The scraps and ramblings of Andy Mesa Email : Twitter : FacebookTumblr (3.0; @andymesa)http://andymesa.tumblr.com/<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5413610/how-a-self+educated-hs-dropout-became-the-youngest-manager-at-apple?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">This is pretty much my philosophy on education</a>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/259092554http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/259092554Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:46:23 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/upl7F5p0DHY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/upl7F5p0DHY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Nerds are awesome.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/258058197http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/258058197Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:47:51 -0800“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”<br/><br/> - <em>Winston Churchill (via <a href="http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">theimpossiblecool</a>)</em>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/256907466http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/256907466Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:25:16 -0800<a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/aus/1386329514.html">This is pretty much how I feel about every girl in Portland.</a>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/256759330http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/256759330Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:27:52 -0800<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktgkt9b5vw1qz63hpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’d be funny if it wasn’t sad.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/251830046http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/251830046Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:17:32 -0800<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8s2nlvOP1qz63hpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5405947/bacon+flavored-envelopes-your-bills-will-now-make-you-poor-and-fat?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">Bacon-Flavored Envelopes</a></p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/246997819http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/246997819Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:13:35 -0800<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksqq2suuMu1qz63hpo1_r1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>I made a new e-card.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/235939366http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/235939366Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:13:00 -0800<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks977tHeQ01qz63hpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This is what I spent in Europe. My goal was $50 a day, or $1500 a month, or $4500 total. You can see how it didn’t work out quite as planned. The amazing thing? That third month was spent in the most expensive countries and includes the $100 fee for a new passport.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/226488926http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/226488926Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:07:03 -0700<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krw1h4daTO1qz63hpo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Sooner or later, <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=life+expectancy+of+American" target="_blank">you’re going to die</a>.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/219467639http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/219467639Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:34:16 -0700<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kru46lMWye1qz63hpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This is true for most people I know.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/218463380http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/218463380Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:37:31 -0700<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krsemu8ej41qz63hpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The view outside my window gets prettier everyday.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/217618451http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/217618451Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:28:05 -0700“Clicking Close [X] on a Flash ad feels like accepting a paper towel from a homeless guy who just randomly jizzed in my face.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://twitter.com/Remiel/status/4720927764" target="_blank">Remiel</a></em>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/208490878http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/208490878Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0700<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr8qg71ePI1qz63hpo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Discovered while rummaging through old digital scraps. Forget that I visited over 50 of the world’s most wonderful places, I have to concentrate on that which did not get done. I like to dwell.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/208303304http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/208303304Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:31:00 -0700<object width="400" height="296 "><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/_k5YR0hvYD3pWFrRKP0G3g" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/_k5YR0hvYD3pWFrRKP0G3g" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="231"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The next time you think you’re hot shit, remember the 14-year-old African boy that built a windmill for his village out of spare parts.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/208240348http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/208240348Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:57:00 -0700<a href="http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-10/6-travel-truths-youll-never-escape.html">6 Travel Truths You’ll Never Escape</a>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/204890297http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/204890297Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:32:33 -0700“Man, if you make software, you never want to be on my “Groan Pile.” That’s the apps that make me groan as soon as I realize I have to launch them.”<br/><br/> - <em>Merlin Mann</em>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/203727822http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/203727822Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:38:31 -0700<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqjr03wnsj1qzt85ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://www.letteretcher.com/post/196890640/heres-my-calligraphy-status-though-i-think-ive" target="_blank">letteretcher</a></p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/203186062http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/203186062Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:35:00 -0700<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqrv1rG69F1qz63hpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Yet another stark contrast between Portland and Miami.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/200750222http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/200750222Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:51:26 -0700“Using Windows is like living in a communist bloc nation circa 1981.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/28/charlie-brooker-microsoft-mac-windows" target="_blank">Charlie Brooker</a></em>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/199473661http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/199473661Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:12:52 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4VHKpGJX29s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4VHKpGJX29s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The duality of man; the Jungian thing, sir.</p>http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/196973962http://andymesa.tumblr.com/post/196973962Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:50:00 -0700