Animation courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Feb
29
2008
The Best Kind of Guest
Back in January, I wrote a summary of Larry Chiang’s article, How to Work the Room, a guide to “gracing” your way through a social or networking event (the article was inspired by a Guy Kawasaki post, which in turn was inspired by Susan RoAne’s book, How to Work a Room).
Of the ten tips [...]
Feb
29
2008
L.A. Times Story on “Stuff White People Like”
The L.A. Times has an article on the blog Stuff White People Like. No wonder I like the blog — it was created by a guy who came from Toronto after he was chatting with a Filipino friend.
Here’s a noteworthy excerpt from the article:
Lander, who arrived in L.A. from Toronto 2 1/2 years ago, came [...]
Feb
29
2008
Also on My Agenda Next Week
In addition to making an appearance at BarCamp Austin, I also plan to be at South by Southwest Interactive (a.k.a. “SxSWi”)…
Feb
28
2008
The Drama Triangle
This would make an excellent T-shirt design. Or perhaps the crest for a high school! Or a LiveJournal!
Diagram courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Feb
28
2008
Conservapedia: Still Obsessed
One of the more popular entries in this blog is Conservapedia Obsessions, which revealed that according to Conservapedia’s own stats page, 9 of its 10 most-read pages had the word “homosexuality” or “gay”. That was back on November 20th. Here’s what their stats page says are their 10 most-read pages as of February 28th, 2008 [...]
Feb
28
2008
The Barack Obama Conspiracy Photo
It’s been circulating around the net for some time, but just in case you hadn’t yet seen it, here it is:
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Feb
28
2008
Poster of the Day: “A Suffragette’s Home”
Archaic and benighted as this old-school conservative poster may seem to us, it would probably be acceptable in some parts of “flyover country” and much of the Middle East:
Poster courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Feb
27
2008
TSA Gangstaz
In just over a week, I’m going to have to face off against the TSA Gangstaz (warning: It’s a rap video — contains some not-safe-for-work language)…
[Thanks to Jeff "Coding Horror" Atwood for the link!]
Feb
27
2008
Funniest Line About Bill Buckley I’ve Heard All Day
A wag who goes by “monobrau” said: “He was a douchebag, but the current crop of conservatives are colostomy bags.”
Second funniest line: “Gore Vidal Wins!”
Feb
27
2008
R.I.P. William F. Buckley, Jr.
In this present time, when “conservative” and “intellectual” are increasingly less likely to be used in the same sentence, I have to note the passing of William F. Buckley Jr., who has been described as someone who (as Weekly Standard editor William Kristol puts it) “legitimized conservatism as an intellectual movement and therefore as a [...]
Feb
27
2008
DemoCamp 17 Covered in the National Post
I am extremely pleased with the way DemoCamp 17 went. We had some great demos and Ignite presentations at the Toronto Board of Trade dining room, followed by one of the best post-DemoCamp after-parties at the Duke of Westminster. My thanks to all the attendees, the presenters, Jay Goldman for doing a lot of the [...]
Feb
26
2008
Do This! (or: Make Your Own Limoncello)
Limoncello is an acquired taste, but if you’re like me and like it, you’ll be pleased to know that it’s a liqueur that’s easy to make. Here’s a comic that explains how to make your own Limoncello, courtesy of Chad Essley’s TabletPC Sketchblog:
Click the comic to see it on its original page.
Feb
26
2008
Internet House Party
What if some of the most popular sites went to a college house party? Here’s what Those Aren’t Muskets! think:
[This was also posted to Global Nerdy.]
