February 2009
Among the stupidest tech articles I've ever read →
Among the stupidest tech articles I’ve ever read: As of this week, Gmail has reached perfection: You no longer have to be online to read or write messages.
Like every other desktop email client…
January 2009
This Friday on Letterman: Bill Hicks?! - TV Squad →
mad science compared, in chart form →
The dozens of ways that scientists, as well as crackpots, have proposed to geoengineer the world’s climate won’t all be equally effective. In fact, some of them, particularly the…
“I’m starting to think that bank executives should start losing fingers,...”
– Twitter / Rafe
Your Liberal Media →
Not, you know, liberal.
Your Liberal Media →
Not, you know, liberal.
ClickToFlash Is Dead; Long Live ClickToFlash →
So it appears the original project page at Google Code for ClickToFlash is no longer accessible, for reasons unknown. That’s OK, though, because the project was open source, and it’s already been…
Muxtape Is Dead; Long Live Muxtape →
Muxtape is back, reborn as “a minimalist platform for bands to promote their music and listeners to create mixes”. Great idea, well done.
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Tales of the Blighted East. →
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Hahahaha
Oh, the Samurai of my Homeland. A Fierce and Proud Peoples.
ClickToFlash →
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Oh hell yes!
BSD-licensed open source WebKit browser plugin that prevents Flash content from loading automatically. Instead, each Flash element appears as a simple gradient; to…
Nested Model Forms →
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This could be very, very handy.
The most popular request on our new Feedback site was for the ability to easily manage multiple models in a single form. Thankfully Eloy Duran…
Republicans step up criticism of Obama - Los... →
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Oh look, Campaign McCain is back! I wish he would pick a personality and stick with it.
Republicans signaled Sunday that they would not be daunted by President Obama’s soaring…
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Customer drops off USB... →
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Customer drops off USB thumbdrive (as instructed) with the picture they want on their edible-image cake. Inexperienced employee asks, ”Really? They want this on the cake?”
Twitter Raising New Cash At $250 Million Valuation... →
“That means Twitter gets a new cash injection and time to figure out its business model at an even more leisurely pace.”
Right. Time to figure it all out. Great idea. How about doing that before you get money? That sound okay?
Bipartisanship Sucks →
I actually hope every Republican votes against the stimulus package, and I hope that instead of trying to please them the Obama team comes up with what they think the right package will be. The…
“The time and energy I used to spend optimizing my hardware I now spend making...”
– Gabe Newell on waferbaby
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The Setup on waferbaby →
What do people use to get the job done?
John Resig - OCR and Neural Nets in JavaScript →
MSNBC on the outdated IT infrastructure in the... →
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I’m sorry, but you don’t usually equate old MS software with “secure.”
the Mac-savvy team found PCs “outfitted with six-year-old versions of Microsoft software”
Announcing the 2009 Baseball Prospectus Annual →
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A great day for fantasy baseball wonks.
It is with great pride and not a little physical exhaustion that we announce the completion of the 14th-annual Baseball Prospectus guide…
Colin Powell: The America We Remember Is Back... →
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I’m still not ready to forgive or forget.
Colin Powell: The America We Remember Is Back Again - Political Hotsheet
"And Nonbelievers" →
Hey, we exist.
“Advice you offer to young men should fall into one of these three categories:...”
– Advice to Old Men from a Young Man - Ted Dziuba
Melt-in-the-Mouth Cookies, a brief history →
Justin obsessively researches a family recipe back to the 1940s [via]
Read Top Gear blog about Top Gear on DVD, finally!... →
Netflix subscribing TopGear fans rejoice!
text messages I sent from court yesterday: →
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In that reticent way, I really want to know what case this was…
I have already lost count of the number of times I have heard the word “buttocks”.
We are now discussing the…
BBC NEWS | Health | 'Visions link' to coffee... →
Pah, I haven’t had a hallucination for hours. What a bunch of rubbish.
"Cleopatra 2525" (2000) - Plot summary →
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Beej finds the best rentals.
An exotic dancer, cryogenically frozen in the year 2001, is accidentaly thawed out in 2525 by two female warriors who are fighting against evil robots…
Pirate-Fish tattoo →
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Right up there with Zune Fan…
What can I say, I have been Touched.
Jeff, Oak Hall, VA
Email Storms →
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reply all and message recall, two of my strongest enemies
When this happens you want to kill people, especially when the list is filled with academics who think the world needs…
Tony Dungy, Despite What You May Be Told, Is Not... →
Why can’t he just hate fat people like everyone else?
Combination Boxes-Cooper's Barbeque →
Coverville →
Not Lame Podcast →
2008 music wrap-up →
In fact, yes, I did put this off so long that it’s two weeks late. You’ll have to excuse me, I have been somewhat distracted with the REDACTED .
In only approximate order of favoriteness, here…
George F. Will - Litigation Nation -... →
I’m not exactly sure why Ryan tossed this link out (I’m hoping it was to point and laugh at the jackassery) but as for most of Will’s op-ed stuff that isn’t baseball related, it’s hogwash. I’m sure some hold the exact opposite view on his writings, but for the sake of argument, allow me this indulgence.
Will goes all Friedman on us with a barrage of anecdotes...
Color Blind Gamer →
like 8% of all white males, I’m red-green colorblind and encounter these accessibility issues often
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