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Category: General
Moderate Rejoicing
And lo, there was moderate rejoicing throughout the land, as news that the Veronica Mars Season Three episode order has been extended again, pushing the fears of cancellation yet further back: Just heard from Rob Thomas, and the CW has given “Veronica Mars” a back seven instead of the traditional back nine. This is obviously brand-new information for them, so… Read more →
My media problem
OK, I have a problem, and I am looking for some creative suggestions for dealing with it. Here’s the problem: Essentially, my CDs are taking up too much space. I have this same problem with lots of other things–I have hundreds and hundreds of linear feet of bookshelves, etc–but CDs are a special case in that I almost never actually… Read more →
Right out of a movie
This story on its own is just a kind of amusing “life imitates cliche” thing: Man Says Bibles in Pocket Stopped Bullet, Florida Man Says Two Small Bibles in His Shirt Pocket Stopped Bullet, Saving His Life – CBS News A 54-year-old Orange Park man credits two small Bibles in his shirt pocket for saving his life when they stopped… Read more →
While You Were Out…
So, I’m back. A great vacation. Seeing the various aquariums, zoos, museums, etc through the eyes of a two-year old really brightens them up. Hell, just riding the Red Line from Alewife into downtown Boston suddenly becomes an adventure. As I’m catching up on all this stuff that happened while I was away, I see that my friends have had… Read more →
Vacation Note #2: Tower Records Going Out Of Business Sale, &c
I’ve been coming to Boston several times a year for work for something like 13 years now. There are several pockets of the greater Boston area that I know really, really well. One such pocket is the area between exits 27 (Waltham) and 32b (Burlington) on I-95 (or “the 128” when you talk to natives.) In the 13 years I’ve… Read more →
Vacation Note #1: Double-check Manny’s work.
While Manny may seem like a very nice guy, especially after you’ve been driving for 12 hours and just want a hotel room to lie down in, you should really take the time to double check his work. For example, when you say “Hubley, Nova Scotia”, Manny apparently hears “Monterey, California”. And, perhaps more importantly, when you say “King, No… Read more →
On Vacation
OK, not really fishing, but spending a lot of time with the family this week, and not thinking about work AT ALL. I may have time to blog in the evenings, or I may be too exhausted from family fun. Don’t expect much, and it will be a (pleasant?) surprise if I have time to post something. Read more →
A More Explicit Punctuation?
That’s the “irony mark“, one of a set of proposed additions to punctuation. Others proposed include the doubt point (), certitude point (), acclamation point (), authority point (), indignation point (, essentially ¡), and love point ( or ). On the one hand, I think the idea of punctuation that can be used to explicitly distinguish some “attitude” aspects… Read more →
A congeries of iridescent globes
(Pi, originally uploaded by [P!]Wack.) This graphical representation of pi sure looks like an autostereogram to me. If you click through and look at the large version, and then sort of relax your eyes, you can faintly start to hear a soft chanting of “Y’Ai’Ng’Ngah Yog-Sothot H’Ee-L’Geb F’Ai Trhodog Uaaaah“. If at that point an image of a veil parting… Read more →
Educate yourself.
You know, if you manage to avoid spam, porn, and piracy, there are lots of ways to communicate with intelligent people and educate yourself on the internet. The classic example, of course, would be academics. Improving communication amongst academics was one of the first purposes of the internet. Ironically most of the journals are locked up behind a copyright wall–journal… Read more →
Unless Your Name is ‘Windsor’
She has jeans?
I know what you’re thinking: that’s a bit “not safe for work”, isn’t it? Well, you can’t blame me on that one–I’ve got it on good authority that it’s fine. At least for Australians: Controversial Lee Jeans Ad Declared Acceptable by the Board In an astonishing development Lee Jeans’ controversial ‘Lolita’ advertisement campaign for spring-summer 2006, has been declared acceptable… Read more →
Recommended Listening: Absolute Power
This week’s listening material in the car has been the BBC Radio 4 series Absolute Power. The series stars Stephen Fry and John Bird as former BBC executives who lose their BBC jobs and start up a “government media relations” firm. The core conceit is that they take on “image relaunches” and media campaigns for things that are impossible to… Read more →
White, check. Nerdy, check.
UPDATE: As Mr. Rowe points out below, the RIAA has had YouTube pull this video. Creative people will still be able to find copies at the usual sources. My friend GeorgeWho, while no longer “Undead” probably still does look like a burned-out truck driver much older than he actually is, and who is possibly wearing a work t-shirt with an… Read more →
