October 2009
The Rise & Fall of The Nintendo Wii →
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The people that I know mostly got the Wii for Wii Fit and they all still use it. YMMV.
The Rise & Fall of The Nintendo Wii: When we first got the Wii a couple of years ago,…
Ok, here’s the thing →
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It’s sad, for me at least, to see these people pouring out thoughtful responses without understanding why FSM was started. Kansas. http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/
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How Critics Reviewed the Original Macintosh in... →
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Ha!
Somehow I missed this vintage 25-year claim chowder collection from Philip Elmer-DeWitt back in January. Here’s John C. Dvorak’s take on the Mac: The nature of the…
Is AT&T’s 3G network misconfigured? →
Brough Turner says the congestion problems on AT&T’s network may be the result of misconfigured routers: Recently I was talking with a friend whose company continuously operates (and monitors)…
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Mom says the Death Star plans are not in the main computer! Also, I’m hungry!
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Adam Lambert Releases Album Art →
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SWEET JUMPING JESUS WHAT THE HELL
Now, I’m not the biggest Idol fan, but I saw this just-released album cover for Adam Lambert’s upcoming release, For Your Entertainment,…
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Bob Iger is... →
Anyway, I’m on record opposing this refund to idiots who bought Baby Einstein and now are claiming that they thought plopping their kids in front of videos would make them smart. Frankly, if you’re…
The more I think and learn about the curious... →
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Heh. I already know what bugs beej about this. IT’S LIKE I HAVE A CAMERA INSIDE HIS MIND.
The more I think and learn about the curious pricing of the 27” iMac, the more bizarre…
Borg bails on Family Guy sponsorship →
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If you’re McFarlane I’m sure you got over being a whore a loooooong time ago.
They were going to sponsor a commercial-free episode, the deal being that Seth McFarlane…
Mets Fans Have Choice of Two Evils in World Series →
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Wait…there’s a World Series this year?
A.G. Sulzberger on the dilemma faced by Mets fans: Chuck Rose, the owner of the Pine Restaurant and Sports Bar near Citi Field, said…
Poynter Online - The Biz Blog →
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Good for them. Somebody has to start doing well sooner or later.
The Christian Science Monitor is an atypical publication in many ways — church-supported, small but loyal…
Bid to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford begins Tuesday |... →
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It’s not the sex, it’s the lying…right? Whatever. You can argue this is different from Clinton, and be right, but it’s not going to seem different to most folks in his state (at…
Chiefs' Johnson reportedly makes gay slurs,... →
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Oh, what…as opposed to the rest of the NFL? Don’t get me wrong, it’s hilarious that the overly homoerotic NFL is full off homophobic people. But getting all bent out of shape…
Newt Gingrich Considering Run for President in... →
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Please please please please please please please please
Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker and perennial big thinker in the Republican party, said this morning that he will…
Retrevo Survey Results Indicate That PC Users Hope... →
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I wish they were free for shareholders. Where the fuck is my survey question?
I’m sure Apple’s executives will take these survey results very seriously, given that they come from…
Penny Arcade! - Twilight Of The Clans →
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What a great opening line.
Equal parts comics and commentary, Penny Arcade features Tycho and Gabe, the alter egos of creators Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Read about the…
Grayson: Cheney Has 'Blood That Drips From His... →
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This only adds to the mystique of Cheney.
During an appearance yesterday on Hardball, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) jokingly suggested that former Vice President Dick Cheney is a…
Optional public option enters Senate health care... →
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Redundant headline is redundant
Senate Democratic leaders met Thursday night with White House officials to consider including a government-funded public health insurance option,…
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: It's... →
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Wow.
Grab a calendar and pull your fucking heads out of your asses; it’s fall, fuckers.
The Neuter Case →
If you ever needed a reason to start reading Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire, I give you this:
According to an interesting new study, men who voted for Sen. John McCain in last year’s…
Nokia Sues Apple, Claims iPhone Infringes on Slew... →
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Crystal Ball Prediction: Apple countersues as they have a pretty extensive library of patents, lawyers get in a room to hash things out and they’re the only ones that make any…
Beware, I'm Noisy! →
In 1983; in Torrance, California; in the arcade at the Old Towne Mall, a devastatingly handsome fifteen-year-old boy — taking a break from his usual hobby of seducing attractive older women — stands…
Beware, I'm Noisy! →
In 1983; in Torrance, California; in the arcade at the Old Towne Mall, a devastatingly handsome fifteen-year-old boy — taking a break from his usual hobby of seducing attractive older women — stands…
The facts have a liberal health-care bias - Paul... →
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All these sick people are failing the free market!
