March 2008
24 posts
U.S. suspends supplier of arms to Afghanistan →
OK so let me get this straight. We (the US) paid >$200 Million dollars to a 22yo to buy guns?!? I had some big dreams at 22, but this beats all of them.
This really is the land of opportunity…
(NSFW) South Park-esque Parody of DEN →
Yesterday I posted a link to an article on madness that was DEN. Today a South Park-esque parody of that mythical time.
I first saw this thing in 2001ish. Recently I wanted to see it again and couldn’t find it. I would come back to the search and eventually found it, hiding underneath my nose…
The implosion of high-flying Web startup DEN →
I am constantly surprised by the number of people who do not remember DEN (excuse me >EN). It was the poster child for everything that was wrong with the .COM boom. I wonder what the Web 2.0 equivilent is going to be…
“To give you an idea of the show’s popularity with Brits, new episodes...”
– New Trailer Teases Return of BBC’s Doctor Who
“This isn’t me attacking Hillary, I think her supporters have done more...”
(NSFW) Early Marylin Monroe pics →
My god does that woman have something special about her. I have never been able to pin it down either. Plus some of these pics *I* had never seen before
Paper Enigma Machine →
Too damn cool. I have a fondness for papercraft automata.
“Ernie is who I wish I was, Bert is who I fear I am”
Geekatude...
Is it a little sad that I have a favorite USB cable?
The Rest of Us
John Gruber writes the blog Daring Fireball. He wrote the following in regard to the recent controversy about Apple including Safari 3.1 in the the Windows version of the Softare Updater that is included with iTunes:
Paul Mison on Apple’s Software Update for Windows ★
I have to say, I’m with Mison. I don’t understand the supposed outrage over Apple’s Software Update app for Windows...
“Interestingly, all children disliked the use of clowns in the décor, with even...”
– ESRC Society Today - Children’s wards - don’t send in the clowns
Honestly, does this come a suprise to anyone?
GENERATION C | An emerging consumer trend and... →
Read this, understand it, and realize that if you are reading and understanging it, then you are likely a fully paid up member of Generation C
ClassNamer →
Sweet. A tool that suggests class names
From Pixels to Plastic →
Read it. Take what it says to heart. Things are becoming more hackable, and that leads to us hacking more things. I nice feedback look for Generation C
Licence to lie for Italian women →
How… European of them…
Jock Murphy | Portland On Fire →
Hey look, I am vaugely famous! Not trying to knock it, Portland On Fire is a great idea…
Things I don't get, an ongoing series...
If you want to pick on MS for their direct actions, then I get that. Though I would like to remind people the MS of today isn’t the MS of the 90’s. But! — I hear you say — they still do things like the OOXML naughtyness, and they are still so huge. They could buy Apple out of their petty cash. To that, I would say you are technically correct, but aren’t...
Makers of Airborne Settle False-Ad Suit →
The makers of Airborne making false claims? I am shocked, shocked I say…
“…and then slowly simmered in silence as my unremarkable remarks remained...”
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between...”
– George Orwell