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Reblog: John Cleese on Sarah Palin

Oct 15, ’08 9:32 PM

John Cleese on Sarah Palin (via Amber’s Twitter)

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Reblog: Sony and crapware

Jul 21, ’08 5:44 PM

Sony’s Amazing Crapware-Free PC:

Ed Bott:

Sony is finally taking on its crapware problem. For the past two months, I’ve been using an astonishingly light and agile Sony VAIO notebook and loving every minute of it. The best part of all was that this machine was absolutely, completely, unequivocally crapware-free, which meant I was able to be productive within a few minutes of unboxing.

Good for Sony, but Bott’s enthusiasm is like being amazed after buying a sandwich that wasn’t spit in.

‘…’

Absolutely hilarious.

(Via Daring Fireball.)

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Domain shortcuts on the iPhone/iPod Touch

Jul 18, ’08 6:27 PM

Courtesy of Lifehacker comes this nice little tidbit:

An image of the iPhone's expanded domain shortcut.

iPhone/iPod touch only: The iPhone has sported a .com keyboard shortcut for making quick work of URLs in Mobile Safari since it was released, but reader George points us to an expansion to this keyboard shortcut that can save tons of time for entering email addresses and non-.com URLs. First, in Mobile Safari, just hold down the .com button for a second to see other domain options (namely .net, .edu, and .org). Second, when the keyboard has the @ symbol but no .com key, you can hold the ‘.’ (period) key to get the same domain shortcuts—something that comes in especially handy when you’re manually entering email addresses or filling in login credentials in new apps. I’m not sure if this keyboard shortcut is an iPhone 2.0 feature or something that was added when hold-for-accents was added for international language support, but it’s definitely one to know. Thanks George!

(Via Lifehacker)

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Reblog: Deux Ex Malcontent’s Sunday Sacrilege [nsfw]

Jun 8, ’08 3:55 PM

[EDIT: Seems the video was taken down some time ago. Sorry y’all!]

Chez over at Deux Ex Malcontent has an ongoing series of great stuff that’s amazing in its utter disregard for all things religious in nature. This particular one though, is a real gem. And in case you missed it, this is most definitely NSFW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL2d6s2CJEc

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Reblog: 50 Things Everyone Should Know

Jun 7, ’08 2:31 AM

Awesome list. Thankfully, I’ve somehow managed to learn many of these, which is pretty f’ing excellent. Some favorites include:

  • #3 – Use Google Effectively – Google knows everything. If you’re having trouble finding something with Google, it’s you that needs help.
  • #5 – Drive a Manual Transmission Vehicle – There will come a time when you’ll be stuck without this knowledge.
  • #16 – Travel Light – Bring only the necessities. It’s the cheaper, easier, smarter thing to do.
  • #17 – Handle the Police – Because jail isn’t fun — and neither is Bubba.
  • #20 – Swim – 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. Learning to swim might be a good idea.
  • #28 – Give a Compliment – It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give someone, and it’s free.
  • #30 – Listen Carefully to Others – The more you listen and the less you talk, the more you will learn and the less you will miss.
  • #31 – Recite Basic Geography – If you don’t know where anything is outside of your own little bubble, most people will assume (and they are probably correct) that you don’t know too much at all.
  • #35 – Flirt Without Looking Ridiculous – There is a fine line between successful flirting and utter disaster. If you try too hard, you lose. If you don’t try hard enough, you lose.
  • #38 – Make a Good First Impression – Aristotle once said, “well begun is half done.”
  • #49 – Hold a Baby – Trust me, injuring a baby is not what you want to do.

(Via 50 Things Every Fcukin’ Person Should Know)

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Reblog: Flight of the Conchords ftw

May 28, ’08 11:12 PM

I meant to post this a few days ago, but here it is for your listening & viewing pleasure:



(Via Jared Moran)

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Reblog: Minimum 50 grading? I wish I was joking

May 22, ’08 5:54 PM

I’m on a huge Daring Fireball kick recently, it seems. Gruber’s just got me goin’! This time he quotes an article from USA Today reporting on “minimum 50″ grading policies:

Their argument: Other letter grades — A, B, C and D — are broken down in increments of 10 from 60 to 100, but there is a 59-point spread between D and F, a gap that can often make it mathematically impossible for some failing students to ever catch up.

“It’s a classic mathematical dilemma: that the students have a six times greater chance of getting an F,” says Douglas Reeves, founder of The Leadership and Learning Center, a Colorado-based educational think tank who has written on the topic. “The statistical tweak of saying the F is now 50 instead of zero is a tiny part of how we can have better grading practices to encourage student performance.”

Gruber goes on to say:

This is so profoundly stupid it’s hard to believe it isn’t from The Onion. That F covers 0–59 doesn’t make it six times more likely that a student will get an F than any other grade, unless test scores are based on random numbers rather than actual performance.

I couldn’t agree more. If that statement by Reeves were true, then many more students would be failing exams throughout all the levels of school. Instead, most students pass at some level, even if it is just barely. Some time after posting, he did edit his post to clarify:

Update: Clearly, when you’re talking about what to do with grades lower than 50, you’re dealing with students who need help. Maybe this “minimum 50″ policy is a good way to do that; I don’t know. What I’m saying is stupid is this Reeves fellow’s argument about it being a “classic mathematical dilemma”.

(Via ? Daring Fireball by way of USA Today)

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Reblog: Gruber on things us musicians have known for years

May 20, ’08 6:13 PM

John Gruber, one of my favorite writers, opines this in reference to this article by Saul Hansell, in a report for the NYT Bits Blog on current negotiations between Apple and the major music labels:

So let’s get this straight. The music labels think we should pay more for a song downloaded from a server that isn’t theirs, over a network that isn’t theirs, because, well, just because. One gets the feeling that, if given the chance, music executives would just hire thugs to mug anyone on the street wearing white earbuds.

Sadly, the music industry is still one of the most corrupt businesses around, seeking to do the most profitable thing in the short term, instead of investing in its customers or striving to create new business models. The looming threat of the truly independent musician to the old world order of the music label makes them grasp even tighter to hang on to what they can. I realize we’ve heard this all before, but when put so frankly like Gruber has, I cannot help but add my own two cents.

(Via ★ Daring Fireball)

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Reblog: More Prolific Squalor

May 5, ’08 12:41 PM

Burger King is never a good idea

A: Why do I sometimes think that Burger King is a good idea?
B: Burger King is never a good idea
A: Well, it has now become a part of me.
A: That’s right: they were filming one of their commercials, and the King raped me.

(Via A Prolific Squalor)

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Reblogged: Totally geeky pants

May 4, ’08 2:59 PM

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

Keyboard pants

(Via Vous Pensez

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