Jason Cosper

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  • My Twttr Ponies

    Like any good internet beta whore, I just started using twttr. And while it’s pretty cool and rather promising, there are a few things that I really wish it had…

    1. For starters, a simple JavaScript based badge would be nice. While Flash is nice for some things, I really don’t think I need to load it to tell the world I’m having a beer or going on a walk. Also, it’d be nice if I didn’t have to recode my template to fit it in.
    2. RSS/Atom feeds wouldn’t hurt either. I know it’s supposed to be mobile phone based, but it really would be nice if I could give my feed out to folks instead of making them use twttr’s service to follow me around. Keeping track of my friends would be much less irritating too… ;)
    3. The ability to turn off “update sent” notices being sent to your phone. Yeah, I know I just sent an update. I appreciate that you want to let me know that my friends got my message and everything, but that’s really sort of unnecessary. Well, at least I think it is. *shrug*

    I’m really not trying to be a curmudgeon, honest. I just think that this stuff would take twttr from being a novel application to something I actually use frequently.

    P.S. Like, OMG! Add me!
    P.P.S. According to Jack — who happens to be the dude behind twttr — ponies #1 and #2 are already being worked on. Hooray!
    P.P.P.S. What’s more, pony #3 is a non issue. Apparently the “update sent” message only gets sent to your phone on your first message. Sweet!

  • Links for 2006-07-10

  • I Don’t Wanna, I Don’t Think So

    I don’t know what’s worse — the fact that T-Mobile offers Sonic Youth’s “Kool Thing” as a ringtone or the fact that I’m actually considering purchasing it.

  • Links for 2006-07-07

    • Freegan Kitchen
      A cooking show for freegans — folks who find their food in the dumpster. *shrug* It’s an interesting concept…
      (tags: freegan blog video)

  • War… What Is It Good For?

    Taking a Nerf dart straight to the eye and having it suction on is no fun whatsoever.

    Despite apologizing profusely, the coworker who did it to me will pay dearly…

    P.S. Don’t worry, I’m not blind or anything. Things are just sort of blurry out of my left eye.
    P.P.S. Actually, my vision’s cleared right up. My eye still feels sort of meh, but I’m sure that’ll go away too.

  • Fireworks

    As I lay in bed and stare at the ceiling, Piccolo Petes shriek briefly before exploding loudly.

    Part of me is wishing that I didn’t volunteer to take that shift at work tomorrow.

  • Ambition

    Fuck writing the great American novel, I want to write the great American TV pilot.

  • Debatable Upgrades

    Now that it’s out, I want to upgrade to the Sidekick 3 so very badly — but I’m a little put off by the $299 with a 2 year contract price.

    Does anyone want to buy my Sidekick 2?

  • Say What Now?

    I received this communique in my fortune cookie at the Chinese place today — and I’m still trying to figure out what the hell it means.

    It doesn’t even make sense if you add “…in bed” to the end of it!

    P.S. Is it bad when your boss chuckles and says, “I’m sure you can spin that into a pretty good entry for your blog.” upon hearing of said fortune?

  • Links for 2006-06-26