Quixotic Bravado by Josh Babetski

• Road Trip! Was in VA today with @antthelimey for a really good meeting. Then took some AOLers to Sweet Water in Sterling.
• Airport Extreme in the office died today. Every product has a failure rate, but am I wrong in thinking Apple quality is on the decline?

• OH: “… told us how he was going to work for [redacted] for 2 years; retire a millionaire.” “how’d that work out?” “he’s living in jersey.”

• I’ve currently gotten the upper-hand on this authentication code. Quitting for the night while the going’s good.
• @thorpus has a great post up worth reading (and retweeting): http://tinyurl.com/5rhthf Then go get the http://iheartpandora.com widget.
• Why yes, that is a new logo and branding for @mapquest! http://www.mapquest.com. Great work by @graham310 and the MQ team!
• @AprilRox Thanks. Been workin’ out ‘n stuff. You’re looking mighty good your… oh, you meant the logo. Umm — thanks?
• @iamkyle Curious, why Coda vs. TextMate? Not knocking Panic, they make great apps. I use TextMate for everything though.
• Grillin’

• I’m locked in an epic struggle with authentication code. It currently seems to have gained the upper hand on me — rematch tomorrow!
• @icelander “Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.” –Dr. Seuss.
• @umAndy Very cool indeed. Everyone please check out Andy’s screencast: http://is.gd/1QKO and SpatialKey, which uses the @mapquest platform.
• Overheard @dweakl01 just say: “Nothing washes down carrot like a cigarette.”
• Taking another look through the SXSW panels. Do you have one? Any recommendations? Here’s ours: http://icanhaz.com/sxsw2009 Please vote!

• The Ruby on Rails team should be embarrassed over the condition of their wiki and ability to onramp people to current 2.x tutorials.
• sitting on the porch enjoying the breeze and a beautiful day.
• @lilitroy Glad you’re back too! We redid the UI in all green, so there’s that. Also, @chipd was reported weeping and calling out for you.

• Reading through the schedules and road closings for the DNC next week. My sympathies to friends in the Denver area; rough week ahead.
• Told you so: Called it on 16th that people should move on from the Manga thing. http://tinyurl.com/5exb7h stopthemanga.com = funny!
• New Blog Post: “Before You, There was iPhone Girl” http://icanhaz.com/iphonepics

I came across this article today on Gizmodo (via Friendfeed): “Surprise: New iPhone Comes Loaded with Photos of the Girl Who Made It.”

I wonder how much thought people actually put into where all the things they use in daily life come from and the history of things in general? This article was great in that someone in the UK actually got to see who helped build the iPhone they’ll be using. I would have loved to seen a message too in the Notes Application with her name, some things about her life and work, but a picture is great. I wish I knew more about my iPhone prior to the AT&T guy pawing it up with fingerprints when I bought it.

I think in a global economy, there’s a lot to learn about the people who bring us our possessions and consumables. That perspective would help shine a light on labor practices abroad and more insight and understanding into how things come to be.

Do you ever wonder about the history of the things in your life?

• Took longer than expected, but got all of my to-do for today done! Last task: syncing new version of Things from @culturedcode to my iPhone.
• @tracibabe brought in donuts for everyone. I sent out an email to the office in haiku. Feeling extra creative today — might be the sugar.
• For local fans of yummy wings and beer: we’ll be hitting 915 tonight ~6:30ish, then probably head across the street to Halls.
• @briandewitt Sadly no, but passing on info to all the Denver folks. I haven’t been to CO yet this year! It’s a world gone mad! Have fun!
• @kyamazaki Meeks! Of course I remember you. We have a new building now in Lancaster. Small twitter world it seems!
• Debugged some CSS and mark-up for one of the devs. I am wearer of many hats.
• @tracibabe You are banned from wearing flip-flops! I’ll pick you up some velcro safety shoes on the way home.
• @kirstenm too late! I wanted to just print up the view source and css and take a red marker to it all… teacher-style!

Recent links posted to Delicious:

• Ajaxian » A simple solution to the “other” problem with select boxes A simple tutorial on using jQuery to solve a “select-to-input toggle” that shows and hides a text field when you select “Other”.
• Make your 404 pages more useful
• Form Elements: 40+ CSS/JS Styling and Functionality Techniques
• The Complete Guide for You to Become an Almighty jQuery Developer | Effectize

• VOIP service: Ooma or Vonage? Leaning toward Ooma. Thoughts?
• Have a MacBook coming up on a year old. AppleCare: Worthwhile purchase?