July 2009
I need to call more people on the phone instead of the internet. I have the minimum number of minutes and Ive still got 4,277 rollover.
Hangar01 (- 2x4 - via The Brothers Brick) →
Hangar01 (- 2x4 - via The Brothers Brick)
Minnesota Bloggers File Ethics Complaint Against... →
Minnesota Bloggers File Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Michele Bachmann for Partisan Use of Taxpayer Dollars
Apple Claims New iPhone Only Visible To Most Loyal... →
Apple Claims New iPhone Only Visible To Most Loyal Of Customers
Texting While Driving Raises Crash Risk 23 Times,... →
Matt Richtel, reporting for the NYT: The first study of drivers texting inside their vehicles shows that the risk sharply exceeds previous estimates based on laboratory research — and far…
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THe new version of firebug kind of sucks.
Worst board game ever or best board game ever? http://twitpic.com/bo4ed
★ Pay Walls →
David Simon — former crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, now best known as the creator of The Wire — lays out the argument in favor of newspapers charging for access to their web sites in this…
SPONSORED POST: SF CHEFS. Food. Wine. August 6-9 →
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I liked Jamie on Top Chef but I don’t think she’s in the same league (yet) as the other chefs on this poster.
SF Chefs highlights our city’s top chefs, bar stars…
AT&T CEO: iPhone Won’t Be Exclusive Forever →
Ina Fried, reporting for CNet: “There will be a day when you are not exclusive with the iPhone,” Stephenson said, speaking at Fortune’s Brainstorm: Tech conference here. However, he declined to…
Great Moments In Marketing: Disney Pulls Movie... →
Ah, the stories that just make you shake your head in wonder. The purpose of a movie trailer is that it’s a commercial. It’s a pure advertisement with the math being simple: the more people you get…
“[All] three of Git, Mercurial, and Bazaar are tempting. It’s an embarrassment of...”
– http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/07/23/bazaar
Meanwhile in Colorado: Oh, sweet America: "A... →
Oh, sweet America: “A Denver police officer has been charged with felony menacing for allegedly brandishing his gun at a McDonald’s restaurant after getting tired of waiting for his food … An…
People need to stop talking about the “flavor profile” of food.
Just made myself a chai and whiskey toddy … delicious.
Our Brains Versus Fast Food? No Contest →
Do we crave flavor, or just calories? A new study reveals that our brain chemistry may be to blame for our love affair with food.
We’ve all been there. I know I have. A few days into a diet, we’ve…
Computing with JavaScript Web Workers →
Web Workers are, undoubtedly, the coolest new feature to arrive in the latest version of web browsers. Web Workers allow you to run JavaScript in parallel on a web page, without blocking the user…
The Diet-Heart Hypothesis: Stuck at the Starting... →
The diet-heart hypothesis is the idea that (1) dietary saturated fat, and in some versions, dietary cholesterol, raise blood cholesterol in humans and (2) therefore contribute to the risk of heart…
Amazon's Gaffe Isn't What You Think It Is →
I’ve been wanting to avoid writing about the (latest) mess Amazon finds itself in. However, the story is being mis-told all over the place, so I’m going to pontificate about it. Compare, if…
How Copyright Can Be Viewed As Anti-Property →
One of the regular discussions we get into around here is over the question of whether or not things like copyright and patents are really property. The IP lawyers who insist that it’s just like…
40 Free High Quality Hand-drawn Fonts | Graphics →
Recently watched The Wackness. It was a mediocre movie but the soundtrack was awesome.
Estimation →
Glerk… sick on a weekend.
http://twitpic.com/athdb
Freezingmy ass off walking the dog.
UGC comes to Rock Band →
Rock Band® has announced that the game will support user-created tracks, creating a completely new indie distribution channel for musicians, one that potentially rivals iTunes in…
Belgium Fines Yahoo For Protecting User Privacy On... →
For many years, we’ve discussed the many challenges faced by countries in trying to recognize that “jurisdiction” on the internet isn’t what they probably think it is. Many countries want to…
Amazon Flushes Kindle Editions of Orwell Books... →
It’s one thing to stop selling them. It’s something else entirely to remove them from the Kindles of those who already bought them. That this happened with 1984, of all the books that have ever…
ONE MILLION DOLLARS worth of Typewriters. →
Sweet.
Just last year, New York City signed a $982,269 contract with Swintec for the purchase of thousands of new manual and electric typewriters over the next three years — some of which…
Lots of my updates must seem really strange to the people reading them on Facebook.
Arctic sea full of huge blobs of floating ‘goo’ →
Huge blobs of mysterious “goo” are floating in the Arctic sea off the coast of Alaska, according to local reports. Hunters from the Alaskan coastal town of Wainwright first noticed the dark,…
Adult brain can rewire within seconds →
Our brains can rewire themselves in just seconds to compensate for a break in incoming data, suggesting they are even more flexible than previously thought.
We already knew that the brain is…
Area Mom Adds Ankle Weights To Already Bizarre... →
GRAND RAPIDS, MI—Area mother Janet Cosgrove, 59, has apparently added ankle weights to her already weird fitness regimen, 30-year-old son…
Twitter apps with push notification seem dumb, it already can push via SMS. Why spend you time re-implementing it?
Restoring from backup
I want my cyborg life →
For the last few years, I’ve been spoiled. I’ve been surrounded by people who, when asked a question, immediately bring out a digital device and look it up. The conferences that I’ve attended have…
Street Food: Now With New Permits?: With a new... →
With a new permit program in the works, the city wants to make it “easier” (and more legal) for street vendors and possibly ambitious restaurateurs to populate parks. The problem? Said…
Sports: Barry Zito Throws One-Hit Bullpen Session →
SAN FRANCISCO—Struggling Giants pitcher Barry Zito (4.54 ERA), who had shown some progress in his previous two bullpen sessions, gave up a…
http://www.uncannyxmen.net/images/article/relations... →
Sheeple →
GNR Uploader Gets Two Months House Arrest, Plus... →
It still doesn’t make much sense that the FBI got involved in trying to track down and arrest a guy who uploaded a pre-release version of Guns ‘N Roses’ long awaited new album before it was…
How to Boost Brothel Patronage: Offer a Green... →
Not even brothels have been spared from the economic downturn. But Thomas Goetz, the enterprising owner of the Maison d’Envie in Berlin, has found a way to boost patronage at his legal house of…