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is still my most played album in my library, this should be here tomorrow:
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Mykita, Oliver Goldsmith, and Salt trunk show 5/10/08
Trunk show of 3 of the top specs brands at Spectacles for Humans, May 10th, I’ll probably stop by.
Building a Social Network Site in Rails | Jim Neath
This is pretty useful, I am working on another site but it won’t be much of a social site, but I am definitely using quite a few of the plugins in this list. (instead of acts_as_taggable_on_steroids we’re trying to use acts_as_taggable_on). I also think cache_fu will be a must-have if you ever think the site is gonna have real traffic.
My post on MySpace apps
Been wanting to write a blog post for [context] blog on my experience with MySpace Developer Platform (MDP), got some free time last week and finally got to it, and it has just been published at the [context] blog. Check it! 🙂
IRS tax refund phishing mail with a non-working link
spectacles for humans: New brand alert
This is pretty awesome, and yeah, Oliver People sucks and this stuff is probably gonna suck more. Sadly, they will probably still sell well just because lots of people will still buy them.
There are some styles in the sunglass collection that are mildly attractive, with semi-original (as in “forgotten”) touches, but the ophthalmic line-up needs complete and serious reforestation.
THE VERDICT: Never coming to Spectacles for Humans.
UPDATE: Well…Few hours after the post went online, we received a polite phone call from BartonPerreira people saying they could not help but notice the write up and asking if they can show us the collection in person.
O….K….Sure. We’ll look, but we not changing our minds. And besides, you will do well in stores that you’re already in.
I’m a German Shepherd!
Howard Hartenbaum to August Capital – VentureBlog
Nice, this guy designed the NSX, that’s pretty kickass! also, “cars, email, digital photography, and high speed wireless”, sounds like I would fit in just fine… 😉
First and foremost, Howard is a geek. After graduating from MIT, Howard didn’t join an investment bank; he joined Honda Motor Company where he served as an ergonomics engineer. He got to build awesome products like the NSX. If there is one thing we like to do at partners meetings while eating lunch, it is talk about cars. Cars and email. Cars, email and digital photography. Cars, email, digital photography and high speed wireless. Cars, email, digital photography, high speed wireless and smart phones. Cars, email, digital photography . . . you get the point. Howard is a welcomed addition to the conversation.
[From Welcoming Howard Hartenbaum to August Capital – VentureBlog]
SFpark would micromanage city’s scarce spaces
I’ve spent up to 45 minutes looking for parking in North Beach, this is interesting…
Under the program, which will focus on 10 neighborhoods, the city will adjust hourly parking rates based on demand – the price will go up when spaces are scarce and go down when plenty are available.
People may be less inclined to drive during peak times if they know it will cost them more.
It’s the same congestion-relief concept the Golden Gate Bridge district is preparing to impose on southbound drivers during peak commute times. San Francisco also is studying the idea of charging motorists a fee for driving on certain city streets during rush hour.
SFpark won’t stop at tweaking parking rates. It also will adjust time limits. Drivers, for instance, may be allowed to park for no more than an hour in a particular neighborhood commercial district during the day, when shopkeepers benefit from high turnover, but may be able to park longer at night, so they can linger at a restaurant or catch a show. Hours of meter operation might be expanded.
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Demonstration parking program
City officials picked these locations – which have a variety of parking issues – to test a range of parking policies and technologies.
Downtown: Garages, on-street commercial loading zones.
Civic Center/Hayes Valley: Balancing needs of short-term visitors and workers looking for all-day parking.
Fillmore: Nighttime demand due to clubs and music halls.
Fisherman’s Wharf: Major tourist hub on weekends and holidays.
Southern Embarcadero: Special-event parking tied to the ballpark.
Chestnut and Lombard streets: Relaxing time limits and pricing parking by time of day and length of stay.
Mission and Valencia streets: Metered parking and lots, commercial district active day and night.
Union Street: Impact new meters have on parking availability.
Clement Street, Geary Boulevard and West Portal Avenue: Status quo control areas for comparison with areas where parking changes are enacted.
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By the numbers
11,677
Parking spaces in city-run lots
6,425
Curbside metered spaces affected by the pilot project
$23 million
Parking test program’s budget
$18 million
Federal government’s share
Top Knots 2008, very impressive wedding shots
Check out the winning images from Top Knots 2008, “the new school of wedding photography contest”.
Somehow most my wedding clients prefer quantity over quality; they would much rather have all 8000 frames batch-converted to jpegs than 20 decent ones with 5 really good post-processed image.