I’m not a programmer so I’m especially happy when I can contribute to Drupal meaningfully.
I submitted a patch today to add caching to the Whois module.
Full Tilt’s new “Rush Poker” feature is how online poker is meant to be played. My reaction to it is:
zomg!!
In a nutshell, there is no waiting time in Rush Poker. As soon as you fold, you will be seated with a new set of 8 other players and dealt a hand. When you sit down, you’re playing in a pool of hundreds of players that get reshuffled on every deal.
My mom gave me a bottle of this Crispy Prawn Chili she got from Malaysia. It is so good. I can’t say enough to express how good it is, but I’ll try anyway.
Tean's Crispy Prawn Chili (front)
It’s not too hot. There’s a perfect mix of saltiness, sweetness, and spiciness. It’s so good, and not so spicy, that I’ve been reduced to eating it straight from the bottle as a quick little snack. So good.
It’s got great texture with these little crispy bits. I don’t know what the crispy bits are. They’re the size and shape of deep fried roe (the small kind), but have a crunchiness that reminds me of fried chicken batter.
I haven’t seen it at any local supermarkets, but I’ll keep looking out for it. I did find this website that sells it for less than $5 a bottle. Haven’t tried buying from them, but seeing how quickly I’m going through the bottle I have, I’m guessing I’ll be giving this vendor a try in a next couple of weeks.
So good. Go get a bottle today. (More pics after the jump.)
I bought and setup Kayako as our internal issue ticketing system this week. Ran into a couple of small bumps during the install — I was missing Zend and mCrypt. But otherwise, installation was smooth. The Kayako manual is pretty good.
(Though it sucks that there is only a PDF version of the manual. Come on! HTML version please. Even better, a wiki. There’s so much good stuff in the forums, but you need to know exactly what you’re looking for to find it.)
Two big missed opportunities this weekend because of car trouble.
My white ‘95 Honda Civic is my first (and only) car. Got it the summer after high school. It’s been through 3 major accidents — twice declared totaled and registered as a salvage vehicle. But I’m still alive and have traveled over 150k miles in it. I’m on my 4th hood. All in all, she’s been good to me. If my Civic was a cat, then it died its 4th death today. But I think the Civic’s got one (or five) more lives left in her. She’s a frugal trooper. We’ll know more on Monday when the shops open.
Starting a few months ago, I noticed that the car would run a bit hot and when I checked the coolant reservoir, it would be empty. So every week or so I’d refill the reservoir with coolant. The mechanic I brought the car to couldn’t find an obvious leak, and since there didn’t seem to be other problems, I kept up with the weekly workaround.
But last night, the problem escalated itself.
It’s a bright and brisk 67° today in LA. The birds are out singing. It’s bright but not exactly sunny. Just cold enough to put a bounce in your step, but not so cold you want to curl up in front of the fireplace. The kind of weather that’s great for running around, or for sitting outside with a coffee talking about interesting things.
Going into winter always bums me out a bit. Things seem to change after daylight savings time ends the first week of November. It suddenly gets dark a lot earlier, everyone’s cocooned in their coats, and reflecting on the past year starts to weigh on me. My mood fits right in as the cold, dark rains fall in December.
But on this first day of the new year, it’s crisp outside with clear blue skies. And that’s how I feel about the new year. I’m looking forward to 2010. I think it will be a bright and brisk year for me and Killer Aces, and I hope it is for you too.
Happy new year everyone!
* I want to say “happy new decade!” because it sounds cooler, but really, the new decade doesn’t start until next year.
Wordle is a fun little site to waste time. And dream up t-shirt designs. You can make these word doodles by entering a bunch of text, linking to a site with a feed, or entering your delicious username. (via Paul Kedrosky)
All images below created by Wordle (click for larger version).
Serenity script copied into text box. (Also saved to Wordle gallery.)
Serenity script rendered by Wordle
My delicious tags. That toread tag is getting bigger and bigger. I guess I bookmark a lot of Drupal stuff.
My most used bookmark tags
Linking to Wise Bread’s feed.
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I wonder what the prices for TV and Internet TV spots are.
Ads in Internet videos work — at least on Hulu. As a viewer, I’m forced to watch them because:
- they’re too short (15-30 seconds) to walk away from, and
- I can’t skip them like I do on my DVR.
I almost never see any commercials on TV. With a 100% watch-rate for Internet TV spots versus my 0% watch-rate for TV spots, I’m a bit surprised that Hulu isn’t making enough money just on advertising. They’re planning to charge for some access starting next year. Maybe they’re not charging enough for ads, or maybe the prices for TV ad spots are still inflated.
In addition to the 100% watch-rate, ads on Hulu have much better engagement data. Marketers can track responses (clicks on the ad) and have demographics data for those clicks (if the user signs in to Hulu).
When do you think marketers will pay more for Hulu ads than TV ads?
Hi, I'm Greg. I'm a cofounder of Killer Aces Media. We publish community blogs like