June 2009
21 posts
Vinyl Force - Billie Jean v. Hip Hop Beat
Captain EO
Thanks to Movieline, here is Captain EO in its entirety.
Long live the King.
WatchFor Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009).
Try Your Hand at Balancing the California State... →
My approach was to tax everything possible (not surprisingly, legalizing marijuana and taxing it was not on the list), then cut prison funding to force them to release or shorten sentences for non-violent offenders. Health care and education were the hardest to decide between, but I ended up cutting $5 Billion for K-14 education. After a few other smaller additions (increased crackdowns on fraud,...
Dear Adobe: You're Doing It Wrong
John C. Welch’s reaction to an Adobe employee’s suggestion to use a Flash blocker to fix his Flash-related browser crashes.
Bynkii.com:
Where the FUCK does Adobe find these nitwits, and WHY are they allowed to interact with the public? Holy fuck, if I was the Flash Engineering Manager, I’d be roaming the halls with a taser, a box of salt and a wet towel, screaming his name. If...
Instapaper Pro now on sale at $4.99 →
marco:
The sale price is now less than most good sandwiches. And even the best sandwich only provides a few minutes of enjoyment. What are you waiting for?
Instapaper is one of the Web services that has saved reading for me. While I don’t nearly use the iPhone app as much as I’d like (since I’m in front of a computer all day anyway), if Marco isn’t going to charge for...
Education For A Diploma vs Education for...
There’s a problem when the first chapter of the required textbook for my “Research and Development” course is titled “What is Research?” Especially when this course is the final course for my degree. You’d think we’d know what this is by now.
(For reference, Chapter 2 discusses what the Internet is. And it’s not a series of tubes, unfortunately.)
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It's the Little Things…
My favorite new “feature” of iPhone OS 3.0: When you exit an app and go to the Home screen, the app now nicely fades as it disappears into the background, instead of just sliding away.
Copy and paste is nice too, I suppose.
One of the Many Reasons I Want to Go to Japan
Srs, life-size Gundam (via Pink Tentacle)
What it sounds like to live by the water in North...
“Remember: insects have six legs, arachnids have eight legs, and SEOs...”
– Merlin Mann (via Twitter)
“Cardinals Manager Sues Twitter Over Alleged Fake Page”
– I told you Tony LaRussa was an asshole (via Huffington Post)
#300
Congratulations, Randy. Welcome to the 300 win club.
Randy’s Line: 6 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K.
Reblogging
Despite what you may say, I’m pretty sure you all are using reblogging wrong.
Do Us All A Favor
If so, please kill yourself.