January 2010
“It is extremely unappealing to Microsoft’s management to acknowledge that the...”
– My Friend Who Hates Tech « Five Years Too Late
“The iPad is a 10” computer with a 16GB flash drive and multitouch technology....”
– This is why it’s worth learning about advertising, by Rory Marinich
“If you haven’t been paying attention, over the past couple of years, the web...”
– The Irony of the iPad: A GREAT Day for Open Technologies « Katz Got Your Tongue?
iPad = maxi-pod
iPad = iPod with a Boston accent. “This taablet’s retaaaded.”
“The ADE-651 detector has never been shown to work in a scientific test.
There...”
– BBC News - Newsnight - Export ban for useless ‘bomb detector’
UTC vs Ruby, ActiveRecord, Sinatra, Heroku and... →
Now that I’m starting to use DelayedJob to perform jobs in the future in my Heroku Sinatra app, its important that they happen at the scheduled time. But unless you pay attention, you’ll find that…
“Scott Brown Wins Mass. Race, Giving GOP 41-59 Majority in the Senate”
– Scott Brown Wins Mass. Race, Giving GOP 41-59 Majority in the Senate - New York News - Runnin’ Scared
“If you go back to the 1950s and you look at some of those writings, a lot of...”
– CampusProgress.org | The Looting Lie
“If you want to keep your checked valuables from being stolen while you fly, just...”
– Secure your checked bags — fly with a gun - Boing Boing
“A Franciscan missionary called Junipero Serra set up a series of “missions”: in...”
– Monbiot.com » The Holocaust We Will Not See
“Drummond said that the hackers never got into Gmail accounts via the Google...”
– China: Google attack part of widespread spying effort - Digital Lifestyle - Macworld UK
“We launched Google.cn in January 2006 in the belief that the benefits of...”
– Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
Why is it so fun to watch dogs play?
Just got a #fitbit and managed to fail to track my sleep last night.
Yet another SFO tweet
“We now have a political system in which a majority of the House, a majority of...”
– The Washington Monthly
“What we witnessed was truly a perverse form of competition,” said Ronald...”
– The Card Game - How Visa, Using Fees Behind Its Debit Card, Dominates a Market - Series - NYTimes.com
Hot Sauce Lineup @ Magnolia http://yfrog.com/3lauqj
Omelets are pretty http://yfrog.com/3596952450j
The best FARK headlines of 2009: http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4903022&tt=s (via @seanbonner)
Finally saw Avatar, aka Dances With Elves (3D). It was good!
Wonder why the humans didn’t just nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. #avatar
“SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont’s largest city has a new snowfall record. The...”
– Vermont city gets record snowfall, 32.5 inches - BostonHerald.com
“However, the Intel CPU dispatcher does not only check which instruction set is...”
– Agner`s CPU blog - Intel’s “cripple AMD” function
Ah, the joys of monopoly…
I wonder how the “cameras in everything” trend will collide with the “no recordings without express permission” trend. http://bit.ly/6L7DAH
“Stacy, however, says he’s not giving in to the prosecution. “I quote my wife:...”
– San Diego CityBeat - Obama entrapped me
“Delete all photos on your phone that were emailed to you or downloaded from the...”
– Apple - Support - Discussions - iPhoto Does Not Detect iPhone
RT @suss: This is the kind of reporting I’d like to see more of. Once again, Rachel Maddow is on top of her game. http://bit.ly/58zSKh