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582 583</p> 584 585<p><br /><img alt="Blogroll" class="sidebar-title" style="margin-bottom: -5px;" src="images/blogroll.gif" /><br /> 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 />
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I had been running on an old platform so it's not surprising it was vulnerable to attack.</p> 702 703 <p>I thought about converting it to a more modern platform. However, over the past couple years I relaunched Ironic Sans as a newsletter, which is where I do most of my public writing now and which many of you already subscribe to. And if you don't, you should <a href="http://ironicsans.substack.com">subscribe to the newsletter here</a>.</p> 704 705 <p>So I decided that instead of rebuilding the website from scratch with a modern platform, I would restore it as a static website, in order to maintain an archive of what was here and no break any inbound links from other sites that have linked to me over the years.</p> 706 707 <p>At some point I may revive the website again. But in the meantime, I leave this here for posterity. Please join me over at <a href="http://ironicsans.substack.com">the newsletter</a>!</p> 708 709 <p class="entry-footer"> 710<br /> 711 </p> 712 </div> 713 </div> 714 </div> 715<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p> 716 717 718 <h2 class="date-header">January 20, 2019</h2> 719 <a id="a000473"></a> 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’d share it here as a curious bit of internet history. It’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’ve been sponsored as “Friend” 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’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’s logged on the site right now and when you find someone interesting, we’ll show you exactly how you’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’re connected to that head of personnel at the big firm where you’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 “circle” (your friends and friends of friends).</p> 748 749<p>You can even get Movie recommendations from the people you’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’d like to make sure you don’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’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’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’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’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’d like to invite (you can list as many as you’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’ll receive a prompt and courteous response.</p> 801 802<p>And, if you’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 “member updates”. 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> 825 826 827 <p class="entry-footer"> 828 <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at 3:40 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2019/01/how_to_join_a_social_network_i.html">Permalink</a> 829 830 </span> 831<br /> 832<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 833<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/technology/">Technology 834</a></span>
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835 836 </p> 837 </div> 838 </div> 839 </div> 840<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p> 841 842 843 844 845 846 <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 â why look a gift horse in the mouth? â but once they stopped I put on my detective hat and did a little digging. Iâm pretty sure Iâve 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 âuberâ (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. Iâd 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 didnât 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 couldnât be too upset that I had to start paying for something everyone else paid for, but I was curious what happened. And since I wasnât getting any more free rides anyway, I was no longer afraid to look into it.</p> 861 862 <p class="entry-more-link"> 863 <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2017/08/the_mystery_of_why_uber_gave_m.html#more">Continue reading “The Mystery of Why Uber Gave Me 77 Free Rides (or, How I Accidentally Gamed The System)” »</a> 864 </p> 865 866 867 <p class="entry-footer"> 868 <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at 9:59 AM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2017/08/the_mystery_of_why_uber_gave_m.html">Permalink</a> 869 | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2017/08/the_mystery_of_why_uber_gave_m.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> 870 </span> 871<br /> 872<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 873<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/business/">Business 874</a> | 875<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/technology/">Technology 876</a> | 877<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/travel/">Travel 878</a></span>
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879 880 </p> 881 </div> 882 </div> 883 </div> 884<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p> 885 886 887 888 889 890 <h2 class="date-header">December 19, 2016</h2> 891 <a id="a000471"></a> 892 <div class="entry" id="entry-471"> 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> 897 898<p><iframe width="440" height="248" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eKh3lq6SV84" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> 899 900 901 <p class="entry-footer"> 902 <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at 6:40 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2016/12/how_postage_stamps_are_made.html">Permalink</a> 903 | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2016/12/how_postage_stamps_are_made.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> 904 </span> 905<br /> 906<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 907<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/art/">Art 908</a> | 909<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/design/">Design 910</a></span>
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911 912 </p> 913 </div> 914 </div> 915 </div> 916<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p> 917 918 919 920 921 922 <h2 class="date-header">June 25, 2016</h2> 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’m not sure there’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’ve had occasional requests from people who wanted to pick up the mantle, and I’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’m sure his taste in articles to highlight will differ from mine, as will his writing style. (He’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’ll fix things as we go.)</p> 939 940 941 <p class="entry-footer"> 942 <span class="post-footers">Posted by David at 2:48 PM | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2016/06/sunday_magazine_is_back_with_a.html">Permalink</a> 943 | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2016/06/sunday_magazine_is_back_with_a.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> 944 </span> 945<br /> 946<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 947<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/general/">General 948</a></span>
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949 950 </p> 951 </div> 952 </div> 953 </div> 954<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p> 955 956 957 958 959 960 <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’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’t posted it for a variety of reason. It’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> 975 | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2015/08/inventor_portrait_alan_adler_a.html#comments">Comments (0)</a> 976 </span> 977<br /> 978<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 979<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/design/">Design 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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1051 1052 </p> 1053 </div> 1054 </div> 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’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’s not that I don’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’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 “featured” 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’t believe more people aren’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… 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’s Laugh-In</a>: sadly just 3 cast members, but what cast members they are: Lily Tomlin, Ruth Buzzi, and Goldie Hawn. I’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
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1271 1272 </p> 1273 </div> 1274 </div> 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’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’s see what’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 “House of Cards Season 2 Opening Credits Comparison in Animated GIFs” »</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> 1311 | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2014/02/house_of_cards_season_2_openin.html#comments">Comments (15)</a> 1312 </span> 1313<br /> 1314<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 1315<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/design/">Design 1316</a> | 1317<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/entertainment/">Entertainment 1318</a> | 1319<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/photography/">Photography 1320</a></span>
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1393 1394 </p> 1395 </div> 1396 </div> 1397 </div> 1398<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p> 1399 1400 1401 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’t usually link to other people’s stuff on here. But when I stumbled upon this guy’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’s new video features in a creative and amusing way, and features catchy music that’s actually remixed from the iPhone’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’s when I found his YouTube channel. I didn’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’s “Regular Guy”, which you’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 “Art Official” which was Matt’s first video. “Lost my keys in the Prius now I’m in the car diggin’. / Lookin’ like my grandpa in my cardigan.”</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’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’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, “Right now I’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’s the story in a nutshell I guess.”</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> 1439 | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2013/11/check_out_this_creative_teenag.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> 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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1481 1482 </p> 1483 </div> 1484 </div> 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’t need to be redacted long term) and had some other features I’d like to see.</p> 1499 1500<p>Well, it’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’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> 1509 | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2013/10/i_wrote_it_you_made_it_a_spoil.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> 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>
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1551 1552 </p> 1553 </div> 1554 </div> 1555 </div> 1556<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="images/horiz.gif"></p> 1557 1558 1559 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’s interpreted as shouting. So why shouldn’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’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’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> 1583 | <a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2013/09/idea_content-sensitive_transcr.html#comments">Comments (1)</a> 1584 </span> 1585<br /> 1586<span class="post-footers">Filed under: 1587<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/ideas/">Ideas 1588</a> | 1589<a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/technology/">Technology 1590</a></span>
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