Do you like jazz? You should. It’s one of the greatest American art form. Here’s a playlist of some of my favorites to get you started.
Glen W. Bell Jr., 86, Taco Bell Founder, Dies
Jan 19, ’10
7:30 PM
I’m going to have a Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell tomorrow to honor this man. Its the best Mexican Pizza (seriously).
Glen W. Bell Jr., whose idea in 1951 to sell crispy-shell tacos from the window of his hamburger stand became the foundation of Taco Bell, the restaurant chain that turned Mexican fare into fast food for millions of Americans, died at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He was 86.
via Glen W. Bell Jr., 86, Taco Bell Founder, Dies – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com.
On Facebook, the dead live on
Jan 19, ’10
7:21 PM
What happens to your Facebook account when you die?
When Facebook gets a notice that a member has died (it has to include a link to an obituary, news article or some other proof of death), it locks the profile so that only confirmed friends have access to it and can leave messages. Birthday notices are still sent out, and there is no indication placed on the profile that the person is deceased.
via On Facebook, the dead live on [Updated] | Technology | Los Angeles Times.
Newton “Batmobile” Prototype
Jan 18, ’10
8:10 PM
via flickr.com
In 2001, my wife and I were in the process of buying the house we currently live in now and we had a house inspector inspecting the house in order to complete the purchase. There’s not much that I remember from our house buying experience, but the thing I do remember is this: the house inspector was using an Apple Newton.
I tried to glance over his shoulder to see what he was marking down with his stylus. I never got a good look, but I remember thinking, “how cool”. The Newton is still beautiful to me and I’ve wanted to buy one from eBay for a long time now. One of these days…
Finally Home
Jan 18, ’10
4:30 AM
It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything for michaeldoan.com. Some time during 2008, I let michaeldoan.com die and started to post to my Tumblr and Blogger accounts. The Blogger account was short-lived, but my Tumblr account lives on (kind of). Tumblr is being feed post via my Posterous account.
This is all very complicated, and it doesn’t really matter. What does matter is that I’ve been on the web – in some form – since 2001 and I still find it interesting.
I’m not sure what I’m going to do with this space yet, but it feels good to finally be home.