Archive for the 'General' Category

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 just [...]

5 Indiana Jones Titles Worse Than “The Crystal Skull” (Taken From Actual Books)

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

5. Indiana Jones and the Unicorn’s Legacy 4. Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs 3. Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth 2. Indiana Jones and the White Witch 1. Indiana Jones and the Ape Slaves of Howling Island

A Public Service Message to My Fellow New Yorkers: Bedbugs are on Subway Benches

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

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.

Hitachi Asks Me Not to Use Their Products to Make Weapons

Monday, April 7th, 2008

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 where [...]

In NYC, There’s a Free Ninja Sword on Every Block

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Ran into this the other day. Totally not kidding.

Soul Plane, iTunes $0.99 Movie of the Week, Still $1.00 Too Expensive

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

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.

Buying the New Raconteurs Album is Instant MP3 Gratification

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

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 we’ve [...]

Vote!

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

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.

Jon Stewart is a Mensch (Maybe?)

Monday, November 5th, 2007

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 pledges [...]