2008

“…religious and family groups worried about the...”
— Ars Technica on filtering...

“We are aware that several automakers have purchased the GT-R...”
— Nissan in response to...

“We’re just as excited as you.” (via...

Bling, circa 1989. At least, it was for me.

Hahahaha Awesome.

Just noticed this little snippet in my tumblelog’s HTML. Note the Z-index: <!—...

Boy feeds Aussie zoo's animals to croc

peroty: I <3 Comcast… when it works. Yes, but I love...

On Flexibility

My old employer (a Fortune 100 company) issued all their developers desktops. While I was there, I...

Kids on Marriage

Lords Of Bacon

I will never understand: Why people search for such...

Apple drops (parts of) iPhone NDA

Top Gear Australia

yourdp: szymon: Lego V8 Engine Want!  Ditto.

This pretty much sums it up. (via whatson:jessicat)

I have an idea.

I want a prepaid wireless/cellular internet plan. I’d like to pay for a USB cellular modem,...

Cars 2 coming a year early in summer 2011

Goodbye, Pidgin.

So long Pidgin. I have finally left you for Digsby whilst at work and Adium whilst at home. You are...

Random memories from a geeky childhood

Watching the text fill the screen as the computer downloaded it in an early version of...

My MacBook running Windows XP, Ubuntu Hardy Heron, and...

Role Reversal

I’m inside ironing while my wife is outside mowing the lawn. Something seems… amiss. ...

Nifty Nintendo Ad on YouTube

They came out with a new Clue, subtitled Discover the...

Should a computer science degree require...

marco: But without ever learning C, you won’t know what some [fundamental] concepts _are_,...

Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” Ads - Made on a Mac

evanwalsh: superamit: From now on, I will always use...

Even punishment can be made more efficient with code.

Listen

“Could I actually charge this thing by plugging it into the...”
— Stephen Colbert to Bob Lutz,...

My desktop. Just because it’s so prrrrrrrrrrrrrty. ...

It's going to be a good fall

Upcoming: October 17: Elton John November 1: Vertical Horizon Acoustic (I’ve mentioned this...

Adviser says McCain helped create the...

8 Classic Movies That Got Away With Gaping...

Why I dislike USC

Aside from the unfair win over my alma mater to start the 2004 season due to a blown call by a ref...

smoothwheel - Firefox extension for smoother...

Tips for new Mac Users

So now that I’ve been a Mac user for about three months, clearly I’m an authority on all...

How to Argue about College Football: A Flow Chart (via...

folkinz: wow…now you can literally add ‘more cowbell’ to...

At the top of the picture above the battery is a metal...

A sign of the times: Vegas HUMMER dealer switching to SMART...

“I’ve never seen so many healthy people in my life!”
— Parking lot attendant during...

Revving powerful engines makes women feel...

GimmeSomeTune

P2P isn't the enemy of content providers......

Google in “leetspeak”. (via tinycyb)

British rally driver Colin McRae passed in a helicopter...

InstaMapper - Free Real-Time GPS Tracking

Geeky Thought of the Day

evanwalsh: Here’s the cost of 1GB of Storage over the past 22 years: 1986: $100,000 1990:...

“Does it strike you ironic that Dirty Sanchez plays for the...”
— The missus, UVA alum, talking...

Saw this on my way to getting the missus a surprise bagel...

OS X Tip: Combine PDFs using Preview

And it Begins

College Football season starts in earnest today. Suddenly, all is good and right in the world once...

Opentape makes RIAA feel stupid

What’s the opposite of “running late”?  Is it “running early”?  If...

Pregap

“Moving” by xkcd.  So true.

I’m famous!  I submitted this roughly a year ago. ...

Regarding OCD

Me: So are you Danny Tanner [from Full House]?
Sean: Sort of. Think Danny Tanner with regard to cleanliness, and Bob Saget when it comes to dirty, dirty jokes.

In Memory of Leroi Moore: 1961-2008.  :( x a gajillion. ...

One of several pictures of Lego Olympics (via /.)

An embodiment of the Olympic ideal, Phelps...

“It’s like Mustangs with the fake scoop. I would like...”
— Adam Carolla

Ready to eat canned bacon.  Apparently you can get a case of...

Man buys truck using $8k... in coins

“Under the traditional, capitalist, Adam Smithian model, new...”
— TIME on how Apple does it (via...

“Phone differentiation used to be about radios and antennas...”
— Steve Jobs on applications for...

The above pictures show one of my favorite differences...

InterfaceLIFT

“Phelps is Tiger in a Speedo.”
— Olympics Commentator

Realization

I pretty much survive on Diet Coke.

szymon: WAKE n’ BACON ?!? Awesome.

Apple patent for streaming music to...

The [iPod/iPhone] would sync the metadata associated with your music library at home—titles, album...

Tom's Hardware says Apple and PC prices are...

Apple's Malicious Applications List

When this Chinese restaurant prepped for English speaking...

Because just one kind of backup just...

Despite using rsync to automatically send all my pictures, music, and documents to my server...

He forgot week 50: “I’m tired of having to...

Note to self

Single Layer DVDs may have a claimed capacity of 4.7 gigabyes, but that’s base 10.  They only...

TumblePhone

New iPhone app Dynolicious turns an iPhone into a cheap...

Google Calendar and iCal can sync for free,...

For the life of me I couldn’t figure out why there wasn’t a...

Nissan GT-R Spec V specs revealed

Little known Linkin Park fact

[Bennington] even suggested the band change its name to “Lincoln Park,” after a public...

Reports Are Coming In: Top Gear America Looks...

Prof. Randy Pausch Passed Away :(

Interesting C# Note

As it turns out, if you have a situation like this: using (IDisposable foo = new foo()){throw new...

Virginia Tech building supercomputer out of...

3G iPhone Availability - Updated Every...

Nissan GT-R (via Autoblog)

Gizmodo is reporting that a MacBook Touch tablet may be...

“Nicholson played the Joker as crazy. Ledger played the Joker...”
— Commenter on /.

On the lack of a right mouse button

When I was debating taking the plunge and buying my first Mac, there were a few things that really...

What's the diff? McCain attacks Obama with...

Want to watch Top Gear in person? Prepare to...

I just picked this up yesterday for the MacBook.  I have a...

William Petersen leaving CSI

A picture of the ceiling of our office at home, as taken by...

Official Rock Band 2 Track List

ThisIsSand.com

How Things Change

Download Speed: 12986 kbps (1623.3 KB/sec transfer rate)Upload Speed: 14564 kbps...

“You have to do this because a race shown on telly with just...”
— Andy Wilman, producer of...

iPhone OS 2.0 Unlocked

iPhone 3G Disassembly

“Carol of the Bells” is one of the few—if not the only—Christmas song I can...

Listen

Well that's neat.

Facebook allows you (by way of Flash apparently) to use the MacBook’s built-in iSight camera...

New white-MacBook owner?

catbird: marco: Every 6-9 months, they’ll start turning brown from dirt and skin oils. Without the...

saramcpherson: Oh, Diet Coke, I love you in any...

Next BMW M5 will nix V10 in favor of...

iSlayer’s upcoming iPhone app allows you to monitor...

Mac 101 at The Unofficial Apple Weblog

“I’ve been saying this for years. We’ll be...”
— Commenter on /.