Serious students of health care have known for a long time that the magic of the marketplace doesn’t work in health care; the…
SHUT UP WOMAN, GET ON MY HORSE. →
Godse →
Reconciling religious differences can be one of the most difficult, most contentious parts of the already difficult and contentious business of raising children. My wife, for example, was raised…
amazing painting →
As an artist and a Pastafarian, I deemed it necessary to heed the calling of his noodliness and commence work to bring His glory to the two dimensional surface.
And I have used the…
Godse →
Reconciling religious differences can be one of the most difficult, most contentious parts of the already difficult and contentious business of raising children. My wife, for example, was raised…
California appears poised to be first to ban... →
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That’s a lot of teevee
California’s estimated 35 million TVs and related electronic devices account for about 10% of all household electricity consumption, the Energy Commission…
Louisiana JP says he won't resign over... →
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Sigh. Does the dude really not see how refusing to marry people based on skin color IS TREATING THEM DIFFERENTLY? Fuck beans…
Asked if he is “racist,” Bardwell replies:…
Plastic Man: The Complete Collection →
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Holy crap, I remember watching that.
Although it was first broadcast in 1979, this Saturday morning ‘toon owes its origins to a classic comic-book character created in the…
If God Had Wanted Me To Be Accepting Of Gays, He... →
It’s a simple matter of logic, really. God made me who I am, and who I am is a cold, anti-gay zealot. Thus, I abhor gay people because God made me that way. Why is that so hard to understand?
Groups upset man wouldn't marry interracial... →
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How sweet, to think of the children like that. I wonder if he also does cursory genetic tests to see if there is a higher than average chance of heart disease or cancer as well,…
A green tour of the Google campus →
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GOATS DETECTED!
We care about a clean energy future and that’s a commitment that starts at home. In honor of Blog Action Day 2009 and this year’s climate change theme, we wanted…
Tonight… We Are All Rush Limbaugh - tsquare’s blog... →
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Yes, because when I think to my Who are the most liberal people in America, I think NFL owners. Because, you know…they’re liberal and stuff. Instead of Attack of the Left, we…
Court Rules That Phones Ringing in Public Don't... →
As we reported in June, ASCAP believes that when your cell phone’s musical ringtone sounds in a public place, you’re infringing copyright. A federal court yesterday firmly rejected that argument,
A Mess is not a Technical Debt. →
A mess is not a technical debt. A mess is just a mess.
MF Bliki: TechnicalDebt →
Like a financial debt, thetechnical debt incurs interest payments, which come in the form of theextra effort that we have to do in future development because of thequick and dirty design choice.
The Billion Dollar Gram | Information Is Beautiful →
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Neat
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The Associated Press: Pakistani Taliban criticize... →
Who do they think they are? Glenn Beck?
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | What... →
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Hrm, my reading of the temperature charts show that 2005 is the hottest year on record, which would make his opening salvo false. Look, it’s not like I’m hoping for fucking…
Michael Dell Says Netbooks Disappoint Customers →
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Netbooks can’t fail! Only you can fail netbooks.
They’re just cheap, small laptops.
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Speaking of Regrets →
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for beej
Unix co-creator Ken Thompson, asked what he’d do differently if had it do all over again, replied that he’d include the trailing “e” in the creat() system call.
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iMovie 8.0.5 Update Adds Support for New ‘iFrame’... →
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Nice name…jackasses.
Based on H.264 and AAC audio, iFrame is already the native shooting format of two new cameras from Sanyo.
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YUI Theater — Brad Neuberg: “Introduction to... →
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Hey, where’s IE…oh. Never mind.
Brad Neuberg of the Google Developer programs stopped by Yahoo! last week talk about HTML5. Brad has been hard at work on SVG Web…
Cabel likes Burgerville’s new receipts which... →
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Holy crap that’s cool
Cabel likes Burgerville’s new receipts which include nutrition info.
Valio milk cartons are now safer. →
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Holy crap that’s lame
Valio milk cartons are now safer.