2011-04-30
| 07:55 |
@cartalk Even though Beefeaters lose their stony expressions, and their lunch, whever they hear us say it #ThisisNPR #RoyalWedding |
| 10:47 |
@JustaSunGod There's an ointment that'll clear that right up. |
| 12:47 |
RT @acedtect: My hope is that all this attention on the royal wedding will make bald spots on men super hot. [Ahh, if only.] |
| 13:53 |
If Apple wanted to send Android owners racing to the iPhone, they couldn't come up with anything better than Airpush. http://bit.ly/isywKa |
| 14:13 |
I understand about product placement, but does @BonesOnFox have to be so damn obvious about it? Take your self-parking Prius and go. |
| 15:49 |
So it appears push advertising on your phone just may be the worst idea ever. http://bit.ly/mCxzXs |
| 16:23 |
Existential Star Wars? It's like Lucas had something to say. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-uQWNd540I |
| 17:06 |
Just got a fundraising call from Planned Parenthood. I owe the Right a lot for showing me the value PP provides. So now I'm a monthly donor. |
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2011-04-29
| 08:09 |
Onion: "Trump Unable To Produce Certificate Proving He's Not A Festering Pile Of Shit." It's funny 'cuz it's true. http://onion.com/iB61cq |
| 08:18 |
@scapersuse Did you hear the clip on @TheDailyShow of how Trump would tell OPEC to knock it off? He puts the fun in dysfunctional. |
| 08:40 |
Great piece explaining how the iPhone et alia use cell towers & WiFi to speed up GPS lock-on. http://bit.ly/jE94j9 via @TheMacalope |
| 11:27 |
Turns out iPhones don't track individual users. But Google's Android? That's a horse of a different color. http://bit.ly/l8KvmD |
| 13:37 |
What an incredible underachiever Obama was in school! (Be sure to read to the end.) http://bit.ly/mkzSsR |
| 21:10 |
Sexy church signs. Hee! http://some.ly/dIehHg |
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2011-04-28
| 05:55 |
Fun to watch Android fans hating themselves over loving the iPad. I'm with them, aside from the loving Android thing. http://bit.ly/heYpJA |
| 06:15 |
A leopard doesn't change its spots, nor a skunk its stink. Barnes & Noble outs MSFT on eReaders. http://bit.ly/fPI5Uw |
| 06:42 |
A friend once described a college classmate of ours as having bad breath of the soul. That phrase applies equally well to Donald Trump. |
| 09:01 |
@cartalk Your cupholders are leaking fluid. That's gonna cost. #gottamaketheboatpayment |
| 09:05 |
RT @Alyssa_Milano: Let's do this! I WILL MATCH EVERY DOLLAR you donate until we reach our goal for LF➛ http://bit.ly/h0NFzL [I just did.] |
| 09:08 |
Let's be honest. This is all about the Right's unvoiced accusation of Governing While Black. http://wapo.st/gogGRo |
| 09:09 |
@jennakimjones Of course he is. It's not like Trump will have a good hair day of his own! |
| 09:35 |
Would it surprise anyone to learn that Orly Taitz's birth certificate lists her race as "asshat"? http://bit.ly/jEcc9J |
| 13:42 |
Finished @VictoriaDahl audiobook & on to Bill Bryson's latest. Fascinating, but not nearly so arousing. Yeah, I know: TMI. |
| 13:45 |
RT @ToryBelleci: Wow! What a welcoming. You guys are awesome. I'm gonna have to blow something up in honor of everyone. [That's all we ask.] |
| 14:07 |
@daynal It's free admission to the Smithsonian. You pay for IMAX and the like, but not to get into the various museums. |
| 14:11 |
@daynal Google is your friend: http://www.si.edu/visit/ |
| 14:13 |
@JustaSunGod What exactly *is* the way to much fun? |
| 14:13 |
@daynal They pay you? |
| 14:14 |
@JustaSunGod Not second star to the right & straight on till morning? |
| 19:05 |
Paul Revere & The Riders #bandsmissingaletter |
| 21:57 |
Did @Mythbusters really invoke MIlton the Monster? They surely did. |
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2011-04-27
2011-04-26
| 09:40 |
Atlas Shrugged, and so did the audience. The Free Market votes with its dollars. http://bit.ly/h8qjuE |
| 10:27 |
@VictoriaDahl I'd agree. Those women are so desperate to look young, they end up looking older. And more desperate. |
| 10:41 |
WI Gov Walker would have much easier time governing if not for all those darn recalls. http://bit.ly/fqrfHg |
| 11:00 |
At least they're consistent. TX GOP try to cut funds to volunteer firefighters by 75% during devastating fire season. http://bit.ly/eUuAGn |
| 11:02 |
Pop Photo magazine gets smart, includes sample content in free iPad app. So now I'm a subscriber. See how that works? |
