June 2009
Mission Accomplished →
Arnie set to destroy California. The cuts Mr. Schwarzenegger has proposed to make up the difference, if enacted by the Legislature, would turn California into a place that in some ways would be…
May 2009
Green Promise Seen in Switch to LED Lighting -... →
Light emitting diodes could decrease carbon dioxide emissions by up to 50 percent in just over 20 years.
Tancredo: "I Don't Know" Whether... →
Nope, he just hates stupid people.
leading a tabless existence →
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To each his own…
Dear Lazyweb, how do I get rid of the “new tab” plus-box on the title bar of Safari 4? I never use tabs and it’s in the way. This thing:
Microsoft arms half-wit developers with PHP... →
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OH THE HUMANITY!
You see, PHP is like a handgun. On its own, it is simply an inanimate tool that has no moral leaning. In the hands of a responsible citizen, it can be used to the…
Kung Fu Monkey: 4GM: Consoles, consoles, consoles... →
Netflix is in the prison yard, strolling up to the Mainstream Networks with a sharpened toothbrush clenched in one whitened fist while the Mainstream Networks chat dreamily about how they’re gonna go…
Papyrus →
Sessions says Sotomayor comment is... →
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So… dishonest or stupid? So hard to tell with senators.
Sessions says Sotomayor comment is
Palm Pre Can Sync With iTunes - PC World →
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The article ignores the fact that the bulk of songs ever sold through iTunes are “upgradable” to a DRM-free format. If Pre can’t play straight up AAC files, jeebus…what have…
Is Twitter Killing Instant Messaging? →
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“No.” This has been another easy answer to an easy question.
As time goes on I become more and more of a fan/advocate/evangelist of twitter. It’s amazing how it’s been…
Phreakmonkey surfs the web with a 300 baud... →
at 6:30, he loads Wikipedia in Lynx; amazing it works so well with modern hardware [via]
Defending Against Movie-Plot Threats with Movie... →
Excellent: Seeking to quell fears of terrorists somehow breaking out of America’s top-security prisons and wreaking havoc on the defenseless heartland, President Barack Obama moved quickly to…
We're About To Have A Big Problem →
It’s in the NYT, so now maybe someone will notice. Nobody listens to me.
In the latest phase of the nation’s real estate disaster, the locus of trouble has shifted from subprime loans — those…
Op-Ed Columnist - State of Paralysis - NYTimes.com →
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It’s true. We’re fucked.
The Golden State’s political system has been unable to deal with the recession. Does California’s political paralysis foreshadow the future of the nation…
Ghostbusters III filming soon with original cast →
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Bad…
Ghostbusters III filming soon with original cast: this could be really good or really bad
How America discarded its moral compass →
As I’ve watched the “torture debate” unfold over the past few weeks, and in particular as I read the highlights of the speeches by President Obama and Dick Cheney yesterday, I realized how stunted…
Drew Friedman label for McSorley's beer →
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I love it
My favorite portrait painter Drew Friedman created a label for McSorley’s Irish Lager, produced by the oldest (or second oldest) bar in New York City. It’s…
May 30, 2009: Wine Release at New Clairvaux... →
May 29, 2009: Chico Outlaws vs Calgary Vipers at... →
Microsoft Bans Memcopy() →
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For beej
This seems smart: Microsoft plans to formally banish the popular programming function that’s been responsible for an untold number of security vulnerabilities over the…
Craigslist Sues SC AG For Declaratory Relief →
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Hahahahahaha. Jackass.
Craigslist Sues SC AG For Declaratory Relief: “craigslist has filed suit against SC AG Henry McMaster in federal court in South Carolina, seeking…
NRA: The new face of the American right? |... →
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At least the NRA can still play the fear card.
“There’s a paranoia now that I’ve never seen before due to the unpredictability of Washington and the idea that, sooner or later,…
Court Says White House Can Keep Memos on Bush... →
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Lame.
A federal appeals court ruled this morning that the White House does not have to make public internal documents examining the potential disappearance of e-mails during the…
Danger Mouse Releases a Blank CD-R →
For decades, recording artists have lived in fear of their albums ending up in limbo if a record label refused to release it. But no more? Danger Mouse, who broke into the public consciousness…
Op-Ed Columnist - Cheney, Master of Pain -... →
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Good thing to put in the 8th fucking para…
Besides, the question of what Pelosi knew or didn’t, or when she did or didn’t know, is irrelevant to how W. and Cheney broke the law…
GOP leader: Pelosi should show proof or apologize... →
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Clearly this is a hoax story because they reference a “Republican leader”.
A key Republican leader demanded Sunday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi produce evidence to back up her…
Damned Dirty Apes →
Shoes on the X-ray belt, or in a bin??? →
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If only there was some way to communicate with people in the security line to let them know that what they know is wrong.
Starting this week, officers will be asking…
Quantum Mechanics and Unit Testing →
With a title like that you may expect me to say the uncertainty principle is the fact that nobody knows how long it will take to develop a piece of software. Well it’s not, it’s quantum mechanics,…
Photography License! →
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Um. Extremely bad idea.
Very nice:
In the event you’re stopped by overzealous law enforcement or security officials attempting to enforce fictitious laws, I’ve…
WE MUST DESTROY SOCIAL SECURITY TO SAVE IT →
Hey, it’s Trustees report day. I had almost forgotten. The bad news is that with absolutely no changes whatsoever to the program it can pay scheduled benefits in full until 2037 after which it…
How ObamaCare Will Affect Your Doctor - WSJ.com →
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I think it’s a WSJ op-ed rule that anything about Obama has to have a minimum of 10 references to “redistribute”.
Expect longer waits for appointments as physicians get pinched on…
I have a theory about time travel. →
My theory about time travel is as follows:
If your story is not about time travel, but it has time travel in it, then your story sucks. For example. Stories that are about time travel: …
Jim Goldman Calls on Eric Schmidt to Leave Apple’s... →
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Al Gore is always running around trying to save the fucking planet…how does that help sell iPhones? Huh? Well?
Jim Goldman: But Apple shareholders deserve engaged board…
The Anonymous Hugging Wall →
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So very much ewwwww
like a platonic glory hole [via]
The Kindle Lets Amazon Make a Lot From the Few →
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It makes sense to me. Serious book readers have a voracious appetite for new material. The Kindle gives them instant gratification.
Saul Hansell on the Kindle’s market…
My Google Profile →
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Look! I’m don’t care about personal privacy!
Check out my new Google profile.
BBC NEWS | Americas | Swine flu 'in... →
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This will be the new Y2K. “You spent all that money fixing stuff so it wouldn’t break and then nothing broke! What a waste of money…”
Swine flu in Mexico, the epicentre of the…
Apple rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone app update |... →
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Annoying? Yes. Shocking? No. Buying music through iTunes has parental controls. Buying apps for an iPhone doesn’t. Hence the stupid, at least in this case.
Nine Inch Nails’…
Meeting at The Pub
jeff: so, meet at the pub 5:30ish?
me: 4:30 it is!
jeff: ok, 4:00 then
me: Right, be there in 5
jeff: i've got the table... just waiting for you
me: I'm in the corner booth, where are you?
Pew study says churchgoers more likely to support... →
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Because torture worked so well on Jesus…
J-Walk notes that the threat of torture is a fundamental concept of hell
Rick Astley writes about Moot, 4chan, and the... →
“I find it bonkers, by the way!” [via]
