Archive for June, 2008

Want to Understand the “Credit Crises”? Listen to This.

Friday, June 20th, 2008

This American Life did a great show called The Giant Pool of Money that gives a clear explanation of the series of events that led the economy to it’s current state. It’s a quick listen and will give you a grip on what’s going on.

Netflix Removing Separate Profiles, Trying to Destroy Marriages

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Back in 2005, Netflix introduced a feature they themselves called the “marriage saver“. Well, evidently, Netflix has declared war on marriage since they have decided to remove the ability to have separate queues for each member of the household. This screenshot illustrates it well.

On September 1st, they will delete all of your additional [...]

If you can be without your newborn child for 14 business days…

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Then you can Send Barack Obama Your Baby.

Someone Make This Program: Make My Mac Sound Like an IBM Selectric Typewriter

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Today came the realization that there really should be a program that makes your mac sounds and hum just like a classic IBM Selectric Typewriter. Whoever takes on this task will have the gratitude of thousands of nerds, who will download it, run it, and then delete it five minutes later when they realize [...]