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586Here are some of the blogs I enjoy, listed roughly in order from least to most likely that you're already reading them:<br /><br />
587<b>Photography Blogs</b><br />
588<a href="http://jacobpritchard.wordpress.com">Jacob Pritchard</a><br />
589<a href="http://www.ny3d.org">NY Stereoscopic Society</a><br />
590<a href="http://timothyarchibald.blogspot.com/">Timothy Archibald</a><br />
591<a href="http://www.horsesthink.com">Horses Think</a><br />
592<a href="http://www.heathermorton.ca/blog/">HeatherMortonArt Buyer</a><br />
593<a href="http://www.lizkuball.com/blog/">Liz Kuball</a><br />
594<a href="http://blog.photoshelter.com">Shoot! The Blog</a><br />
595<a href="http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/">Shane Lavalette</a><br />
596<a href="http://www.photoattorney.com">Photo Attorney</a><br />
597<a href="http://www.whatsthejackanory.com">What's the Jackanory?</a><br />
598<a href="http://blog.noahkalina.com/">Noah Kalina</a><br />
599<a href="http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/">John Nack on Adobe</a><br />
600<a href="http://www.personism.com">Personism</a><br />
601<a href="http://www.davidhorvitz.com">David Horvitz</a><br />
602<a href="http://www.pdnpulse.com">PDN Pulse</a><br />
603<a href="http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer">The Online Photographer</a><br />
604<a href="http://www.aphotoeditor.com">A Photo Editor</a><br />
605<a href="http://www.jmcolberg.com/weblog/">Conscientious</a><br />
606<a href="http://whattheduck.net">What The Duck</a><br />
607<a href="http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/">Photoshop Disasters</a><br />
608<br />
609
610<b>Other Blogs</b><br />
611<a href="http://www.bookinscriptions.com">Book Inscriptions Project</a><br />
612<a href="http://www.courtartist.com">Court Artist</a><br />
613<a href="http://www.katebroun.com">Kate Broun</a><br />
614<a href="http://www.theeverywheregirl.com/">The Everywhere Girl</a><br />
615<a href="http://drupal02.nypl.org/blog">NY Public Library</a><br />
616<a href="http://labs.nypl.org/">NYPL Labs</a><br />
617<a href="http://adamrex.blogspot.com">Adam Rex</a><br />
618<a href="http://www.scrubbles.net">Scrubbles</a><br />
619<a href="http://blog.ponoko.com/">Ponoko</a><br />
620<a href="http://thoughtbucket.tumblr.com">Thought Bucket</a><br />
621<a href="http://juliasweeney.blogspot.com/">Julia Sweeney</a><br />
622<a href="http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog">Tom's MAD Blog</a><br />
623<a href="http://www.animated-news.com/">Animated News</a><br />
624<a href="http://www.glossyinc.com">Glossy Inc</a><br />
625<a href="http://animationbackgrounds.blogspot.com/">Animation Backgrounds</a><br />
626<a href="http://www.moblogic.tv">MobLogic.tv</a><br />
627<a href="http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3">You Thought We Wouldn't Notice</a><br />
628<a href="http://apelad.blogspot.com/">Hobotopia</a><br />
629<a href="http://www.io9.com">io9</a><br />
630<a href="http://xo.typepad.com/blog/">A Welsh View</a><br />
631<a href="http://www.cockeyed.com">Cockeyed.com</a><br />
632<a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/UnBeige/">UnBeige</a><br />
633<a href="http://www.basicinstructions.net">Basic Instructions</a><br />
634<a href="http://journal.davidbyrne.com/">David Byrne</a><br />
635<a href="http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain">Growabrain</a><br />
636<a href="http://j-walkblog.com">The J-Walk Blog</a><br />
637<a href="http://www.cynical-c.com/">Cynical-C Blog</a><br />
638<a href="http://www.newsfromme.com/">Mark Evanier</a><br />
639<a href="http://www.waxy.org">Waxy.org</a><br />
640<a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/">FishbowlNY</a><br />
641<a href="http://curbed.com/">Curbed</a><br />
642<a href="http://www.gladwell.com">Malcolm Gladwell</a><br />
643<a href="http://www.cartoonbrew.com">Cartoon Brew</a><br />
644<a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT</a><br />
645<a href="http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/">Passive Aggressive Notes</a><br />
646<a href="http://www.coudal.com">Coudal Partners</a><br />
647<a href="http://www.designobserver.com">Design Observer</a><br />
648<a href="http://www.core77.com/blog">Core77</a><br />
649<a href="http://drawn.ca">Drawn!</a><br />
650<a href="http://www.coolhunting.com">Cool Hunting</a><br />
651<a href="http://www.dooce.com">Dooce</a><br />
652<a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com">BuzzMachine</a><br />
653<a href="http://www.laughingsquid.com">Laughing Squid</a><br />
654<a href="http://www.daringfireball.net">Daring Fireball</a><br />
655<a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/">Roger Ebert</a><br />
656<a href="http://www.davidpogue.com">David Pogue</a><br />
657<a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/">City Room</a><br />
658<a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com">Freakonomics</a><br />
659<a href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/">The Lede</a><br />
660<a href="http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/">Errol Morris</a><br />
661<a href="http://www.sciam.com/">Scientific American</a><br />
662<a href="http://www.43folders.com">43 Folders</a><br />
663<a href="http://www.gothamist.com">Gothamist</a><br />
664<a href="http://www.improveverywhere.com">Improv Everywhere</a><br />
665<a href="http://www.kottke.org">Kottke</a><br />
666<a href="http://www.newyorker.com">The New Yorker</a><br />
667<a href="http://www.consumerist.com">Consumerist</a><br />
668<a href="http://www.arstechnica.com">Ars Technica</a><br />
669<a href="http://www.lifehacker.com">Lifehacker</a><br />
670<a href="http://www.gizmodo.com">Gizmodo</a><br />
671<a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a><br />
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701         <p>In early 2022, Ironic Sans was hacked and completely wiped out. I had been running on an old platform so it's not surprising it was vulnerable to attack.</p>
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718   <h2 class="date-header">January 20, 2019</h2>
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720   <div class="entry" id="entry-473">
721      <h3 class="entry-header">How to Join a Social Network in 1998</h3>
722      <div class="entry-content">
723         <div class="entry-body">
724            <p>In 1998, I got an invite to what many consider the first online social network: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SixDegrees.com">sixdegrees.com</a> (deceptively, that link will take you to the Wikipedia article about the website and not the website itself; I have no excuse). The invite came in the form of a lengthy email with instructions on how to join. I could either use the website or actually do the entire process via email, adding my friends using a peculiar and precise format in the body of the email. The subject of the email was simply the name of the person who had added me as a friend.</p>
725
