Aug
30
Prank of the week
August 30, 2007 | 2 Comments | Email
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Welcome to Cleveland.
As the story goes, several years ago some folks were chatting about the high volume of small aircraft traffic that flew overhead each day to a nearby municipal airport. They decided to welcome the travelers with a sign painted on the roof of a large building. The punchline…
This was in Milwaukee.
(Google […]
Aug
29
Yahoo Pipes and my iTunes
August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment | Email
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Filed under: Technology, Web, Blog, Podcasts, Usability
(Web geekery ahead. You have been warned.)
I’ve recently played around with Yahoo Pipes, a feed aggregation and manipulation service provided by Yahoo, (here’s a yahoo or wikipedia explanation of the service) to manipulate some of my iTunes feeds to more easily update my little green Shuffle. You see, I have a handful of […]
Aug
28
Gonzales to US, “You all can suck it, I’m outta here.”
August 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment | Email
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Filed under: Political, Current Affairs
Alberto Gonzales, seen here just before he snuck out the back door of the White House to chug some PBRs at a local Hooters with Rove and Rumsfeld, stepped down from the office of Attorney General.
Remember that bus I spoke about last week? Well, if you’ve still got some gas in it, I’d suggest […]
Aug
26
The Son of Spam Poetry
August 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment | Email
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Got this one a few days ago. Gmail is getting so good at filtering my spam, I have to go looking for the Spam Poetry in my junk mail folder to post.
A like fry resolution of thanks to the presidents sign of grubby the various sittings of the congress. Looking back on that time, I […]
Aug
26
William Gibson, Frank Oz and Joss Whedon
August 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment | Email
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Filed under: Film, Books, TV, Writing
The fathers of Wintermute, Cookie Monster and Buffy the Vampire Slayer are interviewed at the Onion’s AV Club this month.
Here are links to their specific interviews: William Gibson, Frank Oz and Joss Whedon
Good stuff. Enjoy.
-Dave
Aug
24
BarCamp Houston
August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment | Email
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Filed under: Technology, Web, Design, Communication, Media, Usability
I’m headed to BarCamp Houston tomorrow. I hope to hang with my fellow tech-heads and learn a thing or two.
I’m mostly interested in the design & usability sessions, but I’m also interested in the sessions about presenting content and team building. It’s been tough to recruit good web designers in this town, so maybe they […]
Aug
23
Split Personality
August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment | Email
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Filed under: Photography
Happy Friday, Folks!
-Dave
Aug
22
Finnish YMCA cover
August 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment | Email
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Filed under: Music, Film
Is this not the greatest thing you’ve ever seen in your life? The bassist looks like he just got done killing someone and then rushed to this gig. Here’s the link to the movie just in case the player doesn’t work for you.
From BoingBoing.
-Dave
Aug
20
Home again, home again, jiggity jig.
August 20, 2007 | 1 Comment | Email
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I’m back in Houston after a great time in Indianapolis. I got to see some old friends (John, Greg, Scott) and take in all the crazy sites that make GenCon the premier nerd-fest that it is.
Well, it’s time to pack away my chainmail bikini until next year. Hope you all enjoyed the photos.
-Dave
Aug
20
GenCon Day 4 (final day)
August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment | Email
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Filed under: Vacation, Photography, Games









