http://www.31fps.com A blog about business, technology, and life Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:29:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had waited all year to see Radiohead and paid through the nose for a ticket. Finally, I was there, Thom Yorke and crew performing in front of me. This was supposed to be the best show of my life – but I was caught in a dilemma: 10 minutes ... http://www.31fps.com/2008/08/26/this-valley-is-my-hollywood/ this is a rant so i'm not going to capitalize letters or fix spelling mistakes; bear with me. i wrote this whole post refraining from using the f-word or any other explicitaves, it was very hard but i hope you can understand my frustration/anger regarding the following events. i have heard ... http://www.31fps.com/2008/08/23/sf-outside-lands-was-a-disaster/ Goodbye Apple, we had a terrible relationship from the start, so I won't be sad to see you go. Maybe I'll try again a year from now. http://www.31fps.com/2008/07/26/i-sold-my-macbook-pro/ These last few months have been a whirlwind and I can't believe we're already in mid-July. That sentence was so cliché. Anyways, here are some highlights: Went to Romania and met Okapi- trip of a lifetime Drank Absinthe in Romania Saw where Dracula lived Went clubbing in Romania Was inspired by Gabi Lungu to get ... http://www.31fps.com/2008/07/15/an-update-for-everyone/ Walter Chrysler once said, "Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it." Companies succeed because of the "laziness" trait found in people - I think of it in a more positive ... http://www.31fps.com/2008/07/08/quality-and-efficiency/ If you follow SamPurtill.com I'm sure you know that I'm a huge fan of Gawker Media and anything Nick Denton touches. I've been kicking this idea around for awhile and felt like publishing it because 1) ideas are cheap and 2) the amount of energy/passion required to execute on this ... http://www.31fps.com/2008/07/03/gawker-for-colleges/ I had to write a function to reset any movieclip in Flash. It's very simple -- you have an array with all the default properties you want to have in the reset. Then you pass any movieclip to the setDefaultProperties function to set the defaults. Now whenever you want to ... http://www.31fps.com/2008/06/26/set-default-properties-in-flash/ This post is more about media control than who I support in the upcoming election. I will be voting for McCain since he's not going to rape the rich but dislike both candidates equally (sorry grandpa). You can't put a price on the power to control people. Look at history ... http://www.31fps.com/2008/06/25/obama-will-win/ I think I have a condition of sorts. In the last few months I've noticed that I am either really motivated and get a lot of stuff done, or have no motivation at all and am useless. I see it now more than ever because one of the guys I ... http://www.31fps.com/2008/06/18/explosive-productivity/ I finally sold out and bought a MacBook Pro the other day to see what all the hype was about. I am coming from three years of exclusively using IBM ThinkPads (well, Lenovo now). I haven't used a tower computer since 10th grade so I think it's safe to say ... http://www.31fps.com/2008/06/12/making-the-switch-to-apple/