726<p>I came across the invite recently so I figured I&#8217;d share it here as a curious bit of internet history. It&#8217;s interesting that in 1998 they had to actually explain why someone would want to join such a thing. Here is the full text of the email with light redactions:</p>
727
728<blockquote><div>
729Name: David Friedman<br />
730E-Mail Address: [my old email redacted]<br />
731sixdegrees Password: stopsock<br />
732
733<p>Hi. You&#8217;ve been sponsored as &#8220;Friend&#8221; by Rachel [last name redacted] as part of something called sixdegrees, one of the fastest growing phenomena on the Web, located at http://www.sixdegrees.com</p>
734
735<p>You may have already heard of the six degrees of separation concept - where everyone on the planet is connected to each other through fewer than 6 people. Well, we haven&#8217;t quite connected the whole world yet, but there are over a million people participating, and over 900,000 of them are connected in one giant chain.</p>
736
737<p>And, just by confirming your relationship with Rachel, you can instantly tap into this interconnected community of interesting people from all over the world.</p>
738
739<p>So what? Well, by getting connected, you can come to the Web site (which is completely FREE) and use a whole variety of valuable, fun and intriguing services that make use of this massive chain of connections.</p>
740
741<p>You can come see who&#8217;s logged on the site right now and when you find someone interesting, we&#8217;ll show you exactly how you&#8217;re connected no matter how many degrees it takes, and then you can instant message them.</p>
742
743<p>You can also find out how you&#8217;re connected to that head of personnel at the big firm where you&#8217;ve been trying to get your foot in the door.</p>
744
745<p>You can chat with people from around the globe and then see who you know in common.</p>
746
747<p>You can post burning questions on your own personalized bulletin board and get valuable answers from your &#8220;circle&#8221; (your friends and friends of friends).</p>
748
749<p>You can even get Movie recommendations from the people you&#8217;re connected to.</p>
750
751<p>So, stop by the site at http://www.sixdegrees.com to learn more and give it a try. (You can log in with this password: stopsock).</p>
752
753<p>=======================================</p>
754
755<p>You can also get things started and get yourself connected right from this e-mail:</p>
756
757<p>** To confirm your relationship with Rachel, just send a reply that says only CONFIRM on the first line of the message body</p>
758
759<p>
759* To deny this particular relationship (but keep open the possibility of joining sixdegrees if the concept intrigues you) send a reply that says only DENY</p>
760
761<p>* And, if you&#8217;d like to make sure you don&#8217;t hear from us again (even if somebody else you know lists you as a contact) then simply send a reply which says REMOVE in the SUBJECT LINE so we can process your request right away</p>
762
763<p>Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you at sixdegrees.</p>
764
765<p>=======================================</p>
766
767<p>And, if you&#8217;re really ambitious, you can get your network of connections growing right away. Just list the people you think might be interested in participating in sixdegrees and we&#8217;ll contact them with an e-mail like this one which mentions your name and invites them to join.</p>
768
769<p>Just follow these directions:</p>
770
771<p>* Click your mail program&#8217;s REPLY button.</p>
772
773<p>* On the FIRST line of the message body of the reply e-mail that opens, type only the word CONFIRM to let us know that you are in fact Rachel&#8217;s Friend.</p>
774
775<p>* On the next line of the message body list the first and last names and e-mail addresses of the people you&#8217;d like to invite (you can list as many as you&#8217;d like - but we recommend you list at least two), and the relationship numbers that correspond with how those people are related to you.</p>
776
777<p>MAKE SURE:</p>
778
779<p>* That the first name, last name, e-mail address and relationship number are separated by SEMI-COLONS.</p>
780
781<p>* You follow the format of these examples:</p>
782
783<p>John; Smith; [email protected]; 12<br />
784Jane; Doe; [email protected]; 3</p>
785
786<p>* And that you define each relationship by choosing a number from this list:</p>
787
788<p>1=wife 2=husband 3=life partner<br />
7894=significant other 5=mother 6=father<br />
7907=sister 8=brother 9=daughter<br />
79110=son 11=other family member 12=friend<br />
79213=employer 14=employee 15=co-worker<br />
79316=client 17=service provider 18=business contact<br />
79419=fellow alum 20=acquaintance</p>
795
796<p>We look forward to hearing from you!</p>
797
798<p>=======================================</p>
799
800<p>PLEASE NOTE: All replies to this address are processed by a computer. If you have any problems, questions or requests send an e-mail to [email protected] and you&#8217;ll receive a prompt and courteous response.</p>
801
802<p>And, if you&#8217;d like to review our privacy statement just visit http://www.sixdegrees.com/Public/About/Privacy.asp</p>
803
804<p>=======================================</p>
805
806<p>sixdegrees is Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.</p>
807
808<p>E.DB.ANB.1<br />
809</div></blockquote></p>
810
811<p>The website sent out weekly emails with your stats and some ideas for making the most of the network. I opted out after receiving five of these &#8220;member updates&#8221;. In the last one, these were my stats:</p>
812
813<p>CONTACTS<br />
814Total 1st degree contacts: 4<br />
815Total 2nd degree contacts: 13<br />
816Total 3rd degree contacts: 22<br />
817Total 4th degree contacts: 93<br />
818Total 5th degree contacts: 281<br />
819Total 6th degree contacts: 2368<br />
820Total 1st-6th degree contacts: 2781</p>
821
822<p>MY BULLETIN BOARD<br />
823Messages posted by you: 0<br />
824Responses to your postings: 0</p>
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846   <h2 class="date-header">August 31, 2017</h2>
847   <a id="a000472"></a>
848   <div class="entry" id="entry-472">
849      <h3 class="entry-header">The Mystery of Why Uber Gave Me 77 Free Rides (or, How I Accidentally Gamed The System)</h3>
850      <div class="entry-content">
851         <div class="entry-body">
852            <p>For about two and a half years, Uber kept sending me free ride credits. I just went through my receipts and counted 77 free rides in total, averaging one every couple weeks. Then they suddenly stopped. All that time, I never knew why I was getting them — why look a gift horse in the mouth? — but once they stopped I put on my detective hat and did a little digging. I’m pretty sure I’ve solved the mystery. Follow my story and see if you can figure it out.</p>
853
854<p>When I joined Uber in 2011 I was given the opportunity to create any referral code I wanted as long as it started with the word “uber” (I think they still let you do that, actually) so I just added my initials to it and made the code UBERDF figuring that would be easy for me to remember. I might have given it out to a couple people, but then pretty much forgot about it.</p>
855
