Alan Hogan

Privacy still horrible in Facebook. By default even users in your Limited Profile list can see all...

May 2nd

ongoing · On Communication

May 2nd

Twitter, @codinghorror updates way too often and just claimed “WoW is the new golf.” I...

May 2nd

Love the picture next to this article on US Gov’t flu pandemic preparedness...

May 2nd

Today i blocked my 100th app on Facebook. Real friends don’t send app invites. Wish i could...

May 1st

Pet peeve: Num lock off by default.

May 1st

Programs should save data to the cloud if the hard drive locks up or (finder) crashes. Right...

Apr 30th

www.codinghorror.com

Apr 30th

Reading @rsteven’s tweets is funnier than reading his comics. (shh/no offense)

Apr 30th

Fax is still used because it is 1) harder to get away with spam than email and 2) more direct if...

Apr 30th

Signing up for the school of Someone Else’s Hard Knocks. Hope to work with new local tech...

Apr 30th

Seen on campus: “Screw vintage, this shirt is from the future”

Apr 30th

Mom just friend requested me. This is what i get for not calling enoughi

Apr 29th

Just maybe we have it all wrong. Maybe the wrong kind of people write code. Let’s have...

Apr 29th

Haven’t lol’d at XKCD for a while, but today did it for me. http://xkcd.com/416/

Apr 29th

(it was the Ctrl-C Ctrl-C that really added that extra level of lawl)

Apr 29th

I’m hoping http://CubaCambrio.org bracelets (think LiveStrong) fund an arsenal or something

Apr 29th

“I’m obviously a typomaniac, which is an incurable, if...”
— Erik Spiekermann in Helvetica

Apr 29th

Gonna jump on the “I want to try Brightkite” bandwagon. Please send invite!

Apr 29th

Had four (!) chocolate shakes or malts within the last week. Sat on my butt programming all weekend....

Apr 28th

Finished enormous programming assignment: http://partybots.superdodd.com/ message me for password....

Apr 28th

TicketMaster are spamming whores THERE I SAID IT

Apr 27th

Every time he learned the name of a student, Jordan complained, he forgot the name of a fish. (via...

Apr 27th

“To code or not to code.” That’s not a question. (I’m coding)

Apr 27th

“She jumps up off the couch [maybe] to see if Dora is really back there. But that wasn’t...

Apr 27th

Lunch break: Chili’s. Ours project is taking forever.

Apr 27th

Dear missionaries, Waking me up in the morning does *not* score your religion points in my book.

Apr 26th

“Not funny” http://tinyurl.com/6ltw35

Apr 26th

Alan Hogan gave 5 stars to: Lexmark X8350...

Apr 26th

Z (my roomate) just told me 48% of those living in Israel are muslim! I had no idea.

Apr 26th

I’ll be in PA May 25 thru June 3.

Apr 25th

“The whole structure is based on these horizontal cutting-off of these terminals.”...

Apr 25th

Evolution is a Blind Watchmaker from Travis...

Apr 25th

We Tell Stories - 'Hard Times'

Apr 25th

Love those Whataburger malts. Good way to start the weekend (which will consist of mostly studying...

Apr 25th

Facebook Anthem

Apr 24th

52% of “boys” on their computer over 42 hrs/wk: http://tinyurl.com/453956

Apr 24th

Mad TV - Juno II (Movie Parody)

Apr 24th

Flashmob freezing in public for 5 min. I was a part of this. http://tinyurl.com/3sro5p

Apr 24th

Opera is now supported by Facebook Chat! See I knew it wouldn’t be hard… just man up and...

Apr 24th

Anyone else get annoyed when someone follows you on Twitter and you check them out and discover they...

Apr 23rd

Facebook telling me I can’t use Opera (if I want Chat). Good thing I don’t. But I...

Apr 23rd

Shh, but my friend is oblivious to the irony when she says, “stopppppppp the abbrevs”...

Apr 23rd

Bumped into Elise Milam today at the local safeway!

Apr 23rd

I think I found a correlation ;) http://tinyurl.com/6lswfq

Apr 23rd

Is it bad I think of Twitter when anyone says, “A little bird told me…”

Apr 23rd

Symantec via eWeek: The amount of malicious software released during 2007 outpaced the release of...

Apr 22nd

Suprised at how many ppl seem to be partying it up on a monday night at the end of the semester.

