Doing my part to live vicariously through the internet whilest enabling others to do the same.Tumblr (3.0; @roosto)http://blog.akaroosto.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5ca66411c2662e27483c00b988a2cb1c/tumblr_mmxflzEIbi1qz4rlzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>9 more days</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/50636302331http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/50636302331Fri, 17 May 2013 01:53:36 -0400<a href="http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2013/05/15/an-app-that-locates-all-the-farmers-markets-near-you/">I’m internet famous (kind of, sort of, but not really)</a>: <blockquote class="link_og_blockquote"><a href="http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2013/05/15/an-app-that-locates-all-the-farmers-markets-near-you/">An App That Locates All the Farmers Markets Near You</a></blockquote> <p>I’m feelin’ pretty swell to get a little bit of press coverage for the <a href="http://bosfarmers.com/">farmers market web app</a> that I built.</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/50499462206http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/50499462206Wed, 15 May 2013 11:21:25 -0400<a href="http://bosfarmers.com/">I made this is!</a>: <p>Allow me to present <a href="http://bosfarmers.com/">bosfarmers.com</a>.</p> <p>After frustration with the formatting of existing websites that list Boston area farmers markets, I decided to take thing into my own hands. I think it’s pretty nifty & helpful, maybe you will too.</p> <p><strong>The Nerdy Part:</strong> it’s made up of static pages, which are generated once a day using shell scripts, command line php scripts (yes, those do exist & they are kind of monstrous), with a MySQL database as the data store.</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/50350112659http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/50350112659Mon, 13 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400<a href="http://www.wbur.org/2013/05/04/protesters-tamerlan-funeral">Despite Protests, Worcester Funeral Home Intent On Burying Bombing Suspect</a>: <blockquote class="link_og_blockquote"><p>The owner of the Worcester funeral home holding the body of accused marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev expects to find a cemetery to bury Tsarnaev by Monday.</p> <p>But Peter Stefan, owner of the Worcester funeral home, says his job is to bury people, not to judge them.</p> <p>“You can’t pick and choose. If you come to me and say your Uncle Freddy murdered ten members of your family what do I say to you? ‘I can’t help you because I don’t do murderers’ funerals?’” Stefan said. ” The only difference is this has more notoriety. Also I can’t separate the sins from the sinners — it doesn’t work.”</p> </blockquote> <p>Bless this man for bringing some dignity to the table. And shame on those who think otherwise. I don’t see much difference between those holding signs reading, “Bury the garbage in the landfill,” and the Westboro Baptist Church. Not all of us deserve freedom, but even the worst of us deserve dignity.</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49687932056http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49687932056Sun, 05 May 2013 10:43:21 -0400newsbostonstrongdeep thoughts<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la94hxoL1R1qd7hayo1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p>For some reason this reminds that Arrested Development is coming back in just 22 days.</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49592435259http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49592435259Sat, 04 May 2013 10:02:49 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9220cc5a47a14bbeddcc2776afb54a53/tumblr_mm8drktp4v1qzs5cqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://newsweek.tumblr.com/post/49519836126/a-brooklyn-heights-playground-was-renamed-to-adam" class="tumblr_blog">newsweek</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>A Brooklyn Heights playground was renamed to Adam Yauch Park today, in honor of the dearly departed Beastie Boy.</p> <p>[<a href="https://twitter.com/NYCParks/status/330335946161668096">via</a>]</p></blockquote>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49544221214http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49544221214Fri, 03 May 2013 18:51:44 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2e7b2615d3f274cea9e1962923eaa2a7/tumblr_mm0443wVYo1sp4hsko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bostonatwork.tumblr.com/post/49460230446/the-city-of-boston-has-received-many-warm-wishes" class="tumblr_blog">bostonatwork</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The City of Boston has received many warm wishes from near and far following recent events. Several pieces have been rescued from the elements; see a collection via <a href="http://oneboston.tumblr.com/">our new Tumblr</a>.</p></blockquote> <p>This One Boston Tumblr is pretty great.</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49461696971http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49461696971Thu, 02 May 2013 17:30:34 -0400<blockquote>*Note:* `implode()` can, for historical reasons, accept its parameters in either order. For consistency with <a href="http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php">`explode()`</a>, however, it may be less confusing to use the documented order of arguments.</blockquote> <p><a href="http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.implode.php">PHP manual entry for <code>implode</code></a></p> <p>Oh PHP, you so crazy.</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49382190871http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49382190871Wed, 01 May 2013 16:43:00 -0400nerdy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ec6b595ccd67df36738523960ac3b11b/tumblr_mm4nv7Zf1o1rizt5uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://everythinginthesky.com/post/49365699586/baguettemenots-matthew-broderick-thats" class="tumblr_blog">everythinginthesky</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://baguettemenots.tumblr.com/post/49365459249/matthew-broderick" class="tumblr_blog">baguettemenots</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000111/">Matthew Broderick</a></p></blockquote> <div><br/><p>That’s Matthew Broderick taking a selfie using a baguette.