Stephen Mack

I'm a resident of Silicon Valley, father of two young children, an employee of TiVo (over 16 years now), and I care about things.
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Doesn't explain why the same person (in multiple) is seeing colors differently. - OCoG of FF, Jimminy
I will play Civilization IV in honor of Leonard Nimoy's memory. His best reading was clearly the quote for "Railroad" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch...
But "Satellite" (at 10:24) is a close second: https://www.youtube.com/watch... - Stephen Mack
I look away for a few minutes and suddenly this place is 83% LlamaFeed.
Kevin Fox said it better: "@kfury: When I left moments ago it was all FCC and net neutrality and now it's llama llama llama. Internet, you have the attention span of a newt." - Stephen Mack
Beware the Ides of Newt. - Micah
Emotional Design Fail: Divorcing My Nest Thermostat [Nielsen Norman Group] - http://www.nngroup.com/article...
Article from Feb 22, 2015 by Kara Pernice: "Summary: Don Norman’s 3 levels of emotional design (visceral, behavioral, and reflective) helped me understand how my pure love for the Nest thermostat morphed into abhorrence. I was a proud early adopter of the unique, cool, and pretty device. It helped me save energy, and communicated to me. But things went bad when it let me down emotionally." - Stephen Mack
@Stephen you can set the temperature with your Nest. (Of course) - Louis Gray
Just completed a 6.17 mi run - Morning TiVo run with Brad and Steve http://rnkpr.com/a8kjnsz #RunKeeper
I'm only liking this because I like you, S-MAX. Running is of the devil. - MoTO Boychick Devil
My head is projectile vomiting up pea green soup. - Stephen Mack
Straight Talk for White Men [NYTimes.com] - http://www.nytimes.com/2015...
(via Nakachi on FB) From Kristof's post: "SUPERMARKET shoppers are more likely to buy French wine when French music is playing, and to buy German wine when they hear German music. That’s true even though only 14 percent of shoppers say they noticed the music, a study finds." ... "Those studies are a reminder that we humans are perhaps less rational than we would like to think, and more prone to the buffeting of unconscious influences." - Stephen Mack
"It’s not that we white men are intentionally doing anything wrong, but we do have a penchant for obliviousness about the way we are beneficiaries of systematic unfairness. Maybe that’s because in a race, it’s easy not to notice a tailwind, and white men often go through life with a tailwind, while women and people of color must push against a headwind." Also, if there's a tailwind, that may imply that I'm not as fast as I thought I was. - Eivind
Sleater-Kinney: "A New Wave" official video by Bob's Burgers http://www.youtube.com/watch...
(I know I posted a live version of this same song already. Can't help it. Love it.) - Stephen Mack
Just completed a 6.30 mi run - Trying to get back on track http://rnkpr.com/a8j61fx #RunKeeper
Hello Kitty, teaching kids about necklaces for decades. [Imgur] - http://imgur.com/5JDJXuJ
I... ...what? I mean, how... - Stephen Mack
Please Hello Kitty, tell us about "pearl necklaces" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define... - Selkis
Ex-Chinese health minister says air pollution kills up to 500,000 people a year [PBS Newshour, January 7, 2014] - http://www.pbs.org/newshou...
From the article: "Between 350,000 and 500,000 people die in China each year from severe air pollution, the country’s former health minister says. Chen Zhu, who served as minister until March 2013, released his claims in a commentary published in the December issue of The Lancet medical journal. Chen’s revelations are particularly significant, the Telegraph writes, as he is the most senior government official who has mentioned a pollution-related death toll– which are generally subject to censorship in China." - Stephen Mack
A friend on FB shared this recent article, "Somebody Took a Picture of Beijing's Skyline for a Year -- and It's Horrifying" (http://www.takepart.com/article...) but they don't actually show the gallery of the year of pictures, and I couldn't get that article's source site to load. So I'm sharing this one instead. - Stephen Mack
Just completed a 3.05 mi run - Total failure to keep to distance, frequency, and pace. http://rnkpr.com/a8iax78 #RunKeeper
Cut yourself some slack! You were uber active this weekend, right? - The Other Yvonne
Yeah, I'm mostly just way off my Feb goal, though. - Stephen Mack
Hello from Lake Tahoe
With my friend Kyrie and her twins. All four kids had their first snowboarding lessons and did very well. - Stephen Mack
Stephen f*ing adorable Mack and family!!! <3 - Laura Norvig
Helloe! - Brent Schaus
New today! Florence + The Machine, "What Kind of Man" http://www.youtube.com/watch...