| 12:00 |
Fun stuff at @SJRep this summer: @Reduced World of Sports & One Man Star Wars. Got my tickets! http://goo.gl/fb/3MYOg |
| 13:37 |
Practice makes perfect for @ebertchicago & the New Yorker Caption Contest. It's good to have skills. http://nyr.kr/dKj2rj |
| 15:26 |
@nicoleisbetter You should! And then you should let me photograph you in it. It's a win-win! |
| 18:24 |
So cool. A Leica camera that mates with an iPhone 4. If only... http://engt.co/hGZp4g |
| 20:15 |
In the dotcom bubble, execs raided pension funds & replaced them with junk bonds to pay their obligations. The bubble burst & retirees lost. |
| 20:17 |
Louisiana Gov Jindal either doesn't remember the dotcom lesson or doesn't give a shit. Which makes him the poster child for GOP arrogance. |
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2011-04-25
2011-04-24
| 12:59 |
Having a seafood lunch and enjoying the view of Pismo Beach. Life sucks sometimes. |
| 15:51 |
Finished audiobook of Hopscotch by Brian Garfield. Movie's a comedy, the book isn't. Both compelling; similar but not remotely the same. |
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2011-04-23
| 06:37 |
RT @joshtpm: My iPhone told me i don't get out enuf to make it worth its while to track me #snubbedbymyiphone [That's gotta hurt.] |
| 08:40 |
Koran-burning pastor shoots innocent car, claims self defense. Or was the car a Sharia practitioner? http://bit.ly/fmkDWt |
| 08:47 |
Senator John Kyl edits Congressional Record to unsay his lie about Planned Parenthood. Orwell would approve. http://huff.to/g0sKIW |
| 09:00 |
Farscape Season 1 matte paintings via Exec Producer @froonium. Reminds me how much I miss the show. *snif* http://bit.ly/eazWmi |
| 09:04 |
I got 30 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:56 |
Does the Left have to match the insane truth-starved ranting of the Right to succeed? Cheese, I hope not. http://wapo.st/ft0ttL |
| 16:30 |
Dealing with a confused desk clerk. Tried to charge me 20% more than my reservation said. He believes my confirmation, but still puzzled. |
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2011-04-22
2011-04-21
| 09:09 |
I got 37 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 10:03 |
RT @shelbyfero: "Danger" is my middle name! My parents are assholes. [Could be worse. Trust me on this.] |
| 21:51 |
Scary. Upgraded Blu-Ray player's firmware & had no picture. Power cycled TV to get things back. What do people with no debugging skills do? |
| 22:13 |
I checked out the location data in my iPhone. Looks like cell tower locations to me too. http://bit.ly/f0e1fy via @counternotions |
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2011-04-20
| 10:44 |
Is the GOP being hoist with its own birther petard? @adamserwer thinks so. http://wapo.st/hZxp1c |
| 17:34 |
@paulandstorm Not hardly. Cartman may eventually grow out of his assholiness. Scott Adams is what he is. |
| 17:36 |
Goodbye, Sarah Jane, one of my many youthful crushes. |
| 18:02 |
RT @ebertchicago: Scott Adams says he has a "certified genius IQ." I'm too smart to ever make a claim like that. [I'm not. But I'm trying.] |
| 18:11 |
Wired: "Biggest Spider Fossil Ever Found" post has a big photo of Donald Trump. Now that's comedy! |
| 18:24 |
I so wish I believed in Lotto Nation, @KeithOlbermann. I like the American Dream, but not pure fantasy. http://bit.ly/fAD2IM |
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2011-04-19
2011-04-18
| 07:19 |
Pulled a muscle in my back. Not immobilized, but not exactly comfortable either. Gonna be a long day. |
| 10:17 |
RT @ebertchicago: Who would win in a battle between Batman and Harry Potter? http://aol.it/i7lCkF [Fun stuff, well considered.] |
| 12:59 |
RT @counternotions: What happens when Photoshop Content-Aware Fill replaces the lady in the Mona Lisa? http://bit.ly/hYgbKN [Weird.] |
| 15:50 |
If Apple releases a TV, I'm gonna be pissed. Just replaced mine. A new Apple TV, on the other hand... http://bit.ly/dQHzLj |
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2011-04-17
| 11:53 |
Doing battle setting up a new receiver. This shouldn't be that hard. But it is, not least because it's a little too tall for my shelf. |
| 15:59 |
I have won out against my new receiver, aside from it not fitting into the cabinet (yet), and not bothering to connect cassette or VCR. |
| 19:55 |
@jennakimjones I'll pretend to have missed you if you'll pretend to care, m'kay? |