Apr 22nd

Shh, twitter! I’m laughing at the reggaeton… not zuckerberg… really! haha...

Apr 22nd

(Shh, but what I love most about Dare’s internet identity is the completely unprofessional...

Apr 22nd

Dear Google, Support Opera. Marketshare is NOT an excuse. Failing to support Opera creates negative...

Apr 22nd

Have a bout a million lines of code to write today for CSE 360 project

Apr 21st

I wish Opera 9.5 would come out already… Come on #Opera i know Kestral is exciting but...

Apr 21st

I now have SocialThing! invites, myself - @arizzunshine or (direct) message me for one.

Apr 21st

Apple, iFound a bug! 1) Turn on pc 2) attempt to connect to wifi net X, stare at pword dialog 3)...

Apr 20th

init 7 » Blog Archive » Clickable links in...

Apr 20th

It works like this: 1) We’re barely friends and don’t talk 2) you send me spam app...

Apr 19th

Met undergrad student pres Liz Simonhoff today at safeway

Apr 18th

OpenID just described on Today Show. Of course they oversimplified. Dear NBC, OpenID doesn’t...

Apr 18th

My stats book redefined “KISS principle” as “keep it small and sequential.”...

Apr 18th

Andrew Thompson - We're In Business

Apr 18th

Shh, twitter, but my last status was a def faux pas when it got TwitterSynced to Facebook

Apr 18th

Shh, Twitter, but I don’t like the way Facebook’s FOAF feature is forcing me to be...

Apr 18th

dear facebook, Don’t use only colored dots for online/offline. Remember the colorblind users!...

Apr 18th

Still one of my all-time favorite videos http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mx4ABfAKrRk

Apr 18th

hahaha thanks @codinghorror. love the “we’re in business robots” vid. Thanks....

Apr 18th

Protip: Retweeting my lil bro @late_killer: “… to share avi’s: check out...

Apr 18th

I forgot how many ads there are on myspace! • Also: Really impressed with Sandy....

Apr 18th

“freezemobbing” with anne, kate and co.

Apr 18th

“Bless me, doctor, for it has been eighteen months since my last visit to the...

Apr 17th

alanhogan: SocialThing! is wicked cool....

Apr 17th

SocialThing! is wicked cool. Thanks to @raydirector for the invite. Be jealous.

Apr 17th

Clancy SanDiego in the ASU State Press Magazine: “The key to drinking a fine vodka is...

Apr 16th

retweeting @maddox “gee I wonder why the Internet is killing everyone[’s] business...

Apr 16th

Most students get v. nervous for their first oral book report in 7th grade. That’s a bad sign....

Apr 16th

I’m not going to lie. I judge you (juuuust a little bit!) if you actively use Twitter but...

Apr 16th

And when you’re FWing that silly email to 100 people, it would move them from To: to BCC: and...

Apr 16th

Ok… so what if every time you were about to FW an email to many people - or received one – it...

Apr 16th

OH MY GOODNESS I just thought of the most useful Gmail/Y! Mail/Hotmail/Outlook feature since the...

Apr 16th

New version of @ShareThis widget is awesome; thanks, guys. “Post to twitter” rocks....

Apr 15th

I love open standards, good APIs, and free mashups, i.e. web 2.0. Just FeedBurned @asusoda but...

Apr 15th

Turns out when you lose access to Citrix stuff, on reconnect, it’s typically there. We take...

Apr 15th

Citrix copy of MiniTab exploded as we attempted to save our data. “Citrix is a POS” –lab...

Apr 15th

Not just japan anymore: IBM commercial said “search ibm go green” instead of a URL.

Apr 14th

Running in two o’clock direct sun at 90 deg F is not a good idea. I feel dehydrated.

Apr 14th

Started getting out the vacuum. Out of the blue, stopped and blurted: “I should be in business...

Apr 13th

Just threw out a lanyard which came with my USB drive. Who actually uses those?

Apr 13th

John Resig’s ideal #software library: all objects have same core methods “if you know...

Apr 13th

The incredibly useful/excellent Dada Mail project has the most interesting #software origin story...

Apr 12th

Glad i got a haircut before being recognized in front of the most influential people in the School...

Apr 12th

“At Microsoft, no one uses Vista. We all use Server 2008” –MSFT employee

Apr 12th

If any of you microblogging gangsters want HTML/Javascript Twitter badges w/ automagic URL &...

Apr 11th

1and1 is usually terrific but my site is 100% down… nice.

