cheesebikini lite

IM survey / iPod giveaway

2008-05-20T22:40:18Z

Hey folks

I'm helping one of my French clients find frequent instant messenger users, to take their survey... It takes 15 minutes and there's a pretty good chance you'll win an iPod (they're giving away 10, and I expect less then 200 respondents, so go figure...)

So if you're a regular instant messenger user, take it and register to win here:
http://imsurvey.notlong.com

ALSO- please spread the word to any frequent IM users you know.

Thanks

Sean

PS- They're not selling anything, and they won't spam you, advertise to you or share your contact information with anyone else. This is early research to drive their product development ideas.

disrupsean @ 2005-06-18T22:21:00

2005-06-19T05:22:19Z

Sweet.. Bruce "Mirrorshades" Sterling (a top sci-fi writer, one of the founding
fathers of cyberpunk) blogged PlaceSite (our wi-fi/public-place project):
http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/sterling/index.blog?entry_id=1134269

audioscrobbler

2004-12-31T19:53:31Z

I received a cute little iPod for ex-mass. Tasty...

As a result of that (and of finally having extra time) I've finally started playing with audioscrobbler.

I'd love to hear from any Seattle friends who are on audioscrobbler.com! I want to hear what great new tunes you're tuning into up there. I'm username cheesebikini on audioscrobbler, hook up and drop me a line...

Happy new year.

votergate

2004-10-13T21:48:06Z

Please watch this... then spread the word.

http://votergate.notlong.com

Shatner on life

2004-10-10T04:09:50Z

"Live life like you're gonna die, cuz you are."

-William Shatner, "You'll Have Time," from his new album. (Listen).

Riddle

2004-10-06T21:37:37Z

Q: What is it that the rich man puts in his pocket that the poor man throws away?

A: Snot.

(From Rubbish Theory by Michael Thompson)

The Odeon's coming to Seattle!

2004-09-04T00:53:37Z

The Odeon is a San Francisco legend, home to some of the city's best underground acts... And Oct. 24th they're bringing a show to Seattle.

Mark your calendar; I guarantee you won't be disappointed! Details:
http://www.odeonbar.com/seattle.html

Mechanic in the U District?

2004-08-18T16:58:57Z

Can anyone recommend a competent, trustworthy mechanic in or near the U District?

Thanks!

MacLeod's Creativity Tips

2004-08-01T22:28:29Z

I usually have no stomach for the reams of neurotic, self-absorbed "self-help" literature that Americans consume every year. But cartoonist/ad-man Hugh MacLeod makes a lot of good points in his set of weblog posts called "How to be creative."

I think we all know many of these things intuitively, but MacLeod's clear and clever reminders might help keep things on track. Czechy doubt.

Dying for oil... and larger breasts

2004-07-23T19:07:46Z

The New Yorker magazine reports in its July 26th edition that members of all four branches of the U.S. military can get face-lifts, breast enlargements, liposuction and nose jobs for free.

Full story

Seattle Happy Hour Spreadsheet

2004-07-14T01:19:48Z

Now here's a truly productive use of Excel.

The following spreadsheet covers Seattle bars and their happy hours, complete with prices, locations and other helpful details. Tasty. Wholesome. Sortable:

http://www.defectiveyeti.com/seattle_happy_hours.xls

Also handy: Seattle Weekly's happy hour guide:
http://seattlebars.notlong.com

(Thanks to Defective Yeti for the spreadsheet. And thanks to yruugrrl for pointing me to it.)

Homeland Security seeks power to postpone presidential election

2004-07-12T22:40:39Z

Fasten your seatbelts:

Newsweek: Dept. of Homeland Security seeks power to postpone presidential election
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/

My favorite quote:
"We are reviewing the issue to determine what steps need to be taken to secure the election," says Brian Roehrkasse, a Homeland spokesman.

Photos of the new Seattle library

2004-07-12T05:47:33Z

Here are a few shots of the Seattle Public Library, one of the most extraordinary buildings I've ever visited.

[ Click a strip to see the whole photo ]

More photos here.

You can help with my research!

