Gedankenstrom Vox 2006-07-21T22:41:06Z kokogiak http://kokogiak.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c11412f5a9c408/ ("Thought-stream" in German) Looking Back (msnbc.com turns 10) tag:vox.com,2006-07-07:asset-6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251d7c658e1d 2006-07-07T04:10:06Z 2006-07-21T22:41:06Z kokogiak http://kokogiak.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Flickr Way

I came across this page on MSNBC.com today, talking about msnbc.com's 10th anniversary, and it really spun me back - especially the main photo taken in 1997. In the center of that photo are David Kaill (with the beard), and Brendan West (red hai...

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]]> More quarters please... tag:vox.com,2006-06-30:asset-6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251c5d3e8fdb 2006-06-30T01:58:00Z 2006-06-30T02:02:06Z kokogiak http://kokogiak.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I have a vivid memory of the Taco Joint down the road from me getting a new Asteroids machine. I had played Space Invaders before, but was never that excited about it - but Asteroids - that was a game! My cousin and I would pour quarters into it ...

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]]> You can call me... tag:vox.com,2006-06-24:asset-6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251c381f549d 2006-06-24T03:43:44Z 2006-06-29T02:22:13Z kokogiak http://kokogiak.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom No, I don't have a nickname (unless you count "Papa"). I do, however have a lifelong battle against a particular nickname - "Al". My name is Alan. I am a big guy. "Big Al" comes up so regularly, so easily... and I hate it every time. It's as if t...

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]]> Fatherly Thoughts tag:vox.com,2006-06-19:asset-6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251c183c549d 2006-06-19T15:16:48Z 2006-06-19T15:20:49Z kokogiak http://kokogiak.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Or, reflections from yesterday (Father's Day) Just because you are a Dad yourself, you shouldn't forget to send your own Dad a card for Father's Day (doh). A 3-year-old boy is an amazing amalgam of cute, energy, angst, frustration and potential...

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]]> To Estimate the Song! tag:vox.com,2006-06-18:asset-6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251c13bb8fdb 2006-06-18T05:02:30Z 2006-06-18T05:02:30Z kokogiak http://kokogiak.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom A goofy meme via Mena - Here are the steps: Randomly pick a song from your music library. Find the lyrics for the first four verses/chorus Go to Google translation and translate the lyrics from English into German. Take the new German lyrics and...

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]]> My Real Space tag:vox.com,2006-06-13:asset-6a00c11412f5a9c40800c21ba1d021a50c 2006-06-13T18:22:59Z 2006-06-13T18:24:53Z kokogiak http://kokogiak.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Myplace Myplace2

Very messy, small dark developer cave of a workspace, 1/3-height wall cubicles. The racks on the other side of the monitor are noisy servers. Scifi robots and spacecraft on either side of my monitor. Bo-ring. You can't see my Mac, offscreen left...

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]]> My Genealogy tag:vox.com,2006-06-12:asset-6a00c11412f5a9c40800c114132b26c408 2006-06-12T20:05:56Z 2006-06-12T20:05:56Z kokogiak http://kokogiak.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's amazing how you can pick and choose which branches to traverse on your way back in time. My Dad has researched the Taylor family back to parts of England in the early 1600s and other families in Germany. On my mother's side, there is one br...

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]]> What's on your nightstand? tag:vox.com,2006-06-11:asset-6a00c11412f5a9c40800c11413f317819d 2006-06-11T01:28:20Z 2006-06-11T01:31:48Z kokogiak http://kokogiak.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Omnivore's Dilemma : A Natural History of Four Meals

Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dillemma", also my "Timex Alarm Clock User's Manual", my latest copy of WIRED, and a Barbie doll (my daughter's, honest). The Omnivore's Dillemma will really make you think about corn in entirely new ways. My wi...

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