Posts by Christopher Null
Are We Not Entertained?
If this holds up, I’m gonna be owed bank. A Chinese woman is suing a cinema and a film’s distributors for wasting her time by showing 20 minutes of adverts before it started, according to state media. Chen Xiaomei claims the Polybona International Cinema in the northern city of Xian and film distributors Huayi Brothers…
Read MoreThey Say It’s Your Birthday
For some reason I feel especially young this year…
Read MoreThe Bird is the Word
Spotted in Glen Park right outside my window… can anyone ID what kind of bird this is? A hawk of some kind from the looks of it.
Read MoreFinger Jerky, Perhaps?
You know after you remove a Band-Aid that’s gotten soaking wet: That white, wrinkly, squishy look that your skin gets where it’s been covered up? They need a really good name for that.
Read MoreWash Your Hands
It’s gonna get dirty out there. We have a bleak window of maybe 10 years, where we are going to have to use the antibiotics we have very wisely, but also grapple with the reality that we have nothing to treat these infections with.
Read MoreBest Laid Plans…
Thought I’d spend a few minutes adding a plug-in to Drinkhacker. 2 1/2 hours later, it’s added… and the whole site is redesigned. Jesus!
Read MoreAbout That Clerk Position…
I have a soft spot for this spam/virus I just received. In fact, I love it. —
Read MoreIll
Taking my first sick day in months… can’t remember the last time, actually. It’s amazing how being ill can totally derail all your plans, make everything suddenly take a back seat to your recovery, and delay everything you have going on. And at the same it can be liberating: No one expects you to get…
Read MoreLike John Waters’ Moustache
Can someone explain to me why some otherwise attractive women pluck their eyebrows down to pencil-thin lines? It is the scariest thing on earth.
Read MorePerhaps This Is Why My Drain Is Slow
Plumber: “How did the water drain before?” Me: “…”
Read MoreCan. Not. Wait.
Did You Know?
Did you know?* > Wolverine died. > Cars are faster than bikes. > If a car hit us: No car. > I can do a handstand on a chair. > Justin Bieber is a teenager. *Facts courtesy of my four-year-old son as related during a single 15-minute car ride.
Read MorePlanes, Trains, and Vaporettos
Just back from 8 glorious days in Italy… jet lagged like nobody’s business, but replete… Thinking about all the forms of travel required to get from here to Florence, around Tuscany, to Venice, back to Florence, and back to San Francisco. Looks a bit like this (not including copious amounts of time spent on foot):…
Read MoreBest Interview Ever
Never before has one man (me) said so little about so much. On Garner Road interview
Read MoreIt’s Like Skype But With Typing?
My 7-year-old attempts to explain what email is to my 4-year-old: “It’s like texting with a computer.” The scary thing is that the 4-year-old understood.
Read MoreSometimes Sleeping Is Hard
Had insane dreams last night. People (even some dead ones) from the distant past playing major roles. Espionage and hitmen after me, holed up in a hotel room. My kids were overgrown to 5’6″ tall (but still 4-7 years old). Things got so weird I was woken up and told that I was having a…
Read MoreThe Other Pan Flute
The worst hold music of all time is now official: HSBC. A three-minute loop of what sounds like Zanfir played on a $30 keyboard. Key change!
Read MoreUpside-Down Celeb Heads
This is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen.
Read MoreAnd My Yahoo! News RSS Feed…
Is here. http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/christophernull
Read MoreYahoo! News Tech Blog Now Live
My first post at Yahoo! News is now up for your reading pleasure: Google shuts off service in China: What does it mean for us? Find my daily musings in the blogroll here (still filed under “The Working Guy“).
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