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Hi. My name is Dennis. I enjoy such things as snowboards, four square and unemployment. I live in the East Village, NYC. You can email me at: dens at teendrama dot com


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Oct
9th
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Lately, the out of town families have been 1- and-out. It’s not unusual to see a family win 3 games and a couple fast moneys - that’s what i am hoping for.

He also said has only *heard of* families winning 4 fast moneys. He called them fables. And he said, NEVER in the history of Family Feud, has any family won 5 fast moneys! NEVER.

I want to go down in Game Show history! (or just win 1 game)

— Jonathan, via email, recapping his most recent interaction with the folks from Family Feud.  It’s on - we fly out on Satuday, tape on Sunday. Wish us luck!
Oct
7th
Tue
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Kind of loving this comparison CNN just make between Palin’s flirting / winking and this old Betty Boop cartoon: Watch here: (skip about 30 seconds in)www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPVCfQ7uxM Close of the segment: “For someone that said they didn’t blink when asked to be VP, she sure is doing a lot of winking now.” Another quote I hadn’t heard before (from post-debate coverage) “Did she just wink at us like she was America’s cocktail waitress?”
Kind of loving this comparison CNN just make between Palin’s flirting / winking and this old Betty Boop cartoon: Watch here: (skip about 30 seconds in)www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPVCfQ7uxM Close of the segment: “For someone that said they didn’t blink when asked to be VP, she sure is doing a lot of winking now.” Another quote I hadn’t heard before (from post-debate coverage) “Did she just wink at us like she was America’s cocktail waitress?”
Oct
6th
Mon
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TJ Maxx = *THE* place to stock up on Family Feud outfits (seriously, it’s harder than one would think to find solid, brighly colored shirts). ps: shirt + tie in a box (!!) for $19.99! (via dpstyles™)
TJ Maxx = *THE* place to stock up on Family Feud outfits (seriously, it’s harder than one would think to find solid, brighly colored shirts). ps: shirt + tie in a box (!!) for $19.99! (via dpstyles™)
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Things that drive me bananas about Tumblr (, sorry Karp)

#1.  I just created two posts in the “link” style.  With both I wanted to include a headling + photo + description, but none of these styles let me do that.  “Text” or “Link” = no photo.  “Photo” = no headline.  Annoying.

#2.  Users can’t leave comments.  Makes me wonder while I’m even posting thoughts on Tumblr (answer: because it’s easy and I don’t feel like dealing with slow ass MT again).

#3. Auto importing of photos etc.  I tried this a bunch of times… just tag my Flickr pix with a special tag (e.g.  2tumblr”) and the automatically get sucked in and put over here - awesome.  Buuuuttt, whenever you do that it (a) grabs the smaller, awkward size image, (b) strips out the title of the image and just adds it to the “caption” field and (c) strips out all the line breaks!   WTF!

Suggestions here?  Just switch to MT?  But i Love this little Tumblr Bookmarklet thing!  Is there something similar for MT, etc?  Anyone?

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Sep
4th
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Oh, did I mention I went to the DNC last weekend in Denver?  I flew in via LA (thx Julian!), figured I’d crash with Danny for a day or two to check out the Obama-themed street-arty party in Danny’s gallery space (Manifest Hope gallery) and then maybe try to scam my way into Obama’s keynote?  The gallery was unbelievable, which turned into a block party Wed night with Cold War Kids + Clap Your Hands + Silversun Pickups + Z-Trip which turned into an acoustic show with the aforementioned plus Johnny Deathcab / Postal Service and the girl from Small Wonder (??) all emceed by Sarah Silverman… which eventually turned into a No Data style dance party (hence the 1000 upskirt shots).  I was up till 5am, slept two hours, biked over to the DNC (hobo bike!) to volunteer and ended up working the security line for 11 hours (!!) to earn my way in to see Obama’s speech. Just an amazing amazing weekend.
Anyway, buckets of Flickr pix here:

Oh, did I mention I went to the DNC last weekend in Denver?  I flew in via LA (thx Julian!), figured I’d crash with Danny for a day or two to check out the Obama-themed street-arty party in Danny’s gallery space (Manifest Hope gallery) and then maybe try to scam my way into Obama’s keynote?  The gallery was unbelievable, which turned into a block party Wed night with Cold War Kids + Clap Your Hands + Silversun Pickups + Z-Trip which turned into an acoustic show with the aforementioned plus Johnny Deathcab / Postal Service and the girl from Small Wonder (??) all emceed by Sarah Silverman… which eventually turned into a No Data style dance party (hence the 1000 upskirt shots).  I was up till 5am, slept two hours, biked over to the DNC (hobo bike!) to volunteer and ended up working the security line for 11 hours (!!) to earn my way in to see Obama’s speech. Just an amazing amazing weekend.

