Thursday, February 21, 2008

All the news that's fit to listen to.

I was listening to NPR yesterday, and the newsperson casually mentioned that pretty soon NASA will be shooting down an ailing spy satellite.

And I can't express how much that sounds like alien spy satellite.

NASA will be shooting down an alien spy satellite.

This is why I listen to the news.

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

My next project.

It bothers me that the days of the week don't go in alphabetical order.

Exhibit A:
MTWTFSS

We only have seven days of the week, and yet we double two of the letters already (two T's and two S's). We sometimes compensate by doing a two-letter abbreviation (Th for Thursday) but often we go for three letters (Thu), four (Thur), or everything before the "day" part (Thurs), just to make sure we distinguish the days correctly. Think of how much easier it would be if they were alphabetical.

Exhibit B:
ABCDEFG

Which brings me to another point. I'm tired of pretending Sunday being the first day of the week. Monday is very clearly the first day of the week, and the weekend comes after the work week is over. So, under the new model, instead of saying "We're open M-F 8-5," you would say "We're open A-E, 8-5," which is way more intuitive.

Here are my proposed names for the new days of the week:


I hope we can get this implemented soon.

Saturday, February 02, 2008

lymabean = love.

So, I work for Lymabean. And it's awesome.

I knew the name Lymabean long before I knew what it was, so I assume that it's the same way for other people. Fear not - we're going to get that all straight.

While we're still a few weeks away from the beta launch, we finally have something to show. I spent some time this week, making a demo video, which you can find at lymabean.com. Click on the video link at the bottom and check it out. Go!

There's a bonus, too. You get to see what Lymabean's all about, of course, but the best part is that you get to listen to my voice tell you about it.

Blog writer's block.

I haven't been writing in my blog so much lately. Not nearly like I used to.

There are lots of things to blame it on, too. Probably the most pertinent is that I am now happily married, and thus don't spend my evenings alone on my computer. I could also blame it on a job I really enjoy, or living in an awesome place. Today, though, I'm going to blame it on having too many blogs. Sheesh.

With the creation of The Anger Blog, when something new happens I'm not sure where to write about it. So I compromise and don't write on either of them. Because I'm lame, mostly.

Either that, or my brain has stop producing thoughts.