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“I Won” (“Wayne LaPierre’s” Editorial in The Onion) [Updated]

It's odd that the most bang-on, if you'll pardon the term, article on the recent ruling on gun control in…

13 years ago

Which Makes More Money: Mining Bitcoins or Writing About Mining Bitcoins? (An Interim Report)

What I Made by Mining Bitcoins As an experiment, I started running a Bitcoin miner at around the same time…

13 years ago

Tonight: Performing on Dead Red Velvet’s Streaming Internet Concert

Tonight's Show Tonight, from 10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC - 4), Dead Red Velvet, my friend…

13 years ago

Project Ukelele Gangsterism is Brightening Toronto’s Subway Commute

Toronto's Project Ukelele Gangsterism is a beautiful idea: they're a group of ukelele players who are making surprise performances on…

13 years ago

“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” on Accordion, at SxSW’s Karaoke Apocalypse 2011 and 2012

Until last night, I had no idea that this video was posted online: it's of me performing AC/DC's Dirty Deeds…

13 years ago

Pardon the Blog Wonkiness

Something's up with my Wordpress installation that's messing with its layout. I'm working on it, but right now, the cause…

13 years ago

You’re Not Making This Easy, Padlock Company

I picked up this padlock earlier today, and here's how it came out of the package: with the keys padlocked.…

13 years ago

“Look for the Helpers”

Something to keep in mind today, whether here in North America, or on the other side of the world. Here's…

13 years ago

Turning 20 This Year: Ren and Stimpy’s “Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen Anthem”

In March 1993, the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen episode of Ren and Stimpy was aired, giving Canada its fourth national…

13 years ago

How to Mine Bitcoins for Fun and (Probably Very Little) Profit

Thanks to the recent coverage of Bitcoin in the media, a number of non-technical friends have asked me "Hey, dude,…

13 years ago