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Archive for April, 2009



I appreciate that the Downtown Alliance provides free wifi at various downtown public locations. However, this page is a major map fail in terms of visual accessibility. It is so simple to print the larger size graphic as a pdf and link it, instead of wasting bandwidth with a graphic that serves no function.

http://www.downtownny.com/discover/wifi/
Yes, I […]

Stop Runny Nose

There seems to be many suggested methods to stop a runny nose with the most common being antihistamines. However, the real trick to stop a runny nose without medicines that continues to work for generations is rolling up two tissues and stuff up one nostril at a time.

It is not a pretty sight, but no […]

H&R Block Game on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH8B3OTUx4E - I am wondering how much money HR Block spent on this YouTube game designed by Razorfish and failed to produce the results it needed to justify the cost. The pace and music from a gamers’ standpoint is dreadful. If it was intended to go viral, it has failed miserably. I found myself giving […]

Susan Boyle Sings in Chinese

Susan Boyle might as well be singing in Chinese from her quick rise to fame and fortune in Britain’s Got Talent. It is well documented in Chinese newspapers around the world. This prompted my mother who don’t speak a word of English to request me to put on Susan Boyle’s YouTube video for her to […]

Calling the Twitter race early like news networks did for the 2000 elections. AplusK is the winner, approved by all independent bloggers. Good night.

Even though everyone including myself had high hopes of the rouge CNNBRK bot winning. However, after CNN bought the account, it changes all the dynamics of who people are rooting for. Some of the early Twitter adopters will stop CNNBRK as a result because it is now officially a corporate entity lost in the shuffle […]

Yup, let’s say that again: Top Twitter User CNNBRK is a bot, and a damn good one. It puts the other CNN properties on Twitter to shame because it provides a solid service of tweeting important headlines without the call to action of visiting the CNN web property through shorten URLs. Let’s all follow the […]

Queens Mall Suicide

A middle age woman jumps to her death at the Queens Mall, and injuring a teenager in the suicide process. And a reporter ridiculously quotes Time Warner saying, “Time Warner is closed. If you’ve got a bill due, don’t worry about it. They said they won’t cut off your service today.” Is the reporter a […]