May 2010
33 posts
The U-Socket Charges USB Devices Without an... →
Oil spill is more than skin deep →
OMAGOSH - 23 May 2010 - Flickr →
“You connect the [password] reset email through web services to a pizza delivery...”
– Drupal.org makes me smile, for once. (via inky)
Marco.org: The iPad doesn’t need to do everything →
Rationalizing the purchase of an iPad usually includes a few of these:
I’ll carry it around most of the time.
I’ll be able to replace my laptop with it.
I’ll be able to replace my Kindle with it.
I’ll bring it on trips instead of my laptop.
I’ll respond to email with it.
I’ll get work done…
After a month of heavy use, I don’t think it’s good for any of those.
So that’s not the...
How come forks have four tines? →
In a Guardian excerpt from the forthcoming At Home by Bill Bryson, some mysteries of the home are revealed. My favorite was why forks have four tines. Incidentally, eating forks were introduced by Thomas Coryate who also introduced the umbrella
Eating forks were thought comically dainty and unmanly - and dangerous, too, come to that. Since they had only two sharp tines, the scope for spearing...
Stripping Americans Of Their Citizenship –... →
I may have to join clarkbw in canada.
What prompted the Lieberman citizenship bill?
Lieberman has said the arrest of Faisal Shahzad, the accused Times Square Bomber, prompted him to write this citizenship bill. Senator Lieberman has publicly decried the fact that Shahzad was read his Miranda rights (if a bit late). As an American citizen, Faisal is protected by civil rights protections,...
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Dr. Dog - Jackie Wants A Black Eye
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Happy Birthday to the Shell Script That Runs My... →
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“On the day that [Edison] first lit up a park with his new electric light, a...”
– Comment on Books in the Age of the iPad. (via inky)
“The telephone was an aberation in human development. It was a 70 year or so...”
– Rick Webb (via toldorknown) (via inky)
Nintendo Prepares for War Against Apple →
They're making a Dark Crystal sequel →
Command-T for Vim, an awesome plugin →
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The Browser Desktop, developer tools →
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VirtualBox 3.2 Beta Virtualizes Mac OS X (On Macs)... →
“Every asshole who ever chanted ‘Drill Baby Drill’ should have to report to the...”
– Bill Maher (via asprettyasasong) (via dalasverdugo)
jamtur01's puppet-scaffold at master - GitHub →
Simple templating scaffold for Puppet. I like it.
“It is important to have questionable friends you can trust unconditionally.”
– — Chuck Klosterman, Downtown Owl