Previously Elsewhere

16 Dec 11RIP Christopher Hitchens
A supremely talented, razor-sharp writer.
13 Nov 11ANARCHY
Comic book artist Frank Miller lays some smackdown on the OWS fools:
This is no popular uprising. This is garbage.
13 Nov 11Luma Labs -- An open letter to our customers, past and future

These guys made a pretty sweet sling for a camera. I wanted one, but they were out of stock. Now they won’t make it anymore because of a patent troll. If I knew who their cowardly “competitor” was, under no circumstances would I purchase anything from them, or from anyone remotely related to them. And then I would kick their dog.

24 Oct 11Wouldn't It Be Cool if Shakespeare Wasn't Shakespeare?
Great article about the debate (that shouldn't be) about who wrote the Bard's plays. I'd heard about this, but hadn't given it much thought.
12 Oct 11Pinboard For Nerds
Great Macdrifter writeup about Pinboard, a great web bookmarking service. Member since July 2009 and I paid $3.92.
8 Oct 11Why It's Good to Be Michael Lewis
Nice profile of the author in New York Magazine.
6 Oct 11The Shame of College Sports - The Atlantic
Tremendous article about how the NCAA is a completely corrupt organization. Long, but well worth it.
28 Sep 11Who's Still Occupying Wall Street?
Yep, these fine youths are going to save this country. But the Tea Party are a bunch of crazies.
27 Sep 11North Korea
Simply stunning Flickr album by Sam Gellman
26 Sep 11The Geography of College Football Fans (and Realignment Chaos) - NYTimes.com
Great analysis by Nate Silver.
26 Sep 11Texas A&M Aggies hit tipping point in bolting for SEC
See ya, Big 12. I was at the last Southwest Conference game in Nov '95. A&M vs Texas. We lost. Only home loss of my entire time at College Station. It sucked, but the world didn't end.
20 Sep 11David Brooks: "I'm an Obama sap"
Yes. Yes, you sure are.
8 Sep 11The Towson Hack
More iTunes account hacking.
3 Aug 11Well, go to Hell. All of you.
Jonah Goldberg drops one on the MSM. Well played, sir. Well played.
3 Aug 11Palestinian Woman Attempts to Bomb Israeli Hospital
But remember folks...the Palestinians are the victims here and Israel is the evil oppressor state. Do not deviate from the party line.
21 Jul 11Rahm Emanuel: "I care deeply for my family. I don't care about you."
Hypocrite and bully.
19 Jul 11Borders to Go Under

From John Gruber, who says: "my home has shelves and shelves of books purchased from Borders."

My home has shelves and shelves of books that I saw at Borders, but then purchased at Barnes and Noble or Amazon because they were waaaaay cheaper.

