On TiVo Top 10 Moments of Games Agony of Defeat Wins Out
Canadian skater Marie-France Dubreuil slamming to the ice was the most instant replayed moment of the games
28 February 2006
27 February 2006
Mock Trial
I watched the series finale of Arrested Development again over the weekend, and I can’t stop laughing at Judge Reinhold’s court show Mock Trial with J. Reinhold and the show’s band “William Hung and His Hung Jury.”
24 February 2006
Teaster posted for Spider-Man 3 released
Teaster posted for Spider-Man 3 released
That’s not a black and white photo. He’s wearing a black spidey suit. You know what that means.
23 February 2006
Google Page Creator
It’s free, you can make static webpages with it, and generates pretty clean HTML.
22 February 2006
Daring Fireball: The Safari Shell Script Execution Exploit
Daring Fireball: The Safari Shell Script Execution Exploit
“It boils down to this: you can’t safely double-click files from untrusted sources, and you never could. This is no different today on Mac OS X 10.4 than it was a decade ago on Mac OS 8 and 9.”
All Google's Roads Lead to Kansas
All Google’s Roads Lead to Kansas
Wired story about the farm that’s at the very center of Google Maps from its default position.
19 February 2006
NEWSARAMA.COM: JEPH LOEB ON "SAM's STORY"
NEWSARAMA.COM: JEPH LOEB ON “SAM’s STORY”
Beautiful, sad story about how the comic book world came together to honor Jeph Loeb’s son, Sam, who died of cancer at 17.
17 February 2006
16 February 2006
Skiing
I’ve begun to hate watching the men’s Olympic skiing events. Not because I don’t like skiing, but because of the voice. There’s some coach on that team who’s always yelling “you can do it” or “go get ‘em” or “come on, boy” at the players right before they start, and I can’t stand him.
15 February 2006
Boing Boing: Why Publishing Should Send Fruit-Baskets to Google
Boing Boing: Why Publishing Should Send Fruit-Baskets to Google
Good piece by Cory Doctorow on Google Book Search.
14 February 2006
mediabistro: Another Look At The New CNNI
mediabistro: Another Look At The New CNNI
Super simple on-screen graphics.
Gmail: Help Center - Can I use emoticons?
Gmail: Help Center - Can I use emoticons?
Gmail’s emoticon list. Personally I prefer them in all their ASCII glory rather than the graphical versions.
The World is Watching | Spread Firefox
The World is Watching | Spread Firefox
Firefox now claims 10% of the worldwide marketshare.
13 February 2006
Olympic Schedule
Bravo to NBC for showing a replay of the primetime Olympics block every night at 1:30 AM. It solves the problem of having to decide between watching the Olympics and other networks’ primetime shows, like 24, which is new tonight. Most of the time networks go for an all or nothing approach. Admitting that some people might not watch your show and showing a rerun that night lets those people see it, along with anyone who happens to work during primetime instead of having to watch infomercials.
10 February 2006
Arrested Development Finale Tonight
A reminder: the final four episodes of Arrested Development air tonight on Fox. If you hadn’t realized how much Fox inexplicably hates that show, witness that it will be directly competing with the Olympic opening ceremonies. In other words, two of television’s funniest hours all year will almost certainly lose ratings to two of television’s most boring.
Half-Life 2 Rube Goldberg Device
There are some things video games let you do in a perfect way that you couldn’t ever do in real life. Like, say, build a Rube Goldberg device that involves blowing things up and killing mutants.
The case of the plane and conveyor belt (kottke.org)
The case of the plane and conveyor belt (kottke.org)
Forgot to link to this yesterday.
09 February 2006
08 February 2006
Google Talk
With the coming integration of chat into Gmail, I figured I’d give Google Talk a whirl. Almost everyone uses AIM, I know, but if you want to catch me, I’ll be signed into Google Talk for a few days. My username is my email address.
Using it so far for all of one chat, it’s a nice client. First, it’s simple, which is key. Second, I like the pop-up notification they use, at least on the Windows version. I like that it filled in a friends list for me from my most-emailed Gmail contacts. I even like that it can auto-log all the conversations in Gmail, creepy though that may be.
There’s little chance I’ll use it from home, but if I do, I’ll be using this method to use Google Talk with iChat.
Super Bowl XL Commercials on Google Video
Super Bowl XL Commercials on Google Video
I didn’t really find any of the Super Bowl ads to be very memorable this year, but here they are.
Apple - iTunes - Billion Songs Countdown
Apple - iTunes - Billion Songs Countdown
I can’t stop watching the scrolling album thing.
The Legend of Zelda: The Complete Animated Series (DVD) | Gamers With Jobs
The Legend of Zelda: The Complete Animated Series (DVD) | Gamers With Jobs
Ah how fondly I remember this series. Ah how off I’m sure my memories are.
07 February 2006
The Wisdom of Parasites. The Loom: A blog about life, past and future
The Wisdom of Parasites. The Loom: A blog about life, past and future
Holy crap a parasite that creates zombie cockroaches.
03 February 2006
Culture's magnetic forces | csmonitor.com
Culture’s magnetic forces | csmonitor.com
Top 10 shared cultural experiences in America today.
The iPod Ecosystem
Apple sold an average of one iPod per second last year. For every $3 spent on an iPod, $1 is spent on an accessory.
01 February 2006
Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo Trailer Collection - Google Video
Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo Trailer Collection - Google Video
Seven and a half minutes of footage.
100 Best First Lines from Novels
100 Best First Lines from Novels
In high school, at academic team matches, if the category was “famous first lines,” we’d always buzz in before hearing the first question with the response, “Moby Dick.” Sometimes it was “A Tale of Two Cities,” but Moby Dick is a pretty good bet.