http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ ("Thought-stream" in German) en Vox Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:10:06 -0400 Copyright 2006 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/looking-back-msnbccom-turns-10.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(kokogiak) http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/looking-back-msnbccom-turns-10.html?_c=feed-rss http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/looking-back-msnbccom-turns-10.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:10:06 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/book/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251c8ac48fdb.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251c8ac48fdb-50si" alt="The Flickr Way" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/looking-back-msnbccom-turns-10.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251d7c658e1d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> webdev history msnbc stoked retrospect http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/more-quarters-please.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(kokogiak) http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/more-quarters-please.html?_c=feed-rss http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/more-quarters-please.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:58:00 -0400 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 ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/more-quarters-please.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251c5d3e8fdb?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd arcade game childhood video game http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/you-can-call-me.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(kokogiak) http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/you-can-call-me.html?_c=feed-rss http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/you-can-call-me.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:43:44 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/you-can-call-me.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251c381f549d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd nickname http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/fatherly-thoughts.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(kokogiak) http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/fatherly-thoughts.html?_c=feed-rss http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/fatherly-thoughts.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:16:48 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/fatherly-thoughts.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251c183c549d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> kids humor fatherhood http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/to-estimate-the-song.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(kokogiak) http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/to-estimate-the-song.html?_c=feed-rss http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/to-estimate-the-song.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:02:30 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/to-estimate-the-song.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c2251c13bb8fdb?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music mena meme lyrics guess the song to estimate the song menameme http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/my-real-space.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(kokogiak) http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/my-real-space.html?_c=feed-rss http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/my-real-space.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:22:59 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c21b97f007cbb6.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c21b97f007cbb6-50si" alt="Myplace" /></a> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c21b9c300a177f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c21b9c300a177f-50si" alt="Myplace2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/my-real-space.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c21ba1d021a50c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd desk workspace http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/my-genealogy.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(kokogiak) http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/my-genealogy.html?_c=feed-rss http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/my-genealogy.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:05:56 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/my-genealogy.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c114132b26c408?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd family roots genealogy http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/im-reading-or-about-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(kokogiak) http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/im-reading-or-about-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/im-reading-or-about-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:28:20 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/book/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c11413429122bd.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c11413429122bd-50si" alt="The Omnivore&#39;s Dilemma : A Natural History of Four Meals" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://kokogiak.vox.com/library/post/im-reading-or-about-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11412f5a9c40800c11413f317819d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd books on my nightstand