April edition of And all that Malarkey
Very nice temporary redesign by Andy Clarke. I love the old movie poster imagery he uses a lot. Looks great with the color scheme.
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Terri Schiavo has died
Now everyone can finally move on.
Everyone who freaked out on one side or the other can shut up and find something else to fight about. None of us knew what she wanted or had half a clue what was going on, yet you think you know better than everyone else.
Did she want to live? Did she want to die? You don't know and neither do I.
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You have died of dysentery
Now that's a funny t-shirt.
Man I loved Oregon Trail, I never had it at home. I was deprived.
(via Preshrunk)
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Do I know this girl?
Amanda is a Hooter's girl (well at least she didn't lie and say she's in med school) from New Braunfels in the Maxim Hometown Hotties contest. She looks familiar in the picture on the left, but I'm not sure. How come it'll say they're weight but not age, weird.
Any New Braunfelsinians recognize her?
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Mark Cuban wants to build the first all-digital theater empire
I think I'd seek out digital theaters if I had a choice. Since I'm in Dallas, maybe that'll happen sooner rather than later.
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Johnnie Cochran dead
Famed attorney Johnnie Cochran, perhaps best known for his defense of O.J. Simpson, died Tuesday afternoon after suffering from an inoperable brain tumor, his family said. He was 67.
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Mouse pad couch
That's thoroughly amusing. A good mousepad is really hard to find these days, mine at home has Reesey's picture on it.
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iPose.org
I'd vote for either Joy or Emily. Maddison's parents need to learn how to spell. Two d's in Madison. Ugh.
How come none of the girls are from Arizona (well one)? There must not be any cute girls in the entire state.
(via TUAW)
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Ars Technica reviews the PSP
Another glowing review. Want one yet?
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Morty Seinfeld dies at 82
Barney Martin, best known as Jerry's dad on Seinfeld died yesterday at the age of 82.
(via TVSquad)
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Jack Thompson, ignoring all reason and evidence, links Red Lake Shooting to games
Wow, I knew it would happen. Continual moron, Jack S. Thompson, has somehow ignored the fact that the kid was a neo-nazi who liked to create Flash animations of a person killing everyone then himself and is trying to blame the Red Lake shootings on Grand Theft Auto. You know, despite the fact that no one knows if the kid even played the game.
What more should we expect though from this guy.
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groundglass
Amazing photos on a daily basis. Somehow finds great shots like this one or this one. The photographer, Jonathan Day-Reiner, creates great shots out of amazing scenes, and has an uncanny ability to make ordinary things seem spectacular.
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Forever Geek
Good site for links to general geekery. Often overlaps with other sites I visit (probably because they're visiting the same sites I am), but does a much better job of posting cool links from other weblogs and small sites. Often has good links to stuff for programmers that I can't find elsewhere.
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Blog Maverick
Blog Maverick is a great site for open and honest discussion from a person you wouldn't normally be able to get that from. How many billionaire, CEO, NBA owners have a weblog where they come and talk so frankly about sports, technology, and world events?
His sports posts can sometimes be a little long and whiny, but almost every single post on technology is well-written and spot on. I definitely have a lot more respect for Cuban after reading his thoughts on things. He's really an intelligent and likable guy.
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Engadget
Engadget has supplanted Gizmodo as my main source for news on gadgets and consumer electronics. Updated almost non-stop during the week, it's an amazing resource for anybody obsessed with knowing about the latest and greatest gadgets that are out there.
Unlike Gizmodo, you can also comment and participate in the discussion that follows. Other readers will often provide more useful info or links. Despite the morons that come out anytime Macs or Microsoft or the Playstation 2 or the Game Boy Advance are mentioned, allowing for this interactivity is one of the reasons the site is so great.
I've turned half the office onto the site and now we're all wasting our days away there.
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PVRblog
Another great site from Matt Haughey, PVRblog does an amazing job reporting and discussing all PVR-related news. The site always seems to have PVR news before anyone else.
A site that all TiVo owners should bookmark immediately.
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ESPN Insider: Fantasy Games blog
I'd love to add this to my blogroll, but I can't because there's no freaking RSS feed. ESPN.com has feeds for just about everything, but for the few items they actually call blogs
they don't. Doesn't make much sense.
