couple of weeks ago.
I’ve become that guy who responds to emails 3-5 days late. Text me if it’s important I guess. Better yet, call me.
— Chris LaBossiere (@ChrisLaBossiere)
There was once a time when I didn’t understand (what could you possibly be doing that’s more important than what I want you to do for me), but this is absolutely how I behave now too.
If I intend to respond to you I’ll flag your email for follow-up, but sometimes when the size of that list becomes overwhelming I just delete a bunch of stuff from it.
Sorry.
Update:
Matt has posted about this too: Email is my answering machine. Enjoy!
Late Night Links – Sunday March 9th, 2013
It’s that time again!
- Reese Witherspoon Teleports at the Independent Spirit Awards
Live TV is completely live, right? - Only 90s Web Developers Will Remember This
- This is What We’re All Thinking, Every Day
- Get The Hint
We have plenty of similar things in our office, so it makes sense that we get some of these too. - A Little Cartoon Invasion of Life
- Never Has a Bootleg Been So Honest
- Koala Escapes Zoo, Falls Asleep Before He Can Do Anything Interesting
- Those Who Allergy Together, Stay Together
This is getting ridiculous now. - Terry Shipman Wanted to See if His Dogs Could Get as Many Retweets as Ellen’s Celebs
182,646 retweets at the time of writing - Kids Do Have Their Uses
- Getty Images Opens Up Its Stock Photo Vaults for Free, Legal Use with New Embed Tools
- Animal Firsts
I really want to take Charlie on a slide now - In Case You Were Wondering, There IS a World Record for Nose-Typing, and This Guy is the Reigning Champ
- This is the Rough Side of Town, Clearly
- Service Animal
- XKCD #1339: When You Assume
- The Double Decker Mac & Cheese Stuffed Bacon Weave Taco
I know what I want for dinner. - This is the Smartwatch Apple or Google Needs to Make
- ‘British’ Wales Star Sam Warburton Sparks Political Row
Plaid Cymru are mostly just embarrassing. - Man Sues Casino After Drunken $500k Loss
You can do that? - Insert Baby, Receive Way Easier (and Fuzzier) Responsibility
And that’s it done for another week, folks! This week was an hour shorter than usual because farmers, daylight, etc. Next week is the normal length so statistically (based on this post and some quick math) you can expect an extra 0.126 links next time around. So that’s something to look forward to.
It’s is time for a new Top Gear Special! This weekend, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond head to Burma and cross the country in lorries they have bought online for little money. The mission is ambitious: to build a bridge over the river Kwai. (for the ones who have never heard of the river Kwai here is some recommended viewing: The Bridge on the River Kwai
It’s is time for a new Top Gear Special! This weekend, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond head to Burma and cross the country in lorries they have bought online for little money. The mission is ambitious: to build a bridge over the river Kwai. (for the ones who have never heard of the river Kwai here is some recommended viewing: The Bridge on the River Kwai
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWIuE_KmwUM?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=500&h=281]
Top Gear Christmas special is on today (the first part of it, anyway).
Since daylight savings time starts here tonight and not for a couple of weeks in the UK I can’t figure out what time it’s on. I think noon, MDT. I will be watching BBC2 from noon onwards.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Finite Heartbeats Theory
This came up in conversation this morning and I was looking for an internet source to point somebody to. I couldn’t find one, so I guess I’ve never posted about it before. So here. Pay attention kids, this is important.
I believe that you’re born with an unknown, but predetermined and finite number of heartbeats. Once you’ve used them all up that’s it – your time has come and you die.
The result of this is that anything you do which increases your heart-rate (exercise, taking the stairs when there’s a perfectly good elevator right there, leaving the house, generally walking around, etc) is just using your heartbeats up faster and shortening your life.