August 2009
A Boy And His Blob Preview: You Will Fail... →
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This game was one of the most frustrating (also, Kid Chameleon) of my childhood…I’d love to play it. Too bad it’s coming for Wii. My Wii will be sold in a few days. Too little,…
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Haha.
Saving Emails Flowchart →
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instapaper, great solution for this. Now with an iphone app for off network reading
Sometimes I wonder how obnoxious the term “TGIF” must be for someone who doesn’t…
"Found In The Noose Of The Fountain Of... →
From Jerm IX: “the first two lines from this piece are from a suicide note i wrote in jail at 16. i have found solace in letting go of my darkest pains on the streets in the form of…
FCC now inquiring about AT&T's involvement... →
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Yay! Now let’s see if the gov’t (FCC) or lobbyists (Google’s) actually do something useful.
Yeah, we’re pretty much all peeved by Apple suddenly ejecting all traces of…
July 2009
“A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.” (via ESPN of all places…seems applicable, tho)
Strongly Recommend: Food, Inc. →
I wasn’t intending to post on this. Robert Kenner’s documentary Food Inc. has been widely and well reviewed (NYTimes review here). And frankly, there’s almost nothing in this movie…
What If: The top 10% of the writers at the NYTimes... →
“…earlier today I got a glimpse at what AOL is up to - they are hiring all the journalists being fired and laid off by the newspapers and magazines. And they now have a news room 1,500 journalists…
Firefox Reaches One Billion Total Downloads... →
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Congrats to the Firefox team! Death to IE! :)
From its earliest incarnation as a pared-down Netscape rewrite to its current browser share of nearly 30 percent, Firefox has…
New afternoon free paper, hawked by kids shouting... →
“With t.o.night, you too can remember the good old days, when Mom, Dad, Junior, Little Suzy, and Skip would all sit around the radio and listen to blogs on the Internet.” The solution to the…
Homeland Security Cuts Newspaper/Magazine... →
BullJustin writes in to alert us to the news that the Department of Homeland Security is cutting subscriptions to paper newspapers and magazines, cutting $47,160 from the budget over the next two…
CrunchPad coming in November with built-in 3G... →
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If this is true, then the battle between the CrunchPad and the rumored Apple tablet-thing could be fun. Hell, it’ll be fun if they beat Apple to it.
Last we heard,…
AMC Theatres Pull Movie Listings From Washington... →
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We all knew it was coming, but it’s really becoming more evident that newspapers are dying fast.
Remember back when you used to check the local newspaper for movie listings? To be…
I may have the gassiest puppy ever.
Watching “Carnivale.” This was such a good show.
People outside singing “Paranauê, paranauê, paraná” I went to the window thinking “Only the Strong,” but no capoeira. :( Netflixing it.
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Student sues Amazon after Kindle eats his homework →
It seems we have yet another reason to volley complaints in Amazon’s directions. 17-year old high school Justin Gawronski had apparently been taking electronic notes and annotations on…
Going to clean up and pack up the Wii for selling. It’s so rarely used. Hmm…Will Craigslist or CEX yield more $?
#horizonrealty is responsible for @the404 getting posted late today :) At least it posted in time for my evening commute.
David Pogue’s Take Back the Beep Campaign →
David Pogue: Last week, in The Times and on my blog, I’ve been ranting about one particularly blatant money-grab by U.S. cellphone carriers: the mandatory 15-second voicemail instructions.
Also…
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girl gets answer very wrong - angry asian... →
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girl gets answer very wrong - angry asian man
“Cowardly.” «Looks over to red-headed girl, laser eyes of death». In my head, anyway.
Is Apple Suggesting That The DMCA Prevents... →
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Jailbreak = terrorism according to Apple. But they continue to bungle the App Store with bullshit rejections, labyrinthine submission process, and bending over backwards to protect…
Minigore Hits The App Store, $0.99 →
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I’ve been waiting for this game since the gameplay vids were published weeks ago.
