January 2008
heading out. happy new year all. i’ll be asleep by 10
Bay Area Backroads - Ely and Highay 50 →
two site designs in the last few days. i might want a break from css for a while, but that would mean i don’t like pain.
The year in buzzwords from the NY Times. Written... →
The year in buzzwords from the NY Times. Written by Grant Barrett of the excellent Double-Tongued Dictionary. (link)
December 2007
@sterlingdoak: second life?
@jkenzer: are we wii friends? I have some slick miis that i could pass on.
@edadkins: i’ll be there. se7en?
Vindicated: Jose Canseco new book due out in... →
Lovable Jose Canseco kept busy with his quilt pen the past few years. He and guest writer Don Yaeger will be out with a new tell-all book ‘Vindicated’ on MLB opening day 2008. Watch this baby open at top of the best sellers list. Story in the New York Post. Says it’s like the Mitchell Report, only on steroids. Appears Canseco cooperated with the Mitchell Probe, however was...
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto slideshow →
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto slideshow →
bookmark this on del.icio.us - posted by mrjerz to world politics bhutto assassination pakistan - more about this bookmark…
Danny Glover campaigns for Edwards in NV →
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Actor and activist Danny Glover campaigned in North Las Vegas for John Edwards on Saturday. Glover met with community leaders and campaign volunteers and also stopped by a chicken and waffles restaurant. In remarks to patrons, the “Lethal Weapon” star underscored the basic themes of the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign. He praised Edwards’ work with labor...
$3 mil boost to improve Tahoe environment →
STATELINE (AP) — Various projects to improve Lake Tahoe’s water and air quality will receive a nearly $3 million boost under action taken this year by the bistate agency charged with protecting the lake’s environment. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency authorized the release of mitigation funds for 15 environmental improvement projects at the Sierra lake straddling the California-Nevada border....
The Roidie Awards 2007 Part One: Excellence in... →
We are proud to announce the 2007 ‘Roidie awards for excellence in sports doping. This was clearly a great year for drug-cheats. Many fine
performances in cheating, lying, and deception. There were so many
deserving entries and potential winners we listed several ties. We are already juiced for 2008. This is the first installment. Epic task gathering all this together. Over the...
@davidbobzien: i hope that’s not the problem. this is brand new…just started, but I’ll test that. thanks.
my firefox is broken. five straight up crashes in 30 minutes. Ahhh, friday.
John Mayer Is Still a Douchebag →
Folk singing emo turd John Mayer has made an entry on his blog about the word “douchebag.” In this entry, dated 12/26, Mayerdouche seeks to subvert any attempts to hoist him on the petard of his own uberdouche by preempting the word using ironic meta-commentary. This strategy is common among the rocker douches. Embrace their douche, then hope their annoying antics are innoculated from...
Make a Backup Google Account [How To] →
If you’ve thought about the damage of having your Google account disabled or hijacked—like with the script vulnerability that left one designer completely out of the loop—it might be time to do something to ensure all your Google tools can’t be taken away in one fell swoop. The Google Operating System blog recommends a few moves to ensure uninterrupted access to your web apps, such as...
Economy, safety top Sparks' wish lists →
Sparks Today asked local leaders “What do you wish for 2008?” The answers vary depending on what organization or entity they represent, but all reflect a commitment to the Sparks community and its citizens.
What’s in a Name? →
Steven Heller on anonymous commenters: A rose is a rose, and a real name at the end of a blog post is an indication that the person who authored the statement is taking responsibility, indeed ownership of the words — it is a simple act of honesty. For too long bloggers have been given license that is not tolerated in letters-to-the-editor columns of newspapers and magazines (except in...
The social flight →
What if a plane flight were networked and became a social experience with its own economy?
For part of a book I’m finally starting to work on, I’ve been thinking about how companies and industries can be remade with Googlethink and social smarts (note how I’m not saying Web 2.0). It’s harder to reimagine some than others. The benefits of tearing apart and rebuilding cable companies are obvious....
not sure about flock. kind of overloaded with gradients and other hideous crap.
Totally AWESOME web browser!!!!! →
So one of the tenets of Web 2.0 and social Media ism is wholesale bandwagon jumping. In accordance with that. I give you Flock: the social web browser.
Features I like so far:
Media Streams header: lets you view flickr streams, youtube etc, from the page you’re viewing in a slideshow on the header!
Accounts and services Sidebar: Shows the pages and profiles you are logged into.
Shows your...
What's good for the goose is good for the... →
I do the ‘subscribe’ thing for media research and statistics. I came across this bolurb from the Center for Media Research. The scientists at the Center walk around with PDA’s and take notes while observing people in glass enclosures. This time, they peeked in on web socialites… Thursday, December 27, 2007 Emotional Business Bonding on Social Networks New research from...
@jaloia: late, but this one rules: “Gimme some sugar baby”
Some End-of-Year Drive-By Muthings →
* The Carson City Board of Supervisors informed me last week that the Department of Parks & Recreation closed the city’s indoor pool on Sundays for the duration of the winter because practically no one was using it. Um, if no one’s using the existing pool then why are the supervisors pushing to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to build a new one? I’m just asking.
