January 2009
99 posts
“Americans, let’s face it: We’ve been a spoiled country for a long...”
– Greg Giraldo in Lazyboy’s “Underwear Goes Inside The Pants”
A Krispy Kreme in Auburn is necessary
My cousin Kyle wrote a letter to the editor of the Auburn Plainsman. It’s quite funny and an excellent idea! The last line is my favorite.
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman:
Let me first congratulate you on a great newspaper.
Never a dull moment, the Plainsman keeps me updated on current University, local and foreign events.
What I want to discuss has nothing to do with football, with...
What real life bad habits has programming given... →
There is an interesting question posed over at StackOverflow (nerd site) about bad habits you have picked up from programming. The answers are pretty interesting but I have come up with a few of my own.
I type “!=” in chat conversations when I want to say “does not equal”
It drives me crazy to type “blah blah blah.” instead of “blah blah blah”. ...
WatchObama’s Weekly Address. I’m by no means an Obama Fanboy, like so many my age, but I will be watching this Vimeo Channel for his weekly addresses to the nation. (Plus its in HD!)
I am glad to see him embraceing technology rather than running from it. I hope, and believe, Obama will use technology to stay more in contact with the people and more transparent about government dealings.
“Women are an interesting bunch. I’ll make an analogy here, they’re...”
– Coach McGuirk from Home Movies
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mareen:
why hasn’t anyone thought of this before (me?!) because i remember googling lists like this all the time while writing something up.
I ♥ this!
What was your first job?
(meme via lfarm)
My first real job was for Bruster’s Ice Cream. I was a “scooper”. In order for us to have a car in high school our parents made us have a job. They figured, without a job, there was no reason we should need a car seeing as the bus could take us to school and they could drive us everywhere else. It was a good motivational tool. The job was fun, especially...
WatchThe Good Morning Birds. (via Vimeo)
How I woke up this morning.
“Yes. I should probably first speak about how adware works. Most adware targets...”
– Interview with an Adware Author
This is a quote from a guy that used to write adware for a living. If you are on windows and don’t already run firefox, I suggest you move to it. Get Firefox
Watchlivejamie:
Truck driver Joe Mansheim of Minnesota has an unusual assistant: a duck. Mansheim raised Frank from a duckling and now the duck accompanies him every day at work.
Joe and Frank chat often on the road. Joe complains about the traffic; Frank quacks. And driver and duck go about their business delivering construction materials throughout the Twin Cities for Elite Transportation...
Watchlotsofco:
Star Wars Retold by Someone Who Hasn’t Seen It
Hilarious. I played it for Tim (who hasn’t seen the entire original trilogy either, to my everlasting horror), and he said, “Well, at least I know that it’s Han Solo, not Hans.”
via Boing Boing
Mary hasn’t seen any of the Star Wars movies either. I wonder how she would describe them.
Watchsoxiam:
texasgentleman:
“…it’s as safe as crossing the street.”
where? electric avenue?
Amazing.
“NOTE: For eligible license types (Class C, CM, D and DM), a $5 discount applies...”
– At least the state has things together.
“There is a convenience fee of $2.25 for transactions less than $1000.00 and...”
– There is a convience fee to renew a vehicle online in Gwinnett County. A process that would reduce goverment spending by reducing infastructure and man power. However you can call on the telephone and have someone probably just enter it in the same system for you, with no fee.
Seeing as I now...
“He or she will be required to live in an oceanfront villa, undertake a range of...”
– The Greatest Job in the World They had over 200,00 applicants in 24 hours. Oh did I mention you live for 6 monts (rent free) in a multi-million dollar ocean front villa? Oh and get paid $150,000 AUD. (thanks Maria for the link)
WatchAnimoto is cool for making great slideshows with your pictures sync’d to music. I made this quick one with some of my Christmas photos.
WatchDemo of event browsing (via Vimeo)
