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I could never figure it out, either
March 20, 2008 – 11:20 pm
Completely out of the blue, the QM writes:
I’d long known that The Verve lost all their Bittersweet Symphony royalties due to allegedly ripping off the Rolling Stones’s Last Time. But I could never figure it out, since I don’t think there’s anything in LT that sounds like BS.
Then I finally found out that the [...]
Sounds pretty cool
March 18, 2008 – 3:15 pm
A sneak peak at Wordpress 2.5:
A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times sound interesting? Then WordPress 2.5 might be the release for you. It’s been in the oven for a while, and we’re finally ready to open the doors a bit [...]
Truth in advertising
March 8, 2008 – 1:08 am
Somewhere, an exhausted airbrush artist is taking a very well deserved nap.
…and we’re back!
March 8, 2008 – 1:01 am
Bet you didn’t even notice we were gone.
So anyway, Kelly at dreamhost fat-fingered the firewall and locked out a half-million customers, which wasn’t a big deal to me, but did lead me to head over to dreamhoststatus.com and have some fun snarking in the comments at all the whiny bastards who claim to be losing [...]
FMG9 (but they should call it “The Man-purse”)
March 5, 2008 – 10:56 am
Another vending machine item in Anarchotopia.
Dire prediction
March 3, 2008 – 10:48 pm
Hugh Hewitt:
Hillary will probably become the new Teddy K. –a lioness of the Senate, serving there until the end of days for most of us. She will even enjoy and perhaps earn a unique sort of authority, an uber “been-there-done-that” wisdom. If she ever writes a candid book, it will be riveting.
(my emphasis)
Bad [...]
Where was she when Larry Summers needed her?
March 2, 2008 – 7:11 pm
Charlotte Allen in the Washington Post, writing something that surely would not have been published during the Summers controversy:
“Women ‘Falling for Obama,’ ” the story’s headline read. Elsewhere around the country, women were falling for the presidential candidate literally. Connecticut radio talk show host Jim Vicevich has counted five separate instances in which women fainted [...]
Good news and bad news
February 28, 2008 – 5:16 pm
Assuming they’re both guilty of what the rumors say they’ve done, the upside is that they aren’t as stupid as they sound. The downside is that they’re even bigger scumbags than I’ve been assuming they are, if that’s even possible. And if the Clinton campaign’s denials are true, well, that means in addition to being [...]
Slippery slope, indeed
February 27, 2008 – 3:45 pm
David Levy:
…the first place to legalize marriage with robots will be Massachusetts, where liberal jurisdiction and high-tech meet.
Heck, I predict we’ll even legalize marriage with gay robots!
(I leave the inevitable riffs on Azimov as an exercise to the reader)
Suburban reclamation project
February 18, 2008 – 6:57 pm
Well, the switcheroo of the office and the living room progresses - lots of crap has been moved, the network is up again, etc. Aches and pains have just necessitated a beer break. I anticipate an additional Vindaloo-related break shortly, as well.
Snarking at BoBos
February 15, 2008 – 11:28 am
Stuff white people like:
#41 Indie Music
If you want to understand white people, you need to understand indie music. As mentioned before, white people hate anything that’s “mainstream” and are desperate to find things that are more genuine, unique, and reflective of their experiences.
Fortunately, they have independent music.
A white person’s iPod (formerly CD collection) is not [...]
Barack de Bergerac
February 13, 2008 – 12:12 am
Dean Barnett, on the difference between Teleprompter Obama and Note Card Obama:
What was especially noteworthy about his Virginia speech were the diversions Obama took from the prepared text. Because of Obama’s improvised moments, this speech was different than the usual fare he offers. We didn’t get the normal dosages of post-partisanship or even “elevation.” Virtually [...]
Quote of the day
February 12, 2008 – 11:16 am
Asia Times:
Violence is oozing through the cracks of European society like pus out of a broken scab.
Ha!