How to Disagree on the Web: A Social Contract
From level DH0 (you suck!) to DH6 (I refute your central tenet with these facts).
posted at 8:56 pm
on Mar. 31, 2008
The Story Behind the 14-year-old Resurrection of Netscape.com
I have a copy, on this very machine, of Netscape 0.9? (that's how they named the Beta...) And no, it doesn't run on my machine now, but it did two months ago on my previous computer. That's not bad for 1994 software...
posted at 8:16 pm
on Mar. 31, 2008
Robert Scales fails to see the Olympic torch in Beijing: FAIL!
Fail: Not him, the process.
posted at 3:04 pm
on Mar. 31, 2008
Ordinary Chinese people struggle to see Olympic torch lighting
This is not the openness that the world was hoping the Olympics would spark; but it does cast more global light on how the government of China operates.
posted at 3:03 pm
on Mar. 31, 2008
Did You Wonder What Happens When You Eat a Silica Gel Packet?
This comic shows you.
posted at 12:06 pm
on Mar. 29, 2008
Are Hershey, Mars, Cadbury and Nestle price-fixing chocolate?
A lawsuit alleges they are. This is what happens when Big Chocolate goes unchecked.
posted at 4:13 pm
on Mar. 28, 2008
Video: Kitta gets hit in the face by Easter Fireworx at a carnival
It's Australia: kill or be killed country.
posted at 12:06 pm
on Mar. 28, 2008
Stephanie Vacher does a food audit of her kitchen, and the results are not pretty
Well, actually, the photos ARE pretty, but the findings are mixed.
posted at 12:01 pm
on Mar. 28, 2008
Five days of Disney: Exploring Disney World as an adult
I did everything -- exactly everything -- he did in this article. It's surreal.
posted at 4:10 pm
on Mar. 27, 2008
\Out of Print: The death and life of the American newspaper.
I saw all this happening ... in 1998.
posted at 11:44 am
on Mar. 27, 2008
Wally’s Burgers is closing
I will have to go there before it does. One week left! (And Moderne Burger, where the Hell are you???)
posted at 5:13 pm
on Mar. 24, 2008
Why Is there a Shortage of Female Film Critics?
Uh, cause only dumb boys want to watch most of the crappy movies being made these days?
posted at 12:04 am
on Mar. 24, 2008
Five Web 2.0 ways to break up with your boyfriend
I'll add one: Instead of a Twitter, send him a Spitter.
posted at 4:26 pm
on Mar. 21, 2008
Magic: The Gathering comes to Xbox Live
This was announced last month, but I only found out today. Internets, you have FAILED me for the LAST TIME. *choke*
posted at 11:44 am
on Mar. 19, 2008
Yesterday’s By-election in my Quadra Vancouver district was REALLY close
My vote probably did matter! Amazing!
posted at 5:18 pm
on Mar. 18, 2008
Part-Time Instructor Job - Flash - at Langara College, Vancouver
Subject Area: New Media Publishing for the Web with Macromedia Flash
posted at 3:58 pm
on Mar. 18, 2008
SmartSleep: Help Your MacBook sleep faster, with less disk space used
I hope it works.
posted at 3:45 pm
on Mar. 18, 2008
Rilli: Cool
Get it? "really cool"? It's a pun. OK, I'm done. Go check it out.
posted at 2:43 pm
on Mar. 18, 2008
YouTube and Vancouver Film School: Full Scholarship Contest
All you have to do is swallow 2 liters of Diet Coke and a pack of Mentos, and you're the winner!
posted at 1:16 pm
on Mar. 18, 2008
‘Monster’ Community Weighs In on Campaign Controversy
Funny stuff.
posted at 1:19 pm
on Mar. 17, 2008
Dear Matt and Anil: Rick from EE has something nice to say
WordPress, Movable Type and ExpressionEngine -- can't we all just get along? (and share spam-filtering code?)
posted at 3:34 pm
on Mar. 14, 2008
New York Magazine 2008 Home Page Preview
Cool way to highlight a new design.
posted at 3:24 pm
on Mar. 14, 2008
iPhone eventually going Intel? Appletell sez so
The biggest issue in my mind? The effect on battery life.
posted at 8:07 pm
on Mar. 13, 2008
Julia Allison: Best of the Lip Dubs: Joy to the World
You can't help but smile when you watch this video.
posted at 1:46 pm
on Mar. 11, 2008
POSSESSED - a great video about people who are uber-pack rats who can’t throw anything away
This isn't me. But in a parallel universe, it is.
posted at 4:00 pm
on Mar. 9, 2008
Happy Smurfday - About the Smurfs
Susie and I were just talking about trying to bring "smurf" back into the national vocabulary.
posted at 9:23 am
on Mar. 8, 2008
BlogRovR won’t work with my biggest client, Truthdig.com
And they don't answer their email, either. sigh.
posted at 12:19 am
on Mar. 7, 2008
The Vancouvr Ultimate League has a Twitter account
Yeah, Vancouvr. Why fight the inevitable?
posted at 10:58 pm
on Mar. 6, 2008
Metroblogging has redesigned, and switched from Movable Type to Wordpress
Every upgrade has issues; does this one have ramifications for MT as well?
posted at 3:12 pm
on Mar. 6, 2008
Edward Burtynsky has taken some amazing photos of China’s manufacturing process
Click on China -- the site is Flash-based, but worth it.
posted at 11:05 am
on Mar. 5, 2008
SCHED: SXSW 2008 is a great tool for choosing and comparing parties, films and sessions
Nice design, and totally easy to use.
posted at 8:37 am
on Mar. 5, 2008
A Web crawler named Glumper ate all my bandwidth
"Welcome to Glumper." is all this IP address says -- but it downloaded 160 GB over and over again from 3 MP3 files. What a drag!
posted at 8:36 am
on Mar. 3, 2008
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