http://www.agendacide.com This is why we can\'t have anything nice! Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:20:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A good friend and colleague of mine passed away last weekend in an incredibly tragic car accident. In an effort to both honor the memory of my friend Steve, and for me to personally cope, I've started this particular post at least a hundred times in my head. ... http://www.agendacide.com/2008/06/30/the-economy-of-words/ That sure is a loaded title up there, isn't it? But now that no one is listening, it feels strangely OK to be myself around here. Now that that's said, I wanted to dash off a quick post before I lose the moment. Where shall I begin? Today — June ... http://www.agendacide.com/2008/06/18/a-decades-worth-of-agendacidecom/ No pants? Some completely retarded, jilted local judge in Washington, DC is suing his neighborhood dry cleaner for $65 million dollars, claiming fraud. (Via E.) If you couldn't tell from the first sentence, I'm incredibly biased. Outrageously stupid lawsuits like this cripple small businesses owned by ... http://www.agendacide.com/2007/05/03/heres-where-the-joke-about-having-no-pants-isnt-funny-anymore/ Originally uploaded by photomatt. Matt and I literally crossed paths with Dave Chappelle tonight. The story of how we bumped into him is here, and the photo of the parking ticket that Chappelle handed back to me after I dropped it is here. http://www.agendacide.com/2007/04/04/dave-chappelle-saved-me-30-bucks-thanks-dave/ There's a growing list of technology speakers who are of Asian descent going on. I've been doing my fair share of naming people in the comments of the post, because lately I'm a little miffed (OK, "miffed" isn't the word, really) that I don't see more Asian representation out ... http://www.agendacide.com/2007/03/22/a-list-of-asian-technology-speakers/ According to the Houston Chronicle, the United States Postal Service is going to be turning some mailboxes in 200 US cities into everyone's favorite little astro droid — R2-D2. It's not only to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, but a fun promotion for the ... http://www.agendacide.com/2007/03/16/coming-soon-to-a-mailbox-near-you/ As I mentioned before, this year at South by Southwest, I was asked to do a presentation at 20x2, and my goal was to answer the question "What if?" in 2 minutes along with 19 other fellow speakers that had 2 minutes each of their own to take a swing ... http://www.agendacide.com/2007/03/16/what-if-at-20x2-v-70/ My alma mater, Albany, is the No. 13 seed in the 2007 NCAA Division I Mens' Basketball Tournament this year! This is the second year in a row they've made the tourney, and I'm absolutely thrilled to tell you the truth. When I went to college, the UAlbany Great Danes ... http://www.agendacide.com/2007/03/15/the-underdogs/ My BF is 1337... well, according to PC World. Matt made #16 on PC World's "The 50 Most Important People on the Web". Not that I'm a fan of rankings like this (in fact, I hardly believe them), but check out the list itself. When you skim ... http://www.agendacide.com/2007/03/06/16-is-sweet/ Those who know me can pretty much tell you that a lot of my brain space is taken up memorizing a great deal of minutia. I am an elephant of elephants, able to memorize the most painstaking detail of things: birthdays that were mentioned once, phone numbers for friends ... http://www.agendacide.com/2007/03/05/the-one-man-star-wars-trilogy/