856<p>Then in late 2013, the trickle of free rides started. I’d get an email saying I earned $10, $15, or $20 in credit because someone took their first ride using my referral code. At first I assumed someone I gave my code to in 2011 finally used it. Then when more free rides came in, I wondered if perhaps my code was on some list of Uber referral codes that may have been circulating. I didn’t really think more about it. I just accumulated my free rides in my account, ready to use when I needed them. It was great. Sometimes I even forced myself to use them instead of the subway, since they would eventually expire otherwise.</p>
857
858<p>I casually looked into whether this was happening to anyone else. The closest thing I found was an article about a guy who placed online ads for Uber using his own referral code and got hundreds of free rides that way. Uber found out about his scheme and took them away. So I was glad that my trickle of free rides was a slow drip that was unlikely to get their attention.</p>
859
860<p>Then, around January of 2016, they stopped. At their peak I was getting 2-3 free rides a week. And then nothing. I couldn’t be too upset that I had to start paying for something everyone else paid for, but I was curious what happened. And since I wasn’t getting any more free rides anyway, I was no longer afraid to look into it.</p>
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890   <h2 class="date-header">December 19, 2016</h2>
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893      <h3 class="entry-header">How Postage Stamps Are Made</h3>
894      <div class="entry-content">
895         <div class="entry-body">
896            <p>I just completed a nice little mini-documentary about the design of US postage stamps. The US Postal Service has four Art Directors who oversee the stamp designs, and I worked with one of them to make this video, Antonio Alcalá of <a href="http://studioa.com/">Studio A</a> in Virginia.</p>
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923   <a id="a000470"></a>
924   <div class="entry" id="entry-470">
925      <h3 class="entry-header">Sunday Magazine is back. With a twist!</h3>
926      <div class="entry-content">
927         <div class="entry-body">
928            <p>Hey, everyone! Longtime readers (and if this is still popping up in your RSS feed, I&#8217;m not sure there&#8217;s any other kind) will remember that I used to run a side project called <a href="http://www.sundaymagazine.org">SundayMagazine.org</a>, where each week I posted the most interesting articles from the New York Times Sunday Magazine exactly 100 years ago that week, usually with some commentary about its relevancy to today. I even wrote <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2011/03/what_was_the_new_york_times_magazine_like_100_years_ago.html">an article about it for Slate</a>.</p>
929
930<p>Well, when I had kids, I lost time for those sorts of side projects, and I put SundayMagazine on hiatus. In the meantime, I&#8217;ve had occasional requests from people who wanted to pick up the mantle, and I&#8217;ve considered handing over the reigns. But it never worked out. Until now.</p>
931
932<p>SundayMagazine is now being run by <a href="https://twitter.com/jesserifkin">Jesse Rifkin</a>, a DC-based journalist. I&#8217;m sure his taste in articles to highlight will differ from mine, as will his writing style. (He&#8217;s probably a much better writer than I am). I look forward to seeing where he takes things. Check out <a href="http://sundaymagazine.org/2016/06/sunday-magazine-has-resumed-after-a-nearly-five-year-hiatus/">his first post</a>, introducing himself to readers. And then add (or re-add) SundayMagazine to your reading habits.</p>
933
934<p>The website: <a href="http://www.sundaymagazine.org">www.sundaymagazine.org</a><br />
935The twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/sundaymagazine">@sundaymagazine</a><br />
936The Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sundaymagazine">facebook.com/sundaymagazine</a></p>
937
938<p>(Please note that SundayMagazine has been dormant for nearly five years, and is in serious need of updating. Some things may be broken. We&#8217;ll fix things as we go.)</p>
939            
940
941            <p class="entry-footer">
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953   </div>
954<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
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958   
959   
960   <h2 class="date-header">August 25, 2015</h2>
961   <a id="a000469"></a>
962   <div class="entry" id="entry-469">
963      <h3 class="entry-header">Inventor Portrait: Alan Adler (AeroPress; Aerobie)</h3>
964      <div class="entry-content">
965         <div class="entry-body">
966            <p>It&#8217;s a new Inventor Portrait! Alan Adler, inventor of the Aerobie Flying Disc and the AeroPress coffee maker, tells the stories behind his famous inventions.</p>
967
968<p><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/137090060?portrait=0" width="450" height="254" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
969
970<p>I confess I actually completed this a year ago, but hadn&#8217;t posted it for a variety of reason. It&#8217;s great to finally share it.</p>
971            
972
973            <p class="entry-footer">
974               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at  8:47 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2015/08/inventor_portrait_alan_adler_a.html">Permalink</a>
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977<br />
978<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
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980</a> | 
981<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/interview/">Interview
982</a> | 
983<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/photography/">Photography
984</a></span>
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988      </div>
989   </div>
990<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
991
992
993
994   
995   
996   <h2 class="date-header">July  8, 2015</h2>
997   <a id="a000468"></a>
998   <div class="entry" id="entry-468">
999      <h3 class="entry-header">My Letter From Oliver Sacks</h3>
1000      <div class="entry-content">
1001         <div class="entry-body">
1002            <p>I&#8217;ve just written a longform article for The Morning News about <a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/article/my-letter-from-oliver-sacks">the time I got a letter from Oliver Sacks</a>. But it&#8217;s about so much more. It&#8217;s a little bit science, a little bit personal essay, and a tiny bit biography. I&#8217;ve never fully told this story before, and it&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve shown anyone the letter.</p>
1003
1004<p><a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/article/my-letter-from-oliver-sacks">Go read it!</a></p>
1005            
1006
1007            <p class="entry-footer">
1008               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at  1:50 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2015/07/my_letter_from_oliver_sacks.html">Permalink</a>
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1022<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
