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- What? Me Windows?
- In the interests of being fair, impartial, and both-sides-of-the-coin-y, I decided to post a positive comment about Microsoft, specifically Longhorn. An eweek article made note of a few things that were pretty cool such as: one of the most interesting aspects of Longhorn is its... full entry
- One step closer
- There have been quite a few Apple vs. PC conversations on this site, but there has not been one that was OSX vs. Windows. I wonder why? [guffaw] Anyway, via Penny-Arcade I found ObjectDock for Windows. Basically, it gives you OSX’s Dock, with nearly all... full entry
- One more good netizen
- Well, my soon-to-be ex-artist has registered a domain name, and does everything he can to be socially net-aware. He wants to do things the right way, and be responsible and all of that. And he wants to make fun of those who don’t. Help him... full entry
- Do your part - Ban Bad Fonts
- Ever walk into a gas station and see paper signs taped to the door made by employees? Inevitably, they are almost always made using the Comic Sans font. Irritates you every time you see it, right? Well, you can now strike back. That’s right, bancomicsans.com,... full entry
- It’s 2 a.m., do you know where your sleep is?
- It’s 1:55am right now, and yeah, I’m still at work. Our email / web server had a critical hard drive failure today. I spent my afternoon running various recovery tools on it as well as trying to copy any readable data to a good drive.... full entry
- ‘And Company’ Movies
- As the “and company” part of the “random musings of Chris Curtis and co.”, I’ve convinced Chris to give me my own movie database, also accessible through a link at the top of Chris’s Movie Database. I have about half the number DVDs that Chris... full entry
- My Henson Fascination
- One of the things we are doing here at the house in preparation for our trip to New Zealand in three weeks, is to have a large yard sale. It will be the first time in our six years of marriage that we part with... full entry
- Beer Myth #1 Debunked
- All of us beer connoisseurs can shout a triumphant “ha ha” or “in your face!” or whatever. It seems that the common association with beer consumption and excess weight, i.e. the Beer Belly, has finally been clinically tested. As the opening sentence gives away, it’s... full entry
- All I need is a good script
- Ok, with my upcoming trip to New Zealand, I really needed a video camera. I mean--how many times do you go to New Zealand? I mean, for me, just twice. Once to visit, once to move. :D Seriously though, we’re going for two weeks, and... full entry
- Bustin a Cap in the Mythos
- Ok, it’s official. My new favorite T.V. show is MythBusters. Two guys who have a combined total of 30 years experience in the special effects industry take urban legend and myths, and put them to the test with scientific accuracy mixed with the innate male... full entry
- Pops in your mouth, not in your hand
- Ok, stop what you’re doing. When you finish reading this, drive immediately to the nearest Dairy Queen and purchase a Bubble Tape Blizzard. This is not a blizzard with chunks of gum in it, but a blizzard with hundreds of bubble gum flavored pop rocks!!... full entry
- Wankel Rotary Engine
- Can someone please tell me why I’ve been completely in the dark on this topic? I’m sure it’s because I loathe the internal combustion engine in any of its forms, but I must say that I have just learned today that the Mazda RX-8 (link... full entry
- I told you not to use plug-ins
- Well, Microsoft has lost it’s suit with Eolas regarding details as to how plug-ins functioned with the so-called “browser”, Internet Explorer. What this means is that Microsoft will now be court ordered to revise the way their browser deals with plug-ins. So all of you... full entry
- I sure do love me some new equipment
- I’ve spent eight hours of my day today trying to get a Roland Camm-1 Pro cad cutter put together and working. Those of you with Macs will understand my fury at developers that make software for commercial production that are nearly always in facilities running... full entry
- Viva la Navilucion!
- Or...maybe not. this simple demo illustrates some of the ways that zooming solves the navigation problems posed by our present system of links, tabs, and other click-and-go-there interfaces This is the statement made by the development “team”, a.k.a. Jef Raskin, at the THE ZUI project.... full entry
- Everything I Learned about Maori I learned from Whale Rider
- It’s quite timely, considering that I’m leaving for New Zealand in less than two months, that the Whale Rider be released now. This movie is a present day film revolving around a village of Maori. Considering I know little about them, I thought this film... full entry
- Keeping Your Content from Being Blocked
- I don’t get a chance to visit it very often, but since I’ve started my own Sites that Suck commentaries, I figured I had better pop over to webpagesthatsuck.com and go through their Daily Sucker entries and make sure that I don’t dupe anything that... full entry
- Shoes by Prada? Get your Car by Aquada
- At somewhere under $2,000,000, I don’t know anyone who can possibly afford this, but yet it exists. Yes, it’s a convertible sports car, that also goes over water, fast enough to pull a skier. Evidently, previous amphibious vehicles that were street legal either looked like... full entry
- Sucky Sites - stouse.com
- In the wonderful tradition of webpagesthatsuck.com, I plan on a regular entry, at least weekly of my own picks of Sucky Web Sites. The criteria? First, the web page has to suck, and I will give tangible reasons why. Second, personal sites are off limits.... full entry
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