| 21:02 |
So Jesse Jackson rags on the iPad because of all those Barnes & Noble jobs we lose to China. Howl at the tides for all the good it'll do. |
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2011-04-16
| 07:28 |
I don't think they liked it. Reviewers give Atlas Shrugged a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score: 0% positive. http://huff.to/h5Rsjr |
| 08:45 |
Stunning. Only 38% of Repugs would support an anti-birther. Polling places need to require a test for shitheadedness. http://bit.ly/hC0rHt |
| 09:45 |
So proud of the Dems. By voting "present", they let House Repugs hoist themselves on their own petard. http://bit.ly/dW9SDK |
| 10:11 |
Pat Buchanan says Trump's no racist, and what higher praise is there than that? http://tpm.ly/ekqy6m |
| 19:05 |
This is the best review of Atlas Shrugged there could ever be. http://on.io9.com/gTi0tc |
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2011-04-15
| 15:14 |
If cell phones cause cancer, why are rates of associated cancer decreasing as cell phone use increases? http://bit.ly/fBKOfY |
| 15:15 |
@billprady So what have we learned? MobileMe is awful, and everything else is much worse. |
| 15:46 |
"There are people who take Ayn Rand even more seriously than comic-book fans take 'Watchmen.'" - @ebertchicago http://bit.ly/hMsrB5 |
| 19:56 |
I guess Obama 2012 has really begun. Got my first fundraising call this evening. |
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2011-04-14
| 07:17 |
Damn MSFT. Told me to download 200MB update to Office 2008, which it now refuses to install. Points me to website, which has no answers. |
| 09:08 |
I got 28 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:54 |
A bulletproof clipboard, for staff meetings that get seriously out of hand. http://j.mp/hMtReb |
| 10:20 |
I know it's juvenile & wrong, but I can't help laughing. http://bit.ly/ejnHOd |
| 10:58 |
Sitting in a staff meeting listening to torrential rain. Finally, something interesting. |
| 12:11 |
RT @paulandstorm: [S] Politico headline: "GOP Not Sold On Obama Speech. In other news: "Dog Doesn't Want Bath". [Yeah, I'm shocked too.] |
| 12:19 |
If you liked this: http://bit.ly/ejnHOd, how can you not enjoy this? http://on.io9.com/fzbTKr |
| 13:34 |
@cartalk Even though auto mechanics everywhere claim instead to be ambulance-chasing lawyers every time we say it, #ThisIsNPR |
| 13:42 |
I love my job. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement |
| 14:15 |
I'm going to a Meetup with Palo Alto Champagne and Wine Meetup Group http://meetu.ps/RTLM |
| 16:00 |
A CEO Asks ‘What Have Unions Ever Done For Us?’ | MoveOn.Org http://t.co/UZbgYOj via @AddThis |
| 21:14 |
Watching @StephenAtHome apply Ben & Jerry's ice cream to a woman's armpit. Truly a new low in tasty, I mean tasteless television. |
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2011-04-13
2011-04-12
| 08:15 |
Photography truth from What The Duck: http://www.wtduck.com/strip/1207 |
| 09:08 |
I got an image accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:29 |
@reduced I'd be interested in ebooks, although getting them autographed might be a problem. |
| 10:01 |
@reduced It depends. Do you want to be an impulse purchase (price low) or protect paper sales? If the former, no more than $5. |
| 10:11 |
RT @paulandstorm: [S] A Field Guide to Sidekick Pets http://bit.ly/eBny1R [Admirable Web geekitude.] |
| 13:52 |
Weird. Today I got email & text message from AT&T that my Microcell has been activated. But that happened month ago. Weird, huh? |
| 14:17 |
I'm going to a Meetup with Bay Area Fine Art and Fashion http://meetu.ps/RwTK |
| 15:10 |
@annvosspeterson Depends on whether the tax doing will lead to a payment or a refund. |
| 16:44 |
Christopher Hitchens critiques the 10 Commandments and offers a better, more rational, more compassionate set. http://bit.ly/h4DWNb |
| 22:04 |
There's nothing funnier than watching Stephen Colbert laugh himself silly trying to deliver Republican talking points a la Fox News. |
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2011-04-10
| 08:55 |
Repug Senator John Kyl wants you to know his remarks about Planned Parenthood were "not intended to be factual". http://huff.to/gJEih1 |
| 09:05 |
I got 4 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 15:16 |
Just finished listening to @SteveMartinToGo read his book Born Standing Up. A fine serious work about a seriously interesting life. |