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1026   
1027   
1028   <h2 class="date-header">June 11, 2015</h2>
1029   <a id="a000467"></a>
1030   <div class="entry" id="entry-467">
1031      <h3 class="entry-header">A short documentary about a street puppeteer, his craft, and an unconventional friendship</h3>
1032      <div class="entry-content">
1033         <div class="entry-body">
1034            <p>How has it been so long since I&#8217;ve written anything here? Is anyone still reading me? If so, I have something new to show you. I&#8217;m really proud of how my latest short documentary turned out.</p>
1035
1036<p>It&#8217;s about Ricky Syers, a street performer in Washington Square Park, and his friendship with Doris Diether, a local community activist who spends a lot of time in the park. The two of them are so endearing, and a couple of real New York characters. Check it out!</p>
1037
1038<p><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/38CPg9OS510" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
1039            
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1041            <p class="entry-footer">
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1045<br />
1046<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
1047<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/art/">Art
1048</a> | 
1049<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/new_york/">New York
1050</a></span>
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1055   </div>
1056<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
1057
1058
1059
1060   
1061   
1062   <h2 class="date-header">October 28, 2014</h2>
1063   <a id="a000466"></a>
1064   <div class="entry" id="entry-466">
1065      <h3 class="entry-header">Idea: Pop Culture Twitter Lists</h3>
1066      <div class="entry-content">
1067         <div class="entry-body">
1068            <p>It&#8217;s been <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/2009/theres-list">five years</a> since Twitter introduced Lists and frankly I never found a use for them. It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t see the value in curated lists, but I never remembered to look at them, preferring to watch my complete stream of tweeters, signal, noise, and all.</p>
1069
1070<p>But I finally came up with a use for them. So without further ado, here are a bunch of Pop Culture Twitter Lists you can follow, in apparently random order, with notes about what you&#8217;ll find there.</p>
1071
1072<p>(You can also see them with nicer formatting but without the notes, and easily to subscribe to them, <a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists">here</a> on Twitter).</p>
1073
1074<ul>
1075<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/snl">Saturday Night Live</a>: 75 cast members, including &#8220;featured&#8221; players
1076<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/parksandrec">Parks & Recreation</a>: 10 cast members
1077<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/community">Community</a>: 8 cast members
1078<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/thirdrock">3rd Rock From the Sun</a>: 5 cast members, mainly Joseph Gordon-Levitt
1079<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/sctv">SCTV</a>: 5 cast members
1080<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/roseanne">Roseanne</a>: 6 cast members, but mainly Roseanne being weird
1081<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/breakfastclub">The Breakfast Club</a>: 4 cast members, but mainly Molly Ringwald, who has a brand new <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/ask-molly-ringwald">advice column</a> and I can&#8217;t believe more people aren&#8217;t talking about that.
1082<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/doctorwho">Doctor Who</a>: 19 cast members, mainly Doctors and companions
1083<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/starwarsot">Star Wars IV-VI</a>: 9 cast members from the Original Trilogy
1084<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/nightcourt">Night Court</a>: 3 cast members, but mainly Markie Post
1085<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/cheers">Cheers</a>: 5 cast members, but mainly Kirstie Alley
1086<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/modernfamily">Modern Family</a>: 11 cast members
1087<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/marriedwithchildren">Married&#8230; With Children</a>: 6 cast members, but mainly David Faustino
1088<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/silverspoons">Silver Spoons</a>: 5 cast members
1089<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/thirtyrock">30 Rock</a>: 9 cast members
1090<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/rockyhorror">Rocky Horror Picture Show</a>: 3 cast members, but really just Susan Sarandon
1091<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/freshprince">The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</a>: 7 cast members
1092<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/laughin">Rowan & Martin&#8217;s Laugh-In</a>: sadly just 3 cast members, but what cast members they are: Lily Tomlin, Ruth Buzzi, and Goldie Hawn. I&#8217;d watch a movie starring all of them.
1093<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/boymeetsworld">Boy Meets World</a>: 6 cast members
1094<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/friends">Friends</a>: 6 cast members
1095<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/mindyproject">The Mindy Project</a>: 10 cast members
1096<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/stephentobolowsky">Stephen Tobolowsky</a>: This is just Stephen Tobolowsky
1097<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/familyguy">Family Guy</a>: 6 cast members
1098<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/simpsons">The Simpsons</a>: 7 cast members
1099<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/madmen">Mad Men</a>: 9 cast members
1100<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/orangeisthenewblack">Orange is the New Black</a>: 21 cast members plus the real Piper and Larry
1101<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/breakingbad">Breaking Bad</a>: 15 cast members
1102<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/seinfeld">Seinfeld</a>: 9 cast members, including a few memorable guest stars
1103<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/savedbythebell">Saved by the Bell</a>: 8 cast members
1104<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/bh90210">Beverly Hills 90210</a>: 9 cast members
1105<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/theofficeus">The Office (US)</a>: 16 cast members
1106<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/familyties">Family Ties</a>: 5 cast members, and you should be following <a href="http://getacollegelife.tumblr.com/">Justine Bateman&#8217;s blog</a> about going back to college and being a Computer Science undergrad as an adult
1107<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/growingpains">Growing Pains</a>: 7 cast members, but mainly Kirk Cameron. You&#8217;ve been warned.
