January 2009
Tallcan TV: Sierra Arts Brew HaHa →
This special edition of Tallcan TV has been brought to you by the Sierra Arts Foundation http://www.sierra-arts.org/ We review Firestone, Great Basin, Blue moon, Unibrau, Oskar Blues, Silver peak,…
Jan 28th
Dodger Thoughts: The Men →
Shared by Ryan Jerz I love thinking uplifting things about the coming baseball season. No worries have hit me at all about how the team will stack when the season starts. Kent is done, Manny will…
Jan 25th
Snow Leopard Screenshot Leaks? →
Sort of a retro look. (Via Craig Hockenberry.)  ★ 
Jan 24th
Outliers: A Review →
Shared by Ryan Jerz My friend just dropped off a copy for me today. I can’t wait to read it. I’m about as big of a fan as Bob seems to be, so it should be a good read. Malcolm Gladwell is one of…
Jan 17th
No Safe Place » Nevada’s Budget →
Governor Gibbon’s biennial budget will be open for inspection by this time tomorrow and it’s sure to be the topic of conversation around water coolers on Friday. Some previews have raised eyebrows,…
Jan 15th
Detecting an iPhone →
How to build iPhone detection into your site
Jan 14th
The Ultimate Internet Dating Trainwreck →
Shared by Ryan Jerz I only got through 60 of the 200+ comments and I already knew this one was a classic. Usually this type of thing is golden for the people who chime in from the outside, but…
Jan 12th
Collyer brothers - Wikipedia, the free... →
Homer Lusk Collyer (November 6, 1881 – March 21, 1947) and Langley Collyer (October 3, 1885 – March 1947) were two American brothers who became famous because of their snobbish nature, filth in their…
Jan 9th
Hero Photographer Canned By Fussy Ski Resort... →
The identity of the photographer who took the by-now legendary Ski Lift Pantsless photos has been revealed. We know that, unfortunately, because he had been employed by Vail Resorts, which fired…
Jan 7th
Why Is PolitickerNV Stealing My Content? →
Shared by Ryan Jerz PolitickerNV is doing a bad thing here. Anytime you aggregate content you have to be careful about how you do it. Should you include the full post, some percentage, a tiny bit,…
Jan 6th
World Series star Phillies JC Romero says... →
Shared by Ryan Jerz I love the explanations athletes give. “It was just a supplement.” Sports writers are such jock sniffers they don’t look further, but real digging reveals that it’s a…
Jan 6th
Phils' Romero suspended 50 games, asks why →
Phillies reliever J.C. Romero will receive a 50-day suspension on Tuesday, and he doesn’t think it’s fair.
Jan 6th
Best special effects shots →
A wide-ranging and carefully considered list of the top 50 special effects shots in movies. The Matrix bullet-time effect doesn’t make this list because: An effect extraordinarily limited in…
Jan 6th
Got a real-time ego problem? Get a room! →
Shared by Ryan Jerz This is the best case yet that Scoble has made for the less-than-useful FriendFeed. I find it an annoying app that tries to take all the simplicity out of things like Twitter….
Jan 5th
Is Charles Barkley Just An Awful Human Being?... →
Shared by Ryan Jerz This is tough to disagree with. Chuck was once entertaining, and can be if you watch NBA stuff on TV, but he’s just not a really good guy. Remember when he was going to run for…
Jan 4th
Nevada New Media: right where? right when? →
Shared by Ryan Jerz More people seem to have questions about Nevada New Media than are saying anything decent about it. This nails a point that’s been out there since the burst onto the scene a…
Jan 3rd