Alan Hogan

Things Alan Hogan feels like sharing.

These are my comments on music, movies, books, web development and programming, Mac tips, and life in general. Enjoy!

Sat Jun 28

The problem with eBay? ;) http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001248.html

Fri Jun 27

I can’t believe how cheap these albums are. Raconteurs, fleetwood mac, nine inch nails, madonna, maroon five, more. http://rurl.org/u5e

Thu Jun 26

Twitterfone didn’t quite get that. I told the Whataburger employee that “this was the last straw” but I meant it literally.

iScrobbler queued tracks

Why do I have 160 queued tracks in iScrobbler that aren’t posting to my last.fm account? Mousing over its orange icon says “Your computer appears to be online.” Well, yeah, it is online, now…

Wed Jun 25

I just told the water burger employee that this was the last stock but i meant it with early.
http://www.twitterfone.com/l/hok0e95m18kh

Bank Of America: Bank Of America Treats Parking Meter Payments As Cash Advances, Charges $10 Fee

Bank Of America: Bank Of America Treats Parking Meter Payments As Cash Advances, Charges $10 Fee
Source: consumerist.com
Reader Gary used his Bank of America credit card to…

Tue Jun 24

Best of Skype: pausing iTunes automatically for calls; IRC-style “/me”. Worst of Skype: No spellcheck; sluggish unread-count dock icon badge

Mon Jun 23

God in 6 panels. At qwantz.com, naturally. Ready, go! (http://ping.fm/bv8JZ)

I love Warren Ellis’s description of moments of inspiration: http://www.freakangels.com/?p=42&page=4

Coldplay’s Death And All His Friends came on this morning and I cried big sissy sobs for half a minute. Good morning, everyone. Enjoy today.

Sun Jun 22

If the world was as tricky as this, we’d all get fooled every day.

  • 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.
“ To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take up exercise, get up early, or be respectable. Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of Dorian Gray
“ Ah! then it must be an illusion. The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of Faith, and the lesson of Romance. Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of Dorian Gray
ishida >> utilities: Unicode code converter

I’ve seen this a long time ago, but found it again. It’s the best encoder/decoder out there. I just used it to quickly decode percent-encoded URL data.

“ That is the reason I hate vulger realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for. Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of Dorian Gray