Steve Fischer's Random Blog

Category: Crazy

  • Tech Humor?

    The Crunchy Awards are billed as the tech version of the Oscars. Chelsea Peretti (who I had never heard of before) was the MC.

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    And while she sounds nervous, she’s funny. I can’t tell if the sound is bad in the recording or if the tech audience just doesn’t laugh. As a tech guy, I’m going with the latter…

    I’m being paid in Bitcoin for this event, is that a good thing?

    Apple is nominated in the new hardware category for making a pencil. Apple, are y’all even trying anymore?

    There’s a big battle between Uber and Lyft. If this were basketball Lyft would be the Clippers and Uber would be Kobe Bryant because of all the rape stuff…

    It’s not Letterman, but c’mon…

  • Blame the Victim

    Apparently 50% of NYC Subway crime involves victims who are asleep. So what do you do to prevent it? Sure, stop people from sleeping.

    I’m not making this up. Don’t try to stop the criminals, keep sleepy commuters awake.

  • Oklahoma, the Musical

    I was reading an article online about some extreme anti-homosexual laws being proposed in Oklahoma. Then I read this in the comments:

    If Oklahoma wants to seem less gay, it should not have it’s own Broadway musical, I think

    I busted out laughing…

  • Dumbo Real Estate Gone Mad

    This place is a couple blocks from my office. Dumbo is super hot right now, 3,000 square feet is huge for Brooklyn and it looks gorgeous. But $4.5 million? Ouch.

  • Snow Patio

    I’m not sure why, but this picture amuses me. It’s the luxury condo building across the street from my office.

    No cooking out anytime soon…

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  • Snowboard the Blizzard

    Insane…

  • The Aftermath

    There will be plenty of digging out after this storm.

    That is 0.1 inches below the all time record for Central Park (set the single day record) and was the record at Kennedy Airport. Williamsburg is the closest area to me.

    Glad that isn’t my bike:

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    Plenty of snow, but the street is plowed:

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  • Snow Day

    Just another crazy snow storm. This is a subway stop near me. An underground subway stop…

  • In Case of Blizzard, Do Nothing

    Blizzard advice from the former mayor of Buffalo:

    “relax, stay inside and grab a six-pack,” which must be the best advice any elected official ever gave the public in an emergency situation.

  • Alors, Les Hipsters

    Possibly the best blog headline I’ve ever written.

    From The Observer, an amusing account of French tourists flocking to Brooklyn:

    The tourists chuckled knowingly as Ms. Goujon went on to list a few cliché signifiers, which included bulldogs, graphic design and, of course, fixed-gear bicycles.

    Seriously, what is it with fixed gear bicycles? But more from the article:

    What Brooklyn did better than what we did in Franc is the cool aspect. In France, all those places exist, but they are not cool.

    Les hipsters indeed…