Trying some graphs of my inbox … a new gmail add-on (service found via @flowingdata)
So a guy has put together an extension (Chrome browser only) that lets you graph your gmail inbox. Graph your inbox? Can anything be learned by that? I tried it out and tried to come up with some graphs that might be relevant … “Meet for Coffee” The first one is a graph of the number of times the phrase “meet for coffee” shows up in my inbox. I left a full time job in April 2008, and you can generally see that I started having a lot more coffee meetings after that. Like, a lot. I clearly drink a Read more…
Mmm … wild caught salmon …
This was in my inbox … if you like salmon, I hope you'll give them a try! Hi Friends, After a great summer of fishing, Ryan is home from Bristol Bay and we are ready to share our catch! This year we are proud to introduce our new business – FishWife Salmon – and hope all of you will forward this offer onto your friends and family so we can share FishWife Salmon with everyone. We are offering four different Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon options: 2 packages of 2 (5-9oz each) portions and 2 fillets: $55 — A good intro to FishWife Salmon 3 packages of 2 (5-9oz each) portions and 4 fillets: $95 — Most Read more…
Poor Koopas
via agentmlovestacos.com It’s the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Brothers. If you’ve played the game, or any of it’s successors, I think you’ll enjoy this. via frinklin.
We’re getting a community garden update tonight at MPT. Excited to hear how things are coming along!
At the opening for Discovery Pond at the Nature Center. Looks incredible! A great place to hang out and play.
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Matthew Yglesias “on Koran-Burning”
Now all that said, it’s kind of nuts, isn’t it, that we have the general in charge of an ongoing war commenting on some guy in Florida being a jerk. Even nuttier is that he might well be right that this episode will endanger the lives of Americans soldiers. But that really raises deeper issues about Afghan society and the wisdom and nature of America’s engagement with it. The essence of a digital, globalized world with billions of inhabitants is that there’s always going to be some jerk somewhere doing something ridiculous. “Guy in Florida deliberately trying to antagonize Muslims” Read more…
This gives new meaning to the phrase “liar liar pants on fire” …
via esquire.com
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