1108<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/bradybunch">The Brady Bunch</a>: just 2 cast members, and really just Florence Henderson. I&#8217;m surprised there aren&#8217;t more.
1109<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/startrektos">Star Trek: The Original Series</a>: 4 cast members. Oh my.
1110<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/startrektng">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a>: 10 cast members. Make it so.
1111<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/happydays">Happy Days</a>: 3 cast members
1112<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/factsoflife">The Facts Of Life</a>: 8 cast members. After much internal debate, I decided to omit the characters who didn&#8217;t make it past Season 1 (although once again I can&#8217;t believe nobody&#8217;s talking about <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/ask-molly-ringwald">Molly Ringwald&#8217;s advice column</a>).
1113</ul>
1114
1115<p>Am I missing your favorite cast that&#8217;s on Twitter? Let me know at <a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans">@ironicsans</a> and maybe I&#8217;ll add it when I get a chance.</p>
1116
1117<p>(Wow, a bulleted list of links sure highlights how dated my site&#8217;s design feels)</p>
1118
1119<p><b>Update:</b> I&#8217;ve since added&#8230;</p>
1120
1121<ul>
1122<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/girls">Girls</a>: 6 cast members
1123<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/transparent">Transparent</a>: 8 cast members
1124<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/gameofthrones">Game of Thrones</a>: 20 cast members
1125<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ironicsans/lists/orphanblack">Orphan Black</a>: 7 cast members, and they&#8217;re all Tatiana Maslany
1126</ul>
1127            
1128
1129            <p class="entry-footer">
1130               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at  1:44 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2014/10/idea_pop_culture_twitter_lists.html">Permalink</a>
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1132               </span>
1133<br />
1134<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
1135<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/entertainment/">Entertainment
1136</a> | 
1137<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/ideas/">Ideas
1138</a> | 
1139<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/lists/">Lists
1140</a> | 
1141<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/star_wars/">Star Wars
1142</a> | 
1143<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/technology/">Technology
1144</a></span>
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1149   </div>
1150<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
1151
1152
1153
1154   
1155   
1156   <h2 class="date-header">May  6, 2014</h2>
1157   <a id="a000465"></a>
1158   <div class="entry" id="entry-465">
1159      <h3 class="entry-header">New York City photographed with the Game Boy Camera in 2000</h3>
1160      <div class="entry-content">
1161         <div class="entry-body">
1162            <p>Back in 2000, I was playing around with a Game Boy Camera, trying to use it to take color photos. (<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/09/idea_color_photos_with_the_gam.html">I finally got that to work</a>.) When I first got the camera, I took a walk through midtown taking pictures. I just came across the images and thought I&#8217;d share them here for posterity (scaled up to 200% for visibility on our fancy modern displays).</p>
1163
1164<p>Rockefeller Plaza:<br />
1165<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/DF_GAMEBOY_ROCKCENTER.jpg" width="320" height="288" /></p>
1166
1167<p>The New York Public Library:<br />
1168<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/DF_GAMEBOY_LIBRARY.jpg" width="320" height="288" /></p>
1169
1170<p>A Giacometti statue at MOMA:<br />
1171<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/DF_GAMEBOY_MOMA.jpg" width="320" height="288" /></p>
1172
1173<p>A slice of pizza:<br />
1174<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/DF_GAMEBOY_PIZZA.jpg" width="320" height="288" /></p>
1175
1176<p>A park bench:<br />
1177<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/DF_GAMEBOY_BENCH.jpg" width="320" height="288" /></p>
1178
1179<p>Toy taxis being sold on the street:<br />
1180<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/DF_GAMEBOY_TAXIS.jpg" width="320" height="288" /></p>
1181
1182<p>A subway car speeding past:<br />
1183<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/DF_GAMEBOY_SUBWAYDOOR.jpg" width="320" height="288" /></p>
1184
1185<p>A subway passenger:<br />
1186<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/DF_GAMEBOY_SUBWAYCHUBBY.jpg" width="320" height="288" /></p>
1187
1188<p>Another subway passenger:<br />
1189<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/DF_GAMEBOY_SLEEPER.jpg" width="320" height="288" /></p>
1190
1191<p>Selfie sporting a goatee:<br />
1192<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/DF_GAMEBOY_DAVID.jpg" width="320" height="288" /></p>
1193            
1194
1195            <p class="entry-footer">
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1198               </span>
1199<br />
1200<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
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1203<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/photography/">Photography
1204</a> | 
1205<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/technology/">Technology
1206</a></span>
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1216   
1217   
1218   <h2 class="date-header">March 26, 2014</h2>
1219   <a id="a000464"></a>
1220   <div class="entry" id="entry-464">
1221      <h3 class="entry-header">How Captain America Got His Stripes</h3>
1222      <div class="entry-content">
1223         <div class="entry-body">
1224            <p>With a new <a href="http://marvel.com/captainamerica">Captain America</a> movie about to be released, I think it&#8217;s time I tell the story of when I was 14 year old, and I saved Captain America from appearing on the cover of a Marvel comic without his famous red and white stripes.</p>
1225
1226<p>The year was 1989. I was a huge comics nerd, and a big fan of artist Todd McFarlane. At first I thought his style was weird, with too many lines on elongated faces, but it quickly grew on me. He was making an appearance at a local comic shop in Phoenix, so of course I went. I got there early and stood in a long line. And once I made it to his table, I hovered.</p>
1227
1228<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure I hung out at his table for two hours, asking him question after question while he signed comics for people who I hope I let get their own questions in. He never let on if I bothered him, and I felt like I was spending quality time with a huge celebrity.</p>
1229
1230<p>Todd (I can call him Todd now, right?) had brought in some photocopies of artwork he&#8217;d recently finished for upcoming issues of Amazing Spider-Man. Among them was this cover of <a href="http://marvel.com/comics/issue/6731/amazing_spider-man_1963_323">issue #323</a>:</p>
1231
1232<p><img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/ASM323_pencils.jpg" width="450" height="679" /></p>
1233
1234<p>I noticed something was wrong. &#8220;Where are his stripes?&#8221; I asked.</p>
1235
1236<p>&#8220;What?&#8221;</p>
1237
1238<p>&#8220;His stripes. Captain America is supposed to be wearing a blue chainmail half-shirt over a red-and-white striped long sleeve shirt. But this doesn&#8217;t show any stripes.&#8221;</p>
