Ryan Joy (atxryan)

Waiting for the Black Angels to start at Emo’s. #
Switched over to Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos for their last few songs. Emo’s Inside is always so fucking loud. #
booked a flight to Palm Springs, CA w/ @TraumaNurseJade for the July 4th weekend. Quick trip to visit my uncle and his partner. #

Attempting to recruit people to play volleyball at Ausie’s tonight. #
Winner of fried chicken blind taste test between KFC, Popeyes, and Church’s will be announced soon. Biscuits evaluated separately. #
On thing is clear, Popeyes wins on the social media front: http://tinyurl.com/5yglfa #
Unweighted fried chicken results surprise all! KFC, Popeyes, Church’s. In that order. Pics [...]

Mozilla is attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in a single day. They’ve not announced the actual day yet, but you can pledge to download Firefox 3 on Download Day 2008 here. Pledging will also ensure that you’re informed of the date to download and also of the actual [...]

“President Bush managed the crisis in a way that almost guaranteed that the use of force would become the only feasible option,” McClellan concluded. Source: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/05/28/0528mcclellan.html
Read that statement again. Slowly.
Whether you believe Scott McCellan is just doing this to sell books (he is) or not, that doesn’t change the fact that this is someone who [...]

@alexcc when did you become alexcc? #
RT @cameronmoll CTRL+ALT+DELETE http://nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/05/29/technology/29compute.ready.html – Reset, please? #
having an interesting conversation re: Twitter spam at work. #
If a company @ replies to you based on keywords in your tweet, is that spam? I say maybe not; they engage. Others say yes. #
I wrote a quick post re: my previous [...]

My coworker, Alex, posted the following tweet today referencing our fried chicken taste-off planned for tomorrow:
Setting up the rules for fast food fried chicken taste-off in the office tomorrow.
To which, Popeyes Chicken chimed in with:
@alexcc I know the winner! I know it! Do we have to wait until tomorrow to announce? (sounds like bonafide?)
Note that [...]

back home in Austin. #
Forgot to reset the phone’s time zone to central. 7:30am alarm becomes 9:30 wake up. At least i’m fully rested now. #
Looks like they’re installing those 10ft guitars around Austin again. Cool. #
@omarg: you mean like the ‘twist’ in all of his movies? Lemme guess, he reveals this ‘twist’ [...]

Andy Skelton announced that Automattic is looking into opening an Austin WordPress Professional Office. The office would be open to designers and developers who earn their living primarily through WordPress.
If this sounds like something that might interest you, head on over to Andy’s blog and let ‘em know in the comments.

On Alcatraz island. #
Thinking @kchee should be here for Grand Theft Memory. Wtf? #
@codehooligans umm, did you say Web Design Meetup? Boy did i miss that on my calendar! i’m in SanFran. #
Hoping that anyone going to tonight’s Austin Web Design Meetup enjoys themselves and forgives the host for forgetting and being out of town. [...]

Enjoying jasmine tea and Pocky at the Japanese Tea Garden. Looking forward to a west coast sunset. #
Just had an amazing meal of cioppino at Woodhouse Fish Market. #
Just for the record, red bull really accentuates the flavor of gin. This drink tastes more like straight gin than if it were just gin. Blech #