Today Minigore [App Store] from Mountain Sheep and Chillingo was released for $0.99! You…
NYC Grid →
Not actually a resource for typographic grids in New York City, but rather “a photo blog dedicated to exploring and discovering the City of New York block by block and corner by corner. Updated…
My (admittedly old) MacBook is able to charge again! Thanks to @allen099!
Dear Steve, Please Fix the App Store Approval... →
Dear Mr. Jobs,
In all of these months since the app store launched, I’ve been hesitant to be negative of Apple and the app store approval process. Developers have responded passionately and…
EGM Writer Passes Away [R.i.p.] →
Andrew Baran, former writer at Electronic Gaming Monthly and EGM2/Expert Gamer, passed away on July 26 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. On Baran’s own 1Up page, he wrote this about…
"If John Travolta quits Scientology, I will buy... →
“If John Travolta quits Scientology, I will buy every one of his movies, except for Battlefield Earth.” - This guy on a blog post about Travolta considering leaving Scientology
Unofficial Rules of the App Store →
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This sort of “don’t break the unpublished rules” is why the App Store sucks.
New weblog devoted to “unpublished rules and clarifications from Apple’s App Review team that can cause…
A Man’s Home Is His Constitutional Castle →
Christopher Hitchens on Henry Louis Gates’s arrest: It is the U.S. Constitution, and not some competitive agglomeration of communities or constituencies, that makes a citizen the sovereign of his…
AT&T’s Special Treatment of the iPhone →
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Of all of the ridiculous App Store rejections, this one pisses me off. I recently decided to use my GVoice number as my primary number because of the iPhone app that was coming…
How it feels to be sued for filesharing →
When I contemplate the above sum, I have to remind myself what I’m being charged with. Investment fraud? An attack against the government? No. I shared music. And refused to cave
To a certain…
Update: It Was AT&T →
I just posted the following correction to today’s earlier piece on the Google Voice/App Store thing: Well, so much for my speculation. A reliable little birdie has informed me that it was indeed…
Is AT&T behind the rejection and removal of... →
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I had already begun distributing my GVoice number to people in anticipation of the iPhone app…now what?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Wireless, Bad Apple, iPhone,
NY transit and traffic status on Twitter →
Get traffic and transit updates for NY on Twitter…including NYC subway lines! There are separate accounts for the 123, ACE, JMZ, 456, BDFV, LS, 7, G, and NQRW. (via @bobulate…
Another reason to continue jailbreaking iPhone…GV Mobile Available for Free on Cydia http://bit.ly/1aCzs4
True blood is such a good show!
(636): just saw a guy try to order... →
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I wonder if this guy was behind me in line…
(636): just saw a guy try to order booze in his coffee at 8 am.
Totally agree… RT thedayhascome: Monday makes me wish I had more middle fingers.
How To Disappear Completely. - Sage →
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Moar liek NSAT&T amirite? →
AT&T appears (NSFW, may disappear) to be blocking access to 4chan’s /b/ board. You can check your personal connectivity here (SFW).
AT&T was centrally involved with the Bush…
Report: AT&T Blocking 4chan →
AT&T has filtered /b/. There have been multiple confirmed reportings that 4chan is not accessible by people using AT&T as an ISP. This is called censorship. AT&T does not have the right to filter…
Palm Pre drops to $99 at Best Buy →
Interesting — just a couple days after Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told a conference that “it’s too early to tell” if the Pre’s a hit while talking about Android, the latest Best Buy ad shows…
British health officials reported 100,000 new... →
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Looking for an exit. Having trouble finding one and getting berated for it.
(870): Why did I wake up this... →
(870): Why did I wake up this morning with 10 tally marks on my hand and a penis drawn on my tits?
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Hockey stick gets longer, stronger: Earth hotter... →
Hockey stick gets longer, stronger: Earth hotter now than in past 2,000 years
Sat night is another dud. Thankfully @waitwait is keeping me entertained. @petersagal goes street..”you are my peeps” he says. Love the show