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Could someone get me one of these?

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Seriously, these are awesome: Shirts For Coders. I mean, yeah, you need to be a hardcore geek (like the guy in my tattoo post a while back) but I am a hardcore geek!
My favorite:

Reblog: Big Contrarian on the marked man

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Really great mention of an article by GQ on Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Christian bishop. Jack Shedd picked out a really great quote to pull, and I’m going to echo it here:
(A) man of the cloth who doesn’t seem to communicate so much as embody his love of God; […] a disciple whose elevation […]

The most awesome political campaign ever.

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Seriously, go check it out. And if you life in Kansas, help the guy out & maybe you’ll improve your sociopolitical state of being.
Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner

Silence is golden

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And now, from the land of awesome, I present to you: The Cloak Of Silence.
Seriously, this is an article about some new materials that scientists have developed that can just completely shut out sound. Too cool.
(Via BBC News)

Reblog: Calculating rent vs. buy

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Rent or Buy Calculator Helps You Decide Which Is Best:

The New York Times Rent or Buy Calculator compares the cost of renting versus buying your home to determine which is a better money move in the long run. Give it your monthly rent, the projected price of buying a house, mortgage rate, and property tax, and […]

Reblog: Rats & Sinking Ships

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Fake Steve on the NBC-Zune Deal:
‘It’s the first time I’ve seen rats swimming toward a sinking ship.’

(Via ★ Daring Fireball by way of Fake Steve Jobs.)

A politician’s last-ditch effort

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Saw this post on Deus Ex Malcontent a few days ago, just now mentioning it. It is, in turn, a link to this article on the Huffington Post. Quite an interesting read, hopefully it signals the end of this damn circus that is this year’s Democratic Party.

Resizing images via php … hawt

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Just stumbled across this while updating my copy of Greased Lightbox, a fantastic GreaseMonkey script (for all you Firefox users out there.) It’s called Smart Image Resizer, and it’s a great piece of PHP that can resize images on the fly without modifying the original. Very very cool.

Reblogged: Totally geeky pants

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Seriously, this is amazing. Pants with a built-in keyboard, speakers, and mouse!

(Via Vous Pensez

Had to blog this before work

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Saw this link to Webleedesign, courtesy of @deanjrobinson, and had to mention myself that it is WAY too cool. Scroll down, and follow the site, then click that top link when you get to the bottom. Transparent PNGs and scripting and CSS oh my!

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I'm Jeff Byrnes, a bassist, web coder, avid reader, and Mac user. I'm currently employed by Apple as an iPod Genius at one of its retail stores, but I also code websites freelance part-time, and gig constantly for a rotating cast of bands.

This blog is primarily just a collection of my thoughts, although you can find links to my XHTML / CSS coding CV as well as my musical CV.

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