1239
1240<p>As I remember it, Todd then said something like, &#8220;Oh my God! I have to take care of this right away! If I don&#8217;t fix it, the colorist will do it, and he&#8217;s going to mess it up!&#8221; and then he pulled out his cell phone to call Marvel HQ right away. But of course he didn&#8217;t have a cell phone in 1989 so my memory must be wrong. I think it actually went more like this:</p>
1241
1242<p>&#8220;Oh, no. Thanks for catching that. I need to get that artwork back so I can add the stripes myself. If I don&#8217;t do it, the colorist will, and he&#8217;s going to mess it up.&#8221; And then he wrote himself a reminder note on the back of the photocopy.</p>
1243
1244<p>&#8220;How would the colorist mess it up?&#8221;</p>
1245
1246<p>&#8220;He might not follow the contours of Cap&#8217;s body. He&#8217;d make the stripes too straight.&#8221;</p>
1247
1248<p>&#8220;Oh.&#8221; I beamed with pride that I found a mistake and he seemed to appreciate it.</p>
1249
1250<p>A few months later, the issue came out, and I was glad to see that Captain America had his stripes. But I was a little sad that nobody would ever know how he got them.</p>
1251
1252<p><img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/ASM323_cover.jpg" width="450" height="690" /></p>
1253
1254<p>Bonus: Here&#8217;s an awesombarrassing picture of me and Todd the first time we met, a summer earlier at <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2011/07/san_diego_comic_con_1988.html">Comic-Con 1988</a>:</p>
1255
1256<p><img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/ASM.jpg" width="450" height="419" /></p>
1257
1258<p>I can&#8217;t believe in Phoenix he acted like he didn&#8217;t even know me.</p>
1259            
1260
1261            <p class="entry-footer">
1262               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at  1:35 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2014/03/how_captain_america_got_his_
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1264               </span>
1265<br />
1266<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
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1268</a> | 
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1270</a></span>
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1275   </div>
1276<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
1277
1278
1279
1280   
1281   
1282   <h2 class="date-header">February 21, 2014</h2>
1283   <a id="a000463"></a>
1284   <div class="entry" id="entry-463">
1285      <h3 class="entry-header">House of Cards Season 2 Opening Credits Comparison in Animated GIFs</h3>
1286      <div class="entry-content">
1287         <div class="entry-body">
1288            <p>Are you watching House of Cards Season 2 on Netflix? Did you notice that they changed the opening credits since Season 1? There are still 37 time-lapse shots of Washington DC, and the cuts are in all the same places, but almost half of the shots have been changed. In some cases, the new shot is a slightly different view of the same place. In others, it&#8217;s a radically different view, or a different time of year, or a shot of a completely different location altogether. The time-lapses were shot by <a href="http://www.district7media.net">District 7 Media</a> based just outside DC. They did a beautiful job. Let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s changed between seasons.</p>
1289
1290<p>The following are all comparisons of the images. In all cases, the top image is Season 1 and the bottom image is Season 2:</p>
1291
1292<p>Shot 1:<br />
1293<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/houseofcards/01.gif" width="450" height="448" /></p>
1294
1295<p>Shot 2 (are those the same clouds? Same time of day? Same cars? I think this might be the same shot recolored.):<br />
1296<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/houseofcards/02.gif" width="450" height="448" /></p>
1297
1298<p>Shot 3:<br />
1299<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/houseofcards/03.gif" width="450" height="448" /></p>
1300
1301<p>Shot 4:<br />
1302<img src="http://www.ironicsans.com/images/houseofcards/04.gif" width="450" height="448" /></p>
1303            
1304            <p class="entry-more-link">
1305               <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2014/02/house_of_cards_season_2_openin.html#more">Continue reading &#8220;House of Cards Season 2 Opening Credits Comparison in Animated GIFs&#8221; &raquo;</a>
1306            </p>
1307            
1308
1309            <p class="entry-footer">
1310               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at  1:28 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2014/02/house_of_cards_season_2_openin.html">Permalink</a>
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1313<br />
1314<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
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1316</a> | 
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1318</a> | 
1319<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/photography/">Photography
1320</a></span>
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1326<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
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1330   
1331   
1332   <h2 class="date-header">February 18, 2014</h2>
1333   <a id="a000462"></a>
1334   <div class="entry" id="entry-462">
1335      <h3 class="entry-header">Idea: A sign at the top of Mt. Everest</h3>
1336      <div class="entry-content">
1337         <div class="entry-body">
1338            <p>[This post is part of an <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2013/02/coming_soon_an_idea_dump.html">idea dump</a>.]</p>
1339
1340<p>Is anyone heading up Mt. Everest soon? I have an idea. Put a sign at the top for future travelers that says &#8220;Thank you Mario! But our princess is on another mountain!&#8221;</p>
1341            
1342
1343            <p class="entry-footer">
1344               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at  9:33 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2014/02/idea_a_sign_at_the_top_of_mt_e.html">Permalink</a>
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1347<br />
1348<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
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1350</a> | 
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1352</a> | 
1353<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/travel/">Travel
1354</a></span>
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1359   </div>
1360<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
1361
1362
1363
1364   
1365   
1366   
1367   <a id="a000461"></a>
1368   <div class="entry" id="entry-461">
1369      <h3 class="entry-header">Idea: A new automatic setting for cameras</h3>
1370      <div class="entry-content">
1371         <div class="entry-body">
1372            <p>There&#8217;s a rule of thumb for long lenses and shutter speeds: to handhold a camera without noticeable motion blur, your shutter speed should be no slower than the inverse of your focal length. So for a 50mm lens, you can safely handhold at 1/50 of a second or faster. If you have a long telephoto, like say a 200mm lens, you shouldn&#8217;t try to handhold at slower than 1/200 of a second.</p>
1373
1374<p>But what if you&#8217;re using a zoom lens, and your focal length varies from one shot to another as you capture wide shots and close-ups to tell the story of whatever you&#8217;re shooting? Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if your camera had a setting to automatically adjust your shutter speed (and appropriately your aperture to maintain exposure) when you zoom so your tight shots are still nice and sharp?</p>
