It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas. If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. [...]
Om Malik recently posted that he believes Speakeasy sucks as a DSL provider. He canceled his service early (Speakeasy asks that you commit to their service for a year) and got hit with an early cancellation charge. No one likes swallowing such a thing, but I do have to disagree with his statement [...]
I’ve been using craigslist to find various items for my new abode and came across the following post in the furniture section. It was removed pretty promptly, but I’ll duplicate it here for everyone’s amusement.
Shabby Chic Means Crap
Guest what every body, shabby chic means your junk is junkier than it should be. That is [...]
I moved into a new apartment this weekend which is my official excuse for the light posting over the last week. Some shopping was done to make the space more functional and a number of these items came with mailable product registration cards. The one that stands out as the most obnoxious is [...]
Very exciting. I’m hoping to upgrade my 1.2 install soon.
Download WordPress 1.5
This Firefox extension says whether Abe Vigoda is alive or not. Clearly, a work of genius.
Firefox extension displays whether Abe Vigoda’s alive
It would seem more and more people are noticing speed problems with the TivoToGo update. Although I have noticed my guide loads a bit faster, all of the other menus seem slow to appear on the screen and channel changing is a bit more delayed. It’s not crippling, but it’s certainly irritating.
Other people [...]
Looks like Google Maps still has some kinks to work out before being dependable enough to be useful, but it certainly is fun to play with.
I noticed that the University of Washington is hosting David Byrne to present his work I Heart Powerpoint. Here’s their description:
Byrne has developed what must be the most surreal PowerPoint lecture of all time. This unique evening with Byrne presents singular insights into the ubiquitous presentation software and its potential as a creative tool. [...]
A while ago, I found a site that was clearly my design with a few very minor changes. I was a little startled to be honest. This is obviously not a new problem as it has happened to a number of sites, some of them with a very high profile.
I considered contacting the [...]
