September 2008
44 posts
Oh, and happy, happy Friday. →
Just because this made me smile. Be happy you live where you live. And never forget to spell check.
*Photo courtesy of chez shoes.
“…you are operating under the false assumption that political debates in...”
– {TMN} — Kevin Guilfoile, on the 2004 vice-presidential debates.
“Do you go read a lot of blogs that business have? No! Because they’re...”
– {Mermann} breaking shit down.
“The government is the one institution with the patience and resources to buy...”
– {dubya}
So what you’re saying is free-market and capitalism isn’t working?
“It’s well-understood that e-discovery, the process of responding to legal...”
– {me} {via}. Pretty much just posting this to point all you millions of readers to a blog I’m building.
Security ROI →
Shared by John T. Hoffoss
Wow. The TSA in 2007 killed 930 travelers in the United States. Wait, what?
Return on investment, or ROI, is a big deal in business. Any business venture needs to…
World. Shattered. [I'm A PC] →
I knew Hodgman was smarter than the commercials would lead you to believe.
Whaaat? John Hodgman, that PC guy from those Apple commercials, was spotted on the train…
Sandisk's SlotMusic MicroSD Cards to Have Big-Name... →
Several years ago, a friend of mine insisted we would see music sold in this manner. I disagreed; I thought the music companies would not be so dumb to think anyone wants…
fit-PC slim, the 'world's smallest PC' -- just... →
Filed under: Desktops
fit-PC Slim is billed as the “smallest, most energy efficient PC available,” and at 13 ounces it just might be. Slim is housed in a 330cc enclosure (4.3 x 3.9…
NYU Journalism Professor Out of Touch →
An NYU journalism professor banned blogging, twitter and online media in her class on reporting gen Y, after one of her students blogged and wrote an article about her experience in the class for MediaShift.
“Don’t try to be original, just try to be good.”
– Paul Rand {via}
Zoom H2 line input hack - make a 4 channel field... →
Shared by John T. Hoffoss
This may come in handy should I decide to start podcasting.
Berto Aussems wrote in from the Netherlends to tell us about his hack which replaces the…
Watch“The seemingly impossible is possible.” Fascinating historical presentation of economic data versus infant mortality rates around the world by Hans Rosling.
“Over 37 million people saw Sarah Palin declare in her acceptance speech that she...”
– Minnesota Independent
“[I]n the primary McCain took out more mortgages on his reputation as a reformer...”
– Baldwin rawx
“I wanna give a shout out to all my … brothas an sistas from, um, all the...”
– P. Diddy can’t afford his fuel bill and sympathizes with us all…by flying commercial. Poor guy. reluctantly
DIY photography speed strap →
To obtain certain lighting effects, you sometimes need to attach things to your flash head, such as gel filters or bounce cards. Normally, this involves fussing around trying to strap…
“Finally, some people of color at the Republican... →
“Finally, some people of color at the Republican National Convention.” Thor adds a powerful caption to a photo from The Boston Globe’s Big Picture
LightMate Pillow Looks Like Glowing Hentai Splooge... →
Shared by John T. Hoffoss
My wife saw this and asked if this was a big ovum.
Designed by artist Francesca Lanzavecchia, NightMates are “soft anthropomorphic pillows and warming lamps” that…
Whose responsibility? →
www.indexed.blogspot.com
RNC →
Yup, we have the RNC here in MN. Downtown is locked down pretty tight, you would need the combined powers of Chuck Norris and Bruce Schneier to even get a cup of coffee down there. Here is the…
WatchDamnit. I’m going to have to upgrade my cable service to full-basic for this election. [via]
“I need a backup of all our servers for all time.” So, he knew that we had...”
– I want to meet Bob, if only I could find him.
“Gumming the edges of popular culture and occasionally rolling the results into a...”
– A new age, digital email-savior-messiah-man: Merlin Mann.
Put the Power Where the People Are
“When the builders of the Maple Ridge Wind farm spent $320 million to put nearly 200 wind turbines in upstate New York, the idea was to get paid for producing electricity. But at times, regional electric lines have been so congested that Maple Ridge has been forced to shut down even with a brisk wind blowing.” [NYT]
Grids are expensive, especially given current copper prices....
“Todd and Sarah fish in Bristol Bay with their children – Track, Bristol, Willow,...”
– That first sentence was added to the site some time after nomination. That last sentence was added by me. All are non-sequiters at the end of Sarah Palin’s bio on the Governor of Alaska’s website. Palin is so amazingly unqualified it boggles the mind. If the democratic party can’t...