I'm guessing that since it's an Insider only feature, they don't want to be giving away the content. They could at least offer a feed with just the excerpts, it would encourage people to pay up to see the rest of the content and allow me to know when it was updated.
Oh well, if you're an ESPN Insider, then be sure to check them out because there's some great stuff in there. Fantasy sports junkies will especially enjoy it.
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Sony responds to PSP dead-pixel reports
I really can't decide what to do about the few dead pixels on my PSP. They're not too bothersome when playing games, but they're definitely visible during movies. Of course, for how expensive the thing is and how often/long I plan on using it, I'd rather not have any defects at all.
I guess I'll wait a couple weeks like Sony suggested, and then decide whether or not I should try to get a replacement.
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Sony PSP review
I've got to agree with everything, especially the highs and lows. I'm loving it, if Memory Stick Duo's were cheaper I'd definitely would use it for video and pictures. I haven't tried out the audio player yet, but I really don't need one.
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The non-typographer’s guide to practical typeface selection
Very good follow up to Cameron's typeface discussion during Design Eye.
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Detroit is a cess pool
The city of Detroit really just keeps outdoing itself.
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Penny Arcade on Lumines
My thoughts exactly.
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Credit card signature pranks
I've taken to half-assing my signature so much on those screens at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, etc. The ones on the self-checkouts are at like a freaking ninety degree angle, how am I supposed to write on that thing?
This guy took it a few steps further after he notices how long it's been since anyone's checked the signature. I could've told him that Circuit City was going to check, Best Buy does too. They check ID and the signature most of the time.
(via Authentic Boredom)
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The 10 Commandments of Freelancing
A list from Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer
of some very important things to remember if you're a freelance designer, probably the most important to me is number ten:
Thou shalt never miss a deadline! Be late with a job and chances are, that a particular art director will never call you again.
I've got a lot of work to do tonight to be ready for my meeting tomorrow. I think Christina and I will be able to handle it, and I'll stay up all night if I need to.
Definitely a book I'll check into soon.
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Put TiVo files onto PSP
Actually seems pretty simple. Just install one extra thing, add one line to the 3GP .ini file, and drag and drop. Sweet.
(via PVRblog)
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Backpack from 37signals
I've got no idea what it is, but I'm excited about it. That's what happens when you release things as useful and polished as Basecamp and Ta-da Lists.
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PSP Connect
A bunch of free videos already formatted to play on your new PSP as well as a tutorial on how to get videos onto the thing.
It's really kind of annoying that you have to name your files a particular way (M4VC0043.MP4
for example) and put them in a particular directory (the folder named 100MNV01
). They really should have included software to do that for you.
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Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade review
I really wanted this game when I saw the previews and screenshots a month or so ago, but now it's just getting average reviews. Metacritic has an average score of 72 for it. I need to read the IGN review, they gave it a slightly higher score and have a more in-depth write up. It still sounds fun, but maybe not worth $40.
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PlayStation Portable Launch Party
Photos and updates from the Joystiq and Engadget peeps at the PSP Launch Party.
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Saban open to Williams rejoining Dolphins
Still no real word on Ricky's feelings about returning, but it seems Nick Saban and the Dolphins would be open to it. The article actually claims they'd be open to having him and a top round pick like Cedric Benson in the backfield together. I can't imagine them still drafting a running back that early if he comes back.
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Bonds may miss entire season
Barry Bonds reportedly may miss the entire season because of his knee injury.
Maybe this is some sort of hush, hush steroid suspension? Jason Giambi missed almost all of last year, now this. Intersting.
Nice quote to point out why no one likes Bonds and wants him to go down:
You wanted me to jump off the bridge, I finally have jumped. You wanted to bring me down, you've finally brought me and my family down. Finally done it. From everybody, all of you. So now go pick a different person. I'm done. Do the best I can, that's about it.
Ummm, Barry we weren't the ones who brought your family down. It might have been your mistress of nine years.
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Postings to a neo-Nazi message board by the MN teen who killed 10 people
I'm sure they'll still try to blame this on Grand Theft Auto somehow.
