essays & ephemera

Go Petey! (Go Phillies!) #yankeessuck

Stuck in an Elevator

Nope, I'm not actually stuck in an elevator.  It's just the Question of the Day.  Who would you most like to be stuck in an elevator with? Least like?  Oh, Question of the Day!  You so crazy.

Most:  Kelly.  In fact, I think we have this planned for our next Date Day.  Alone time with my wife?  Sign me up.

Least:  This guy.

 

20 miles from Framingham

Chris Byrne over at The Anarchangel points out that Don Draper's midnite dash from Westchester to Bedford, MA to drop off his new girlfriend's brother would've been a tall order.  But who cares when my hometown of Framingham gets a shout out as a landmark!  Don is hesitant to drop off the brother "20 miles from Framingham."  I'd guess the writers wanted to punch up the phrase "middle of nowhere?"  Right?  That's what you'd normally say.  "I can't just drop you off in the middle of nowhere."

20 miles from Framingham = Middle of Nowhwere

My best guess is that he was in Auburn, MA, having taken 84N to the Pike.  Lovely place, Auburn.

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And just because it's the best scene ever... The Carousel... "This device is not a spaceship.  It's a time machine."

Great video from BASICALI - "Nobody Cares" shot in an Apple Store

Come to the Apple Store where you can learn how to make great presentations using Keynote or how to spit rhymes.

@sixapart, how about a character counter for titles in #typepad?

You know I'm going to tweet all my new posts right?  So why not make it easy for me?  Tell me how many characters I have left including the bit.ly link.  Or if that's too extreme maybe give me both a Title Field *and* a "Share Field"?  That way I can title without regard for social promotion and can customize my one line social marketing message, as well.  Mull it over.

Oh, and while I'm in the feature requesting mood, how about integrating the bit.ly links into TypePad Mobile so that I can have unified link love in my TypePad Dashboard?

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