February 2009
197 posts
Cthulhu and other crazies :: -Safari 4 sucks. But... →
Blog posts about how awesome/terrible the new Safari 4 Beta is are starting to clog up the blogosphere like my toilet after too much coffee but THIS one….this one post….stands out far above the rest. Why? Here’s why:
From the portion of the post regarding Safari 4 Beta’s Top Sites feature:
One is Top Sites (screenshot above and yes, those are porn sites, sue me I am...
Listening to Twitter: Evan Williams on TED.com →
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“If Tommy ever leaves we’re screwed. He’s like Radar on M*A*S*H.”
– Bobby (on Tommy)
The Anti-Nuke Beauty Contest →
Octopus sets off flood at aquarium →
More than 100 koi die at Fort Worth attraction |... →
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“We have a koi pond instead of toilets. Yep, we just piss on the koi.”
– Bobby, on why the men’s room is nicer than the women’s
Long Hours at Work May Lead to Dementia →
“418 I’m a teapot
The HTCPCP server is a teapot. The responding entity MAY...”
– List of HTTP status codes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Make Breakfast Burritos in Bulk for Cheap, Tasty... →
“defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true”
– How to enable single window mode in Safari | naquah.net - death to target="_blank"
Make Breakfast Burritos in Bulk for Cheap, Tasty... →
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“We could make a couch out of the blue and white G3’s”
– Bobby
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“The definition of a scrum is: 1 man trying to push 2 men up 3 men’s asses”
– QOTD: Warren (re: rugby and the iterative incremental process of software development)
The Chronicle: 1/31/2003: The Seven Warning Signs... →
1. The discoverer pitches the claim directly to the media.
2. The discoverer says that a powerful establishment is trying to suppress his or her work.
3. The scientific effect involved is always at the very limit of detection.
4. Evidence for a discovery is anecdotal.
5. The discoverer says a belief is credible because it has endured for centuries.
6. The discoverer has worked in isolation....
Epic Fail over Darwin Day Proclamation →
Paris Hilton scoops triple Razzie dishonour →
PERSPECTIVES : Essay : Pitfalls of Prophecy: Why... →
Wallpapers are fun
I don’t really think much about the wallpaper on my desktop anymore, but I do appreciate looking at fun wallpapers when they are there. For a while I played with Desktoptopia but it was buggy and couldn’t survive when I closed the lid on my macbook.
So I replaced it with a small shell-script. Here’s how:
First, I created a folder somewhere ( I use ~/Pictures/Backgrounds) and...
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“It takes two to miscommunicate.”
– Interesting interpretation of Postel’s Law
Otters Making Home Videos Of Passing... →
The Catholic Crusade Against a Mythical Abortion... →
At a time when the United States is gripped by economic uncertainty and faces serious challenges in hot spots around the globe, some American Catholics are finding it both curious and troubling that their church has launched a major campaign against a piece of legislation that doesn’t exist and wouldn’t have much chance of becoming law even if it did. To many critics, it feels like the...
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“Remember, God did not put your sister on this earth so you can kick her ass.”
– Bobby to Cortney
Lindsay Duncan Steps Into the TARDIS →
Doctor warns social networking sites may harm... →
Boy Killed Anally When Office Chair Explodes... →
An interview with TED Prize-winner Jill Tarter of... →
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“Can I not be involved when we do my mother?”
– Quote of the day - Mike
DDD: The Repository Pattern →
YouTube Annotations Get Social, Add A Much-Needed... →
Something snapped in my desk chair, and it gave me... →
just watched the iphone roadmap keynote again. using Exchange, the server can remotely wipe your phone. Canceled google mobile sync.
Liquid Water Found on Mars! →
Blind woman demands acid in attacker's eyes →
tempted to change my common username from ‘afcool83’ to ‘thefrenchshallconquer’, what do you think?
a good manager knows when to say “I don’t really care how you achieve this goal, as long as it hits or exceeds my expectations”
20 Steps to Better Wireframing →
Police chase ends when woman stops to pay toll at... →
hey LSU alumni, you remember when BearingPoint came to the ACM meeting? They just field for ch11 bankruptcy http://is.gd/k44l
hey IP managers at News corp and NBC Universal, if your intending to frustrate your audience http://is.gd/k3aG is the way to do it
UNT astronomers say they found 2 samples of meteor →