December 2007
48 posts
“I am going to do my best to never use the term “delivertron” again”
November 2007
60 posts
Squanto
Lately — because of the season — I have been reading about The First Thanksgiving (though that term is excessively wrong) and about that group of religious fanatics The Pilgrim Fathers.
I already knew most of what I read, but the one area I knew shockingly (at least to me) little was of Squanto. He was kidnapped by the British in 1608, taken to Britain, learned some English, and...
China to stop arresting women for carrying condoms →
So I guess the logic was that women with condoms were dirty dirty whores, and if you were on the pill (which you don’t need a perscription for there) then you were an angel…
“I consider myself smart enough to know how dumb I am”
Allow me to just say
Allow me to just say “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGG!!!!!!!”
No new episodes of House until January. Are these people not aware of how this fits into my overal paliative care? Bastards.
“I am surprised I haven’t bought a Sony eBook reader or a Kindle. It is...”
Java 6 for OS X →
Thanks to the efforts of the OpenJDK guys BSD Java Research guys (it will soon be based on the OpenJDK), there is now a Java 6 port for OS X. Apple you can release yours any time now please, or — and here is a crazy thought — maybe you could release your enhancements to the community and we would be happy to work with you in the future…
A Strike on One Laptop Per Child →
The first part has a bit too much hyperbole, and misses some of the points of the OLPC project. But overall, well written, funny, kicks the OLPC project (mostly) where they deserve it. The conculsion is actually brilliant in a way, and is the kind of lateral thinking Negreponte used to be known for. All you need to do is have a keyboard addon
“Political debates sound like a really bad job interview with someone who is...”
Dear debate people.
To whoever runs the presidential debates,
I don’t want real Americans asking real question. I want smart people from all sides of the political spectrum to ask hard questions. I want the candidates to answer them. I want the mediator to push back and get answers. I want the experts to vote on if the question was answered and for the scores to be presented at the end.
It won’t fix...
on feeling uninspired →
Ze Frank, as always, brilliantly reminding us that we shouldn’t wait for things to happen, just do them now. And if inspiration happens on the way, so much the better
Wikipedia Category:Writers who committed suicide →
Unsurprisingly it is very long
1-800-MUSIC-NOW! →
I came across this while fallowing a desire line on Wikipedia. I remember when it came out and thinking it was a good idea but the wrong way to do it. A lot of people though IVR (Interactive Voice Response) was going to be a Big Thing. A lot of people (including Enron) tried this kind of thing many times before it finally hit. Most brilliant ideas make it big because they are first, but...
Dear Microsoft
Dear Microsoft,
I think you make a good operating system. I really do. Not a great one, but a really good one. But it needs improvement. I would like you to shamelessly copy something from Apple/NeXTStep. I want you to copy the Application Package structure, so that to install you need to do nothing more than copy one file into place and it just works. Please? You are so close right now...
Sometimes
Sometimes it’s all just too fucking Flowers For Algernon…
Thanksgiving
Today we celebrate the day that a group of religious fanatics (who were so annoying that they got kicked out of two different countries) didn’t die.
Quantum Insurance
My insurance company just asked me to violate the time/space continuum…
Hey UPS! A business idea for you
Here is an interesting idea for you: if you gave the option for me to upgrade how my package is shipped while it is in transit, I bet a ton of people would fall for it. Right now I am watching a package move UPS Ground and kicking myself for not upgrading the shipping…
Disapproving Rabbits →
Best blog name this month…
“If he doesn’t walk out of here with deep red marks on his neck, then you...”
– Dr MT to a medical student, regarding checking my thyroid
House - episode 21: Three Stories →
I just watched this episode again. This is probably the fifth time I have seen it (or maybe the sixth). It still holds up as one of the best 45(ish) minutes of television…
No, thank you...
Alltel reponds:
Jock,
Thank you for recently expressing your concern about our advertising. Customer feedback is welcomed and is provided to our advertising agency for evaluation. Alltel considers the views of our customers as we work through the advertising process. Again, thank you for your interest.
Matthew Creasman Alltel Marketing Communications
Well they wrote back. That was...
“You know it if were called “Fox & Fiends” it would be sooo much...”
18 Months...
As of today it has been a year and a half that this — whatever this is — has been going on for a year and a half…
Monkey Ninjas →
Don’t ask my why I thought to google for “Monkey Ninjas,” but I ended up here. It turns out to bestrangely compelling (and strangely funny). A crudely animated show about — well really what else could it be about? — Monkey Ninjas. At the very least it is something to keep in reserve in case the WGA strike goes on too long…
Towel Origami →
“Oh honey please don’t barf on the air conditioner”
– LB (blissfully not directed at me)
Deal Alltel
Dear Alltel,
You can stop insulting the world with every nerd, D&D, geek, and Trekker sterotype any time you like. Right now would good. Last year would have been ideal.
TTFN!
If Your Betty Boo Is A Number Two Urine Trouble! →
Speachless, really just speachless
“the internet just doesn’t contain enough pictures of pee”
A tour of the Creation Museum →
I’m sad it isn’t anywhere nearby Portland. I do love me some crazy…
In support of the WGA strike Petition →
Let us not make the same mistake that happened with VHS and DVD. The writers deserve their fair share.
Category:Articles with specifically-marked... →
Best category name on Wikipedia ever
“Our cyborg hero seems to adjust to his condition relatively well, but it turns...”
– David H Szondy’s Cyborg Page
Transducers Direct →
The Single Source for Your Presure and Transducer Needs!
Now I just wish I had “Presure and Trandsucer Needs.” Don’t even ask how or why I found the site…
Arrrrrg
Every have a moment were you just thought of something bloodly clever, and there are only a handful of people who you can tell, and they are ALL not available. If you have, then welcome to me right now…
Bored...
It’s 7:20 (ish) on a Saturday. This used to be one of my happiest times. Now? Not so much. It is sooo boring. There is no news. The blogs are dead. Slashdot is dead. And I am not so desperate to go to Digg (In 2001 President Bush asked “Why do they hate us?” and in 2004 Digg rose to the top of that list). The information pump I rely on is nearly at it’s driest (Sunday...
Oh Look!
LB: Oh look!
JM: What?
LB: They have frozen vegetarian bologna sauce
JM: I understand what all those words mean individually
LB: But all together?
JM: Not so much...
Eisner's advice to striking writers: Blame Steve... →
Up is down, black is white, cheese is milkshake. Brain is exploding…