I have Africa all over my hand.
Today's Moment of Movie Brilliance: During the chaotic, climactic argument at the end of A Shot In The Dark, Peter Sellers suddenly turns around to look directly into the camera, exasperated. Genius.
View ArticleCapitalism++
Safety First! As of yesterday, I heartily approve of zipping up your laptop bag. Upsidedown, unzipped laptop bags give metal powerbooks the amazing ability to exercise the laws of gravity, fall to the...
View ArticleThis hasn't always been here?
So yes, as Dante (for president) and others have noted in the comments, I did decide to start a new-fangled weblog. The goal here is only to post positive stuff, rather than complaining or posting...
View ArticleSpamalot, less
Until last night, spam had become a real problem for me. Through combinations of SpamAssassin and various other mail filters, I was filtering out about 850 messages/day. Then around 30 more that...
View ArticleSomeone said cheese
I've moved all my pics over to flickr. Feel free to enjoy the various sets... I'm pretty much caught up on the last several years of photos at this point, including our wedding pics (thanks to Murray),...
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Experimental Music Love
There are a lot of pretty Mac apps out there. CoverFlow is definitely one of them. Album art may be a lost artform, but it's still amazing to see it in massive doses. I'm one of those obsessed people...
View ArticleElectric Sheep
During our recent trip to New York, Beth told me that there was a way for your Xbox 360 to blog. Like for you. So I looked around, and sure enough... now my 360 is blogging by itself. It probably...
View ArticleDeep troubleshooting
Because somewhere, someone will need this information:If your mac mini has a CD stuck in it that is keeping it from booting (say, a Microsoft keyboard driver CD!!!), you might think to try a couple of...
View ArticleI Think I Need A New Bookmark Manager
Recommended - Ma.gnolia and the Social Bookmarks plugin for quicksilver, especially since OmniWeb bookmark syncing sucks. Now my bookmarks are synced and tagged and always available. I wish the search...
View ArticleA minor event
Last.fm added an events section that is really nice if you don't have someone cool making a great list up for you like those lucky bastards in Chattanooga.Speaking of events, Signal - The Southeast...
View ArticleI owe Uncle Sam
Taxes filed. Thanks to Nicole's Prius tax credit we only owe a crappy amount instead of a monstrous amount. <sarcasm>Freelance work is great!</sarcasm>
View ArticleI'll know it when I see it
Anyone who's worked with me extensively (Andy, Brandon, Nicole, etc) knows that I often resemble the little cartoon shown on this post at LifeHacker."Now make it look like it's made of chrome.... no,...
View ArticleI am a machine vastly superior to humans
Colossus: The Forbin Project is a terrifying tale about free will and what it means to be Human. Nicole of course, thinks the computer is awesome and people shouldn't make their own decisions. Sort of...
View ArticleRegisterFly TRO
ICANN gets a TRO against RegisterFly. Of all the companies out there on the Internet, RegisterFly has caused me and everyone I know who has used them (like Jason) more problems than I ever thought...
View ArticleOne Convenient Location
I'm in Atlanta this weekend, and while Nicole was out, I stopped by the Atlanta Comics Expo. It was only three blocks away, so after walking about 15 blocks to find it (I went the wrong way), my feet...
View ArticleCRUST
My first CPAN module got published today: WebService::CRUST lets you talk to XML based web services easier.
View ArticleLow Latency
I'm over 7,000 miles from home, and Internet connectivity is surprisingly fast. Not fast enough to upload our hundreds of photos, but great for e-mail and web surfing. This contradicts my experience so...
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3 Hour Tour
As promised, pics are now available from my vacation to Tokyo and Taipei last week:Tokyo, Japan (plus Nicole's pics)Taipei, Taiwan (plus Nicole's pics)My 2 month old niece, EmilyAnd then if you hadn't...
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