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True Blue by David Baldacci: bad dialogue, unbelievable characters and a spoon fed nonsensical plot....

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:52:22 -0500

True Blue by David Baldacci: bad dialogue, unbelievable characters and a spoon fed nonsensical plot. And that just 50 pages in. Next.

What If Everybody in Canada Flushed At Once? | Pat’s...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:27:32 -0500

What If Everybody in Canada Flushed At Once? | Pat’s Papers

Thaw, baby, thaw.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:59:55 -0500

Thaw, baby, thaw.

RT @mikemccaffrey: Doing my best to develop branding for a new site. Luckily, web design for...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:48:08 -0500

RT @mikemccaffrey: Doing my best to develop branding for a new site. Luckily, web design for non-profits is kinda like competing in the …

The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged - NYTimes.com

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:32:44 -0500

The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged - NYTimes.com:

“In the heyday of 1960s left-wing radicalism, no liberal Democratic politicians in Washington could be found endorsing groups preaching violent revolution. The right has a different history.”

Getting ready for 3pm parade — at Magic Hat Mardi Gras http://gowal.la/s/4bC9

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:28:45 -0500

Getting ready for 3pm parade — at Magic Hat Mardi Gras http://gowal.la/s/4bC9

RT @magichat: http://www.magichat.net/tv

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:03:33 -0500

RT @magichat: http://www.magichat.net/tv

How genetics works

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:44:31 -0500

How genetics works:

As information visualizations go, you can’t get much better than this.

Tags: genetics infoviz

Quote of the Day

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:01:32 -0500

Quote of the Day:

“I find it interesting that you have a lot of the Republicans running around and pushing back on stimulus money and saying this doesn’t create any new jobs, and then they go out and do photo-ops and…

RT @e_to_the_m: So excited, @maddow will be on my friend @billsimmon’s radio show today at 4...

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:04:21 -0500

RT @e_to_the_m: So excited, @maddow will be on my friend @billsimmon’s radio show today at 4 EST. http://j.mp/aL2Wdu #psfr #btv #vt

Augmented Reality Game Example - Future of Augmented Reality Gaming

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:13:29 -0500

Augmented Reality Game Example - Future of Augmented Reality Gaming:

This is one of the best examples and visualization of how augmented reality games will look like. the head mounted display will be replaced with augmented reality goggles or glasses and will overlay…

Tom Toles is worth a thousand words

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:13:29 -0500

Tom Toles is worth a thousand words:

RT @incanus77: My app Meerkat on TUAW:...

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:17:11 -0500

RT @incanus77: My app Meerkat on TUAW: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/18/meerkat-1-5-automatically-reconnects-your-ssh-tunnels/

World War Z - Studs Terkel meets Zombie War survivors as a well done audiobook.

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:33:18 -0500

World War Z - Studs Terkel meets Zombie War survivors as a well done audiobook.

Turned off Google Buzz. A duplication of existing content with questionable privacy issues.

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:40:25 -0500

Turned off Google Buzz. A duplication of existing content with questionable privacy issues.

A conversation I have every month or so

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:12:01 -0500

dwineman:

Me: (tries to visit a local restaurant’s website via iPhone)
Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off.
Me: I just want to know how late you’re open.
Website: Nope.
Me: But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link up in the corner or something?
Website: I’m ignoring you.
Me: What if I’m on my phone because I’m out, looking for a place to eat? Didn’t that ever occur to you?
Website: Fuck entirely off.
Me: (gives up, switches to computer)
Website: Oh! Hi! What can I help you with today?
Me: What are your —
Website: Hang on, I’m loading the music.
Me: Really.
Website: You’ll love it. It’s “Girl from Ipanema” arranged for steel drum and keytar.
Me: No, you don’t have to —
Website: Loading…
Me: All I want is —
Website: I SAID DOT DOT DOT.
Me: (drums fingers on desk)
Website: There we go. Isn’t that nice? It’s… what’s the word. Ethnicky.
Me: What are your hours?
Website: Take a look at our menu! It’s a PDF of a screenshot of a scan of a Word document printed on a dishtowel. With fonts!
Me: I don’t care. What are your hours?
Website: Don’t worry, the menu loads in a new window so the music won’t stop. Can I show you some broken images?
Me: What. Are. Your. Hou. Rs.
Website: I… I don’t know.
Me: (goes to Denny’s)

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:00:18 -0500

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Just finished Freedom(tm) by Daniel Suarez. Great sequel minus one major contradiction. In the first...

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:56:11 -0500

Just finished Freedom(tm) by Daniel Suarez. Great sequel minus one major contradiction. In the first book the Daemon influenced the MSM.

Missing the point

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:46:09 -0500

Missing the point:

The personal computer of 2010 is hard to understand for novices and people who struggle with abstract concepts. Macs, PCs, all of them. Folks, it’s us, the freaks who understand drive partitioning, regular expressions, virtual disk images, task switching, and shell scripting — we’re the exception.

The Days of Miracles and Wonder

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:39:49 -0500

The Days of Miracles and Wonder