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It’s a Kind of Magic
There’s a really famous quote attributed to Arthur C. Clarke that I love:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”
Sometimes, I am just floored by the elegance and truthfulness of this quote, when, using some piece of technology, I stop and wonder “how the heck is this working?” And I think that, at least on [...] -
Parking in Calgary
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve written. I’ve been busy, sure, but it’s mostly just laziness.
I recently moved from Chicago, IL, USA to Calgary, AB, Canada. Jury’s still out on whether or not trading the El for the C-Train, pizza and hot dogs for Vietnamese subs, or the lake for the mountains (which [...] -
Twilio – Voice Application Platform
I’m not sure how long it’s been around for, but I just came across an exciting new service called Twilio.
I think it’s easiest to think of it as glue between a voice call and a server-side application. So I call up an assigned, and my called is ‘handled’ by a script written in TwiML (Twilio’s [...] -
Hexceptionally Delicious
Hexceptionally Delicious
Originally uploaded by ante10peFrom Ralston, the makers of ‘Powdered Parallelograms’ and ‘Munch, Munch Moebius Strips’ comes a new product, ‘Crispy Hexagons.’
If my memory sewrves me correctly, aren’t Chex (of Chex Mix fame) hexagonally shaped as well? I’m sure the good folks over at Chex wanted to name their cereal ‘Crispy Hexagons,’ but [...] -
Brrrrrrrrr.
Brrrrrrrrr.
Originally uploaded by ante10peI awake with a tryptophan hangover, from a four-day long turkey-bender, shirt drenched in some ungodly combination of sweat and gravy, giblets stuck to the ceiling, to find that winter in chicago is finally upon us.
But there are so many more questions than answers. How long was i asleep for? Why am [...] -
Test Post
Test Post
Originally uploaded by ante10pe
Using Flickr’s send-to-blog feature.
That’s my girlfriend’s cat, named Sasa. She features prominently into my photostream, as you can see.
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The Incredible Price-Shifting Squagel, Part III
Well, it’s been a couple of weeks now, and I have yet to receive either a response from Poppy (name changed!) to my last email, or the gift certificates that he promised to send. I sent this email a week or so ago, and still …. nothing.
Hi Poppy -
I look forward to receiving the gift [...] -
The Incredible Price-Shifting Squagel, Part II
So I received a [very prompt!] message today from a regional manager at Cosi in response to my earlier request for clarification about bagel prices:
Re: About our menu
Dear Mr. Greenblatt,
I apologize for the confusion and inconsistency you are experiencing regarding the price or our square bagels or squagels. I have researched the pricing and believe [...] -
Treewala: Plant Trees While Getting Smarter
Do you enjoy making your friends feel badly about themselves by explaining to them in very complicated terms how, for example, their choice of tic-tac flavor can have severe environmental impacts on bird migration patterns? Also, do you like saving the earth? Then this is the site for you!
Treewala is a project by an organization [...] -
Cosi Cafe & The Incredible Price-Shifting Squagel
I’m a pretty frequent customer of the Cosi in my building, and most mornings on the way in to work, I pick up a buttered bagel with coffee, and the price is consistently inconsistent. As I’m pretty sure bagel prices do not fluctuate with the price of a barrel of gas, I’m at a loss [...]