2004-07-09T19:46:44Z

Folks:

As you may know, this summer I'm working at Intel Research Seattle, exploring ways that online relationships, such as those based on LiveJournal, can move into the offline (“real”) world -- and learning what online services can add to face-to-face conversation. The project will be open to anyone, but we think Seattle-area LiveJournal people can especially benefit from what we're building.

An important part of our research is to learn how people here interact and use wi-fi (wireless Internet) in public and semi-public places, so we've put together a short survey that addresses these issues. If you live in or near Seattle and use wi-fi (wireless Internet access), you can help us immensely by taking a few minutes to answer this brief survey. Your responses will be kept completely anonymous:
http://ljsurvey.notlong.com

At the end of the survey, you'll be told how to get more involved if you're interested in helping to test out the tools that we build this summer.

We're trying to get as many responses as we can, so if you think this is interesting it would be great if you could spread the word by linking to this posting in your own journal. Here's the link to this post:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/disrupsean/3566.html

Also, please spread the word to any non-LiveJournal friends who use wi-fi around Seattle too. Send them to the survey here: http://ljsurvey.notlong.com

Thanks!

Sean

My dolphin-training doppelganger

2004-07-07T23:38:44Z

A friend just turned me on to a remarkable fact: right now, if you search for my name on images.google.com, here's the first result you'll get back: a photo of a dolphin trainer named Sean Savage at Island Dolphin Care in Key Largo, Florida.

This is wild because I'm also Sean Savage, and I was obsessed with dolphins as a child growing up in South Florida. Back then I was sure I'd be a dolphin researcher and/or trainer, but then I discovered women. And computers.

Which reminds me of a profound poem by Attaboy:

Flipper is my idol
He is an entertainer
Flipper is my idol
I want to be his trainer

Weblog numbers

2004-07-07T22:58:16Z

Technorati reports the emergence of 15,000 new weblogs per day as of June 4.

But Perseus reports that 66 percent of 3,634 surveyed weblogs had not been updated in two months at the time of the Perseus study.

Automated shirt ironing

2004-07-01T17:26:04Z

Finally, someone has invented a machine to automate my absolute least favorite chore: ironing shirts.

Slip a damp shirt onto the Siemens Dressman mannequin-thing and Dressman's ballon skin fills with hot air, pulling out the wrinkles and drying the shirt.

Trouble is, the thing costs about US$1,000 and uses double the power of a traditional iron. And it's huge. So for now I'll stick with that chemical wrinkle-remover spray that will probably make my children mutants. But give it a few market cycles and the Dressman might be ready for prime time.

More details at The New Scientist.

"They Have a Word For It"

2004-06-21T17:49:04Z

How did I ever miss this amazing Howard Rheingold book?

They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases

It's Bloomsday!

2004-06-16T16:35:49Z

Happy Bloomsday!

The Red Elvises Are Coming!

2004-06-14T04:15:53Z

I am amped up.

One of my favorite bands, the Red Elvises, is coming to town. They'll tear up the Tractor Tavern here in Seattle, one night only, this coming Saturday, June 11.

Don't know the Red Elvises? Take a look.

Come out for it; I guarantee they'll stretch the $10 cover a long way. Tix available online here.

Welcome Eva

2004-06-10T04:37:25Z

Oh my.

Eva started a weblog.

And I don't say that lightly.

Welcome Eva! It's about time.

Introduction

2004-06-06T04:29:25Z

A quick bit of background: I'm a grad student from Berkeley who just moved to Seattle for a summer internship with Intel Research Seattle, where I'll work with Joe McCarthy to design and develop the Blogger Bridges project.

I'm fascinated by the possibilites of creating location-aware software that runs on people's mobile phones, PDAs and other devices to augment face-to-face social interactions. For an example of this sort of thing, see http://www.seansavage.com/encounter-bubbles.

At Intel I'm looking at Seattle LiveJournal users in particular, trying to figure out how we can bring together people's online interactions and self-presentations with face-to-face social interaction.

I'm originally from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and I lived in Austin, Texas for awhile. For the past eight years I've lived in and around San Francisco. I was a tech journalist for daily newspapers for a couple of years, and I've spent many years helping to develop Web sites and software as a user interface designer.

For more fun see my main Web blog, cheesebikini.

Hello World

2004-06-05T02:53:22Z

This is my first journey into LiveJournal country and I'm a little frightened. Please don't bite...