I have a soft spot for this spam/virus I just received. In fact, I love it.
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About That Clerk Position…
Written by Christopher Null on July 12th, 2010Ill
Written by Christopher Null on July 9th, 2010Taking my first sick day in months… can’t remember the last time, actually. It’s amazing how being ill can totally derail all your plans, make everything suddenly take a back seat to your recovery, and delay everything you have going on. And at the same it can be liberating: No one expects you to get anything done when you can barely get out of bed.
Like John Waters’ Moustache
Written by Christopher Null on June 18th, 2010Can someone explain to me why some otherwise attractive women pluck their eyebrows down to pencil-thin lines? It is the scariest thing on earth.
Perhaps This Is Why My Drain Is Slow
Written by Christopher Null on June 10th, 2010
Plumber: “How did the water drain before?”
Me: “…”
Can. Not. Wait.
Written by Christopher Null on June 8th, 2010
Did You Know?
Written by Christopher Null on May 27th, 2010Did you know?*
> Wolverine died.
> Cars are faster than bikes.
> If a car hit us: No car.
> I can do a handstand on a chair.
> Justin Bieber is a teenager.
*Facts courtesy of my four-year-old son as related during a single 15-minute car ride.
Planes, Trains, and Vaporettos
Written by Christopher Null on May 24th, 2010Just back from 8 glorious days in Italy… jet lagged like nobody’s business, but replete…
Thinking about all the forms of travel required to get from here to Florence, around Tuscany, to Venice, back to Florence, and back to San Francisco. Looks a bit like this (not including copious amounts of time spent on foot):
taxi, plane, bus, plane, taxi, taxi, car (rental), car (friend), car (rental), taxi, train, boat(s), train, taxi, plane, taxi
All that’s missing is the rickshaw!
Best Interview Ever
Written by Christopher Null on May 6th, 2010Never before has one man (me) said so little about so much.
It’s Like Skype But With Typing?
Written by Christopher Null on April 26th, 2010My 7-year-old attempts to explain what email is to my 4-year-old:
“It’s like texting with a computer.”
The scary thing is that the 4-year-old understood.
Sometimes Sleeping Is Hard
Written by Christopher Null on April 26th, 2010Had insane dreams last night. People (even some dead ones) from the distant past playing major roles. Espionage and hitmen after me, holed up in a hotel room. My kids were overgrown to 5’6″ tall (but still 4-7 years old).
Things got so weird I was woken up and told that I was having a crazy dream, then went back to sleep.
But that was part of the dream, too.
The hitman/hotel story continued where it left off.
Still not sure if I’m up.
The Other Pan Flute
Written by Christopher Null on April 13th, 2010The worst hold music of all time is now official: HSBC. A three-minute loop of what sounds like Zanfir played on a $30 keyboard. Key change!
Upside-Down Celeb Heads
Written by Christopher Null on April 2nd, 2010This is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen.
And My Yahoo! News RSS Feed…
Written by Christopher Null on April 1st, 2010Yahoo! News Tech Blog Now Live
Written by Christopher Null on March 22nd, 2010My first post at Yahoo! News is now up for your reading pleasure:
Google shuts off service in China: What does it mean for us?
Find my daily musings in the blogroll here (still filed under “The Working Guy“).
Already Against DST
Written by Christopher Null on March 14th, 2010Kid (circa 6pm): “When is it going to be night time???”
Me: “November.”
Farewell, Yahoo! Tech
Written by Christopher Null on March 12th, 2010Now redirecting to Yahoo! News, Technology section.
My blog should be reappearing there shortly… when I have an ETA on that I’ll post it here.
2010 Best Picture Oscar Nominees by Main Character’s Occupation
Written by Christopher Null on March 3rd, 2010Want to make a hit movie? Here’s what your main character ought to do for a living… at least per 2010′s 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees*.
* Presumes The Blind Side is actually about Michael Oher and not Leigh Anne Tuohy. If you disagree, adjust chart accordingly.
For kicks, adding in the occupation of the 20 Best Actor/Actress and Supporting Actor/Actress nominees (includes some movies more than once).
How Much to Delete this Post?
Written by Christopher Null on March 1st, 2010I wonder if the critic got any of the $400,000? That’s like $1000 a word… nice!
Last month, Variety panned a thriller called Iron Cross. But the review has been disappeared from Variety‘s web site, which probably has something to do with the $400,000 Iron Cross‘ producers paid to Variety for an awards campaign.
From the Mouths of Babes
Written by Christopher Null on February 20th, 2010Scene: Kids watching TV in the morning via Tivo. Commercial comes on.
Me: “Fast-forward it.”
Child: “I wanna see this!”
Me: “It’s a commercial!”
Child: “But it’s cereal!”
Exeunt.
Unsubscribe, Unsubscribe, Unsubscribe…
Written by Christopher Null on February 18th, 2010Whatever you do, don’t let yourself get signed up for any General Electric newsletter, or you’ll have to deal with this.