Apr 10th

Someone took care to arrange the pylons on the road in the most beautifully straight line I’ve...

Apr 10th

Comment in code I’m editing: // assumption: 40 * 100 = 140.

Apr 10th

Does Safari really have no password-remembering tool? Seriously?

Apr 10th

Serious question - who is the Twitter “jungle boy” and why does he look like the vine is...

Apr 10th

“both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are regular tweeters.” http://rurl.org/nmp

Apr 10th

Not trying to be a @gruber re-tweeter but I love this rant from a book designer:...

Apr 10th

IRL magazine SPM used the abbreviation IRL today!

Apr 9th

75% of Intel projects use the waterfall model (a/o last week). Momentum/culture big factor....

Apr 9th

There are three subway restaurants within walking distance. Two are a thousand feet apart.

Apr 9th

I love Spaces but couldn’t recommend it for my mom… those modal dialog bugs confuse the...

Apr 9th

Amazon launches “Buy 2, Get 1” Blu-Ray DVD event. Includes Blade Runner, 300, more:...

Apr 9th

Apple’s Spaces needs to make modal dialogs visible on all spaces! Urgently.

Apr 9th

flashback to young me watching star trek voyager with my mom & it strikes me. Why replicate the...

Apr 9th

Can’t believe Kayla Eva and I wasted that long on a crossword. I have so much to do tonight

Apr 9th

Not really surprised Cloverfield is already out on DVD. not excited

Apr 9th

IRL friends having fun asking if I tweet so and so… “oh really do you tweet...

Apr 8th

I mean… it’s funny but you either already know about twitter or chances are you’re...

Apr 8th

#plaidteam and friends - question. As a verb, am I tweeting or twittering?

Apr 8th

“World-class procrastinator” Darwin published On the Origins of Species a full 22 years...

Apr 7th

I can’t stand how Tumblr doesn’t link to the tweets it cheerily displays in my...

Apr 7th

Anyone else still completely failing to scrobble Shuffle songs to Last.fm? http://rurl.org/nac

Apr 7th

iPod (shuffle) scrobbling: impossible?

Apr 7th

Looks like Facebook dropped Network from the top bar. I blinked twice. Not surprised tho; never used...

Apr 6th

Each and everyone of us is at least a little bit insane. But you know what? That’s fine by me.

Apr 6th

My room is drowning in a sea of paper. Can’t we all be paperless yet? Related: Anyone know of...

Apr 6th

Saw fighter jets low overhead this morning. Reminded me of how badly i wanted to be a fighter pilot...

Apr 6th

Extreme care must be taken to preserve as many URLs as possible, or the yesterday’s web...

Apr 4th

Just watched Rebel Without a Cause. At times extremely dated and cheesy (or just weird) but well...

Apr 4th

“Hello, and welcome to the most important page on the internet.”...

Apr 4th

What is better than Dinosaur Comics? (No offense rstevens! But lately Dino Comics = Belly laugshs.)

Apr 4th

Pretty clever: What if food was dirty and sex was clean? http://tinyurl.com/2ocdft

Apr 4th

Clients. Good god. Ask me to put up stupid picture on home page then change mind and demand i...

Apr 3rd

Holier-than-thou Sony BMG busted for using pirated software while yelling about the evils of piracy....

Apr 3rd

Pirate-Busters Busted for Piracy at...

Apr 3rd

http://tinyurl.com/9t5l6 Awesome mac screensaver! Thanks Josh for the tip. @gruber you know you want...

Apr 3rd

Fountains on brickyard should not shoot as high when it’s (cold and) windy. Already...

Apr 3rd

Link to aforementioned praiseworthy Class Mishaps strip: http://tinyurl.com/24gg8h

Apr 2nd

Oh man. ASU is in full agreement with today’s Class Misshaps comic in the State Press.

Apr 2nd

Even the best summary of an outstanding speech or written work will not be as rich or inspiring as...

Apr 2nd

OK, about to tackle studying for statistics. Ugh. But at least I’ve put on Wolfmother, and...

Apr 2nd

Section 1: Rev. Wright, and Obama's Race and...

Apr 2nd

When i’m done rock climbing, i’m going home and putting on modest mouse and then...

Apr 2nd

Anyone have tips for staying focused on school and homework?

Apr 2nd

I still think it’s funny I’d occasionally get asked if I was gay until I checked...

Apr 2nd