(via Kottke)
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Daily Show on Elgin and Dr. Phil
I was going to do a full post with high quality video pulled off my TiVo, but after an hour of downloading ten different encoders, decoders, demuxers, and multiplexers and then another hour of actually trying to use it I just gave up. It really shouldn't have to be so damn hard.
It's funny, my parents are from Elgin, watch the freaking clip already.
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Brian is having a massage
In response to a day full of this I guess.
(via Kottke, who is having one too)
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Where's Durstan?
Ethan announced the release of Professional CSS at SXSW last week, and we soon realized that not only was Dunstan not on the cover, his name was misspelled Durstan.
I whipped up the new cover image on the right instead of paying attention to some crappy Flash panel and posted it at Malarkey's, and now everyone is having good fun playing Where's Durstan?
See if you can find him here, here, here, here here, or here.
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PSP Video 9
When combined with another application, Videora + PSP Video 9 form the first PSPcasting solution, allowing you to download, convert and copy video to your PSP, automatically using BitTorrent and RSS technology.
Now that is freaking cool. PSP Video 9 uses Videora to use BitTorrent and RSS and BitTorrent to automatically find and download what you want to watch. Of course, I don't think I'm ever going to upgrade from the 32 MB Memory Stick Duo card that comes with it so it'll be pretty useless to me.
(via Engadget)
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OutlookMT
OutlookMT (MagicFolder) is a utility that monitors a designated Outlook 2003 folder for items. An item placed in the
magic folderwill be posted to the weblog specified in the settings.
Now that's pretty cool. It would seem to be especially useful to someone who uses an Outlook-integrated RSS reader and wants to post an item. See Scoble's linkblog for an example.
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Firefox ad
Cool student ad for Firefox.
(via Jon Hicks)
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The Couch-to-5K Running Plan
It's awfully complicated and starts off pretty easy, but it might be something I can do before work in the mornings.
(via LifeHacker)
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Why Britney Spears hates HDTV!
I bet this is the real reason I don't have HD yet, some sort of Cameron Diaz/Britney Spears conspiracy. Damn you!!
(via Gizmodo)
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Roberto Alomar retires
Alomar was one of my favorite players back in the day, you know until he spit in an umpires face.
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Nelson resigns, Avery Johnson takes over
I'm sure the local media will be behind this, they're all big fans of Avery. Of course most people are big fans of Avery Johnson, because he seems like a great guy, he's short, and he has a funny voice. What's not to like?
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Kotaku's rambling, random, very positive thoughts on the PSP
I can't wait to get mine next week and tear up some Tiger Woods. I'm also starting to get really interested in Lumines, a very cool looking puzzle game.
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The 30 least-hot things you can say to a naked woman
I'm ready to go again. Too much fiber, I guess.
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50 people see...
Blending Flickr images which share the same tags. No human is involved in choosing, positioning, or blending the images. Some pretty cool images result.
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McGwire refuses to answer if he used steroids
Mark McGwire stated that his lawyers advised him not to answer certain questions, and in the great American tradition of jumping to conclusions and assume that means he's guilty.
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Dave Shea's SxSW Panel Notes
Notes and slides from More Hi-Fi Design with CSS
as well as the Web Design 2010 I couldn't attend because I went to a great panel on typography.
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Unpacking the PSP
The PSP is officially released here in the US on March 24th. Until then, I can stare at these pictures from IGN.
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JJ is Redickulous-LY GAY
Nice retort to the Duke fan's sign heralding JJ Redick by a Maryland fan.
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Texas Angels go co-ed
They'll now be the Texas Angels and Gabriels. How freaking lame is that?
The official duties of a Texas Angel are:
The Texas Angels are a group of young women whose primary duty is to promote The University of Texas football program, while assisting the staff with the recruiting of prospective student-athletes.
I guess guys can handle the first part of that, but I'm not sure a bunch of Gabriels
are really going to help in recruitment.
(via Orangebloods message boards)
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How to Make Big Things Happen with Small Teams
Includes a PDF of the presentation that I wasn't able to attend because the room was packed eventhough I got there 10 minutes early.
