July 2009
53 posts
Article entitled “How To Live (Comfortably) on $36 A Month For Food” includes a recommendation to dumpster dive. Maybe lose ‘(Comfortably)’?
If my contract was up today, I’d switch to the Pre I think. This app store stuff is too much, Apple has a mess on their hands.
I don’t know what you just said because I was thinking about Batman. #fb
Walking to lunch seemed like a good idea at the time. #fb
“We’re a sue first, ask questions later kind of an organization.”
– Jeffrey Michael, Horizon Realty Group. Chicago’s Horizon Realty Group Sues Woman For $50,000 Over A Tweet
Media Matters: O'Reilly's Fuzzy Canadian Health... →
Bill O’Reilly is bad at math.
Public service announcement: Internet Explorer 6 was released on August 27, 2001. Upgrade, people. Seriously.
At the coast where it’s cool. It’s nice.
I never thought I’d say this, but I miss countrywide. Bank of America are unbelievably terrible.
I assume Spencer Hawes is secretly addicted to gambling, and he couldn’t face Las Vegas.
Hoping the Blazers get Andre Miller at 2 years/$14M with the team option. #fb
Scope Interface for the Opera Browser →
With Firebug so broken on FF 3.5, we’ve been using the WebKit stuff quite a bit, but this also looks promising.
Testing to see if I get spam followers: I’m thinking of refinancing my mortgage (not really). (via @rcoder)
I don’t want to read or hear anymore whining about how difficult health care reform is to get through Congress. Get it done. #fb
“As we saw in the crisis, markets can experience 25 standard deviation events,...”
– The overconfidence paradox
Goddamnit The Economist, no they don’t.
J.K. Rowling Must Register as a Potential... →
I’m having some trouble believing this is true.
DropSecret →
Palin's Resignation: The Edited Version |... →
Nice.
“Former Senator of Georgia, Zell Miller needs to watch his mouth when talking about Obama. Don’t start nothing Zell Miller” -@Amareisreal
MTV To Launch New Track Upload Program For 'Rock... →
I’ve never played Rock Band, but this seems like a big deal.
In the last two days, I’ve written Perl, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk, and Javascript. This is a larger set of languages than normal for me. #fb
xkcd comments on Fuck you Apple. It was totally OK... →
Randall Munroe doing some kind of bizarre internet performance art.
“Rappers Three 6 Mafia are teaming up with reality producer Adam Briles for a new...”
– Cookin’ Ain’t Easy!
Project Tuva: Enhanced Video Player Home -... →
Content: A+
Video player: B
“On nba tv behind rick carlisle’s webcam” -@Lester_FM (me too)
Just bumped into Roko Ukic again at the Wynn. #fb
“You understand and acknowledge that it is fair and reasonable that you agree to...”
– Part of Spam Arrest’s hilarious “Sender Agreement” that one is forced to agree to before having one’s email sent to the recipient. “I acknowledge that the $2000.00 remedy is a reasonable estimate of Spam Arrest’s and the Recipient’s actual damages.”? Uh, no, no I don’t. Sorry, intended recipient, no...
Car died on 15. It’s 100 degrees. So glad I have AAA right now.
On a jet plane. #fb
Riding MAX to the airport. #fb
Thinking about summer league, where I’ll be this weekend. #fb
“Now let me be clear: America cannot and should not seek to impose any system of...”
– President Barack Obama
Deciding on decking material is surprisingly complicated. Does anybody know things?
It’s freaking hot out there today.
I say go hard after Odom to raise the price for the Lakers.
Just watched the Palin speech video. It should’ve been simulcast on Saturday Night Live.
graydon: what is she saying?
ben: quitters never quit?
ben: winners always quit?
graydon: "today, I am quitting!"
ben: therefore i am a winner!
graydon: perfect
graydon: VICTORY!
“Let me go back to a comfortable analogy for me—sports… basketball. I use it...”
– Alaska governor and former high school basketball player Sarah Palin, explaining part of her reasoning for stepping down from office. (Via Talking Points Memo and ncroal)
“Life is too short to compromise time and resources… it may be tempting and...”
– Shorter Palin: Real Winners Quit | TPM
Anybody know if Sarah Palin has been to Argentina recently?
ESPN says Hedo deal is done: http://bit.ly/ZhMNh No details yet on salary/years. #fb
'Fridge' improving with help from family, friends →
William, the former NFL defensive lineman famous for his smile and 360-pound size, spent more than a month at Aiken Regional Medical Center this spring, suffering from Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disease where the body’s immune system attacks its peripheral nerves.