17 Jul 11Mind Your MeTweets
Double yes, Mike Davidson. If you re-tweet a compliment about yourself, you're a douche. Simple as that.
17 Jul 11The New Yorker Can Suck It.
This is called writing, everyone who deems themselves a writer should pay attention. Thanks to John Podhoretz on Twitter.
14 Jul 11How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the Most Menacing Malware in History | Threat Level | Wired.com
Monster article about the ingenious worm that attacked the Iran nuclear facility. And thanks to Wired for not splitting this article into 15 separate pages.
14 Jul 11‪Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Movie Trailer
The 6-hour BBC version with Alec Guinness is a masterpiece that I have watched about 10 times. Not sure how you can adequately do justice to that story in two hours, but the cast for this looks excellent.
2 Jul 11The Failure of Al Gore: Part Two
And Part Three.
1 Jul 11Top 100 Political Donors 1989-2009
The big winner is…labor unions. And it is not even close.
1 Jul 11The Prince Who Blew Through Billions
I have no problem with rich people, certainly not just because they are rich, but this dude needs a throat punch.
1 Jul 11Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology
This is from back in February, but remains an excellent read about the utter and complete scam that is Scientology.
30 Jun 11Obama Not Completely Truthful in Press Conference
Whaaaat? Nooooooooo.
25 Jun 11Book Review of the Year
Lots of angst going on here.
25 Jun 11The Failure of Al Gore: Part One
Walter Russell Mead on Al Gore:
The most visible leader of the world's green movement cannot live a life of conspicuous consumption, spewing far more carbon into the atmosphere than almost all of those he castigates for their wasteful ways. Mr. Top Green can't also be a carbon pig.
24 Jun 11Toward Better Master Passwords
Solid article by Agile Bits, the company behind 1Password, a program I wholeheartedly endorse.
4 Jun 11The Day the Movies Died
Wanna know why movies suck? Read this.
10 Apr 11Downhill bike race in Chile
Insane.
23 Mar 11Hazards of Storing Spent Fuel
There is a lot to not like about the New York Times. Biased reporting, unremarkable editorial writing at best, expensive and confusing new online access paywall (WTF?), Maureen Dowd...but damn if their info-graphics aren't top-notch. Here's one on the issues with spent nuclear fuel.
23 Mar 11Apple's Jonathan Ive
Interesting read about Apple's VP for Design.
11 Jan 11Khoi Vinh on the downsides to upgrading to a Blu-Ray player
I couldn't agree more. Everything about them is slow, not remembering where you stopped a disc, etc. I still haven't seen Avatar because the stupid disk told me my month-old Samsung Blu-Ray player needed a firmware update.
11 Jan 11The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: My talk with a left-wing hack
Anyone else think this Fake Steve post has nothing to do with Steve Jobs and a lot more to do with Dan Lyons? It's like he couldn't write it for Newsweek and didn't have another anonymous outlet laying around to use.
11 Jan 11Bitter Blue Dogs Ready to Cut Deals
Of course they are, considering half their caucus was voted out a few months ago.
17 Dec 10Yahoo Shutting Down Del.icio.us
And my bookmarking service of choice, Pinboard, is getting pounded with new customers. Just remember newbies, I was here first and I paid less than you.
17 Dec 102010 in photos @ The Big Picture
Awesome. Parts Two and Three.
15 Nov 10Reeder for Mac
My favorite feed reader for the iPhone is coming to the Mac. Can't wait.
14 Nov 10American Narcissus
Quite frightening. And a more than a bit sad.
5 Nov 10Daily Caller interview with P.J. O'Rourke
Excellent. And thanks, DC, for spreading the interview across nine pages.
5 Nov 10Progressive vs Socialist Catfight!
Me-oooooooow. On MSNBC, of course.
3 Nov 10Where Do Democrats Go Next?
Soon-to-retire Senator Evan Bayh:

It is clear that Democrats over-interpreted our mandate. Talk of a "political realignment" and a "new progressive era" proved wishful thinking.

That’s quite an understatement.
3 Nov 10Jim DeMint: Welcome, Senate Conservatives

Many of the people who will be welcoming the new class of Senate conservatives to Washington never wanted you here in the first place.

Keep your eye on the ball.
31 Oct 10Requiem for the Pelosi Democrats
Solid words on a dysfunctional Congress…from a (retiring) Democrat.
26 Oct 10Local newspaper boasts ultimate passive-aggressive paywall policy
Be sure to read the comments on how utterly lame this is.
24 Oct 10They Hate Our Guts
P.J. O’ Rourke:

Power has been trapped, abused and exploited by Democrats. Go to the ballot box and put an end to this abusive relationship.

P.J. is full up, as always.

24 Oct 10Call Me Senator

“I worked so hard for that title...”

I do know of one way no one has to call her Senator anymore.