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Employers face millions in productivity losses due to NCAA Tourney
At least the Longhorns don't play till 6 tonight.
Update: Want more info on NCAA March Madness? Check out BevoSports.com!
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Spammer Sues User
Guy gets spam, guy asks them to stop spamming, guy gets more spam, company sues guy, guy gets more spam.
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Finished site from Design Eye for Idea Guy
I can't believe Dirk's not gonna use it, I wonder if anyone would notice if I did. :-)
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A day in the life of Darth Vader
Darth Vader goes to work and puts up with the baby.
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Comcast and TiVo form partnership
Damnit I was seriously thinking about buying TiVo stock last week, and now it's up a full 50%.
Anyways, very good news for TiVo and probably Comcast customers as well. Just one more reason I live in the one small area of Dallas not serviced by Comcast.
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Design Eye for the Idea Guy
From the SXSWi presentation.
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Dear Oklahoma
A letter stating Oklahoma's suckage.
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The Elements of Meaningful XHTML
Slides from Tantek Celik's SXSWi presentation I attended yesterday.
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Modern parenting
Skylar and Forrest get in a sword fight.
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How to bluff your way in CSS
Very funny SXSWi panel from Andy Budd and Jeremy Keith.
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Zeldman keynote
Slides from Jeffrey Zeldman's keynote at SXSWi.
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McGwire again linked to steroids
If we ever have concrete proof Mark McGwire and/or Barry Bonds were on steroids then every single statistic and record of theirs should be taken away.
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Why is Gary Barnett still employed?
Gary Barnett seems to be the only person left at Colorado who was remotely responsible for the recent recruiting/sex scandal. The school's president, chancellor, and athletic director are all gone.
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Potentially Offensive Insights
Al-Qaeda game developers and murder porn, what more can you ask for?
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Peerflix gets press, funding
I was actually interviewed via email about Peerflix for an article by someone from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism last week. I'll have to check if that makes it up on the web somewhere and whether my statements were coherent enough to use.
Read my full write up on Peerflix here.
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TiVo planning TiVo-branded experience for the PC
Would be pretty cool to have TiVo on my PC and in my living room, but I'd only really be interested if there was a ton of interaction between the two. Features like pause in one room and take over in another would be a must-have.
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Blogging on the job FAQ
A good write-up on the do's and don'ts of blogging while on the job.
(via Six Apart ProNet)
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Customize Google News
You can now customize the display of Google News. Rearrange the categories, add new ones, and even create your own custom news searches.
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Click Fraud: Problem and Paranoia
I can't believe businesses are paying that much money per click. I wonder how much a click on my site costs them?
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Apple joins Blu-ray Disc Association
More positive news for Blu-Ray, it was announced today that Apple will become a member of the Blu-ray Disc Association's Board of Directors.
(via Engadget)
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Airbag logo contest winner
The winner of Ledger Paper logo contest over at Airbag contest has been announced and I have to say I really like the new logo as well as the runner ups. The original contest announcement sparked a lot of pretentious discussion about the value of design.
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Staying organized
Tips on staying organized in work and life.
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Microsoft Office 12 Preview
The calendar looks real cool, definitely has an iCal feel to it.
(via jkOTR)
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Napoleon Dynamite vs. Fender
Weird but funny cross-promotion between Napoleon Dynamite and the new animated movie Robots.
(via Kottke)
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Shelter animals slideshow
Going to the animal shelter is fun and cute and so incredibly depressing at the same time.
Christina and I used to go before we got Reesey, playing with the pups and looking for the right one. Unfortunately most of the dogs there are either older or going to grow up gigantic. I guess people just realize they can't keep that big of an animal in the city.
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Ranking the Big 12 coaches
I'm really excited about Gene Chizik's time at Texas. I hope he stays long enough to accomplish some things because there's a lot of talk already about him being a head coach somewhere.
(via Orangebloods)
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Phil Mickelson photo
No comment.
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NFL Wonderlic Test Scores
Look at Hangartner representing New Braunfels well. Kicked pretty much everyone's ass on the thing. Other thoughts from the combine results...
- Frank Gore is a moron.
- Damn OU lost a lot of players this year.
