Alan Hogan

2009

June 4
May 3
April 9
March 61
February 132
January 139

2008

June 135
May 90
April 133
March 99
January
I hate ZDNet. I’d unchecked every subscription box when signing up to comment on news articles...
Jul 1st
Please ask TurboTax to support Opera & web standards!...
Jun 30th
To be clear, I love WebKit, but hate Safari. The UI matters as much as the engine! Hello, I want to...
Jun 30th
I hate safari mostly for opening windows instead of tabs. Really? This is 2008. One window. One...
Jun 30th
Boo to Turbotax for blocking Opera users! Protip: Opera › Quick Prefs › Edit Site...
Jun 30th

NBC, Olympics whore out to Microsoft...

Now we have two reasons to avoid the Olympics: China’s human rights track record (no pun...
Jun 30th
I’m never renting another movie from Hollywood Video when it’s a PITA, discs get...
Jun 29th
The problem with eBay? ;) http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001248.html
Jun 29th
I can’t believe how cheap these albums are. Raconteurs, fleetwood mac, nine inch nails,...
Jun 28th
Twitterfone didn’t quite get that. I told the Whataburger employee that “this was the...
Jun 26th
iScrobbler queued tracks
Jun 26th
I just told the water burger employee that this was the last stock but i meant it with early....
Jun 26th
Bank Of America: Bank Of America Treats...
Jun 25th
Best of Skype: pausing iTunes automatically for calls; IRC-style “/me”. Worst of Skype:...
Jun 25th
God in 6 panels. At qwantz.com, naturally. Ready, go! (http://ping.fm/bv8JZ)
Jun 23rd
I love Warren Ellis’s description of moments of inspiration:...
Jun 23rd
Coldplay’s Death And All His Friends came on this morning and I cried big sissy sobs for half...
Jun 23rd

If the world was as tricky as this, we’d...