20 Oct 10NJ Turnpike Worker "Earns" $321,985
And that about sums up my disdain for government. I can't wait to see what Governor Christie does with this.
19 Oct 10Open Letter to the Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party
It must be nice to have Rich Lowry in your corner.
18 Oct 10Guy gets revenge on ex-girlfriend on CSPAN2
Wow. Even policy dorks can have significant issues.
13 Oct 10D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee Resigning
And kiss any further progress on getting those schools out of the cellar goodbye.
13 Oct 10Nikon D7000 Hands-on Preview @ DP Review
I was looking at finally upgrading my D40 to a D90, but I knew it's "replacement" was on the way. Impressive. Or should I spend that money on lenses instead?
11 Oct 10How Do You Create a Job?
Dick Blumenthal in Connecticut has no earthly idea.
4 Oct 10Eco-terrorism PSA
No, I don’t think I’ll participate. Go ahead, bring your little red button. I f@#$ing dare you.
25 Sep 10Blockbusted: The Rise and Fall of a Video Chain
Blockbuster declares bankruptcy. I'm surprised it took this long.
16 Sep 10The Trainwreck that is Greece
Unreal. Near total corruption, pretty much nobody pays taxes…and then they strike when they lose their fat pensions. An entire nation run on Monopoly money. And monks...As usual, Michael Lewis is the best.
16 Sep 10"Congresswoman" Caught on Tape Basically Asking for Bribe
My surprised look is somewhere around here...I just saw it the other day. And I put 'Congresswoman' because Eleanor Holmes Norton isn't really a member of Congress.
15 Sep 10Theirs But To Do and Die
Outstanding article by Robert Messenger at the Weekly Standard about the French battle at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
14 Sep 10I Am Detained By The Feds For Not Answering Questions
Interesting story, although his petulance factor was a bit high for me.
13 Sep 10Meghan McCain's Dirty, Sexy Politics

Apparently it isn't...umm... all that great. The term "idiot" was used multiple times as well as: "there is no reason that anyone who is not getting paid to review this book should ever, ever spend money on it."

Well, okay then.

12 Sep 10Socialite
Found via Macworld, Socialite is a pretty decent program that tracks your Google Reader Feeds, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and other accounts, all in one window. Quite handy.
11 Sep 10A paean to hipster dickheads - Boing Boing
I wish I could be cool.
9 Sep 10More Gov Christie
More awesomeness. Man, I like this guy.
22 Aug 10Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license
Will Gruber pay?
2 Aug 10Albert Haynesworth cuts test short

From ESPN:

This time, Albert Haynesworth started but had to stop.

The two-time All-Pro defensive tackle tried to take the Washington Redskins' conditioning test again Monday morning, but he pulled up after three back-and-forth sprints because he felt some irritation in his left knee.

Ummm...I thought that was called failing the test.

1 Aug 10HAL 9000 Screensaver
Available for Snow Leopard, although a port of the previous version and not from the HAL Project. Still awesome.
15 Jul 10Tax cuts for trial lawyers and tax hikes for everyone else.
My surprised look is somewhere around here...need a holster for that thing.
15 Jul 10The Daily Caller owns keitholbermann.com
Normally, I pretty much hate domain squatters. In this case, I'll make an exception. This is pretty damn funny.
14 Jul 10Steinbrenner's death in 2010 saved kids a fortune

I detest the Yankees and didn’t think much of Steinbrenner, but I’m glad his family won’t have to even entertain the idea of selling their team to pay a huge tax bill to the government. I absolutely hate the estate tax.

4 Jul 10Twidiot

Two years after letting loose a crazy tirade against sports bloggers for being profane children, Buzz Bissinger lets loose a childish, crazy tirade about how he is now going to be a profane Twitterer.

Sucks to have accomplished nothing since Friday Night Lights, you sanctimonious douche nozzle.

