December 2010
2 posts
2 tags
Rescue Geeks →
Young Katie was teased at school because she carried a Star Wars water bottle and “Star Wars is for boys”. Her mother was disappointed by this, and mentioned how sad it was on her blog. The Internet agreed, and the outpouring of support came in the form of notes from the actress that plays Amidala in the animated “Clone Wars” to piles of schwag from...
October 2010
1 post
c. 1923 maps of Pittsburgh →
I’m a map whore, to begin with. I just love looking at maps- I can be entertained by Google Maps alone if you catch me in the right mood. But to be able to see historical maps- I could spend days playing with this. It tickles me to see what used to be where my house was- I am only a few blocks away from an old sanitarium! That’s so cool.
June 2010
1 post
“Cathy is so much more awesome if you think about it like this:
Cathy is a...”
– Bloody William, on Fark
May 2010
1 post
April 2010
1 post
2 tags
February 2010
3 posts
gleeBox: User Manual →
This appears to be a pretty cool extension. I’m a big keyboard nut, though.
“I’m not watching anymore. This guy they replaced Hartnell with is a...”
– FARK.com: (5005961) Neil Gaiman confirms he’s written an episode of Dr. Who, which is slated to air in 2011 and be better than any episode ever
December 2009
2 posts
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– Daring Fireball: The Tablet
“I had a fantasy in which the Fed and the TSA (Transportation Security...”
– Emanuel Derman’s Blog: Trading Places
October 2009
1 post
“* Not all filetypes can be tagged. Microsoft Office documents and JPG images can...”
– This is friggin’ retarded. Why even bother adding tagging if you can’t tag most of your files? IDIOCY.
September 2009
4 posts
“there is no place in the Constitution,” he said, “that talks about you ought to...”
– Sen. Mark Warner isn’t exactly a constitutional scholar
“There’s also a pretty basic game theory element to this. War seems like an...”
– FARK.com: (4617061) Teaching American kids compassion can be deadly. The only thing that can save them is hatred
“dispatch_apply(count, dispatch_get_global_queue(0, 0), ^(size_t i) { results[i]...”
– Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: the Ars Technica review - Ars Technica - Sweet mother of crap, this is awesome. AWESOME.
August 2009
10 posts
The #Butterbell looks like a great way to store... →
Lovelace and Babbage Vs The Client Pt 3 #comics... →
Scheme to be split into two languages →
I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m one of those 50 page purists when it comes to languages.
Is there a laptop in the house?
evangotlib:
So a lot of folks were disturbed by my post last night about the pilot using my laptop and wi-fi card to find a new route. I would have explained last night, but we didn’t get to Dallas until after 1am and I went right to sleep.
There were two or three different lines of storms in the west and south that were effecting all Newark outbound air traffic. There is no mechanism on a...
How To Make Butter In Under 5 Minutes! #baking →
I do a lot of baking, so this is really useful. Of course, I don’t have a stand mixer, so I may not use this, but a handy reference.
Yes, I bake but don’t have a stand mixer. You try finding room for one in a 1BR apartment. I’m lucky to have space for a microwave AND a toaster.
Supercharge Google #Reader with Send To Links →
Managing UI Complexity #design →
#HTML5 Canvas and Audio Experiment →
Pretty impressive. HTML5 is awesome.
July 2009
19 posts
The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the... →
The realities of farming
Address the weaknesses of organic farming with... →
Man Not Superman by Jonathan Goldstein →
What’s it like to date Lois Lane after she breaks up with Superman?
The Game Crafter - self publish board/card games →
RiffTrax LIVE: Plan 9 from Outer Space, in a... →
“McCain: “Palin didn’t quit, she changed her priorities.” In...”
– FARK.com
A perfect example of how awful newspaper #science... →
This is just disgusting. Not only is the Telegraph reiterating the “she was asking for it” canard, but they’re completely misrepresenting the actual science to push that ridiculous agenda.
This is incredibly offensive.
If you're a pharmacist, you have to dispense, no... →
This is GOOD news. Pharmacists, who have to be licensed and registered by the government, can be compelled by the same government to dispense any and all legal medications. This includes Plan B.
Can Hindus will argue that they should be allowed to work in meat packing plants without getting fired for their religious beliefs? Can Christian Scientists get jobs in hospitals and refuse to administer...
ATM vendor pressures security researcher to not... →
Fun, isn’t it? A software vulnerability makes it possible for a malicious user to “jackpot” an ATM.
Headline: "Billions go to Counties that Supported... →
“BRIAN KILMEADE: We keep marrying other species and other ethnics—
...”
– Clearly, no one watches Fox News for intelligent commentary : Pharyngula
Is cloud computing inherently evil? (thanks for... →
My answer? Yes. “Evil” is a strong term, but it’s a social and technological ill that operates inside the realm of some pretty bad assumptions and is, in general, just a bad idea.
I’ll be interested in cloud computing when “the cloud” lives on a box in my office.
My #Wife has content on the cover of the Planetary... →
Minna entered a contest for a short submission- your favorite Hubble photo and why. Not only was her submission selected, it was chosen as the cover! Congrats!
“No such thing as a liberal media. It was a myth then: Rich Bond, then chair of...”
– FARK.com: (4489989) Political commentators: Sarah Palin has lost her mind. FoxNews: Sarah Palin is about to burst on the national scene
RoboGeisha: Seriously, Japan, WTF? →
Oh, JAPAN.
June 2009
10 posts
“Printing error Caldor relied heavily on a weekly multi-color sales flier to...”
– Caldor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“A science-fiction-themed restaurant, full of memorabilia and costumed...”
– io9 - A Picard Lookalike And A Sisko Lookalike Open A Star Trek-Themed Restaurant - Star Trek
“One of the ways to force your brain into REM sleep and skip the other phases is...”
– How To Hack Your Brain, Part 1: Sleep | Dustin Curtis
“Researchers have what they say is the first direct proof of a very old idea:...”
– Brain represents tools as temporary body parts, study confirms | Science Blog