Me: Sweet, she just texted me “love you tons.”
Me: Oh wait, maybe she thinks I'm fat and “tons” is her nickname for me.
Jun 23rd
“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world,...”
— Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of...
Jun 23rd
“Ah! then it must be an illusion. The things one feels...”
— Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of...
Jun 23rd
ishida >> utilities: Unicode code converter
Jun 23rd
“That is the reason I hate vulger realism in literature. The...”
— Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of...
Jun 23rd
Looking at a used Prius
Jun 21st
The Incredible Hulk wasn’t. Or rather, it was literally incredible – too unbelievable. Edward...
Jun 20th
“Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have...”
— @MarsPhoenix via Twitter about...
Jun 20th
Facebook lets you important news bits from your Last.FM! How cool is that! I knew about Flickr; is...
Jun 19th
Browsers used by AlanHogan.com visitors: I’m so proud...
Jun 19th
Coldplay and Arcade Fire?
Jun 18th
Al Gore’s house vs George Bush’s house: Which is “greener”?...
Jun 18th
retweeting @jamestowner: Are you polluting your home with artificial fragrances?...
Jun 18th
Meh Firefox 3… It’s very nice but still like Opera better, mouse gestures and more for...
Jun 17th
Two miles at 7.2 mph and my heart rate is 194. Trying to get back in shape.
Jun 17th
Cut Copy’s “Lights & Music” - free 256kbps MP3 from Amazon. Great song....
Jun 17th
“XHTML is.. useless” Compelling. Almost foretells the X-UA-Compatible mess....
Jun 16th
Apparently the W3C hasn’t touched the draft of CSS3 since February 2005, but it’s still...
Jun 16th
“XHTML, therefore, is utterly useless.”
— The Shape of Days: More on...
Jun 16th
0614082220.jpg: So glad i found my Wonderella bookmark. If...
Jun 15th
Came across my receipt: $69 for OS X Leopard, $39 for iWork office suite, w/ my student discount....
Jun 15th
Good advice: If getting a computer headset, go USB. (my logitech model is pretty nice.)
Jun 15th
Even if we knew which way to head ... still...
Jun 15th
Flashback to 2006: Google Page Creator has atrocious markup: <h3> tags within <p> tags...
Jun 15th
Twitter friends HELP How do i override a method in ActionView::Helpers? I’m failing miserably
Jun 14th
Holy crap D. radiodurans.
Jun 14th
The day I can get a 320GB solid-state hard drive, I’m upgrading my laptop.
Jun 14th
Unfollowing @Dizzed for spamming.
Jun 14th
Apparently @Opera 9.5 makes you go to advanced preferences to turn on mouse gestures :(
Jun 13th
“Job has all his children killed, and Michael Bay gets to keep making movies. There...
Jun 13th
sbflorido: that explains why your bathroom is...
Jun 13th
jal: transporter 3 looking good...
Jun 13th
andi808: ping!
Jun 13th
jooanfossi: mi pololo me hace tan feliz :D
Jun 13th
BigPana: Yeah, I told my uncle the same thing...
Jun 13th
stemulite: This will never be a civilized...
Jun 13th
hightechdad: Anyone tried the DD-WRT v24...
Jun 13th
freerelationshipquiz: which works to meet the...
Jun 13th
mana: mine more minerals
Jun 13th
cgranier: Anyone up for some fish?...
Jun 13th
“Won’t somebody please think of the child nodes!?”
Jun 13th
Protip: If you live in the Phoenix area, your oven is already preheated.
Jun 12th
Did everyone except me know @Carnage4Life was blogging again? I should never have unsubscribed after...
Jun 12th
Opera 9.5 Released: Opera 9.5 has been released, which means...
Jun 12th
Woohoo! @Opera 9.5 is out! http://opera.com/ “Inspiring your favorite Firefox extensions with...
Jun 12th
It just hit me, I complimented @command_tab on his great-looking twitter page probably because it is...
Jun 12th
Rails’ flash[:notice] is actually pretty bad. My PHP flash method is more intuitive and more...
Jun 12th
Just heard about http://www.ie7pro.com/ - If i had to use IE (thank God i don’t) I’d be...
Jun 12th
“You’ve got a lot of passionate Mac people in here, and...”
— He’s explaining how his...
Jun 12th
“[Microsoft] spent two years and $500 million on the media...”
— Can Hotshot Ad Guy Alex...
Jun 12th
Apple aquires small fabulous semiconductor company ;):...
Jun 11th
I wish Yahoo! shareholders realized how dentrimental Icahn is to employee productivity » long...
Jun 11th
How long has Twitter been spelling favorites “favourites”? I thought they were an...
Jun 11th
Twitter, tonight i almost got arrested. For crossing the railroad tracks. I kid you not. Apparently...
Jun 11th
I absolutely HATE the drivers for this Epson all-in-one scanner. SCREW EPSON
Jun 10th
Loopt at WWDC 2008 Keynote Address: fantastic style ;)
Jun 10th
Using cell phones to pop popcorn: This is your brain on cellphones. (http://ping.fm/wDGLR)
Jun 10th
I left (deleted my account!) BMG direct music service weeks ago and they STILL spam me as if I were...
Jun 10th
B.L. Ochman's weblog: Internet marketing...
