Wes Maldonado: Data Junkie

I feel like I’m a bad person for finding this tune catchy.

Over lunch Jodi and I happened upon American Idol’s Blake Lewis and Sir Mix-A-Lot in downtown Seattle… Blake’s performance was mediocre, but when Sir Mix-A-Lot performed “Baby’s got back” to Blake’s beatboxing I have to admit I didn’t mind being there.

Update #2: From the Seattle Times

“The people on that show can […]

Remember when Boston thought they were under attack by Aqua Teen Hunger Force? I though the experience was a bit ridiculous also, but I didn’t pay attention to the details like Ryan:

I’ve seen the devices - it should have been apparent that there was no structural threat from these, even if it […]

I’ve been on the couch sick since Wednesday so I’ve had time to watch movies:

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film - A documentary on the life and death of Hunter S. Thompson. Rize - Rize chronicles a dance movement that rises out of South Central Los Angeles with roots in […]

Oh, the internet… how you provide me with so much goodness.

Answer to be provided at Friday, January 26, 2007 at 12:00 Noon Seattle time.

Update: Thanks TTop

My coworker Brad wrote to me last night with the first correct answer saying:

movie = “The Blindman“. I can’t believe I wasted part of my life on […]

I think a CEO blog should be natural and professional or non-existent. Seth Godin gives us a non-blogging example:

If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well, and I think the standards for a multimillionaire CEO announcing a major new venture ought to be pretty high. When you should stop […]

DEPOSIT, N.Y. - Police subdued a man with a Taser gun after he tried to attack an officer with a tomahawk. Tomahawk vs. Taser? My money’s on Taser

I love the news!

Road crews painted dots 80 feet apart and posted signs telling drivers to stay at least two dots — 160 feet — from the vehicle ahead, based on the traffic safety principle of being at least two seconds behind another vehicle when going 60 mph. Long backups developed Saturday, the […]

I don’t know why these girls just don’t just jump in the car. First, I that car talks. Second, look at that leather jacket. Third, it has that sweet red LED thing on the front that goes back an forth.

[I/O Brush](http://web.media.mit.edu/~kimi ko/iobrush/) is a new drawing tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday materials by “picking up” and drawing with them. I/O Brush looks like a regular physical paintbrush but has a small video camera with lights and touch sensors embedded inside. Outside of the drawing canvas, the brush […]