December 2009
"Don't Be Confused" by Obama's Iraq Promise; it... →
If it wasn’t for Matt Welch I’d probably have no idea of most of this. I’d be too busy discounting what just about every right-wing blogger had to say, so I would never hear it, but Welch is intelligent enough to keep me very interested, and he’s holding Obama accountable for the campaign promises that are constantly being broken. How would you defend this stuff?
Is aviation security mostly for show? - CNN.com →
The underlying point is so good here. I’m not opposed to having travel be a little tougher on all of us, but not because I’m afraid of terrorism. It’s mostly because making it so easy is also disguising the true cost of travel. I prefer a nice drive to a short flight, for instance, and feel like the flight is unnecessary in terms of the environment and time. But that’s all...
College campuses are adding more and more "green... →
Heh.
Why shoot a gun with a side grip? →
I went shooting with a friend once who did this. He looked like a fool and I think it hurt when he fired.
Remember The Milk for Gmail… for Google Chrome! →
I downloaded Google Chrome to try it out. I can’t switch to it until it has the Remember the Milk functionality because that’s a huge part of my using Firefox. This is a good step, but now they just need to make extensions work on a Mac.
Arrested Development, the entire series for $29 →
If you’ve never seen the show, it’s totally worth the $29 to grab the whole thing and watch it. Today.
Epic Piper →
Love, hate and tears →
So obviously the best writer covering not just the Dodgers, but in all of baseball, Jon Weisman once again makes me remember all that I love about the game and my team.
Make a "Phone-O-Scope" SLR Lens for Your Mobile... →
Excellent idea of the day: create a lens for your mobile phone’s camera that is about 5x larger and probably 10x heavier than the phone itself. Brilliant!
How To Cook A Fucking Steak | The Awl →
Good recipe. I like this kind of funny.
kung fu grippe : On 'Conspicuous Compassion.' →
What’s ridiculous is that he even has to explain this. I don’t know how many of the people I am connected to either virtually or actually do anything but sport the banner or ribbon or use the hashtag, but it seems to me like if they all did actually do something, they’d never have the tme to tell me about what they’re doing.
Thinking about a paywall? Read this first →
A breakdown of what seems to go largely unsaid in most of this discussion of news paywalls. Turning away your future customers by making them pay on their first visit is ridiculous. Hopefully the…
New microsyntax for Twitter: three pointers and... →
Interesting way to start signifying messages on Twitter. Love that Tweetie 2.1 is behind it as well.