Amir Cohen

My nephew ziv dressed up as a zebra for Halloween.. and...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:51:03 -0500

My nephew ziv dressed up as a zebra for Halloween.. and apparently he wandered into a college job fair.

copycats: Better by Dashboard Confessional originally by Regina...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:16:22 -0500

copycats:

Better by Dashboard Confessional
originally by Regina Spektor
(posted by liezlwashere)

If I kiss you where it’s sore.. will you feel better?!

Rediscovered this gem from freshman year. That’s me on the...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:37:39 -0500

Rediscovered this gem from freshman year. That’s me on the right.

Blumenfeld and I went to Los Angeles this weekend to surprise...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:23:43 -0500

Blumenfeld and I went to Los Angeles this weekend to surprise one of our best friends, Offer, on his birthday. Little did we know, we’d also be celebrating his engagement. Congratz!

Breakfast with my mom in Los Angeles. Yum.

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:34:59 -0500

Breakfast with my mom in Los Angeles. Yum.

Animal - Miike Snow Been singing this song all day.

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:51:30 -0400

Animal - Miike Snow

Been singing this song all day.

Make Your Own Shake Shack Burger

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:42:15 -0400

Make Your Own Shake Shack Burger:

(via courtneyc)

New shake shack opening in my kitchen.

Intro to web development

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:09:48 -0400

Ever wondered how the internet works? Well you can find out by attending my intro to web development class.

The class is going to cover the essential information to understand basic principles of front end web development. It will give you the required knowledge to tinker with your blogs and understand new concepts you’d like to learn on your own. Most of the skills build on eachother, so it’s pretty important to come to each class in order to keep up.

Please reply and let me know if you’d like to sign up! Email me at amir@amircohen.com to inquire. Space is limited.

When: Wednesdays 7-9pm
Where: Williamsburg (Bedford L)
How Much: $10/class

Schedule
OCT 21 - INRO, HTML, DOM
OCT 28 - CSS, SYNTAX, BLOCK vs INLINE, SELECTORS
NOV 4 - BACKGROUND, SPRITES, FONT, MARGIN, PADDING
NOV 11 - POSITIONING, BOX MODEL, FLOATS
NOV 18 - CONVERTING PSDS / TUMBLR

CollegeHumor is hiring a web developer...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:22:53 -0400

adamgotterer:

Connected Ventures is seeking an ambitious, well-rounded PHP engineer. You will work closely with our team of developers on a number of large and high profile websites. The Connected Ventures properties include: CollegeHumor, Bustedtees TodaysBIGthing and SportsPickle. Collectively our sites reach over 12 million worldwide unique monthly users. Connected Ventures is part of InterActiveCorp (IAC), a leading internet company with more than 50 fast-growing web properties.

We’re searching for someone who has:

* Fluency in PHP 5 and the LAMP stack
* MySQL with performance tuning and scalability
* Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming
* Hands on experience with MVC Frameworks
* Caching / Scaling (Memcached, APC, etc.)
* Thorough understanding of HTML, Javascript, CSS and XML
* An understanding of the issues surrounding large-volume websites and scalability
* A preoccupation with staying on top of industry trends and technologies

Bonus Points:

* Experience with SPL a major plus
* e-commerce, credit card authorizations, and billing feature experience
* Linux or Solaris
* jQuery or Prototype
* Content Delivery Networks
* Version Control Systems (we use Subversion)
* Experience building scalable frameworks

Responsibilities:
* Implement major new features and feature improvements
* Track and squash bugs
* Optimize code and queries for better performance
* Database Architecting
* Work hard and play hard!

This is an on site, full time position at our office in Union Square, New York City. Please email your resume and code samples to techjobs@connectedventures.com. Please no recruiters or development shops.

Come work with me!

hrrrthrrr: [ 5 years time….noah and the whale ] Oh in 5 years...

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:24:22 -0400

hrrrthrrr:

[ 5 years time….noah and the whale ]

Oh in 5 years time I might not know you
In 5 years time we might not speak

In 5 years time we might not get along

In 5 years time you might just prove me wrong

West Coast - Coconut Records This song has been stuck in my head...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:49:10 -0400

West Coast - Coconut Records

This song has been stuck in my head for about a week now.

brieflynoted: hipsterdiet: Here’s a Toy Story mashup, complete...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:39:34 -0400

brieflynoted:

hipsterdiet:

Here’s a Toy Story mashup, complete with Randy Newman’s original vocals auto-tuned over an insane edit of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 footage.

Will, this is so cool! Good work, my friend!

This just got me super excited to see Toy Story 1 & 2 again in 3d.

copycats: 1901 remixed by The Teenagersoriginally by...

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:22:17 -0400

copycats:

1901 remixed by The Teenagers
originally by Phoenix
(posted by karenabad)

It’s fun when bands that I like also like eachother.

You need something special all right You need something special...

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:18:17 -0400

You need something special all right
You need something special to give you hope

- Bob Dylan (Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie)

Sam Adams Brewery with David and Chris. Good times in boston...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:49:57 -0400

Sam Adams Brewery with David and Chris. Good times in boston this weekend.

tweetyyum: tinyblip: Kid Cudi feat. Ratatat & MGMT -...

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:58:57 -0400

tweetyyum:

tinyblip:

Kid Cudi feat. Ratatat & MGMT - Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) [via]

Wow, it’s awesome when my favorite bands collaborate.

Just saw this awesome painting in union square. Want!

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:22:00 -0400

Just saw this awesome painting in union square. Want!

dihard: This video makes me pause. And not a lot does. (best...

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:35:38 -0400

dihard:

This video makes me pause. And not a lot does. (best viewed in full screen)

Holy sheesh, I want to scuba dive in this tank.

johnzanussi: pile: Timescapes Timelapse: Mountain Light from...

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:36:00 -0400

johnzanussi:

pile:

Timescapes Timelapse: Mountain Light from Tom @ Timescapes on Vimeo.
I’ve been working a lot lately on squeezing every last quality drop out of our encoders. Play this in fullscreen.

Go to vimeo, load this video and watch it in fullscreen!

Wow this is beautuiful. Watch it!

I feel like i’ve been in some sort of summer camp this...

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:15:00 -0400

brooklyn bowl

hummozine

continental breakfast

go go go karts

punishment for go karting

I feel like i’ve been in some sort of summer camp this week.