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Tag Archives: Just BS
Car review #1: Toyota Scion xB
I recently joined PhillyCarShare, primarily for travel related to work.It really is surprisingly simple, except for the whole figuring out how to use the gas card thing. It took a call to figure out what the pin was. And then … Continue reading
Digg has peaked
Just an observation, but Digg.com has degraded into a shallow mess lately. There’s very little interesting on there now, because every post follows one of the following themes: anti-religion anti-republican hot chick pix collegehumor.com video awesome picture!!! hot chick video linux story … Continue reading
File this under fail
I’ve been impressed by Amazon this past year. If only I’d bought their stock back in the beginning of the year, but alas. But through their backend web services, such as S3 and EC2, they’re clearly branching out in ways … Continue reading
Amazon and my browsing history
I already knew that Amazon uses cookie history to affect the recommendations it shows you on its homepage. But this was the first time I’d seen it in effect so quickly… Literally a minute after I’d visited Wharton’s home page.
ESPN's highlighted fan comments – WTF?
ESPN’s featured a “Fan Favorites” section on espn.com for several months now, I think. It used to be that I’d often see a pretty witty comment highlighted in their “Featured Comment.” Occasionally racy, but usually appropriately snarky. However, I wonder … Continue reading
2 monkeys at work will get you Citizen Kane, a 1,000 will get you Gigli
Bill Simmons wrote something this past Friday which made me reflect. someone asked, “Can you tell me why it is necessary for all the networks to have like 12-20 people on their pregame shows?” and Simmons responds: “You know how … Continue reading
I need to change time zones
I do my best thinking after 2am. Sometimes I do my only thinking after 2am. On some sense, this is somewhat frustrating, as it’s created a never-ending cycle of sleep deprivation. On another sense, as I’m writing down thoughts for … Continue reading
Big vs. Small, the advertising agency experience
About a month and a half ago, I started work at Digitas Health after a 3 year stint at an agency called SFGT.My main reason for deciding to work at DH was because it was a big company, a subgroup … Continue reading
blogging and living
I’ve noticed there’s a direct inverse relationship between my blogging and living. The more living, the less blogging and vice versa. I’d like to separate these curves in the near future.
briansim.com is now the #1 result for brian sim
Couple of weeks ago, I was thinking that with the increasing momentum around online profile management, that there’s probably some geek trend where people are naming their babies odd names to get a sweet search engine ranking. And then a … Continue reading