4 Jul 10Mac OS X Shortcut Keys
I have to think (and experiment) every single time I want to decipher one of these keyboard "shortcuts". Word. I have used a Mac since 2002 and still don't remember the silly symbols for option and control.
4 Jul 10FBI Busts Russian Spies
The FBI really refers to the Russkies as Moscow Center? Paging John Le Carre... Next up, their handler was really named Karla.
14 May 10Goldberg for Kaus
Well said. I've been a fan of Mickey Kaus since before his blog was on Slate. He is a stand-up liberal, a rare breed these days.
14 May 10NJ Gov. Christie Crushes Reporter
That.
was.
A W E S O M E.
11 May 10Dallas Braden's Perfect Game
One of the best blog posts this year, on any topic.
10 May 10The Atlantic Wire
Dear Editors: I’m a daily reader of your RSS feed. Please, for the love of all things holy, increase the font size to something legible. It looks like crap in Google Reader, NetNewsWire and Reeder. Thanks.
5 May 10Is Newsweek Toast?
Yes, I believe they are. I used to be a subscriber, and quit well before their recent experiment.
3 May 10How The Hell Did GM Pay Back Its Loans "in Full And Ahead of Schedule"?

They didn’t. Assuming that paying back taxpayer bailouts with different tax-payer money doesn’t count. Which it doesn’t.

28 Apr 10AZ Immigration Law Opponents Boycott Arizona Iced Tea...
...Which is brewed in New York. Retards.
26 Apr 10P.J. O'Rourke on A students
"The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews."
22 Apr 10Typography for Lawyers
Or pilots.
22 Apr 10DF on the Gizmodo/iPhone drama
Great article that can summed up thusly: Nick Denton is a dirtbag.
20 Apr 10Interesting Letterhead Designs | Letterheady
To think that once people wrote things on paper and send them via the mail. And how cool was the paper in some of those instances (via my brother).
19 Apr 10What Stormtroopers Do On Their Day Off
They are so misunderstood. (Via Airbag)
15 Apr 10History Infographics
More great work.
15 Apr 10Modern, Reductionist TV Posters
Brilliant. Love The Wire.
10 Apr 10USA Swimming coaches molested young swimmers managed to escape criminal charges. - ESPN
“36 coaches have been banned for life...” Screw waterboarding - drown their sorry asses.
10 Apr 10Chasing the Sound Barrier, in a Leap From 23 Miles Up
Balls the size of these.
8 Apr 10Bill Simmons: Finally on board the sabermetrics revolution
Nice article about the glorious use of statistics in baseball. (via kottke)
1 Apr 10Minimialist Star Wars Travel Posters
Awesome.
1 Apr 10The Lone Star Secret
Why is the foreclosure rate in Texas so low?
29 Mar 10Pirate Radio in London
Quite an interesting story.
29 Mar 10Bizarre NY Times 'Apology' to Singapore?
Interesting...all kinds of potential with this.
29 Mar 10Rosa DeLauro Is A Fucking Hipster
Check it.
29 Mar 10Obama's Broken Promises
For future reference
29 Mar 10 Nazi scandal engulfs Human Rights Watch
That their “military expert” was a little too large a fan of Nazi memorabilia is one thing, but I'm shocked—shocked—to learn that these human rights organizations are concerned with some one nation’s abuses more than others.
29 Mar 10Dems challenge CEOs who talked health-care costs
Companies are financially obligated to report their costs, and for doing so, they'll get hauled before Congress. What a farce.

