Morrie the Toupee Salesman

Some writing, not necessarily self-contained – about my former neighborhood. Feedback is welcome. Potrero Hill In 2005, a tourist walking from Market Street in downtown San Francisco and trying to get to Potrero Hill would find it difficult to reach. The two main highways into San Francisco from the south form a Y shape, upside [...]

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This is pretty cool:

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On the other side of things, this morning brings a leak of digg’s recommender. It looks very nice, but my first impression was “that’s some leak.” I forgot my disclaimer on the last post.

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Sad to see my former company included in that list. Right next to technorati, which Kevin Rose once called a “dead site.” I actually remember thinking right then, that we were screwed. Arrogance is usually the first sign.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Bridge, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.

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Usually I’d do my top 10 not promoted stories on digg last week on Mondays, but today I noticed that the top not-promoted story has a crazy amount of diggs and comments, so I’m just going to link to that (933 diggs): Least I Could Do – New Animated Short[NSFW]. (And for those who read [...]

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I’ve got to take it as a good omen that on the day I received a really nice job offer (I’ll be starting July 7) my old boss talks about my new boss. Disclaimer

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I’ve received some complaints about my remarks on digg here. My first impulse to these comments is to bring out Sarah Lacy’s book, share some of my favorite quotes, interspersed with maniacal laughing and random outbursts beginning with “They actually had the nerve…” While I would love to talk more openly, the company has suggested [...]

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Eye, originally uploaded by ojbyrne. People seem to like this picture on flickr, which surprised me.

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