Wednesday, January 31, 2007
I just got Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by the Flaming Lips yesterday. Wow. I freakin’ love it.
It turns out I’d heard quite a few of the songs with reasonable frequency such as “Are You a Hypnotist,” “In the Morning of the Magicians,” and “Flight Test.” Having listened through the album several [...]
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Dang. It’s pretty tough to try improving several things at once. I’ve got…
1. Bible reading habits
2. Exercise
3. Learning a new scripting language
That’s in order of priority, but wow…it’s pretty humbling to realize just how far I have to go. In ALL THREE AREAS.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Beer! I finally started enjoying beer a few years ago, and since then I’ve always enjoyed trying out new ales and lagers at such fine establishments as Capital Ale House, and well, anywhere in Prague
Though much of what’s on Wikipedia is of dubious accuracy, I found their entry [...]
My boss sent this hilarious picture around:
Google Video just go a whole lot cooler by doing something I was eager to see after Google bought YouTube…
You see, I love YouTube, but I HATE their search capabilities. Google, on the other hand, lets you search by phrase and other excellent modifiers. Google Video now includes YouTube videos in the search [...]
Q: …
A: …
So yeah, I think you get the picture. Here, on the 10th Ask Dan, we see the pseudo-feature fall into dereliction. So if anyone else out there still things this is amusing, post your questions in the comments section, and I’ll pick one to answer next week!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
To all my dog food gangstas:
This delightfully succinct card can help you avoid direct vocal confrontation, and comes to you courtesy of the folks at Orange32.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Ford Motor Company today reported that it lost a record breaking…
TWELVE POINT SEVEN.
BILLION.
DOLLARS.
All this in the course of a year. That’s like losing the complete domestic economic output of Jamaica. So lets see…in 2006 Ford loses $12.7 Billion. In 2005, GM lost $10.6 Billion. This year, Toyota is almost unanimously expected [...]
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Dang, there really is some cool music coming out of Japan these days. An article in Slate Magazine explains how to sample some of the Asian hotness through iTunes, and after checking some out myself, I agree: it’s a real shame that certain elements of the music bidness prevent simple international music distribution - [...]
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Alright Nintendo, when are you going to open up the floodgates and start shipping more Wii units? I’ve got a serious craving for some new Legend of Zelda action!