* Assembly Speaker Barbara...
Arts&Culture > Living canvas > →
Absolute Tattoo is owned and operated by Jon McCann and is one of the dozens of places in the Biggest Little City with talented…
Managing your shared items →
We’ve gotten a lot of helpful feedback about our new sharing feature. We’d hoped that making it easier to share with the people you chat with often would be useful and interesting, but we underestimated the number of users who were using the Share button to send stories to a limited number of people. We’re looking at ways to make sharing more granular and flexible, but in the...
Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ Convinced Bush... →
Shortly after taking office, President Bush announced a policy allowing federal funding of research only on existing stem cell lines, despite the urging of several of his advisers and the scientific community for expanded funding. Bush has nevertheless remained stubborn, twice vetoing legislation that would have lifted the restrictions.
In a new piece in Commentary magazine, Jay Lefkowitz — who...
"Action" (1999) - Episode list →
@davidlaplante: hmmm. next batch will be better. can I keep you at bay until then?
anyone care to explain why Outlook 2007 doesn’t like alt tags? my answer would be “Microsuck.” care to dispute?
@davidlaplante: I added him, but he’ll have to join Reno Baby! as a condition. Same with all of you, btw.
Republic of Molossia →
Republic of Molossia →
bookmark this on del.icio.us - posted by mrjerz to reactionary-hurl micronation - more about this bookmark…
Six Megapixels →
Good explanation of why increasing the megapixel count of compact digital cameras actually makes image quality worse, because it increases the noise. (Via Tim Bray.)
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More on Google Reader’s New Sharing Feature →
Michael Heilemann writes in defense of Google Reader’s new “every item you ‘share’ is shared with all your Google contacts” feature. Even he admits, though, that there clearly ought to be a way to opt out of it. I personally only use Google Reader to follow a handful of feeds from my iPhone, and I’ve never used the sharing feature. But the way that feature used to work created an expectation not...
@mehwolfy: not sure what that says about you, but it says something.
@edadkins and @mehwolfy: totally. me too. i swear.
Bobby Knight in trouble...again →
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech coach Bob Knight was reprimanded by the Big 12 for comments he made about officiating after a loss to New Mexico earlier this month.
until the suicide attmept and she starts hanging with robert smith, that is.
@mehwolfy: @edadkins is into goth chicks. britney doesn’t float his boat.
@edadkins: that depends on how you define “on purpose”
@edadkins: my response was to the tone I detected in your line about VH-1. Also, don’t they have a vested interest in promoting even crap?
@edadkins: have you heard her new stuff? she may be nuts, but she entertains.
Thief Snatches Baby Jesus From Nativity Scene -... →
WHDH-TV
Thief Snatches Baby Jesus From Nativity Scene TheDenverChannel.com - 47 minutes ago FORT COLLINS, Colo. — At Harmony Presbyterian in Fort Collins, church members are praying for a little holiday miracle of sorts. It seems someone has stolen the baby Jesus from the Nativity scene out front. Baby Jesus stolen from church display Concord Monitor Baby Jesus stolen from New City...
@jkenzer: we picked up the olympics game, ea playground, and smash bros. brawl when it comes out. i’ll play none but the olympics.
Baby Jesus stolen from Concord church nativity... →
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Baby Jesus stolen from Concord church nativity scene Boston Globe - 17 hours ago CONCORD, NH—Police in Concord are investigating the theft of a baby Jesus figurine from a church nativity scene. Workers at St. Peter’s Church discovered the theft on Christmas morning. Naugatuck Jesus stolen WTNH Thief Snatches Baby Jesus From Nativity Scene TheDenverChannel.com The Journal News /...
Baby Jesus stolen from Concord church nativity... →
WHDH-TV
Baby Jesus stolen from Concord church nativity scene Boston Globe - 18 hours ago CONCORD, NH—Police in Concord are investigating the theft of a baby Jesus figurine from a church nativity scene. Workers at St. Peter’s Church discovered the theft on Christmas morning. Naugatuck Jesus stolen WTNH Thief Snatches Baby Jesus From Nativity Scene TheDenverChannel.com The Journal News /...
Baby Jesus stolen from Concord church nativity... →
WHDH-TV
Baby Jesus stolen from Concord church nativity scene Boston Globe - 16 hours ago CONCORD, NH—Police in Concord are investigating the theft of a baby Jesus figurine from a church nativity scene. Workers at St. Peter’s Church discovered the theft on Christmas morning. Naugatuck Jesus stolen WTNH Thief Snatches Baby Jesus From Nativity Scene TheDenverChannel.com The Journal News /...
Google Reader needs GPC →
Oh, man, is the Google Reader team under attack for its new social networking features.
There’s a few ways I could take this.
1. I could call people idiots for not understanding the meaning of the word “public.”
2. I could call the Google Reader team idiots for not putting GPC into its social networking and sharing features.
3. I could call the media idiots for not explaining these features...