28 Feb
[photo: fotologic] I’m a little late with this year’s Valentine’s Day blog — I didn’t forget, I was just savoring the moment and besides, the florist was closed when I went by at midnight — but you can’t tell me that romance and true love are going out of style. What? You’re not telling me [...]
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26 Feb
[photo: jurek d.] I’m not a hunter (although I have gone hunting once in my life and I enjoyed it) but this blog post, if accurate, suggests that a well-respected hunter and writer was punished for not towing some kind of imaginary line. What did he say? He suggested that — just maybe — it [...]
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26 Feb
…a beer. It’s a robotic beer delivery system. The machine is quite impressive. The beer? Less so. The Hole – video powered by Metacafe Hat tip: Gizmodo
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23 Feb
[photo: tiagodoria] I have not much else to add to appeal at Gizmodo.com to boycott the RIAA (Radio Industry Association of America) next month. You can read the whole thing here. I’m just trying to figure out how I can possibly withhold more money in March than I did in January and February. My music [...]
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23 Feb
Buy Wild Originally uploaded by AllenThompson. Yesterday I was out snapping pictures of anything that would stand still (and a few things that wouldn’t) when I came upon this rather ironic scene. There’s just not much wildlife left to support in this small, neglected strip of land at the south end of town. Five hours [...]
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18 Feb
[photo: jonfeinstein] I wasn’t going to blog on this terrible turn of events but TT and I started riffing on it this morning over coffee. As you may have heard (and, honestly, where could you have been to prevent the hearing?), Britney Spears, after spending one day in rehab decided to shave her head. According [...]
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17 Feb
[photo: Tom (hmm a rosa tint)] Most people want to be buried in the ground inside a casket after they die. I like this guy’s style. If you really love something, try to die whilst doing it. NEW YORK (Reuters) — Police called to a Long Island man’s house discovered the mummified remains of the [...]
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15 Feb
[Photo: Nammer] I think I’ll make a giant poster — white background with dark blue text — that says: Sorry! an unexpected error has occurred. This error has been forwarded to MySpace’s technical group. …because, really, I don’t see that phrase often enough.
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13 Feb
[photo: Gaetan Lee] I found this amusing. You might as well: The new NASA astronaut screening test. 3. Which of the following items would you not bring on a road trip? A. Brass knuckles B. Teddy bear C. Nunchaku sticks D. Throwing stars E. IEDs Are you ready to go where no raving mad astronaut [...]
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11 Feb
I switched to a new hosting company this morning because my old one sucked too much just one too many times. Having been a system administrator in a past life, I understand the number of things that can go wrong when running large IT infrastructure but that doesn’t mean I have to put up with [...]
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