Obvious Diversion

The last thing I want to do is reference a NY Post article, but bedbugs have been sighted on wooden subway benches. You’ve been warned.

My laptop’s hard drive died this morning with audible clicking (fortunately, downtime will be minimal thanks to SuperDuper). As I jumped through Hitachi’s hoops to get the drive replaced, I was asked the following.

It’s a bizarre question to be asked. And, really, if someone is doing something like this, is this the scenario [...]

Ran into this the other day. Totally not kidding.

Apple currently chooses one movie a week to rent for only $0.99 as a promotion to get people to try the service.
Apple chose unwisely.

The last Raconteurs album served me well, so I didn’t hesitate to buy their second one. (It doesn’t hurt that I’m a long-time Brendan Benson fan either.)
What I didn’t expect was that I’d be able to buy the album as zipped up MP3s straight from the site. It’s great to see how far [...]

If you live in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, or Utah, the time is now.
Find your polling place here.

Update: A commenter below prompted me to take a second look at this story. It would seem the original story has been retracted, and there isn’t even proof that he paid his producers during the strike. It’s hard to tell what happened here.
Just when you think Jon Stewart can’t get any cooler, he [...]

Looks like another original film from Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) titled Be Kind Rewind with Jack Black and Mos Def.

If you’ve been wondering why I haven’t been blogging much lately, I finally can show you why. Jon and I have been working for many months and are happy to finally pull the curtain back on our project.
Introducing Simple Spark, a great place to find and share a new world of web apps or, [...]

I don’t really know much about or watch football, but I can only assume it’s just like this, courtesy g33f.

Enjoy the game if that’s your thing and if it’s not, it’s a good day to hit up Disneyland for some rolly coaster goodness.