Jun 10th
Hey, Alan Hogan is now @alanhogan. Unfollow @arizzunshine and follow @alanhogan instead please!
Jun 10th
Icahn is a greedy bastard.
Jun 9th
retweeting @zemote - put your username in on http://summize.com to get replies while Twitter replies...
Jun 9th
Seriously? $150 ticket for crossing Phoenix’s new Light Rail tracks anywhere but designated...
Jun 9th
Franz’ Ferdinand’s Michael & Is the band gay? (No.) (http://ping.fm/Pt9ZC)
Jun 9th
This Hot Chip music video is a huge pokes fun at green screens. (http://ping.fm/dIThp)
Jun 9th
unfollowing @yobird for being a moron. http://tinyurl.com/6apyqx http://tinyurl.com/5jnpgc...
Jun 9th
Touching Radiohead "Nude" Remix:...
Jun 8th
Obama: http://www.dieselsweeties.com/lj/baracknomnom.jpg (by @rstevens)
Jun 8th
“And the only thing you dream of Is sharpening knives”
— Heavens (Song: Watching You)
Jun 8th
Nom Nom Nominee (by @rstevens)
Jun 8th
Still here? You’ve missed: http://tinyurl.com/5s2qhm and more » Username change! follow...
Jun 8th
Amazing — touching, even — remix to Radiohead’s “Nude”...
Jun 8th
New Band I Like: HEAVENS
Jun 8th
Nude remix!
Jun 8th
Warch Watch
I have a lot to say about this incredible remix to Radiohead’s “Nude” and how...
Jun 8th
Operation Fair Game: STOP
Jun 8th
The chocolate chips in Safeway brand ice cream taste so bad!
Jun 8th
Enjoying “Patent Pending” by Heavens. They are kind of like Interpol or Franz Ferdinand....
Jun 8th
Via @dcifuen: HOT TIP: Sync status of Twitter, Adium, Colloquy, iChat, Skype, and more w/ Mac Statz!...
Jun 8th
ChordStrike: Insane Radiohead Remix Made...
Jun 8th
Via @dcifuen: HOT TIP: Sync status of Twitter, Adium, Colloquy, iChat, Skype, and more w/ Mac Statz!...
Jun 7th
Disregard the last tweets that didn’t make much sense/were redundant/were about a MBP. That...
Jun 7th
Between Yahoo’s lightening-fast, quality results and Ask.com’s interface and AskEraser...
Jun 7th
A large iTunes playlist is currently .5GB larger than my entire library. Weird! Maybe this relates...
Jun 7th
Hey did I share this with everyone? :) http://tinyurl.com/2fwcub
Jun 7th
Dear Twitter friends & followers! I’m renaming myself to @alanhogan - more memorable, more...
Jun 7th
Wow. I’ve NEVER seen the Gmail Notifier icon be *grey.* I kind of freaked out for fifteen...
Jun 7th
I’m letting you know I’ve achieved Inbox Zero, since apparently that’s trendy.
Jun 7th
Google can’t hide behind a stupid browser support policy. Re-examine the darn policy. Opera...
Jun 7th
Quite upset Gmail Labs doesn’t support Opera (silent fail / no “Labs” tab). WTF...
Jun 6th
Leopard’s Spotlight still takes forever to find a text file in my user folder when I search...
Jun 6th
Chuck Norris still uses Twitter via instant message. (Sorry, had to.)
Jun 6th
MySpace.com - Alan Hogan - 20 - Male - -...
Jun 6th
But spam, if I elongated my organ, won’t all the pipes play at different pitches? :D
Jun 5th
Yet, i can never figure out if Franz Ferdinand (the band) is gay or not. “Michael” is a...
Jun 5th
I love Franz Ferdinand (the band). “Files you must all believe… this academic...
Jun 5th
UI looks/feels fantastic… but video doesn’t play http://tinyurl.com/6abqjs
Jun 5th
Haha, this is totally most of us (watch the whole way thru): http://tinyurl.com/2fwcub
Jun 5th
aniboom : RAM
Jun 5th
What’s wrong with Google? I just seached “goog” and got *no* stock quote. Then...
Jun 5th
via @chuckreynolds: Test on IE8 b1, IE7, IE 6 & IE5.5 in ONE PROGRAM - http://is.gd/qOG...
Jun 4th
Looks like some friends’ tweets aren’t showing up in my “recent” tab. Come...
Jun 4th
wuntvor.mirror.waffleimages.com
Jun 4th
Three tracks into Weezer’s new self-titled Red Album out today, I’m mightily impressed!...
Jun 4th
No wonder no one rides trains in the US. Amtrak’s website actually couldn’t find any way...
Jun 4th
Cut Copy (and Justice) are like Daft Punk with more rock and less beep. Also, I’m disappointed...
Jun 4th
Naturally, any Wilde quotes are shared out of appreciation for their wit, not as endorsements of...
Jun 3rd
“Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange...
Jun 3rd
“Our proverbs want re-writing. They were made in winter, and it is summer now.” -Oscar...
Jun 3rd
Houston airport (George Bush Intercontinental) sucks. No free wifi and a sprawling, tiresome layout....
Jun 3rd
Hey PIT, seeya PIT. Will arrive PHX this afternoon.
Jun 3rd
I had no idea hockey was this exciting.
Jun 3rd
Dodge Challenger ad
Jun 3rd
New life goal: Get made fun of in The Onion
Jun 2nd
“I don’t think I’ll ever get over how close I came to dying in that redolent,...
Jun 2nd
“Why would Nixon be at the Watergate Hotel?” “They give you a discount if...
Jun 2nd
Whoa, did you hear Justice’s music on that new Cadillac ad? Sweet. (I can’t decide if a...
Jun 2nd
Getting my family acquainted – and typing! – with the Dvorak keyboard layout! So far so well....
Jun 2nd