Check out this site that I found via Andrew Sullivan.
Category Archives: Web
If You Really, Absolutely, Totally NEED Something Screwed Up, Ask the MBTA to Do It
I often marvel at how screwed up the T is. From purchased trains of the wrong size, to flooding, to “switch problems,” to handicapped turnstiles at stations with no elevators, they always find a way to impress me.
Yesterday’s Globe: “A $466,000 revamp of the MBTA website debuts this morning . . .”
Today’s MBTA.com: “The MBTA apologizes for the slow response-time [sic] users experienced on our new website. We are currently doing everything we can to improve performance, and the new site will be re-released soon. In order to give customers the content needed, we are offering our former site while we work out the problems. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.”
Back to the Globe: “RDVO, a small Web design firm in Somerville, revamped the site while helping upgrade the MBTA’s Web servers, which they said are now four times faster. The web site sees an estimated 500,000 visits per day.”
Now, I’m not saying that building a website to handle 500,000 visits easy. But I will say that when you know that you have 500,000 users, you probably should test it with 500,000 visits before you issue your press release.
Tabblo Books – Now Online
We made a neat new release today at Tabblo. You remember that we launched our book product a couple weeks ago. Now, you can make your book public and have it viewed on line!
For instance, all of you Lambda Phi’s out there wondering what to get your big brother for Christmas. . . . Why not get them a 4×4″ book in celebration of Decade 3? I already did the work for you, and it’s only $9.95! Click the tabblo to get a preview of the book.
Today is your last day to buy the big books (8 by 9.5″). But, you can buy the 4×4″ into next week. If you want to know what the actual physical product looks like, one of our customers took pictures and wrote a review.
Thirty Years of Lambda Phi … See my book
Gifts for the Annoying Child in Your Life
I was pointed to this wicked funny article about the 10 most dangerous gifts of the last few decades.
I’m sad to say that I never owned any of them. My neighbor had Jarts, though, and I loved them. Then I sent a Jart through the neighbor’s pool cover. No more Jarts for me.
Major Geek Alert
Over at xkcd, he’s mapped the internet. Here’s your map guide. He mapped the IP space of the internet to a fractal. On a piece of paper.
Get Your Christmas Gift Idea Here: Create a Book
Last week Tabblo launched a new product: books. We have 4×4″ books and 8×9.5″ books. The smaller ones are a linen cover, a nifty, small form factor. The bigger ones have your photos as the binding and cover.
What happened in your friends and family last year? Travel? Wedding? New baby? Sports team? Anniversary? Did you take photos of anything? Wouldn’t those photos make a great book?
Babes Bearing Brats
Two quality posts for you to read. The first is about Fitchburg’s Frank Flinging Felon and the follow up covers Link Lobbing Ladies.
Stop Motion (Pixilation) in Arlington
Ned pointed me to this video on YouTube. It’s pretty clearly filmed in Arlington. It is totally neat.
You, Too, Can Build Stonehenge
Check out this 6-minute YouTube video. The long-repressed mechanical engineer in me loved it. His neighbors must hate him.
Maybe I Can Play the Piano Too
It’s great when someone filters the internet for you, isn’t it? A friend linked this one for me. It’s work safe. You need speakers to appreciate it. And it’s three minutes long.