1375
1376<p>You already have an aperture priority mode that adjusts your shutter speed if you change the aperture, and a shutter priority mode that does the opposite. So why not add focal length to the automatic equation, too?</p>
1377
1378<p>It will not be useful in all situations, of course. In dim light, your lens might not be able to open up enough to compensate for the loss of light when the shutter speed increases as you zoom. But in other situations, this setting could be just the thing that keeps you taking sharp photos instead of smeary messes.</p>
1379            
1380
1381            <p class="entry-footer">
1382               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at  4:51 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2014/02/idea_a_new_automatic_setting_f.html">Permalink</a>
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1384               </span>
1385<br />
1386<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
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1388</a> | 
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1390</a> | 
1391<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/technology/">Technology
1392</a></span>
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1397   </div>
1398<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
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1400
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1402   
1403   
1404   <h2 class="date-header">November  5, 2013</h2>
1405   <a id="a000460"></a>
1406   <div class="entry" id="entry-460">
1407      <h3 class="entry-header">Check out this creative teenage hip-hop artist in Nashville</h3>
1408      <div class="entry-content">
1409         <div class="entry-body">
1410            <p>I don&#8217;t usually link to other people&#8217;s stuff on here. But when I stumbled upon this guy&#8217;s videos on YouTube and saw that they only have a couple thousand views, I thought he needed a larger audience.</p>
1411
1412<p>His name is Matt Morris. I first saw him starring in this funny video that came out shortly after the iPhone 5S was released. It shows off some of the phone&#8217;s new video features in a creative and amusing way, and features catchy music that&#8217;s actually remixed from the iPhone&#8217;s built in ringtones:</p>
1413
1414<p><iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/76054506" width="450" height="253" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
1415
1416<p>Out of curiosity, I Googled to see who the heck this <a href="http://twitter.com/mattadormusic">Matt Morris</a> guy is and that&#8217;s when I found his YouTube channel. I didn&#8217;t know until I hit play on the first video that I was going to hear him rapping, and it turns out his lyrics are really clever, and his videos are quite nicely produced.</p>
1417
1418<p>Take for example this video about that angst of not being sure your night out with a pretty girl is a date:</p>
1419
1420<p><iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zKjeXHzU_Qs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
1421
1422<p>And the songs are really catchy. Here&#8217;s &#8220;Regular Guy&#8221;, which you&#8217;ll be singing along to before it ends:</p>
1423
1424<p><iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/FgEI-BkWBDU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
1425
1426<p>I think some of my favorite lyrics are in &#8220;Art Official&#8221; which was Matt&#8217;s first video. &#8220;Lost my keys in the Prius now I&#8217;m in the car diggin&#8217;. / Lookin&#8217; like my grandpa in my cardigan.&#8221;</p>
1427
1428<p><iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PFoQ8gOLVQk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
1429
1430<p>What impresses me about Matt is that he&#8217;s only nineteen years old but he has the skills, confidence, and tools to do something like this. The songs are funny, catchy, and inoffensive.</p>
1431
1432<p>Oh, and he has collaborators who shouldn&#8217;t be overlooked (and probably should have been mentioned sooner). Matt writes the lyrics, but the music is by <a href="http://benworley.com/">Ben Worley</a> (who also did the remixed iPhone ringtones tune). The videos are by <a href="http://fourthnick.com/">Nick Serban</a>.</p>
1433
1434<p>I asked Matt for his story and he said, &#8220;Right now I&#8217;m just a 19 year old kid in school and working and hoping something happens with the music. Lived south of Nashville my whole life. That&#8217;s the story in a nutshell I guess.&#8221;</p>
1435            
1436
1437            <p class="entry-footer">
1438               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at  4:42 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2013/11/check_out_this_creative_teenag.html">Permalink</a>
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1440               </span>
1441<br />
1442<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
1443<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/entertainment/">Entertainment
1444</a> | 
1445<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/music/">Music
1446</a></span>
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1448            </p>
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1450      </div>
1451   </div>
1452<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
1453
1454
1455
1456   
1457   
1458   <h2 class="date-header">October  9, 2013</h2>
1459   <a id="a000459"></a>
1460   <div class="entry" id="entry-459">
1461      <h3 class="entry-header">Interview with me on the &#8220;Unprofessional&#8221; podcast</h3>
1462      <div class="entry-content">
1463         <div class="entry-body">
1464            <p>I&#8217;m the guest on this week&#8217;s episode of <a href="http://www.muleradio.net/unprofessional/">Unprofessional</a>, the podcast where <a href="https://twitter.com/dwiskus">Dave Wiskus</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfri">Lex Friedman</a> have conversations with people about anything other than their profession.</p>
1465
1466<p>Okay, we talk about my profession a little bit. But we also talk about ideas, hotel service (perhaps a little too much), and John Turturro&#8217;s daily routine, so if any of these things sound remotely interesting, give a listen below or check out <a href="http://www.muleradio.net/unprofessional/">their website</a> where you can also hear previous episodes.</p>
1467
1468<p>Thanks for having me on!</p>
1469
1470<p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F114473767"></iframe></p>
1471            
1472
1473            <p class="entry-footer">
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1475               
1476               </span>
1477<br />
1478<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
1479<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/general/">General
1480</a></span>
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1485   </div>
1486<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
1487
1488
1489
1490   
1491   
1492   <h2 class="date-header">October  8, 2013</h2>
1493   <a id="a000458"></a>
1494   <div class="entry" id="entry-458">
1495      <h3 class="entry-header">I wrote it, you made it: A Spoiler Tag</h3>
1496      <div class="entry-content">
1497         <div class="entry-body">
1498            <p>Well that was fast. On Thursday <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2013/10/idea_a_spoiler_tag.html">I proposed</a> a new standard HTML tag for redacting spoilers. It could be customized with an expiration date (for things that don&#8217;t need to be redacted long term) and had some other features I&#8217;d like to see.</p>
