Michael Barrett Why don’t they understand computers on TV
Watching Law & Order with my wife this morning and I don’t understand why these brilliant detectives can’t understand how the computerons work, or why they can’t just ask somebody ‘hey can we find out who wrote this blog?’. FADE IN INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT – EARLY EVENING – ESTABLISHING Two detectives concentrating on a computer [...]
The Pink Caroline
One tablespoon of raspberry syrup (preferably made the night before for your wife’s dessert), 2 ounces lime juice, 2 ounces of vodka, over ice, fill with soda water and stir. Sip while in sunshine
LOL Bears. You heard it here first.
From the fabulous Big Picture blog
Poster Modern
This is a poster of a yard sale sign. Is it advertising the yard sale, or the sign? Hmmm.
Weekend Round-up
Just when I thought “A List Apart” had become a useless dried up husk of RoR wankers, they turn around and publish this gem of an article: Getting Out of Binding Situations in JavaScript I’ve read various descriptions of ‘binding’ in JavaScript before, but this is probably the most clear explanation I’ve seen. As a [...]
The United Mexican States Would Like to Thank the US for the Economic Stimulus Package
My lovely wife is spending the month of May in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico working in an albergue which serves a local hospital. An albergue is sort of an inn or hostel, and in this particular case it houses people who have traveled across Mexico to seek medical attention in Guadalajara. They charge a very small [...]
The only iPhone wallpapers you’ll ever need (until you get bored and need another)
(because iPhone + wikipedia = The standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom ) (because I just re-watched 2001 and 2010 and HAL is neato, Dave.)
This article 93.2% accurate
Nerd handbook. http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/11/11/the_nerd_handbook.html
National Hero
http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=2605 A buddy of mine at work and I agreed that we’d both gladly fork over $350 to bust up a Comcast office with a hammer. (see also)
Saturn
Some terrific photos of Saturn (plus color commentary) here: http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/10/15/cassini-10-years-and-counting/