About: Chandler

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I’m just another Hoosier living in New York City. I work a Web job, I dig on old records, I’m a Mac person, I love my ladyfriend, and I take some photos. For fun I like to parse XML and correct grammatical, spelling, and Javascript syntax errors on a moonlit beach.

Posts by Chandler:

• Another Picture Post: Hiking Upstate NY , 02 Sep 2008 in New York Living& Travel
  

  Rather than writing about the ice caves, the splendid vistas, the clean air, and the blueberries that were perfectly ripe, I’ll just let the photos speak for themselves.

• Catching Up In Pictures , 26 Aug 2008 in New York Living& Uncategorized
  

  Just ask anyone: I talk too much. They’ve said it to and about me my whole life. Sometimes I manage to keep my trap shut long enough to take some pictures. So I’ll catch up on some recent events in photos.

• Remembries of Elementary School , 18 Aug 2008 in Geekery
  

  The other night I got going on thinking of one to three significant things I remember from every grade in elementary school.

• Ikea Is Actually a Pretty Good Neighbor , 14 Aug 2008 in New York Living& Rants
  

  The main benefit for us has been that the MTA changed the bus route so that the B61–which formerly passed in front of our apartment every five to 10 minutes–now goes along a different street to take riders to the store.

• New Big Damn Band Site Launched , 31 Jul 2008 in Geekery& Music
  

  Their new album, The Whole Fam Damnily, will be released on Tuesday, August 5. I knew their old website was just, well, old. So I offered my services.

• Adobe AIR Is Cooler Than You , 06 Jul 2008 in Geekery& Software
  

  AIR allows developers to use existing HTML/Ajax, Flash and Flex to create OS-independent widgets. In plain English, the user can run small desktop applications that replicate and often enhance the experience of using a web browser.

• Independence Day Weekend Playlist , 05 Jul 2008 in Movies& Music
  

  In addition to enjoying the pretty spectacular view of the fireworks from our roof, I’ve been doing some cleaning, some other work, watching movies and listening to records.

• Fireworks Defeat Radio Silence , 04 Jul 2008 in New York Living
  

  I know, I know, I’ve been pretty quiet lately. I promise I’ll write more. In the meantime, here are some shots from the roof of our building in Brooklyn looking north toward the Brooklyn Bridge.

• Apple TV Gripes , 08 Jun 2008 in Geekery& Movies
  

  I know I could pull up the movies in iTunes, do an advanced search, and sort the results by release date. But why should I have to do that?

• The Coug Wants To Be My Friend , 05 Jun 2008 in Geekery
  

  “But Coug, we have no friends in common.”

• I’m on Sirius Satellite Radio on June 4 , 03 Jun 2008 in Geekery
  

  I’ll be on “Doctor Radio,” the new Sirius channel powered by NYU Langone Medical Center during the Pediatrics show talking about internet safety practices for parents and kids, as well as online health resources and crap like that.

• Sophisticated Taggers, and a Tree Grows (In Front of Our Apartment) In Brooklyn , 15 May 2008 in New York Living& Politics
  

  This example isn’t as sophisticated as some of the subway poster alteration art that goes on around the city, but the industrious tagger did spell “bourgeois” correctly. Gold star for them!

• Unclear On the Concept: Contact the Web Team , 13 May 2008 in Geekery& Rants
  

  While I give folks props for actually using our contact form, I’m mystified by some– okay, most–of the emails we get at the web team’s catch-all address.

• Zipcar: The Not-So-Bloody Aftermath , 11 May 2008 in Rants& Travel
  

  There is a lesson here for other companies: listen to your customers, give them what they pay for, and if you fail to do so then own up to it and make the situation right. Strange concept, I know.

• What’s More Overrated Than Zipcar? Not Much. , 09 May 2008 in Rants& Travel
  

  Zipcar is zero for two on actually delivering the car I reserved. Fool me once, shame on you. And just like The Who, I won’t get fooled again.

• Creepin’ On a High-Def Come-Up , 01 May 2008 in Geekery& New York Living
  

  Now my favorite populist independent is in the correct aspect ratio.

• NYC to Grand Theft Auto IV: “F*** you, pal.” , 30 Apr 2008 in New York Living& Video Games
  

  Various higher-ups and muckity-mucks have come forth with vitriol about the Big Apple being represented as a nasty, scary, dangerous place.

• Because I Can: On Location In Madison Square Park , 10 Apr 2008 in New York Living
  

  Today New York City has been given a springtime gift: the first 70 degree day since last October, so I decided to spend some time working from my “satellite office.”

• Battle of the Online Mix Tapes: Mixwit vs. Muxtape , 27 Mar 2008 in Geekery& Music
  

  In this cloud-computing, Facebook-centered era of the web, it’s no surprise that even the practice of mix tape creation has moved online. Of course, the first question that comes to mind is: do most potential users of these services even know what a mix tape is?

• Man Proposes to Woman On Twitter , 21 Mar 2008 in Geekery& Rants
  

  LAME.

• I’m Gonna Kill You, Mellencamp , 21 Mar 2008 in Music& Rants& Sports
  

  “Like a Rock” became the new “Freebird.” And now “This Is Our Country” is the new “Like a Rock.”

• Black Is the New President , 16 Mar 2008 in Politics
  

  So I didn’t have to get a cast. Instead, I’m in a different, slimmer splint that allows me a bit more freedom of movement. Still not great, but I’m functioning.

• Zen and the Art of Creative Showering , 08 Mar 2008 in Rants
  

  Things for which I’m thankful now that I’m down one paw.

• I Fought the Wall and the Wall Won , 07 Mar 2008 in Geekery& Rants
  

  I ran into a wall while carrying a pizza. I wish I had a cooler explanation. Suggestions for lies and tall tales welcome.

• John McCain Loves Matlock, Satan , 05 Mar 2008 in Politics
  

  I know the son of a bitch is older than Methuselah, but damn his judgement is bad.