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Diane Birch on The Late Show with David Letterman 22Jul2009
23Jul2009 - 11:39CDT

This girl is the real deal.


Space Capone
21Apr2009 - 13:16CDT




Dr Tyson is the man
23Mar2009 - 15:31CDT




George was a modern man
20Mar2009 - 11:59CDT

This is a classic from a couple years ago. George delivered, without fail. Rest in peace.


WTF, Congress
04Feb2009 - 17:02CST

Today the US Congress, a vast technological mass of cluelessness, voted (264 to 158) to delay the analogue television sunset yet again (sources suggest Obama supports this delay, so his signing is imminent). If people aren't ready yet, they won't be ready ever. Congress's statistical shaman have "calculated" that 5.7% of the OTA users are not yet ready for digital-only airwaves. These are the 5.7% that will never be ready. There is only one way to get them to be ready and that is to jerk the analogue rug out from under their feet. People, get a DTV tuner box, they can be procured for next to nothing. Find a coupon, go to store, come home, unpackage, connect ~3 cables and done.

More Info:
Wikipedia
CNN

MacBook Wheel
05Jan2009 - 22:39CST

One Button. Endless Possibilities.

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

DJ Mike Realm Rocks the OH FACE
23Nov2008 - 15:41CST

Continuing the celebration from last time...


Economist GM Cartoon FTW
21Nov2008 - 15:01CST

Economist.com


Guitar "Hero"
10Oct2008 - 12:31CDT

Ok, this has been bothering me for at least 2 years: Guitar Hero®. I know for a fact that if the people that sink copious amounts of time into this thing (Cash cow. Congrats, Activision®.) put equal time into the actual real instrument, they could all be as good as Steve Vai or at least this guy.

70% of pre-pubescent boys start playing guitar to get chicks. Ok, I made that up, but Guitar Hero® is not going to get you chicks, man. Forget about it, play the real thing, start a band (or play coffee shops) and don't settle for lame music or "good enough". Go forth and rock!

CNN web guru didn't realize what they wrote
07Oct2008 - 15:13CDT

Really, is that how it went?


About 15 mintues later...

Bravo, jolly good show web-guru/headline-maker-upper! teehee.

Small is Tall
20Sep2008 - 13:35CDT

I have been meaning to post this for a long time - this woman does a fantastic job of portraying the woes of dealing with the RDF (reality distortion field) of the Starbucks hype/marketing machine. Enjoy.
MuppetWiki
18Aug2008 - 16:48CDT

I am a long time Muppet fan. My brother just decided to waste the rest of my day by forwarding me this link: Muppet Wiki - RIP Jim, you are missed.


Tune me ASAP (before someone hears that I really suck)
13Aug2008 - 12:22CDT

This has really been bugging me for quite some time. The incessant use of automatic pitch correction plugins and hardware to "doctor" musical performances - especially vocals. It's really a love/hate relationship. The technology is amazing, but artistically it's delusional and ultimately writing people with very little talent large checks. Once you develop an ear for hearing this semi/automatic pitch correction, you WILL hear it everywhere.

Here is a list of "artists" I have detected gratuitous automatic pitch correction both on studio recordings and live performances:
Rascal Flatts & nearly all other country artists ('cuz it's "the sound")
Avril Lavigne
Michael Buble
Cher (mainly for effect)
T-Pain (mainly for effect)
Usher (mainly for effect)
Michelle Branch
Lauren Hill
virtually all modern EMO bands
and many more...

Is it not disrespectful to the fans/listeners by creating the illusion that a performer can "sing"? Check out this video of Melodyne, which is probably the best pitch correction software plugin. Again, it's amazing technology.


Cnn, You Suck
21Jul2008 - 14:56CDT

So, I have upgraded to Adobe Flash10Beta in Ubuntu 8.04 64bit to hopefully remedy some of the horrible CPU usage issues with Linux Flash9. This proved to be moderately successful. Then I find out cnn.com writes even more crappy code than I thought. If I really wanted to watch videos from cnn.com, I suppose I could write a greasemonkey script to FIX their code...


Since 10 is not higher than 8!

OpenSearch
26Jun2008 - 21:06CDT

Awhile ago, I started writing browser plugins utilizing the Open Search standard. When you browse to the page, you can click the icon next to your search bar and choose any of my plugins to install. They work in Firefox (most versions, even 3) and in IE7.



Low Gear
25Jun2008 - 09:33CDT

I am disappointed. Apparently the BBC TopGear producers have been coerced (NBC, who bring you fab shows like "Baby Borrowers") in to recreating Top Gear here with none other than Adam Carolla hosting. I'm sorry, but this is just not going to fly. errrrr... roll - at least not with original TG fans. I suppose there will be pint chugging and chicks on trampolines... Think ManShow with cars.

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Um, no. I hear grinding...
Goodbye Wordpress
23Jun2008 - 16:23CDT

So, I am sick and tired of the maintenance/upkeep/hackability of Wordpress, I am better off using vi.
rm -rf blog/*
GA, don't be giving me any sort of flak about not passing HTML/CSS/etc validators, because I don't care.
Jag's Java
29Apr2008

This place rocks. It's a local coffee shop with REAL baristas - yes, they actually wield a portafilter. None of the button-pushing, mind-numbing nonsense you will find at a chain coffee shop. They use local products (Buy Fresh, Buy Local) and yes, they have wifi!


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Flight of The Conchords
25Mar2008


LCD Calibration
21Jan2008

I found a tool for calibrating LCD computer displays. It's very comprehensive.
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
BigAssFans.com
18Jan2008

For real. They are for real and they make one of the coolest products (no pun intended) ever. BigAssFans.com. I want their 6ft "Little Ass Fan" for my garage!


Web2.0Face
18Jan2008

BIGGER BUTTONS! MORE ROUNDED CORNERS! MORE AJAX! MORE JS EFFECTS!

Lame Email Subjects
17Oct2007

Ok. This has been driving me insane for years. Is the email subject not for giving a short synopsis of what is coming in the body? The next time someone sends me an email with a subject resembling one of the following, I will be redirecting their mail to my junk blackhole.

Email
New Email
Hello
Hi
New Message
[empty]


Or, this is quite possibly worse, when one writes their entire message in the subject line and signs their name in the body. Not only do these "subjects" not tell me ANYTHING by stating the bloody obvious, but they waste my time by not allowing me to efficiently browse through my barrage of email and assess/prioritize what needs to be read.

/rant
James Brown [RIP] had so much mojo!
05Sep2007