Comments for Jonathan Beilin

Comment on Paternalistic “feminism” by Noah

Noah — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:34:42 +0000

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Comment on Thoughts on Apple Post-WWDC 2010 by Jonathan Beilin

Jonathan Beilin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:50:03 +0000

Mostly I felt that adding that quantity of prefixes to a frozen pizza was funny. For the record it was probably Kashi brand.

Comment on Thoughts on Apple Post-WWDC 2010 by Alex

Alex — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:33:34 +0000

“By the time the salad was served we scrapped the rest of our dinner plans, shoved an organic vegetarian local-grown frozen pizza in the oven and cuddled on the couch.”

Goodness — is that Michael Pollan that I hear proselytizing from across the bay?

I mean, heaven knows I’m all for a) organic, locally-grown vegetarian foodstuffs, b) frozen pizza, and c) cuddling, but you, my good friend, are getting Awfully Affirmative about your hyperrealism.

Comment on Thoughts on Apple Post-WWDC 2010 by andy

andy — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:16:01 +0000

awesome, jonbon. fifteen years ago when we were kids what was the consumer product that people held onto and basically depended on like we do now with our computers and its peripherals? i don’t think there was a specific, singular thing. quite a change in humanity.

Comment on Thoughts on Apple Post-WWDC 2010 by Jonathan Beilin

Jonathan Beilin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:11:00 +0000

Admittedly I have mixed feelings about the proliferation of consumer electronics but, assuming the spread is inevitable, I’d rather people carry electronic story-making devices with them instead of just, like, iPods.

Comment on DJambalaya introduction by Reuben Son

Reuben Son — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:58:19 +0000

Awesome and unexpectedly practical use of last.fm — I’m excited to see the final product !

Comment on On Hysterical Realism by TK

TK — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:03:03 +0000

*adjusts self, shifting weight to right thigh and lifting left buttock; rips wet fart, loudly, into the aether *

Do you mean ‘into the seat cushion’? I imagine that would absorb most of the moisture.

Comment on E-mail Poetry by r

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:18:07 +0000

loved this

Comment on DJambalaya introduction by Emcee Hao

Emcee Hao — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:10:40 +0000

wow, sounds pretty damn cool

Comment on On Hysterical Realism by jonnArthur

jonnArthur — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:59:02 +0000

Dude, if you want to write an awesome novel, just imagine the story, plan it out, and stop thinking so much about what you’re doing. It sounds kind of like you’re making the story as you write. You should write for the sake of the idea instead. It’s similar to writing a song — you could add all kinds of detailed parts, weird sounds, change-ups, etc. but the best selling songs are all easy to digest, repetitive and simple in the end. I can’t help but feel like if you’re writing with so much detail, you need to add more action to your story to fill in the space you would otherwise use for that detail. That will keep people engaged and on the edge of their seat, which is more important.