AOL trying to make a social network out of AIM reminds me of when the A-Team used to make tanks out of junkyard parts at the end of every episode...it might look messy at first, but whatever they build, it just might work. 

All the pieces are definitely there... more AIM users than people tied to any particular social network.  I love it when a plan comes together.

Link: AOL: MySpace Invader.

...  Or at least let me CTRL+D or something.   

Link: Official Google Blog: It's in the mail....

Google replaced the "trash" like in their Gmail drop down with a delete button.  Fine for people who like buttons, but I was used to the drop down and now I keep going to it and finding nothing.  Its very frustrating.

I saw 24 Hours on Craigslist last night and it was pretty damn funny.

I was surprised the theater wasn't packed, given that is the 18th most popular site on the web.  Perhaps if they had put a Craiglist ad up, more people would have showed. 

Basically, they took something like 80 ads from one single day and filmed the stories around them...  everything from crossdressing rockers to moms selling strollers.  Some of the people score really high on the Unintentional Comedy Scale. 

Having met Craig Newmark in person, it was especially hilarious to hear people's comments on whether there even really is a Craig and what he's like. 

The thing is, Craigslist is really a reflection of ourselves in a lot of ways, and so I feel like I learned a few things in this movie:

1. No matter how creepy you are, there's always someone creepier out there.
2. There is a really thin line between hilarious and creepy.
3. There's no fat end of the curve...   In the end, its all long tail.
4. Its unclear whether anonymity breeds more or less honesty.
5. Free is good.  People love free.
6. Homemade cookies are the universal currency.  If someone has 50 pairs of surplus women's army pants, you can trade a bag of homemade cookies for them.
7. Flash mobs are cool... NYC should have some of them.

The next time someone jokes about you...  turn it into a sales pitch.

Way to go, Chuck.

*gives thumbs up*

If you haven't seen the Random Chuck Norris Fact Generator yet, go here.

For those of you not living in a cave that has no broadband, Supr.c.ilio.us has some great web 2.0 related additions:

Link: Supr.c.ilio.us: The Blog � Chuck Norris 2.0.

My favorite:  Chuck Norris doesn’t search Google. He just stares at the screen until Google pops the website he needs.

This blog is hilarious...    There's no reason why it should have half the RSS subs I do.  You should go subscribe to their blog now, or Chuck Norris will roundhouse kick you in the face.

Last Friday night, my Fordham Global Outreach team spent the night contributing to the local New Orleans economy on Bourbon Street.  It turned out that Anderson Cooper was broadcasting live from one of the balconies above.  After shouting to him for about a half hour, he came down after his show for a quick photo op.  Here's the video of the Fordham group calling out to him and him snapping a few pictures with us:

I'm finding myself glued to Indian music videos on Channel 73 this morning.  This isn't the first time I've flipped through and stopped to listen and watch. 

I have no idea what they're singing about and a lot of the dancing looks like its a fight between the Jets and the Sharks from West Side Story.  What's with the dancing in big groups?  There also seems to be a lot of rising overhead shots of guys singing with outstretched arms and shouting towards the sky... sort of like Kirk yelling "Khaaaan!" in Star Trek II. 

But yet, I can't stop from bopping along.  This is great stuff.

Music truly is the international language.  Attractive female Indian dancers don't hurt either, admittedly.

So, if anyone has any recommendations as to some of this stuff I should be listening to, let me know. 

Repainted hallway, originally uploaded by ceonyc.

We just finished repainting this hallway...  These ceilings are like 20ft!

FEMA Trailers  Arrive, originally uploaded by ceonyc.

Now the personal care attendants have somewhere to stay, after months.

At 3AM this morning, the NYC Transit system--the subways and buses--shut down, as thousands of MTA employees walked off their jobs.

So, I'll be biking in.  Unless it snows, you cannot stop me. 

You can't even hope to contain me.

Bike this.

On our way, originally uploaded by ceonyc.

All I can think of is...



Its 106 miles to Chicago...  We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, its dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.



Hit it.



New Orleans, here we come.

We have a blog going for my 5 year Fordham reunion.   (Yeah, yeah, the template looks suspiciously similar...   I've been busy and didn't have time to do a new template.)

People have been updating the class with stories about what they've been up to.  One guy wrote about what it was like to be the Fordham Mascot.  That was pretty good, but I think it might just been topped by the best wedding story I've ever heard...

Someone very sweet sent me some going away popcorn today.  :)