LazyWeb!!

LazyWeb is a fantastic idea. You post an idea for some programming project that you’re too lazy (or in my case, stupid) to implement, and let others have at it. This is what I was hoping for a few months back when I pined for Library Wish Lists. Within minutes of posting this on LazyWeb, I had two new comments, one from the brilliant Clay Shirky directing me to a very recent article on the subject, and another from a programmer actually working on a solution! Wonderful!

Stopping The Slammers

I’m not one for making New Year’s Resolutions, but something has reached a point where we need to take action. I’m talking about the Slammers who live across the hall from us. I’ve mentioned them before, and in the past eight months, things have only gotten worse. They slam at 7:00 am, they slam at 1:00 am, they even slam at 4:00 am. They’re students, and we think one of their boyfriends lives in another apartment in the building, so they’re always going in and out. The problem is, how do we deal with it? We’ve never really developed any sort of civil relationship with them, as they’re just generally unfriendly people.

If we confront them, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to ask them to stop without sounding annoyed or angry (which I am). And I don’t want them to get their backs up, or else they’ll just keep doing it. Brooke’s mentioned it to our superintendent and asked if he would speak to them about it, but he’s older and we’re not sure he remembered. I thought of asking the other tenants on our floor (there are only about 5 or 6 other apartments, so everyone hears it) to sign a letter asking them to be more considerate. That way they can’t single us out as the complainers. It’s really starting to drive us crazy. What do you think we should do?

Ticket Stubs

Boy, it must be a new year or something. Everyone’s launching new sites. Especially welcome is Matt Haughey‘s TicketStubs, an idea he’s been working on for a couple of years now. The idea is simple: submit a scan or picture of a ticket stub from a significant event, and tell the story behind it. I was hoping for the same sort of thing from my languishing Setlists Project, and it looks like Matt’s site will fulfill its promise. It looks nifty, too.

Kudos to Matt for yet another feat of ingenuity. He’s kind to Canadians, too.