</p> Because, <a href="http://baguettemenots.tumblr.com" class="tumblr_blog">baguettemenots</a>.</div></blockquote>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49368562705http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49368562705Wed, 01 May 2013 13:12:48 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chimpanzeejim.tumblr.com/post/42684685054/so-my-parents-were-gone-for-2-days-and-i-switched">chimpanzeejim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>so my parents were gone for 2 days and I switched most of our family photos with pictures of steve buscemi…<img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/c8cca7cdde3a686d68ef94018a6a2f01/tumblr_inline_mhyw4krBr01qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/86d3ce72d506caa4d9d6abb112dc8ac4/tumblr_inline_mhyw55w1Dn1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/82fd37bc85dc76765925216fec172f4d/tumblr_inline_mhyw7dNbVX1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/d838814a217287ee10d83fa73d1eae00/tumblr_inline_mhywdnmaNy1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> </blockquote> <p>Yeah, that’s worth a reblog.</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49265381937http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/49265381937Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:39:39 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b59b93f6cd6cb8b93bad787db3acc90/tumblr_ml4df5YrkY1qa2n8so1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://girldetective.me/post/47748805522" class="tumblr_blog">girl-detective</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em>MAY REFER TO MAPLE SYRUP</em></p></blockquote>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/47750406703http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/47750406703Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:15:50 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9681f06df2b01a127fca0ba0149e8734/tumblr_mkwookdZSz1qzcr1oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Laid by Simpson Bros. Corporation 77 Summer St. Boston</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/47404246992http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/47404246992Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:19:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/17149e95e26fa5b8d935d2f5413ea5eb/tumblr_mjz8n7UJNY1qzcr1oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stop. Waffle time. (at Saus)</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/45857482513http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/45857482513Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:52:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/997343984e9a5e8b0cddb3864e43bbb7/tumblr_mjz82bnw2k1qzcr1oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fire escape icicles</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/45856481633http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/45856481633Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:39:47 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/88622fb2583e2214f4bd1d11a02a1830/tumblr_mjvg6sECV11qzcr1oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Q: Is this Vanagon awesome?<br/> A: Yes.</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/45690947683http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/45690947683Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:44:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e6eadc152dcbcebbdd7afbbbedd5c78f/tumblr_miaa74iL261qzcr1oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Found out what a pleasant chap Mike Daisey is today.</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/43178060701http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/43178060701Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:52:16 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2d254099a290ece14f79135c492fe2a/tumblr_mi0v4grEF11qzcr1oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Snowman making a snow angel” medium: snow, sticks, beets, & carrot</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/42780432238http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/42780432238Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:48:15 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/88d40fb684e212e0b2618fae6bbe4ef6/tumblr_mhxmebXZYu1qzcr1oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s snowing out … (at Harry’s Bar and Grill)</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/42632275399http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/42632275399Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:46:58 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2137f62cffe85988704b4acd14e22cb/tumblr_mhvaaeoEa91rt40eyo1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/44ba2e939459468d42fbfef5aec4c7c4/tumblr_mhvaaeoEa91rt40eyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a561d41323c82ddb08c1e5076755df86/tumblr_mhvaaeoEa91rt40eyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://bostonatwork.tumblr.com/post/42522282750/join-us-to-prepare-for-potentially-blizzard-like" class="tumblr_blog">bostonatwork</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Join us to prepare for potentially blizzard-like conditions in Boston. Mayor Menino convened his snow team this morning to lay out plans for the approaching storm; visit <a href="http://bit.ly/knowsnow" title="Know Snow">our storm center</a> to learn more about how you can stay safe and help others, and remember, you can always call our 24-hour hotline at (617) 635-4500.</p></blockquote> <p>Go shining city on a hill!</p>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/42548994954http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/42548994954Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:13:20 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4c335511bb1b9eff16ab11884b72b69e/tumblr_mgvm8qSBoy1qz4vmto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/41083206785http://blog.akaroosto.com/post/41083206785Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:51:35 -0500