Josh Oakes | in moderate doses

Real Egg (product)

Ingredients of a Product I Found Called "Just Potatoes"

Potatoes, Dextrose, Onion, Salt, Onion Powder, Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Bisulphate.

Things I Can't Believe We've Been Convinced We Should Buy

1. Clips to Hold Money
2. Dirt in a Bag
3. Water in a Bottle
4. Air in a Can
5. Sticks that Make Fire

Derek Sivers wins at Social Media

Not only did @sivers see his name turn up in my river of worthless tweets, but he bothered to check out what I was talking about and respond.

Meanwhile, I get followed by random dipshits because I make a joke about the plumber and for some reason, they think following me will get them something.

(Article referenced in the image: http://bit.ly/51QwyJ)

This is how social media is supposed to work.

We all need to figure out what the fuck it is that we can do to make this gig better for everybody. Yes, starting with ourselves and the ones closest to us. But, I’m more convinced than ever that the path to feeling whole and happy means bucking up, dropping the “poor me” act, and stopping everything you need to until you figure out the next thing you can do that would make you feel alive and useful — driven by something other than the need to rationalize why you aren’t where you want to be.

— kung fu grippe: Three things about Marco Arment

Mancrush Dream Interpretation?

[This post is serious. And by serious I mean true. Any humor you find in it is legitimate. I’m not making this up.]

So I dreamt a few nights ago that I was back in California and ran into Merlin Mann (i.e. @hotdogsladies) at a small market. In the dream, the part of Merlin was played by a friend from college and his wife was played by Zoey Deschanel. (You know how it goes with dreams.)

In this context, “ran into” is where I see him entering a small local market and so milled conspicuously about the market until I bumped into him.

I told him that I have found his missives to be inspirational when challenging or supportive when we frequently seem to be on the same wavelength.

This didn’t get me anywhere so I went on to tell him how I never liked 43f until he abandoned the 43f GTD orgy as I had always been frustrated by GTD and it’s babbling groupies who spent more time wishing for a “great” GTD app than actually getting shit done. Anyway, that just made it worse.

So I tried to win him over by telling him I was a fan of YLNT. He was even non-plussed when I told him was the creator of the YLNT Photo Envelope and YLNT Sticker Set.

But he didn’t chew me out for being a clichéd poseur and failing to be creative. So maybe it wasn’t him.

Anyway, thoughts?

Foods That Are Great Hot, Terrible Cold and Worse Reheated

1. Coffee
2. Quesadillas
3. French Fries

Computer Problems I've Been Asked To Fix That Might Be Something Else

• “My message boards aren’t inside anymore.”
• “Whatever you do to computers, I need you to do it to my computer.”
• “I can’t make a download.”
• “The power is missing.”
• “It’s not screwed tight.”
• “I don’t know what my favorites are.”
• “Things used to click but now they don’t click anymore.”
• “I can’t work. The entire internet shuts off!”

Google Reader goes Nuts.

Talk about niche audience. Web nerdery and typography.

Yes.

merlin:

Are public schools just used to store coats, or what exactly is happening at this point?