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Everyone has their sources for material, the coveted ubersites we depend on to give us special mojo that impresses other people. There’s one place I depend on more than any other, B3TA. Every week Rob Manuel and friends send an email update that I inevitably end up chopping to bits and IMing to all ofContinue reading “The best of B3TA”

I think one of the reasons the web is such a mish-mash of badly coded HTML and lazy programming is simply that the whole idea of compliancy lacks excitement and fun. What’s in it for me? If I work my ass off and pay attention to all the specs, I might just make the markContinue reading “Compliancy and standardization.. YUCK!”

Oh boy do I have lots to talk about. Most importantly, this weblog has moved over to my new web server, which will shortly be hosting Blogdex among other things. My lack of updates as of late has been due to two things: I was cramming for my general exam oral defense, which occurred lastContinue reading “OMG!! OMG!! Cameron made a post!!”

Some people have fond memories of their first bike or their first record player; I get that warm nostalgic feeling when I think about our family’s first portable computer. My dad purchased an Osborne 1 when I was only a wee little tike, a big monster of a suitcase box that used some mysterious thingContinue reading “Adam Osbourne dead at 64”

Dave Barry’s weekly column this week, titled Joking around with Oscar and Steve recounts the process of aiding Steve Martin in constructing his award show monologue. After receiving an email from Steve: Hi Dave, it’s Steve Martin. I’m hosting the Oscars this year and am trying to put together a team of geniuses to helpContinue reading “The art of making monologues”

The Center for Democracy and Technology has completed a controlled experiment in email address acquisition and use in unsolicited commercial emails (UCE). The methodology was simply to post new email addresses in a number of different public locations, and see how much spam each of these addesses receives. Their report, titled “Why Am I GettingContinue reading “Some real data on spam”

While I’m bogged down with generals preparation, instead of disappearing for two weeks I’ll inundate ya’ll with the best nuggets I come across. Last night I was reading Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition and having the spine-tingling experience of having someone communicate exactly the thoughts I’d been having over the past few weeks (only muchContinue reading “Speak to me Hannah”

The newest billboard on the interstate circuit is an advertisement for the recent Nissan “sport utility vehicle,” the Murano. Nissan is certainly trying to push some envelope with this car, which one I’m not entirely sure, but most probably the I-hope-to-god-I’m-not-going-to-that-future-futuristic envelope invented by the Pontiac Aztek. And the most striking feature of this uglyContinue reading “This ain’t no charade, moron”

For those of you who made it to SXSW this year, especially them people who I planned on meeting up with or attended my panel, I apologize. I had my shitkickers buffed and my wifi antenna packed, but due to financial constraints, I was unable to make it to Austin; it was quite a sadContinue reading “The tan, svelte Marlow”

I have to say, I have been skeptical about Friendster since I received my first spam many months ago. But when I was invited to join by one of my professors yesterday (given, he’s a social networks researcher), I couldn’t resist the temptation any longer. Of course I’m drooling over the data set, and workedContinue reading “I’m converted! Hallelujah!”