Chris Brentano

I love the way the Common Craft folks can so easily and simply explain something, and make it fun to boot. Via evhead.

From OregonLive…

Travel agency AAA estimates that the average cost of owning and operating a car in 2008 will be $8,121, up from $7,823 last year.

“Purchases I’m making for our cars now are all driven by a preventative mentality,” said Tony Farrell, a freelance writer in Richmond, Va., who has a 2001 minivan and a 20-year-old Honda Civic he had considered selling. “A year ago, I would have let it run ragged. Now I want that car in good working order because I want it to last.”

I am pretty fortunate that I have a job where commuting by mass transit is an option. When I worked in Tigard, taking the bus was pretty much out of the question unless I wanted to make 3 transfers and commute 2 hours each way. I’ve also started riding my bike to work and highly recommend it if you are in a position to do so.

Twitter, everyone’s favorite microblogging/social messaging system, has had its fair share of downtime. It’s pretty much guaranteed that on a daily basis you can expect it to be down. I expect its engineers are working hard at fixing their woes, but at the same time there are plenty of people with silly opinions on how to fix it. Here’s my top five.

5. “Twitter should be a distributed system.”

4. “Twitter’s downtime is a publicity stunt.”

3. “Hire better developers!”

2. “Throw more hardware at it!”

and…

1. “Ditch Ruby on Rails!”

An absolutely wicked dubstep/techno/dubbed-out-2-step mix by Martyn that he did for Skream’s show, Stella Sessions, on Rinse FM. It’s so good I had to re-post it here.

Tracklisting:
1. Martyn - Natural Selection (3024)
2. Slaughter Mob - No Snare (Slugs In The Mud)
3. Skream - Trapped in a Dark Bubble (Dubplate)
4. Martyn - Suburbia (Applepips)
5. Geiom - Reminissin’ [Kode9 remix] (Berkane Sol)
6. TRG - Broken Heart [Martyn's DCM mix] (Hessle Audio)
7. Horsepower Productions - Hand of Death (Tempa)
8. Benny - Jahroel (Dubplate)
9. Pantha du Prince - Florac [Jus Wan remix] (Tube)
10. Martyn - Vancouver (3024)
11. Shut Up And Dance - Epileptic [Martyn's no strobe mix] (Shut Up And Dance Recs)

Download: martyn_skreamrinsefm230408.mp3

See also:
http://3024world.blogspot.com
http://myspace.com/martyndnb