Update: More from Ben Domenech

26 Mar 10Jeff Jacoby: No place for race
My census form: American
24 Mar 10David Mamet's Master Class Memo to the Writers of The Unit
Mamet rules.
24 Mar 10The People vs. George Lucas
Judgement for the plaintiff.
24 Mar 10Breaking the Enigma
In-depth history of the breaking of the German Enigma code during Word War II.
24 Mar 10Warthog
Michael Yon with the Baltimore ANG in Kandahar. I deployed with them to Iraq in 2007. Fine Americans. As is Mr Yon, for telling theirs and so many other stories.
23 Mar 10The Great West Coast Newspaper War
Two alt-weekly papers duke it out in San Francisco over a dying media format. Comedy.
15 Mar 10Why Isn't Obama Afraid to Take on the Teachers' Unions?
There is not much I like about Obama. But if he follows through and tells the teacher's unions to pound sand, that would be some hope for our nation's youth.
7 Mar 10Michael Lewis' The Big Short
Very long excerpt in Vanity Fair. I've been waiting for this book for a long time.
7 Mar 10NY Time goes after Scientology
Two words: utter fraud
7 Mar 10Why we can't get rid of failing teachers
One word: unions
1 Mar 10A Graphic History of Newspaper Circulation Over the Last Two Decades | The Awl
Stunning, really. The slope of the LA Times line is frightening.
1 Mar 10What if author bios were brutally honest?
So true.
21 Oct 09Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta

Not the Gmail kinda beta either. Intrigued by the new import window...

UPDATE: Crap...Intel processors only. My G5's days are getting numbered.

9 Oct 09NBC Sucks
They cancelled Southland before it even aired an episode this season. The one show I was looking forward to. Solid work, you Hollywood douchepumps...see ya at the Free Polanski rally.
9 Oct 09The Yankees Suck
And the ridiculous Legends Suite is a good reason why.
28 Sep 09Enough Already
With the silly articles about/relating to Dan Brown and his new book that are written in the style of... a Dan Brown book.
28 Sep 09Obama Uses Feds to Protect His ‘Green Jobs’ Fantasy
Those shifty Spaniards are not helping with the narrative. They must be crushed.
24 Sep 09Eight Days

The article is not available online unless you’re a New Yorker subscriber, so find a way to get ahold of the Sep 21 issue and read James Stewart’s outstanding article about the crucial week last year at the heart of Wall Street meltdown. I wonder if we'll hear anymore about this quote from then-Treasury Secretary Paulson about GWB:

