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A Thanksgiving Weekend List

Lost Season 3 finale again (even better the second time, lots of thoughts on what's going on in the bigger picture), Thanksgiving family time, Grilled Sausage, Turkey & Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Carrot Souffle, Chocolate Pecan Pie, NFL Football!, Hanging with the Rhodes', LSU vs. Arkansas at Tiger Stadium (craziest football experience ever?), Makers on the rocks, No Country For Old Men, Cormac McCarthy, Gathering and Organizing

The Rise of the Micro App

Interesting idea + Rapid development + exisiting platforms = fun

Becoming Bob

The New York Times is running a great audio slideshow titled, "Becoming Bob" that explores Todd Haynes' constructions of the various characters that comprise Bob Dylan in I'm Not There.

One Laptop Per Child

The One Laptop Per Child project has officially launched. For those unfamiliar with the organization, their goal is to get one handcrank powered, wifi enabled, open source laptop into the hands of every child in the developing world  in order to offer them "opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves". This year my company, Annunciation Interactive, is giving one laptop in the name of each of our major clients. 

For the launch the OLPC is running a get one, give one program where if you buy one of the laptops, they will ship a second one to a child somewhere in the world. Imagine how transformative this could be in a child's life.

Lindelof on the Writer's Strike

Damon Lindelof, one of the creators of LOST, explains the writer's strike from his perspective and at the same time offers some insight on the social ramifications of time shifted viewing and streaming video entertainment in a NYTimes op-ed entitled Mourning TV.

It Takes A Teenage Riot To Get Me Out Of Bed

ahh, this takes me right back

A List for Flying Solo

Shanna's off to the wilds of Arizona for the weekend and I'm chilling by my lonesome. Here's a list of what's keeping me company:

Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design by Michael Bierut
Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink
Breathless (Criterion Collection)
Pho Bang
Palm Centro
Design Calisthenics
NOLA 180 Newsletter
faub.org blog
Global Green redesign
Magazine St.
Saints vs. Rams

Edit: The excellent weekend I had planned was ruinedby one of the most violent and evil stomach bugs I have ever encountered. Still recovering...

Faub.org Store is Up and Running

The faub.org store is up and running. Currently you can purchase a variety of posters, like the one pictured above by Erik K. More stuff coming soon!

Hanging in the Triangle

I spent a long weekend in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina, for my good friend Amanda's magnificent wedding (possibly the most beautiful and fancy that I have ever attended).

Here's a list of some of the flavors and textures that we experienced:

Fun times with John & Camille
Menu collecting
Clarion State Capital
Char Grill
Carolina BBQ (weird)
Knob Creek on the rocks at fancy cigar bar
Mosaic Wine Lounge
Pub Fare
North Carolina State Farmers Market (pastries, produce, cheeses, Pork Market)
Chicken Fried Steak
Handemade Market
Hot Weiners
Amanda & Joe's nuptials @ The Umstead
LSU Victory
fresh Bagels & Coffee
great mall shopping
SAINTS victory!!!
Pats defeat Colts
more Char Grill
Amazing Journey (great documentary on the history of The Who)

Do less, but good

Jerry Seinfeld, "the JD Salinger of television", says to those that wish they saw more of him in recent years, "Me too, but I wonder if they would be willing to accept me being not good. I wish I could do more, too, but I can't do more as good, so I figure I'll do less, but good."

Every business in the world could learn from that idea. In fact, every person in the world could. I wish all of us would make or do less better. It's something we are striving for at Annunciation and something I'd like to practice in my daily life as well.