- Fabian Washington is a fast SOB, too bad he can't cover anybody.
- I sure would take a chance on Bo Scaife in round 7, if it weren't for his knees he'd go in the first three rounds.
Update: Here's some more information about the test the NFL administers, and here's some sample questions (PDF). Learning disability or not, a score of 6 is next to impossible for someone who is supposed to have a college education.
Update: Want information and opinions on what Vince Young scored and the NFL Draft? Check out BevoSports.com.
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Google weather
Damn, Google is on a roll.
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Airbag interviews Kottke
This one is a bit more sarcastic.
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Newsweek interviews Kottke
25,000 hits a day. I know Jason doesn't want to put ads on his site, but he could really make a killing with AdSense with that kind of traffic.
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Netscape 8.0 Beta Goes Live
It's just an uglier, more bloated version of Firefox.
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Apple wins suit against fan sites
That's freaking retarded. I'm sure it'll get appealed, but a moron judge ruled today that the protection that shields journalists from revealing the names of unidentified sources does not apply to websites.
How does that make any sense whatsoever? I don't know.
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ESPNU debuts (not for me) today
DirecTV is debuting ESPU tonight. Too bad Grande sucks.
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Future iPods could have triple the battery life
Looks like maybe I should keep waiting before I trade in my current iPod mini. The new chipset that could be in them by Christmas could allow for up to a 54-hour battery life.
Update: Whoops, looks like the new mini's already use the new chipset. Which is why they get eighteen hours out the battery instead of the eight mine does.
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PCMag reviews Flickr
They sure seem to have gotten a lot of stuff wrong in their review.
They get the add contacts/friends/family stuff wrong and I don't think I've never seen an ad on the site. I just spent 10 minutes actively looking and couldn't find a one.
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Screen Grab Confab, vol. III
Wow, all these people are so much better than me. There is some seriously awesome looking stuff going on there.
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Rick Barnes leaving for UVA??
There's been a lot of rumors over on Orangebloods about Rick Barnes' future at Texas in the last couple of days. Frustrations about the lack of commitment to the program from the athletic department and the desire to be back home in the ACC are possible reasons.
Personally I hope the rumors are just that, I think Barnes has started something special at Texas and would like to see him finish it. Maybe he's just leveraging leaving to get DeLoss Dodds to final make the changes to the Erwin Center seating and get the rowdy student section closer to the action.
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Reel Life: Friday Night Lights
Not a new article by any means, but I saw it last night and thought it was good enough to post anyways. I read Friday Night Lights twice when I was younger, but that was a long time ago so it was nice to see a good comparison between the book and the movie. I remembered the Boobie Miles info and that the team didn't really make the finals but a lot of the other stuff wasn't so obvious.
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Schuerholz confronted steroids
Other than the current ownership, I just love the Braves organization. John Schuerholz and Bobby Cox are two men I'd trust to make any team successful. Neither one gets the credit they deserve.
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Yahoo! Netrospective
100 influential, new, humorous, or otherwise important moments of the Web from the last ten years.
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Windows Media Player A Security Threat
I got my ass kicked by a virus/spyware smorgasboard when Windows Media Player 10 tried to acquire a license for a music file. Installed all sorts of fun stuff that even after weeks worth of running spyware cleaners and Norton Anti-Virus was still lingering. I eventually had to reformat and reinstall.
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The NY Times fumbles Bluesnarfing at the Oscars
Well the New York Times just sorta made stuff up and ignore 80% of the facts to write this article. Nice work.
Pretty easy to see why the mainstream media is so fearful of bloggers, they make it pretty obvious when a story is made-up, half-assed, and unresearched.
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Braves finalize contract extension for Hudson
The one reason I was a little weary of this trade originally was the Braves' willingness to put up the money it would take to resign him. Looks like they made it work and worked out an extension. Add three more guaranteed years to this season, at an average salary of about $11 million.
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Segway GT (Golf Transporter)
It's a Segway to use at the golf course, complete with golf bag carrier. I see old men falling off these things and breaking a hip immediately.
They could actually speed up play of the people who knew how to drive them, since they're single person vehicles you don't have to wander all over the place because you both suck at golf.
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