“People don’t want to hear this. They don’t like him. They want to see him as disengaged. But he was very focused on what was best for the country.”
22 Sep 09The NYT: We Suck Less
Barely. Although there is something to be said for setting low, but achievable goals and failing to meet them.
14 Sep 09Vanished...and Caught
Evan Ratliff wrote an article in Wired about people who disappear. He then disappeared and there was a $5000 prize to whoever found him. The full story will be in the December issue.
14 Sep 09The Final Days of Merrill Lynch
Fascinating inside look on Bank of America's merger with Merrill Lynch. The meddling of the government, specifically the Treasury Secretary and the Fed is troublesome. Other note of interest: Congress and others in government had a total coronary about AIG's $165 million in bonuses. Merrill paid out $3.6billion on over 15 billion in losses and not a peep.
14 Sep 09Counterfeiting II
Crazy dictator with a penchant for bling and nukes + international credit rating even Fannie Mae would choke on = waaaay more than $7 million in funny money.
14 Sep 09Counterfeiting I
Career criminal+ determination + Staples card = $7 million in funny money
14 Sep 09Making of an Agent
Interesting article about a Secret Service training class.
9 Sep 09shitmydadsays
Quite possibly one of the funniest things I have seen on the Internet.
3 Sep 09Serenity Now
Man loses a pile of money to Bernie Madoff. Man's wife has affair with Bernie Madoff. Man's wife writes a book and goes on talk shows about it. His reaction to all of this is not what you would expect.
2 Sep 09Pinboard - antisocial bookmarking
Delicious is so last year. I have been toying with a new social bookmarking tool called Pinboard. Very clean and simple. (via DF )
27 Aug 09The National Endowment for the Art of Persuasion?
Obama administration using NEA to help move it's message. Besides the obvious impropriety of this, it also seems mighty dumb. I'm willing to bet that folks opposed to Obamacare aren't going to change their mind based on what the NEA or artist community says, paints, sings, performs...or whatever.
UPDATE: NEA Communications Director lies about his involvement and then gets fired
27 Aug 09Still 'Crazy'
The first political writer I ever read was P.J. O'Rourke, in tenth grade, back when he wrote for Rolling Stone (!?). Twenty years later, he still has it.
26 Aug 09 Cheating the App Store
PR firm writing iTunes App Store reviews for their clients' products. I'm just shocked and stunned in disbelief.
24 Aug 09Designing With Web Standards, 3rd Edition
Update to the first book I bought on the topic of web design. If I hadn't, I would probably still be using somebody else's blog template. And that would be lame. Arriving this fall.
22 Aug 09Cash-for-Clunkers a Trend Item?
Well, since Cash-for-Clunkers turned out so swimmingly, nothing to worry about in terms of health care. The government blew through a billion bucks without sneezing, squaring away 1/6th of the economy should be a puss game
22 Aug 09Senator Kennedy Wants the Rules to Replace Him Changed--Again - WSJ.com
Well of course he does. Everyone knows the rules change when the political landscape does.
21 Aug 09Mega Nuclear Option
First Congress, now the President? Jonah Godberg has some interesting questions.
21 Aug 09Dollar ReDe$ign Project
What's in your wallet? Compared to this, it's kinda lame. Nice work.
21 Aug 09Personas | Metropath(ologies)
Very, very cool.
21 Aug 09Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design
My addition: a throatpunch to the Empire defense contractor who sold Vader military vehicles on legs, like the AT-AT Walkers. Defeated by loops of wire. Not nearly as bad as it's younger siblings, rendered silly by rolling logs and Ewoks.
20 Aug 09How Astroturfing is Taking over Local Activism
Interesting article. And by interesting I mean all examples of astroturfing in the article are of a conservative variety. Not a single mention of ACORN, MoveOn, etc. I guess your chosen method of political discourse isn't really genuine unless you come dressed as a giant puppet.
20 Aug 09How To Fly Without ID
"Agents were informed directly by the FAA that they absolutely could not bar an American citizen from boarding a plane, even if a passenger refused to produce any identification at all." I had no idea - although that doesn't mean I would try this on my next trip.
18 Aug 09NASA is a jobs program.
Let me go find my surprised look. I'm willing to bet that NASA is by far not the worst at this. (Via Instapundit)
14 Aug 09Secrets of Magus
One of the best articles I have ever read. I now know why I like David Mamet - because he's friends with Ricky Jay. (Via Daring Fireball)
