My friend Darryl took the photos I posted in the recent article, Bachelor Pads (which references the New York Times article It’s Not You, It‘s Your Apartment) and gave ‘em the old Leonidas Photoshop treatment using the Leonidas heads I provided in this article. Here’s his handiwork:
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Monthly Archives: March 2007
Mar
31
2007
It’s Not Leonidas, It’s His Apartment
Mar
31
2007
Domain Name Registrants, Registries, Registrars and Resellers Explained
Over at the Tucows Blog, I’m writing a series of follow-up articles that expands or explains some of the things covered in the article by our CEO Elliot Noss, Questions to Ask Before You Pick Your Domain Name Registrar.
The first article in the series, titled Domains Explained, Part 1: Registrants, Registries, Registrars and Resellers, explains [...]
Mar
31
2007
Kathy Sierra, Meet Chris Locke. This is CNN.
Hey, something to watch while on the elliptical machine on Monday morning: Chris Locke writes that he met Kathy Sierra on Thursday night — on camera, by way of a CNN interview. According to the email sent to Locke by CNN, unless some “breaking news of a serious status” occurs, the interview will be broadcast [...]
Mar
30
2007
Today is “Stop Cyberbullying Day”
In response to what happened to Kathy Sierra (see here, here and here), Andy Carvin has declared today “Stop Cyberbullying Day”.
He writes:
I think we should all set aside some time that day to address cyberbullying. Write a blog post pointing to online resources about cyberbullying. Post a podcast about personal experiences. Create your own public [...]
Mar
30
2007
Cory Doctorow Presented with EFF Pioneer Award; Temporal Causality Loop Ensues
Remember that xkcd comic featuring the time traveller from the future who liked to dress in “period costumes” of early 21st century bloggers?
Well, we’ve now got a temporal causality loop on our hands. On Tuesday night, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation presented Cory Doctorow (a friend and former boss of mine) with a Pioneer Award, [...]
Mar
30
2007
A Near-Confluence of Conferences
It looks as though May will be a busy conference month for me, what with my booked ticket for RailsConf (Portland, Oregon) and likely-but-not-yet-confirmed trips to ISPCON (Orlando, Florida) and Mesh (thankfully, in Toronto) conferences, shown in the screenshot of my calendar below:
I still have to fit Toronto Technology Week and an as-yet-unscheduled DemoCamp into [...]
Mar
30
2007
Bus vs. Ninja
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
My friend Paul is always looking for a newer, better routine for his tae kwon do black belt demonstrations. He might want to consider this!
I like the dog — it looks as though he’s asking “Ooh! That looks fun! Can I kick the bus too? Can I? Huh? Can I? [...]
Mar
30
2007
Google Maps Wants You to Work for Your London Vacation
Here’s a Google Map with directions for “Toronto to London”. Pay particular attention to step 26:
Click the map to see its Google Maps page.
Mar
30
2007
People Have to be Told THIS?!
Click the photo to see it on its original page.
The photo above comes from SFGate.com and was captioned with this:
Disturbing decal: School official Cyndee Garcia shows off a sticker that will soon be placed in various locations in Orosi, Calif., in hope of dissuading mothers from abandoning their babies. Three newborns, all genetically [...]
Mar
29
2007
Bachelor Pads
The “Just Gay Enough” Doctrine
Back when I was a single guy and lived in what I think was one of the Accordion City’s most swingin’ bachelor pads, a friend of mine invited me to be a “contestant” on a television show called Love by Design. It was a home decoration show disguised as a “Dating [...]
Mar
29
2007
Kermit the Frog Performing “Hurt” (You Know, the Nine Inch Nails tune covered by Johnny Cash)
This one’s been getting buzz among music fans: a YouTube video featuring Kermit the Frog performing Hurt. Don’t show this to any Sesame Street fans; Kermit’s “heroin junkie” scenes will traumatize them.
Mar
28
2007
Doc Searls Sheds Some Light
[Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 5:17 p.m. EDT -- Edited to correct grammar and to boldface a very important point.]
There’s a reason that I like to call Doc Searls “the adult supervision of the blogosphere”. He’s taken a reasoned and very measured approach to the Kathy Sierra affair in his posting titled Getting Past the Bottom [...]
Mar
28
2007
Articles on “Global Nerdy”
The latest articles on Global Nerdy are…
Samsung Introduces 64GB Flash Drive: Compared to a conventional 80GB hard drive, Samsung’s new 64 gig solid state hard drive has 4 times the read speed, 6 times the write speed, 1/4 of the weight, 1/3 to 1/15 the power consumption and no moving parts.
Developer Links: Some of the [...]
Mar
28
2007
“Dear U-Turn Laverne…”
“We don’t take kindly to ‘your kind’ ’round here is a stock bit of dialogue from a zillion movies set in a small town in the southern U.S., but it’s also the opener for this warning that a guy in Franklin, Tennessee (home of Veggie Tales!) hands out to those who dare to break their [...]
Mar
28
2007
Because “300” is a Goldmine for Sight Gags — THIS IS JENGAAAAAA!
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
