September 2009
22 posts
YOU WILL BE BAKED. AND THEN THERE WILL BE CAKE. →
Like the cake in Portal, Microsoft Office Excel 2007’s “Compatibility Mode” is a lie.
seen on /. →
Slashdot IT Story | Bad PC Sales Staff Exposed:Q: What’s the difference between a computer salesman and a used car salesman? A: The used car salesman knows when he is lying.
a good weekend; kids still champs →
Interesting weekend for me: even with the wife away on a business trip, the kids were both largely angelic… but I worked hard to make it easy for them. Saturday I made breakfast for them; the boy…
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bugs →
So it’s 03:15, and I’ve spent the last 2.5 hrs. hunting what turned out to be four blood-filled mosquitoes. They were lucky, then they were really unlucky. If they’d just snack and be on their way,…
COFFEE! →
Peet’s Major Dickason’s Blend: OM-f’ing-G this is good coffee. First sip shot my eyebrows back with such force that my hairline has receded further.
Slashdot Technology Story | Nissan Gives Electric Cars Blade Runner Audio Effect: ‘A campaign backed by automakers and some lawmakers to make electric or hybrid cars noisier in a bid to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists has taken a strange, Blade Runner-type twist. Nissan sound engineers have announced that the Leaf electric car set for release next year will emit a...
ASCAP desperate, reaching at straws →
CNET News: Music publishers: iTunes not paying fair share (via /.):Songwriters, composers, and music publishers are making preparations to one day collect performance fees from Apple and other…
“(818): I cant believe that bitch gave me herpes. she said those bumps were just...”
– texts from last night - schadenfreude lulz galore
Hey, The Steve, where's my complimentary Genius... →
Apple could make a bajillion more dollars on iTunes Music Store by putting a “jump to store” button next to the artist name on the iPod Touch and iPhone’s Now Playing screen. This button exists in…
huh? does Tim Powers know about this? →
D23 lures Disney fans - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety:Disney also used the confab to unveil Double Dare You as a toon production label with Guillermo del Toro to produce scarier…
how to do a sunday properly →
Excellent day yesterday. My wife’s students from last year have been long-promised a BBQ party at our house for all-hands passing the national nursing exam. So we planned the weekend around it;…
unbridled greed leaking on my dashboard →
Who the hell do I complain to about the ads that are appearing on Xbox Live’s Dashboard? The Dashboard auto-loads the “Spotlight” channel which has, until now, limited itself to new game…
movies recently seen →
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: I’ve started watching this movie twice, and haven’t been able to finish it yet. The first time, I started the movie quite late and its peaceful, surreal,…
mission: cleared (see, there's a colon in there) →
For the curious, yesterday’s colonoscopy went just fine, I am apparently clean as any meat-based whistle. Anyone who doesn’t want to hear about it should stop reading here. This is mainly for my…
August 2009
30 posts