13 Aug 09The Nuclear Option
National Review's Jim Geraghty on an interesting twist regarding health care reform: is passing this legislation so important to some of the more senior members of Congress that they vote for it, regardless of the consequences at the ballot box? Or will self-preservation prevail?
12 Aug 09Netflix Magic
Neat behind-the-scenes story at a sort-of-secret Netflix warehouse
9 Aug 09House of Reps Buys Jets
Hope and Change? Draining the swamp? Whatever...we got places to go and coach isn't going to cut it.
6 Aug 09North Korea's First Family
Exhibit Z in the continuing clown act
6 Aug 09Learjet Repo Man
Fascinating story of the go-to guy when expensive private jets don't get paid for. Business is probably good for him these days.
24 Jul 09Meltdown at AIG
If Michael Lewis, of Moneyball fame, wrote the phonebook, I would read it cover-to-cover. Here he is with a fascinating article about the AIG trainwreck.
23 Jun 09New York State Senate in 'Chaos'
Everyone get in line for their new floppy clown shoes. I've seen kids' playgrounds more squared away than this.
23 Jun 09Sullivan Descending
Here's the definition of a cliche: I used to be an avid reader of Andrew Sullivan, but then I gave up ... insert reason here. For me, it was when the moral equivalence became suffocating and ridiculous. He did answer an email of mine once, though.
17 Jun 09You'll go by whatever I call you
Liz Liz Liz Liz You Suck Liz Liz Liz Liz...Epic Douche Fail.
21 May 09Newsweek to become an opinion magazine
Isn't this old news? I cancelled my subscription years ago and this pretty much guarantees I'll never get another one.
15 Dec 08Film Addict
I scored 51.3 %.
12 Nov 08Assembler
Cool timewaster of the day
20 Sep 08Rep. Charles Rangel (D)
Douchebag.
16 Sep 08Procrastination Flowchart
Otherwise known as my "my day."
16 Sep 08Cooliris
I linked to this previously when it was known as PicLens. Still one of the coolest things on the web, and now available for Safari.
13 Sep 08David Foster Wallace, RIP
How sad. DFW was one of my favorite non-fiction writers, footnotes and all. I wasn't a huge fan of his fiction and I never tackled Infinite Jest, but I was blown away when I read his 1996 tennis essay in Esquire. Ever since then his articles on topics ranging from cruise ships, talk radio and usage dictionaries (another fav) have been excellent. How depressing there won't be anymore of them.
20 Aug 08Interesting story...
...about what happens to the actual Olympic medals that get taken away from an athlete, for whatever reason. Interesting side note: while I had a vague idea of the controversy involving the US men's basketball team losing the gold medal in 1972, I did not know that to this day the US has refused to accept the silver medal and the medals remain in a vault in Switzerland.
20 Aug 08World Records Over Time
Pretty nifty infographic from the NY Times charting world records in various sporting events over time.
27 Jul 08New Order Channel on YouTube
My favorite band of all time. I first heard them back in 8th grade when Substance came out. Too bad they broke up last year for what appears to be the final time.
21 Jun 08PicLens
Quite possibly one of the coolest applications ever to reside on my computer.
4 Jun 08A Day at the Office
Complete and total meltdown. Must have been the late TPS reports.
31 May 08DNC Pissing Contest
Your Mom! No...YOUR mom. Via Instapundit
19 May 08AP2 vs LR2
Nice rundown of the pros and cons.
17 May 08Awesome Shipwreck Pictures
Via Simple Bits
30 Apr 081:5 Scale Model of an A-10
That actually flies. Amazing.
30 Apr 0850 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
If you are a science fiction fan. The only one missing is Misfits of Science.
26 Apr 08Multihulls in the next America's Cup
Sounds like 1988 all over again: no challenger series, multihull boats and court battles.
22 Apr 08Clinton's win in Pa. leaves Obama battered, party reeling
More popcorn please. This is getting fun.
21 Apr 08Muslim scientists want to replace GMT with Mecca time.
Ummm. Okay.
15 Apr 08Television Star Exits Scientology
You can almost hear Tom Cruise opening a can of whoop-ass.
9 Apr 08U of Delaware Thought Police
What an absolute, utter disgrace.
6 Apr 08Obama aims for pro-gun vote
Hey, there’s a straw... Grasp it!
5 Apr 08Strange Maps
All kinds of cool stuff. Via Vodkapundit
5 Apr 08Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells
Another lie. Standby while I go find my surprised look.
5 Apr 08Canada’s Human Rights Kangaroo Court
What a clown act.
2 Apr 08Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Beta
