Recipe before I make it #1- MexItalian Burger

May 24th, 2008 | Food | No Comments

Part 1 in a continuing series where I think up a recipe, post it, THEN make it. I will post later as to whether it’s worth making/eating.

I will try to be elaborate with the actual procedural recipes; but right now I’m quite hungry, so here’s the menu description:

MexItalian Burger

A 1/4 lb patty, covered with shredded Mexican cheeses, Black beans, and Jalapenos, all on a Bruschetta-like bread bun.

For the Cultural Lexicon

Apr 24th, 2008 | General, TV | No Comments

Since I feel shafted that “rocket surgery” took off unattributed, I propose the following terms:

  1. stARCHIVE - The act of starring an item in gmail, then immediately archiving it.
  2. Fonticate - while used by Michael Herf as the name for a cool font-picking program, I propose the word be used in this manner: The act of reformatting a multi-user document (esp. a collaborative powerpoint presentation) by uniformely changing the font and various other visual elements.

meta rock

Mar 22nd, 2008 | Meta | No Comments

meta rock

Originally uploaded by bradeuchre

This is my entry into Color War 2008’s first battle — Flickr RoShamBo! Things you should know: I’m throwing rock, for the Orange Team

Those Canadians!

Mar 18th, 2008 | TV | No Comments

It appears that the Canadians are experimenting with protomatter. Just look at this video:

It’s obvious now that they are trying to create a Genesis Device in an attempt to terraform the moon.

Schematics to follow…

Help me with my resume

Mar 9th, 2008 | General, Web Design | No Comments

My resume is finally ready for the web. However, I’m interested in your opinion and criticism, so please contact me with your thoughts.

Also, for your time-wasting pleasure, I give you: Faker Baker BS3 . Anyone’s who’s ever used B&T knows this screen all too well. Now, all you have to do is point your browser to brad.hawidu.com/bt and you’ll instantly look busy! For you pros out there, the color is #47768e.

Context in the Future

Mar 6th, 2008 | Predictions | No Comments

The strongest argument for a centralized personal account that is device-decentralized is the elimination of redundancy. Read that again.

I’m claiming (without prior research) that holistic web services are most efficiently disbursed through a monopolistic provider.

  • The simple principle of this is that you don’t want to remember web addresses, account names and passwords. It’s a big hassle to check tons of sites all the time. Email notification, RSS, and widgets currently help with this, but a central system is better at it.
    • There is evidence of this. Look at portal sites. I’m more likely to use a Google service than an external one, even if the Google features are lacking — if it means I only have to go to one site instead of two.
    • Providers (esp. Google) are not using predatory tactics, but are rather naturally gaining comprehensive market share. Yes, the long tail is important, but everything on the web is still bunching up.
  • The entire concept of media is built around context.

Future media solutions will know a user’s background knowledge — and leave out redundant information.

  • If I read an article about America, the content provider doesn’t have to assume I know when Columbus sailed the ocean blue — they’ll KNOW I know it, because their central system told me.
  • In order for this power to work, it must be tied into almost my entire media experience. That is why it will not be stored on a local device.

Just a thought.

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