Anyway, buckets of Flickr pix here:

Sep
2nd
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It’s that time of year again!  I forgot how much I missed ITP.  (ps:  ITP, art + tech grad program @ NYU… get with it!)
Designing Around PlaceCourse Number: H179. 2730Course Type: LectureInstructor(s): Crowley, SharonCredits: 4Dopplr knows where you’ll be next week.  Dodgeball knows where you were last night.  Google Maps on your iPhone knows where you’re standing right now!  So now what?  This class is designed to experiment with the tools and technologies that are driving location-based services and the ways in which location data can be used to change the way we experience the world around us.  The class focuses on existing location-aware applications and techniques (geocoding, geotagging, mapping, location tracking, proximity detection) and how they can be combined with existing data feeds and APIs to reinvent the tools, social apps and gaming concepts that we’re already familiar with.  Students experiment with various tools, techniques and data sets for accessing, pinpointing and storing location and learn how these technologies can be used to develop applications across multiple platforms - including mobile phones, laptops, navigation and gaming devices.  Students are expected to build at least two working applications during the semester (midterm + final).  Prior experience in dynamic web development (PHP / Python / Ruby / Perl + MySQL) is required as we start building in Week 2.

It’s that time of year again!  I forgot how much I missed ITP.  (ps:  ITP, art + tech grad program @ NYU… get with it!)

Designing Around Place

Course Number: H179. 2730
Course Type: Lecture
Instructor(s): Crowley, Sharon
Credits: 4

Dopplr knows where you’ll be next week.  Dodgeball knows where you were last night.  Google Maps on your iPhone knows where you’re standing right now!  So now what?  This class is designed to experiment with the tools and technologies that are driving location-based services and the ways in which location data can be used to change the way we experience the world around us.  The class focuses on existing location-aware applications and techniques (geocoding, geotagging, mapping, location tracking, proximity detection) and how they can be combined with existing data feeds and APIs to reinvent the tools, social apps and gaming concepts that we’re already familiar with.  Students experiment with various tools, techniques and data sets for accessing, pinpointing and storing location and learn how these technologies can be used to develop applications across multiple platforms - including mobile phones, laptops, navigation and gaming devices.  Students are expected to build at least two working applications during the semester (midterm + final).  Prior experience in dynamic web development (PHP / Python / Ruby / Perl + MySQL) is required as we start building in Week 2.

Aug
21st
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HOLY SHIT! - we just got the call. THE CROWLEY FAMILY HAS MADE IT ONTO THE FAMILY FEUD (stay tuned for dates/times, but we’re going to LA!)J just got the call!   (Apparently, we got picked first out of the 180 families that auditioned in Boston last weekend!)  Oh man, I can not be any more excited!No words on dates yet, but we’ll prob head to LA (!!) in mid Sept / Oct for the taping.  We’ll play one round for sure… but if we keep winning, we can play up to 5 games/ shows!  ($20k in winnings per show).  Wowowowowowowowow!Stay tuned for taping dates AND *Family Feud viewing party* deets.  Ha!  Oh man, this is great!(ps:  for those who were following at home, we brought 6 to the audition in hopes we could bring 5 to LA.  The good news is that all 5 of us..  me + J + K + mom + dad are all heading out.  CROWLEY FAMILY REPRESENT!)
HOLY SHIT! - we just got the call. THE CROWLEY FAMILY HAS MADE IT ONTO THE FAMILY FEUD (stay tuned for dates/times, but we’re going to LA!)

J just got the call!   (Apparently, we got picked first out of the 180 families that auditioned in Boston last weekend!)  Oh man, I can not be any more excited!

No words on dates yet, but we’ll prob head to LA (!!) in mid Sept / Oct for the taping.  We’ll play one round for sure… but if we keep winning, we can play up to 5 games/ shows!  ($20k in winnings per show).  Wowowowowowowowow!

Stay tuned for taping dates AND *Family Feud viewing party* deets.  Ha!  Oh man, this is great!

(ps:  for those who were following at home, we brought 6 to the audition in hopes we could bring 5 to LA.  The good news is that all 5 of us..  me + J + K + mom + dad are all heading out.  CROWLEY FAMILY REPRESENT!)