From their forthcoming new album due out June 2, "How Big How Blue How Beautiful." - Stephen Mack
Whoa that video is bizarre - Starmama
Just completed a 4.39 mi run - Run #5, just.a bit slower. Random pic of Sophie's lost front tooth (u ... http://rnkpr.com/a8gjmn4 #RunKeeper
Burning Man Tickets for 2015: Registration for individual sale opens Wed Feb 11, closes Sat Feb 14, tickets go on sale next week at noon on Wed Feb 18 - http://tickets.burningman.org/#
If you are possibly going to attend Burning Man this year, you must register between now and Saturday at noon Pacific to be able to try to buy tickets next week when they go on sale on Wednesday at noon. Details on the page linked. - Stephen Mack
Good grief. That's absurd and frustrating. I swear I hit the button instantly, too, but still barely made it. It must have come down to fractions. - joey - team everyone
What kids are texting these days: "ez pz"
🍋🔩 - Stephen Mack
Roy G. Biv was here.
rainbow after the rain? - Andrew Chunis
And/or during, yeah. :) - Stephen Mack
that's a proper rainbow, any gold? - Halil
that,s nice - samiraa1
Just completed a 3.63 mi run - Run #3. Back on schedule. http://rnkpr.com/a8f56l0 #RunKeeper
#saturdayff (inspired by Holly's post about BattleBots returning) In 2001, some co-workers at TiVo built a robot for competition in BattleBots season 3 -- "Fast Forward." TiVo was a sponsor for the season, so a lot of us got free tickets to see the show. I spent a weekend on Treasure Island watching the robot fights. Glimpses of me appeared on TV. - http://battlebots.wikia.com/wiki...
They don't show the prelims, but there were several rounds without audience and cameras (and with the arena hazards disabled). Fast Forward qualified in the prelims, then beat its early round competitor ("The Annihilator") to advance to a quarterfinal match that they told us would be on the air. But we lost in quarterfinals to a bot named "Twin Paradox" (which then lost in the semifinals). As it turned out, that quarterfinal match with TiVo's bot was never aired. - Stephen Mack
Just completed a 3.30 mi run - Run #2 (pretend I did this last night). http://rnkpr.com/a8eofkz #RunKeeper
California politicians urge repeal of 'opt out' provision of vaccination law [San Jose Mercury News] - http://www.mercurynews.com/health...
From the article: "SACRAMENTO -- Two state senators said Wednesday they will introduce legislation to eliminate a controversial 'personal belief exemption' that allows California parents to refuse to vaccinate their children. 'We shouldn't wait for more children to sicken or die before we act,' Sen. Richard Pan, a Sacramento Democrat who is also a pediatrician, said at a Wednesday news conference. 'Parents are letting us know our current laws are insufficient to protect their kids.' " - Stephen Mack
We had a Waldorf school for my son's Kindergarten year, and the personal exemption rate was 70% or so. Aside from the expense, that was a huge factor for me in not having him return there for first grade. - Stephen Mack
Just completed a 3.01 mi run - My Feb challenge: Run every other day, increasing distance 10% each r ... http://rnkpr.com/a8dxbhn #RunKeeper
If FF were a university, would this be an academic question? #questionmark
Can a question be both academic *and* rhetorical? - Victor Ganata
Robot House! - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
George R.R. Martin Recalls TV Pilot with Alien at Super Bowl [AP News] - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic...
From the news article: "The creator of "Game of Thrones" says he once wrote a TV pilot with a plot focused on an alien landing at the Super Bowl. George R.R. Martin is now a famous author who has the clout to go to the Super Bowl. Martin attended the Rolling Stone party on the eve of the Super Bowl and plans to attend the game Sunday, his first ever trip to the big game. He is rooting for the Seattle Seahawks because "the opposing team is the evil Patriots. The deflaters, the spygate-rs." - Stephen Mack
If, in fact, aliens do land today at the Super Bowl, I will nod knowingly. - Stephen Mack
Just completed a 10.65 mi run - Long run to finish out the month. http://rnkpr.com/a8coywt #RunKeeper
Nice! - Jenny H.
Thanks! - Stephen Mack
Great job! - Tamara J. B.
George RR Martin’s The Winds of Winter: no plans for publication in 2015 [The Guardian] - http://www.theguardian.com/books...
From the article: "Another year of waiting for The Winds of Winter to blow is in store for fans of George RR Martin, as his publisher confirmed there are no plans for the much-anticipated latest volume from his A Song of Ice and Fire series to appear in 2015. Instead, readers will have to comfort themselves with an illustrated edition of three previously anthologised novellas set in the world of Westeros." - Stephen Mack
Who's gonna get their next book published last? GRRM or Patrick Rothfuss? - Arlan K.
Kids always get passes / When they wear new glasses
(Passing grades in class because now he can read the board, that is. Apologies to Dorothy Parker.) - Stephen Mack
Just completed a 6.09 mi run with @RunKeeper. Check it out! http://rnkpr.com/a8bxv1f #RunKeeper
Apparently Jason H. was my 1,000th subscription on FF.
What does he win??? - Steve C, Team Marina
Jason, I was honored to have you be the 1000th account I subscribed to. :) - Stephen Mack
Sleater-Kinney: "A New Wave" -- Live, Late Night with David Letterman, 2015-Jan-15 http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Holy crap, what happens at 2:19 is pure amazing. - Stephen Mack
(Also, this is currently my favorite song from the new album. Can't believe Spin put it at #88 and dissed it as undistinguished in http://www.spin.com/article... ) - Stephen Mack
Stuck in my head all day today. Not complaining. - Stephen Mack
Just completed a 6.50 mi run - This run powered by Sleater-Kinney. http://rnkpr.com/a8b5qzz #RunKeeper
<3
happiness :D - Richelle Mirambil
:) - Eivind