photographer,
prattler,
traveler,
amplifier,
/'lɪŋgwɪst/,
locuteur,
энтузиастка,
and balls-to-the-wall nerd.
heather@rive.rs
Charmingly half-finished, coffee-stained sketches of San Francisco (mostly the Mission) by Aindrila Mukhopadhyay on Flickr. Great use of Flickr maps too.
Space Explorer by Bill Robinson, who also has a blog and even more awesome flimflammery for sale
“I like retro cartoon pinups. I like fuzzy space aliens. Perfect match!”
I’m excited to see “A History of the Sky: A dynamic time-lapse visualization of the sky for an entire year” at the SF Exploratorium. Two things I love: clouds and time lapse!
“Here is a movie made from images from the camera’s first 42 days on the roof of the Exploratorium. The earliest day is in the upper left, and consecutive days follow left to right, then down, with the most recent day in the lower right.”
Watch it in fullscreen HD!
The Mostly-Random Password Generator »
The difference between typing the words “authentic” and “aggregate” is small, true, but multiply it by the number of times you type your password … it’s a lot.
How a web design goes straight to hell »
The hardest I have laughed in a long, long time
“Every time you attempt to parse HTML with regular expressions, the unholy child weeps the blood of virgins, and Russian hackers pwn your webapp. Parsing HTML with regex summons tainted souls into the realm of the living. HTML and regex go together like love, marriage, and ritual infanticide.”
“It’s like there’s a gap. For the first couple years that you’re making stuff, what you’re making isn’t so good, okay … it’s not that great. It’s really not that great. It’s … it’s trying to be good, it has some ambition to be good, but it’s not quite that good. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game — your taste is still killer.”
Watch this, okay? Especially you creative types. It’s important.
This is possibly even cuter than an axolotl
Business model
| Boris: | also, not only the layout but user experience may need to be custom tailored to each mobile device to maintain parity with other native apps |
| Heather: | as much as I hate this argument, at least the underserved are used to being underserved |
| Heather: | iPhone users are definitely not |
| Heather: | they complain if it doesn't do foot massages |
| Boris: | that's my next app btw |
| Boris: | turn on vibrate and put it under your foot |
| Boris: | I'll call it iPhoot |
| Boris: | and i'll sell it for free, but I'll also sell special handy wipes that cost $5 |
Sum-up Stories »
I also love Jane Solomon’s flash fiction.
I love my coworkers.
“Get viral!”
“But even factoring in their annoying eccentricities, the disobedient attitude of hackers is a net win. I wish its advantages were better understood.”
English IPA visualizer »
I made this little toy forever ago and didn’t bother putting it on the interweb because, well, it’s totally useless. But I just realized there is NO PENALTY FOR USELESS TOYS ON THE INTERNET.
A call for writers
Hey guys, you know the drill. I’m whipping up a batch of internets and you’re all invited.
If you’re a writer (aspiring or otherwise) and want to be an early member of a new creative writing community, shoot me an email and I’ll send you an invite. It’s not open to the public yet but I think it has great potential, and you guys always have the best feedback. :)
No, no, the Night Runner DELUXE.
| Orion: | At the new space, the guy next to me is trying to order 48 hamster wheels, but they have to be a very particular model of hamster wheels and they need to be shipped to Phoenix |
| David: | You can't cut corners when it it comes to vengeful practical jokes |
