November 2008
142 posts
National Novel Writing Month: You Can Do It! →
November is just around the corner. Y’know what that means? National Novel Writing Month! (NaNoWriMo for short.)
NaNoWriMo challenges you to write throughout November, piecing together a…
today is turning put to be quite the grand adventure! Unexpected and enjoying the process
anyone else having autoarchiving issues with gmail, or is it just me? :(
arrived onsite after impromptu rainy hike :)
October 2008
218 posts
Looking at ferry schedules - looks like I’ll be spending a whole day on an island tomorrow!
looking at sailboats on Westlake. Too bad the weather’s not nicer
Testing 1, 2, 3 →
Over the summer WordPress 2.5 and a prototype called Crazyhorse underwent third-party usability testing, which led to the design changes that will be coming in 2.7. Half of the test participants…
The WordPress App for LinkedIn →
Today we’re happy to announce the launch of the WordPress App for LinkedIn, the largest online network for professionals.
The WordPress App for LinkedIn helps you share ideas and updates with…
we landed 1/2 hour early. I heart virgin America so hard right now :)
I wish I were flying somewhere international if I depart from the international gate. Unfortunately it doesn’t work that way
Virgin America is doing a preboarding soccer shootout contest. Team Awesome vs. Team Lightning. Still plan to board and depart ontime
Fewer than 20 minutes for the depart BART, check in at counter and get through security. If only the get-to-gate process were always thi …
After coffee and dinner with an old friend, headed to SFO.
they managed to upsell me to French mani. I resisted the crystal gel, silk wraps and acrylic tips.
this place also does eyebrow waxing for $5. Per eyebrow. Still good if you trust strangers w/ your face. I don’t w/o recs
found a Vietnamese nail place in the Mission. Squeezing in a mani/pedi before evening plans & flight back to SEA
there’s something really relaxing about 80’s slow jams.
An has somehow forgotten to eat lunch. Foraging for cheap tacos in the Mission
finally getting around to writing a blog post about bootstrapping a vacation
at Emporio Rulli Il Caffe at Union Square (225 Stockton St) in San Francisco http://whrrl.com/t/QyG4
i somehow failed to save my contacts properly. do not win - go straight to fail.
An is hoping whrrl will give her a good idea for drinks/dinner tonight!
at Apple Store (1 Stockton St) in San Francisco http://whrrl.com/t/Qsn3
at the One Stockton Street Apple Store waiting for my genius to help w/the phone function of my phone
talking about abercombie’s “all american look” - blond, preppy, attractive. Settled out of court so now multi, preppy, attractive #rcc
“you’re into managing people’s weight through a legal regime and you’re not owning up to it” #rcc
OH: I need to do that. I need to drink
At Fluid in SoMa come say hi if you’re in SF :)
OH: if you can make homemade biscuits I’m gonna marry you
I just got hit on by a Cal ugrad. Nice work.
Prof Rhode thinks we can use law as a tool to eliminate injustice #rcc
Bagenstos’ hobby is litigating cases. Pretty interesting hobby. #rcc
just got to SF and going to get our hang on with a friend from NOLA :) whee for multi city experiences!
<sigh> cougar in training is not an aspiration of mine. </sigh> in other news do you have a first aid kit handy?
“be careful it’s super slippery” is NOT something I want to hear re: bathroom stall. Can you say EW gross!
“cosmetics don’t grow on trees” - dissenting fed. judge #rcc
arguments for racism by analogy almost always fail - Prof Bagenstos #rcc
Rhode’s arg that appearance discrimination problematic b/c offends principles of equal opportunity #rcc
Prof Rhode (SLS) is writing a book about appearance discrimination #rcc
Prof Rhode is sharing some really incredible stats re: attractiveness & subordination —> implications for jobs, health #rcc
courts are deferential to what is a reasonable burden on business re: appearance discrimination. problematic to litigate and rule #rcc
Prof Bagenstos’ lecture style reminds me of Prof Jason Johnston’s, but w/ less of the scary #rcc
“that’s not the image we’re trying to project” + grooming standards —> appearance discrimination? No one talks about the ugly as ugly #rcc
“that’s not quite racism by analogy - that’s racism by racism” - Prof Bagenstos #rcc
Prof Schultz doesn’t want needs tied to gender/race & is difference agnostic. Presentation of new constructive model: disruption #rcc
Prof Schultz is clarifying her use of “assimilation” as it may be a v. loaded term. #rcc
Prof Conley introduced conscious vs unconscious bias in the context of hate crimes w/ Prof Kelman to address #rcc
really need a 3 o’clock caffeine jolt but am fascinated by Profs Schultz, Kelman, Halley & Bagenstos discussion #rcc
OH: “Why don’t you go first? That way if you say something really interesting, I’ll just add to that” #rcc
