Man, you just can't make this stuff up. 1 2 3. Saabs are born from jets; jets are born from McCain's forehead. Wisdom; Athena; Zeus-- truly, older than the...
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Profiles in courage
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Suggesting a "nice" book
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[From my Metro Now column]Being a lit-journalist has its advantages. Among these is the daily receipt of a number of attractive-looking books from a multitude of...
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David Horton: Eyes Right
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Gotta feel sorry for right wing columnists and shock jocks. Well, I do anyway. Arguing a leftist/progressive viewpoint is easy. You just check out the facts of the case,...
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A Primer On Web Analytics Visitor Tracking Cookies
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If you are using a modern web analytics tool (tag based or log based) it is quite likely that it is using cookies for tracking purposes. In my conversations it is...
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Up the mountain, down the mountain
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Here's where we were today: It's been a good time. Huge thanks to my relatives Christine and Norbert for offering us the place to stay in Whistler this week. This...
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Kenley Collins, Designer, Project Runway
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Kenley Collins is one of the designers competing in the season's Project Runway. Hailing from Florida, she now lives and designs in New York, where she's been working on...
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Somebody screen! Ariel Atom gets optional windshield
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Filed under: Convertibles, EuroWe've lost track of how many times we've watched Clarkson's track test of the Ariel Atom. It solidified the Atom's place in the track-day...
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impro
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Impro (Keith Johnstone) has four chapters: Status; Spontaneity; Narrative Skills; Masks and Trance. The following are excerpts from the final chapter, Masks and Trance. ...
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Forehead Voice Thermometer
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The Voice Thermostat measures forehead temperature with infrared in about 1 1/2 seconds. It displays it on its screen as well as speaking out. It also saves the last 30...
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E308 X3F Sticker Gallery: The final entry
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Filed under: Fan stuff, E3With E3 2008 coming to a welcomed end (it was fun while it lasted), so too comes the end of our official E308 X3F Sticker Gallery. During our...
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Songbird: OSCON reminder
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Just a reminder…. we’re going to be at OSCON next week! If you’re going to be in Portland, make sure you come to Beerforge, Thursday night (the party we’re...
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The Best Chain Letter Ever
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I found this today while going through some incredibly old emails... and it's brilliant. STOP CHAIN LETTERS!!!! Hello, my name is Basmati Kasaar. I am suffering from...
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Bureaucracy
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So lemmie tell you about the (mostly healed, in this photograph) wound on my forehead. Kind of a funny story. Last week The Queen and I rearranged the...
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Hancock: A Poster Critique
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Two weekends ago, the one with fireworks and grilling, Will Smith clinched its fifth Fourth of July with a number-one movie as Hancock raked in $66 million at the box...
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Beware Long-Term Cardholders With Perfect Payment Histories, Your Credit Lines May Be Slashed [Credit Cards]
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Oliver paid off his Citibank platinum card on time, in full, every single month since 1989, but that didn't stop Citibank from slashing his credit limit when a minor...
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One in three
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As I blogged about a few years ago, I'm a first aider at work. We have quite a few qualified first aiders in our building, and there were practical reasons related to my...
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Deep Zoom at the BBC
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The BBC has a Silverlight deep zoom app as part of the web coverage of the ‘Radio 1 Big Weekend’ event. (“Europe’s biggest free ticketed event” apparently.) If...
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Fifty
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He was clumsy at almost everything that required any sort of physical exertion; litheness was an unattainable pursuit. Goddamn genes. Yet, there he stood, at the edge of...
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Commoditize Messaging...Again?
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Poking around InfoQ I discovered an announcement about the Advanced Message Queue Protocol. Its stated goal is to commoditize messaging—again. I have to smack my...