| 15:18 |
Now listening to audiobook of Talk Me Down by @VictoriaDahl. Is it a problem that I know how it turns out, having heard the 2nd book 1st? |
| 20:31 |
TiVo guide has the 1940 Pride & Prejudice on E. Instead of Greer Garson we get Keira Knightly. What a mistake to make. |
| 21:09 |
Took a little drive out to San Luis Reservoir on a particularly pretty day. Or was it Photoshop? http://flic.kr/p/9xg6Nx |
| 21:16 |
@cabri Much as I like Photoshop, I'd rather enhance the reality I find than fake it. But others may choose otherwise. |
| 21:27 |
@cabri I try to get it as good as I can in camera, and then fix in the image what I can't change in life. Getting better at PS all the time. |
| 22:10 |
Ah, serendipity. Googling for Red Rock Canyon near Vegas I discovered a small Red Rock Canyon near Mojave in California. Must visit one day. |
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2011-04-09
| 07:09 |
David Mamet's Lost Masterpieces of Porn: http://bit.ly/eg2mfM Something tells me this isn't authentic. |
| 07:14 |
It's not often I feel prescient, but getting my taxes done (& refund received) early was an excellent plan in retrospect. |
| 09:07 |
I got 20 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:35 |
Would Best Buy use iPad 2 as bait in Bait & Switch for other tablets? (Is water wet?) http://fun.ly/eq1o |
| 10:09 |
Leadership is about right decisions when things go wrong. Southwest is a leader in more ways than I knew. http://on.wsj.com/gloal4 |
| 10:44 |
"Fuck You. Pay me." Good advice on dealing with clients. http://vimeo.com/22053820 (Via daringfireball.net) |
| 11:36 |
Audiophile gear maker has a Schiitty name but the best FAQ I've read in a while. http://schiit.com/schiit-faq/general-questions/ |
| 15:34 |
@mariancall I'd say sell it as a double album. If that's the way you envisioned it, that's how we should buy it. |
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2011-04-08
| 09:08 |
I got 18 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5 |
| 09:18 |
I never owned an Atari 2600, but now I have a ton of 2600 & arcade games on my iPad & iPhone. Geek nirvana thanks to Atari's Greatest Hits! |
| 15:26 |
Today at work I spoke truth to power. Felt good, and I'm still employed. We'll see if it does more than feel good. |
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2011-04-07
| 08:27 |
Listening to tech demo at work. Want to die. Or kill. That would work too. |
| 09:42 |
Farmers vs. miners, or how the financial markets distort software and every other kind of company. http://tinyurl.com/3hn76ph |
| 20:00 |
If you haven't seen the trailer for When Harry Met Sally 2, watch it. Now. I'll wait. http://bit.ly/hJ4bfe (You're welcome.) |
| 20:08 |
Just planned a road trip to Crater Lake for July. After two previous attempts, maybe this time I'll actually see the lake! |
| 21:54 |
@counternotions What about Harry Chapin's Taxi? That had a sequel. |
| 21:55 |
Oh, @MythBusters! How I have missed you! |
| 21:59 |
@counternotions And Snoopy vs. The Red Baron had a couple of sequels. |
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2011-04-06
| 08:25 |
Mike Huckabee, defender of transparent government, destroyed all 12 years of his records as AR governor. Paranoid much? http://bit.ly/fNSq9n |
| 10:13 |
Article in OSNews repeats the now discredited tale of the Osborne Effect. OSNews: http://bit.ly/i3jHDK Rebuttal: http://bit.ly/e041Ho |
| 12:16 |
Huh. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University got more Federal money last year than NPR. Bigotry beats balance, I guess. http://bit.ly/ffhqyd |
| 14:18 |
Hey, @SJRep! Answer your damn phone! |
| 14:25 |
Finally got through! Bought my ticket for @reduced Sports at @SJRep in June. Umm, just how risky is it to be in the front row for this one? |
| 14:26 |
Also bought a ticket for One Man Star Wars in July, also at @SJRep. With that title, how could I not? |
| 21:28 |
HD video. DVD or Blu-Ray. 2GB memory. It's... a Commodore 64? http://bit.ly/gn3wm4 |
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2011-04-05
2011-04-04
| 06:42 |
I briefly considered buying a ticket for the Charlie Sheen #winning tour when it got to SF. But sanity prevailed, as it occasionally does. |
| 16:18 |
An iPad stand for those too retro to use an iPad: http://bit.ly/fTLqYK |
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2011-04-03
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