1499
1500<p>Well, it&#8217;s not an HTML standard yet, but Google Engineer <a href="https://twitter.com/mashbridge">Michael Ashbridge</a> did come up with a way for people to add this feature to their own websites using Google&#8217;s <a href="http://www.polymer-project.org/">Polymer</a> library.</p>
1501
1502<p><a href="http://bl.ocks.org/mashbridge/6842345">Check out his demo</a> to see what his implementation looks like and how you can use it.</p>
1503
1504<p>Awesome. Now do any of my readers have a contact at the W3C?</p>
1505            
1506
1507            <p class="entry-footer">
1508               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at 12:01 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2013/10/i_wrote_it_you_made_it_a_spoil.html">Permalink</a>
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1510               </span>
1511<br />
1512<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
1513<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/technology/">Technology
1514</a> | 
1515<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/you_made_it/">You Made It
1516</a></span>
1517<script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/ironicsans/feed?i=http://www.ironicsans.com/2013/10/i_wrote_it_you_made_it_a_spoil.html" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
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1521   </div>
1522<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
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1528   <h2 class="date-header">October  3, 2013</h2>
1529   <a id="a000457"></a>
1530   <div class="entry" id="entry-457">
1531      <h3 class="entry-header">Idea: A Spoiler Tag</h3>
1532      <div class="entry-content">
1533         <div class="entry-body">
1534            <p>I think HTML needs a <tt>&lt;spoiler&gt;</tt> tag. Compliant browsers would automatically redact anything contained within it.</p>
1535
1536<p>For further granularity, you could have support for <tt>&lt;spoiler kind=&#8221;XXX&#8221;&gt;</tt> where <tt>XXX</tt> might be &#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221; or &#8220;US Open&#8221; or &#8220;Cheers Final Episode&#8221; or whatever. Then when you visit a page, your browser would note at the top: &#8220;Warning: This page contains spoilers for Breaking Bad, US Open, and Cheers Final Episode&#8221; with an option to redact some or all of those things.</p>
1537
1538<p>Your browser could remember your preferences across websites, so if you chose to redact spoilers where <tt>kind=&#8221;Breaking Bad&#8221;</tt> on one site, that will be the default behavior on other sites until you turn it off in the spoilers preferences, which keep a running list of spoiler kinds you&#8217;ve encountered.</p>
1539            
1540
1541            <p class="entry-footer">
1542               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at  9:03 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2013/10/idea_a_spoiler_tag.html">Permalink</a>
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1544               </span>
1545<br />
1546<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 
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1548</a> | 
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1550</a></span>
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1553         </div>
1554      </div>
1555   </div>
1556<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
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1560   
1561   
1562   <h2 class="date-header">September 10, 2013</h2>
1563   <a id="a000456"></a>
1564   <div class="entry" id="entry-456">
1565      <h3 class="entry-header">Idea: Content-Sensitive Transcription Formatting</h3>
1566      <div class="entry-content">
1567         <div class="entry-body">
1568            <p>We all know that WHEN SOMEONE TYPES IN ALL-CAPS it&#8217;s interpreted as shouting. So why shouldn&#8217;t it work the other way, too? Now that everyone has devices capable of transcription in their pockets, maybe we can work on making transcription easier by using vocal tones for formatting cues.</p>
1569
1570<p>IF I SHOUT A SENTENCE INTO MY PHONE, IT SHOULD BE TRANSCRIBED IN ALL CAPS.</p>
1571
1572<p>If I only shout one word of a sentence, it should be italicized, <em>especially</em> if it&#8217;s an adverb.</p>
1573
1574<p>Someone must be working on more seamless formatting of transcription, right? Nuance, the company which makes the speech recognition engine behind Siri, has a feature in their own software that they call <a href="http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/customer-portal/documentation/userguide/chapter3/ug_chapter3_punctuation_dictation.asp">Natural Punctuation</a>, but even that&#8217;s limited to just automatic periods and commas.</p>
1575
1576<p>Could we have a setting that automatically interprets upspeak as an indication to end a sentence with a question mark?</p>
1577
1578<p>What other kinds of formatting could be managed easily by changing your inflection rather than your content?</p>
1579            
1580
1581            <p class="entry-footer">
1582               <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at 12:01 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2013/09/idea_content-sensitive_transcr.html">Permalink</a>
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1584               </span>
1585<br />
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1588</a> | 
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1590</a></span>
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1595   </div>
1596<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p>
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1600   
1601   
1602   <h2 class="date-header">July 29, 2013</h2>
1603   <a id="a000455"></a>
1604   <div class="entry" id="entry-455">
1605      <h3 class="entry-header">HeadBlade Inventor Todd Greene</h3>
1606      <div class="entry-content">
1607         <div class="entry-body">
1608            <p>I started losing my hair way back in college. I went through some years that were not very attractive as I tried to figure out what to do about it. But I never shaved my head. If the HeadBlade had been around at the time, I might have given it a try. Todd Greene invented the HeadBlade as a way to make head shaving easier, but has since built the brand into a whole line of head care products. His original HeadShave design is now part of MoMA&#8217;s permanent collection. Here&#8217;s a video portrait of Todd Greene talking about the origin of his product and the process of bringing it to market:</p>
1609
1610<p><iframe width="450" height="253" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b6_SovkClys" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
1611
1612<p>See more episodes of my PBS INVENTORS series <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/inventorseries/videos">here</a>!</p>
1613            
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1641      <h3 class="entry-header">Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013)</h3>
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1644            <p>I&#8217;m sad to learn that Douglas Engelbart, father of the computer mouse, passed away today. I spent an afternoon with him and his wife Karen in 2009 photographing him at home and work as part of my inventor portraits project. He was charming, even flirted with my assistant. I will have more thoughts to share, but for now here are a few photos from my shoot with him.</p>
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