I'm still working on my Lightroom versus Aperture post and since it has been in draft, Apple has released AP version 2.1 and Adobe today released a beta of LR 2.0. Must. Type. Faster
2 Apr 08Hitchens: The real harm Hillary Clinton inflicted on Bosnia.
"Misspoke" my ass.
31 Mar 08Running tally of Superdelegates
Currently only 34 separate Obama and Clinton.
30 Mar 08How to locally install Movable Type 4 on a Mac
Excellent tutorial. Requires MAMP, which is a no-brainer as well. Perfect for testing purposes.
27 Mar 08Pics of the hookers Eliot Spitzer paid thousands of dollars to
YGBSM
26 Mar 08"Buy the Cheap Cables"
Also see this article about Monster Cables vs Coat Hangers. What a rip-off. And yes, I do own a Monster cable... or two.
26 Mar 08Saddam Financed Lawmakers' Trip
This was a pretty big deal when it happened. How interesting. I also loved this little gem: "The trip was to see the plight of the Iraqi children..."
22 Mar 08Democrats Play the McCarthy Card
Against each other...how rich. And from no less a complete tool than Merrill McPeak.
20 Mar 08WordPress 2.5
The new interface looks sharp. I locally installed WordPress (and Expression Engine) last year to see if I wanted to switch. At the time, I thought "no" - we'll see if that holds if the tinkering bug returns.
20 Mar 08Wired 1.1
Arrgh. I also have the first issue of Wired and was going to do a post like this. That's what I get for being lazy. The only other issue I saved was the Neal Stephenson eleventy-billion word cover story about FLAG - Fiber optic Link Around the Globe.
20 Mar 08Rent vs. Buy Myths
All those folks that gave me crap when I moved to Vegas almost two years go and didn't buy? I laugh at them daily.
19 Mar 08How to stop Aperture from crashing
Starring Your's Truly. It pays to be nice to folks that ask questions
15 Mar 08www.socksoff.co.uk
Nice collection of desktop wallpapers. Via Smashing Magazine
11 Mar 08Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal' by David Mamet
One of the smartest things I've read this year. And I've been a fan of Mamet's for a long time.
22 Aug 07The Washington Monthly rates Texas A&M #1
The comment thread is, ahem... "interesting" reading
27 Jul 07The Truth about Fake Steve Jobs
I don't want to know...then it wouldn't be as fun to read.
26 Jul 07Astronauts Flew While Intoxicated
Well, that explains the whole "diaper" thing.
25 Jul 07Leader Rasmussen Out of Tour De France
This is now officially a farce.
24 Jul 07ESPN - Vinokourov tests positive for banned transfusion
How stupid can these Tour de France riders get?
17 Jul 07Attractors
Time Waster of the Day
8 Jun 07Schadenfreude
Noun, from German damage and joy. See Paris Hilton.
8 Jun 07Netscape?
Apple's Featured Download is what?! I didn't think they still made it. I'm sure the eight fanboys left in the world are rejoicing.
14 May 07Amazon acquires DP Review
I bought my first digital camera, a Fuji FinePix, based on their indepth reviews. And given my recent acquisition of a Nikon D40, I've been spending a lot of time browsing their forums. Congrats.
11 May 07Dolphins' Williams tests positive for pot
Again. What a joke.
15 Apr 07Bus drivers make $100,000 in pay
Vote Union No
29 Mar 07World Wide Words
Interesting site about the history behind certain words and phrases.
29 Mar 07Grand Theft Auto IV Trailer
Holy smokes. I would get an XBox 360 for this alone.
16 Mar 07All the evidence you need...
...to not go to law school. Background here and here.
14 Mar 07Is your website blocked in China?
This site is not...yet.
5 Mar 07Michael Moore as Roger Smith
What goes around, comes around
3 Mar 07Where is your domain registered?
A complete trainwreck at Registerfly, complete with theft, forged documents, locked accounts and escort services. (Via What Do I Know)
26 Feb 07Brazil vs. Argentina
You would never see this here in the US. (Via Daring Fireball)
24 Feb 07The Elements of Style
The original classic by William Strunk. Another tool for dusting off my writing skills after the long break
24 Feb 07Anthony Bourdain versus The Food Network
A nice, tame review from the author of Kitchen Confidential. It's hard to believe that Rachel Ray isn't even the worst one...
24 Feb 07Star Wars Pod Race + Lady Bug with Balls
You'll just have to trust me.
24 Feb 07ESPN.com: Welcome to the hip-hop Woodstock
I'm not much of a basketball guy, but I enjoy Bill Simmons. As a resident of Las Vegas, I can’t say I was too crushed to have missed out on the NBA All-Star Weekend "festivities"
24 Feb 07The Economist Style Guide
A handy reference and reminder of all things long forgotten from high school English