February 2010
Feb 1st
January 2010
Can we call hardware/software integration a trend? →
Shared by pberry Fffffuuuuuu. Back to Solaris? Never! Ted Leung points out some parallels between the iPad and Oracle’s new strategy integrating Sun’s hardware: I spent most of yesterday…
Jan 31st
In State of the Union address, President Obama put... →
Shared by pberry Depravity? Wow, that’s being polite. President Obama’s State of the Union address didn’t signal a political shift to the left or the right. It sounded more like a shrewd attempt…
Jan 29th
Bad Astronomy on NASA's budget →
Shared by pberry Fucking seriously? People think we spend 24% on NASA? Are these the same people that think we’re a “welfare state”? Bad Astronomy on NASA’s budget: The general public public…
Jan 29th
Retro Virus →
Shared by pberry Co-worker just got a virus on his XP box last night. Bwahahahahahahahahahaha.
Jan 27th
School Outlaws "Sexual Bending" →
Shared by pberry Everybody get footloose! I assume this will make it into the ABC’s enforcement regime soon. While dancing back to front, all dancers must remain upright - no sexual…
Jan 27th
'Oral sex' definition prompts dictionary... →
Shared by pberry Maybe they’ll ban Dick Cheney too. Heh heh, she said “dictionary” Dictionaries have been removed from classrooms in southern California schools after a parent complained…
Jan 27th
How the New York Times’ Netflix toy was made →
Shared by pberry Mainly for stillman So many people posted about how fascinated they were by the New York Times’ feature A Peek Into Netflix Queues that I didn’t even bother to blog about it at…
Jan 26th
Tank Skeet Shooting →
Jan 26th
Dirty Harry →
Shared by pberry Mostly funny because I just watched Dirty Harry last week. No, not for the first time…
Jan 22nd
dnalounge update →
Shared by pberry “But the beatings will continue until hygiene improves.” Well said. DNA Lounge update, wherein the repairs are finished.
Jan 22nd
Lou Mars: 108.5 Hours →
Yup, the mad drummer story.
Jan 22nd
Cindy McCain poses for marriage equality →
Shared by pberry Some old school Republican ideas are starting to make comebacks. Hell, Ted Olson (W’s Solicitor General) is helping to lead the charge in California to overturn Prop 8. Lets hope…
Jan 21st
"…I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama,... →
Shared by pberry Well shit, Paul. The easy solution is to vote against him next time. “…I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever…
Jan 21st
Dance, Stick-Man, Dance. →
Previously, previously.
Jan 21st
★ Apple, Google, Bing, and Search →
Shared by pberry If Apple gets into search, it’s a step back to the dark days. Unfocused. Stretched too thin. Not doing what they do well. I mean come on, who overcharges for search? Interesting…
Jan 21st
Jan 19th
Baratunde Thurston speculates how MLK might have... →
Shared by pberry Ouch “I just became mayor of The Albany Jail on @foursquare!”
Jan 19th
I like the design of Apple’s invitation to the... →
Shared by pberry They better not ship something without color now… I like the design of Apple’s invitation to the rumored-tablet event on January 27. It’s not pretty, I don’t want to…
Jan 19th
White House criticizes evangelist's Haiti... →
Shared by pberry Is it possible Robertson did something so heinous that he’ll finally be…oh wait, never mind. A White House spokesman on Thursday slammed evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson’s…
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
Yemen Says It Killed al Qaeda Military Leader -... →
Shared by pberry “JESUS CHRIST PLEASE DON’T BOMB THE SHIT OUT OF US WE’LL KILL ANYBODY YOU WANT JUST TELL US WHO!” Yemen said it killed six al Qaeda operatives, including the military chief of the…
Jan 16th
Some unused templates for titles of instructional... →
Shared by pberry A Book About _____ Looks Great On Your Shelf_ (Where the blank is filled with ”make websites”, “lose weight”, ”play piano”, etc.) Jesus, You still Can’t ______? ______, Sort…
Jan 16th
Oink founder cleared of fraud charges →
Shared by pberry Oink was the Library of Alexandria for music. I still miss it and I bet all the music industry people that had accounts do as well. still amazed he was pulling in over $200k in…
Jan 15th
blimp. →
Exhibit A: Exhibit B:
Jan 14th
Gordon, an open-source Flash runtime in Javascript →
Shared by pberry Insanity…pure insanity. SWF v1 support only, with no sound or video naturally, but still [via]
Jan 14th
Protecting marriage, one divorce at a time →
Nate: Over the past decade or so, divorce has gradually become more uncommon in the United States. Since 2003, however, the decline in divorce rates has been largely confined to states which…
Jan 13th
Brian Williams: Why Jon Stewart Is Good For News :... →
Shared by pberry Wow, Williams tries to bring the nuance… Many journalists have come to think of the comedian (above) as a kind of external standards-and-practices cop — and one whose nightstick…
Jan 10th
Pocohontar →
Shared by pberry Some say it was more Ferngully… Pocahontas = Avatar at thenextweb.com, larger version here at 9gag. Previously: What storytelling risks could Avatar have…
Jan 10th
Craig Ferguson on the Leno/Conan/NBC Rumors →
Shared by pberry Okay, yeah…that’s funny. Ha-ha. ★
Jan 9th
The Macalope Weekly: Natural-born product category... →
Microsoft’s tablet “strategy” is like an Escher painting, full of staircases leading in every direction that all ultimately just go round in circles. The company so badly wants to be Prometheus,…
Jan 9th
Itsy is a compact and streamlined Twitter client |... →
Shared by pberry Wait, what the fuck…besides Tweetdeck users, who isn’t already using a compact and streamlined Twitter client? As its name suggests, Itsy folds most of the basic Twitter…
Jan 9th
Retirement pot →
Lunchtime discussion the other day: will marijuana be legalized in our lifetime? Someone points out that their parents’ friends are finally getting into growing and enjoying pot now that they’re…
Jan 9th
Canadian man arrested for drunk snow blowing |... →
Shared by pberry This would be Jaxon if he lived in Canada. Canadian man arrested for drunk snow blowing | Metro.co.uk
Jan 9th
Patents Over Patients - New York Times →
Shared by pberry Bullshit, this is The Market working exactly as intended. The Market isn’t failing patients, patients are failing The Market! Patents Over Patients - New York Times: In the…
Jan 9th
Fox's Andrew Napolitano: "If the feds had... →
Shared by pberry If I had an opinion this, which I don’t, I would think this guy was a fucking idiot. From the January 8 edition of Fox News’ Glenn Beck…
Jan 9th
Retirement pot
mrgan: Lunchtime discussion the other day: will marijuana be legalized in our lifetime? Someone points out that their parents’ friends are finally getting into growing and enjoying pot now that they’re retired and finding themselves with spare time, little to lose, and new aches and pains. To which I ask, if marijuana is legalized soon, will savvy employers start offering retirement-marijuana...
Jan 9th
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