Lynsey's Tumblelog

Coen brothers will use St. Olaf for movie

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:14:37 -0500

Coen brothers will use St. Olaf for movie: Not only will the Coen brothers be using the Science Center at my alma mater (a building in which I spent many hours!), they are also filming just a few blocks from our home in Bloomington!

When St. Olaf students say 'Bon appetit!' they really mean it

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:43:36 -0500

When St. Olaf students say 'Bon appetit!' they really mean it: It’s true — the food really is delicious, and if you have dietary restrictions, you will be taken care of. Case in point: My brother, Ryan, has a severe turkey allergy. (Yeah, Thanksgiving with our family is always interesting!) During his years at St. Olaf when eating a special student government functions (especially at the president’s house), then-manager Marietta would always prepare him a special plate — from a lovely salmon to filet mignon.

please don’t use tables even though they work finewhen it...

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:22:45 -0500

please don’t use tables even though they work fine
when it come to indexing they give searches a hard time

and

describe your doctype so the browser can relate
make sure you do it great or it won’t validate

brilliant!

Posterous: Blog by e-mail

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:39:00 -0500

Posterous: Blog by e-mail:

And I thought Tumblr was easy to use. Apparently, not easy enough. Meet Posterous!

Since I started blogging, it’s been really interesting to see the evolution of blogging tools (and blogging itself). I started blogging by hand back in 2000 (good ol’ HTML and FTP), and five months into it switched to Blogger. As Blogger evolved, so did blogging; what used to be a quick post dashed off about something interesting on the ‘Net was now becoming something much more complicated — a long, thought-out essay with a title, a “permalink,” an archived location, comments, and more. Somehow, all the fun had been taken out of spontaneous blogging. It had become work.

That is why I am delighted to see the return of tools that are bringing blogging back to its roots. Tumblr. Twitter (although I’ve yet to figure that out yet!). And now Posterous. (And probably half a dozen more out there!) See something intersting on the web? Got something quick to say about what’s happening? Click and blog it. That’s it.

The fun is coming back.

Tiny URL developer basking in website's success

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:54:16 -0500

Tiny URL developer basking in website's success: Local web guy does good!

That design is money!

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:07:55 -0500

That design is money!: How much do you think about the way you interact with a cash machine? Here you’ll understand the decisions that went into designing the user interface of the Wells Fargo ATM, from the size and placement of the buttons to the overall color scheme.

Blockbuster Offers Glimpse Of Movie Renting Past

Sat, 17 May 2008 10:06:55 -0500

Blockbuster Offers Glimpse Of Movie Renting Past

Death to New Media

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:24:30 -0500

Death to New Media: Says the author: “It’s media, folks, and it’s as closely integrated with American life as all other media are.”

"The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder."

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:59:47 -0500

“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”

- Alfred Hitchcock

Like this sentence would have made any sense 20 years ago

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:55:26 -0500

Here is the URL of the RSS feed for that GTD blog I was telling you about.

Why I love Netflix

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:56:00 -0500

I love (or hate?) to read the tales of customer service disaster over at The Consumerist. Therefore, when something goes wrong, it’s very nice to receive e-mails like the following message I received today from Netflix:

Dear Lynsey,

As you may have heard, our shipping system was unexpectedly down for most of Monday. We should have shipped you a DVD but were unable to. Your DVD was shipped today, Tuesday, March 25th, instead.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. We will issue a 5% credit to your account in the next few days. You don’t need to do anything. The credit will be automatically applied to your next billing statement.

Again, we apologize for the delay and thank you for your understanding. If you need further assistance, please call us at 1 (888) 638-3549.

-The Netflix Team

Sure, I was supposed to get a DVD on Monday. And sure, I was kinda bummed it didn’t arrive (considering there’s nothing to watch on the DVR these days). But it wasn’t a major life crisis and never did I think that the company “owed” me anything. So, way to go, Netflix!

What you see is what you get?

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:29:19 -0500

What you see is what you get?

I had no idea everyone hated Sandra Lee so much

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:24:17 -0500

I had no idea everyone hated Sandra Lee so much: (Read the comments.)

Cricket Lee Takes On the Fashion Industry

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:42:30 -0500

Cricket Lee Takes On the Fashion Industry: Enough is enough! It’s about time that someone has taken on the fashion industry to push for a universal standard for sizing women’s clothes. I have long known that something is wrong with women’s sizing, considering that in my favorite brand I fit in a size 4 (and once even a size 2!), in another brand a size 6, and yet another brand a size 10. Find pants that fit in a brand I’ve never tried before? Forget it! So go, Cricket Lee!

Fierce! The Hot Mess Makeover Show

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:59:19 -0500

Fierce! The Hot Mess Makeover Show

Best Song: Falling Slowly

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:39:18 -0600

Best Song: Falling Slowly: So glad to see this song win an Oscar for Music (Song). Roger and I really enjoyed this “little movie that could” when we rented it a few weeks ago, and I’ve enjoyed the soundtrack ever since.

My first pair of Uggs!

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:29:20 -0600

My first pair of Uggs!

Animation of total lunar eclipse

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:58:10 -0600

Animation of total lunar eclipse: Or, I could just look out my window.

While on vacation in Mexico, we watched this video on some...

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:07:26 -0600

While on vacation in Mexico, we watched this video on some Spanish-language entertainment news program. While the video was in English, the only word we could understand from the TV show’s host was “loco!”

Yes, loco indeed.

S.A.D. and Sadness

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:54:34 -0600

S.A.D. and Sadness: A moving article written by a St. Olaf classmate and friend, Denver Brunsman.