Monthly Archives: November 2007

Statistics about Americans

Time Magazine has an interactive representation of some statistics about Americans on their web site. How much do we drink? How much free time do we have? How happy are we on the job? How much time do we spend commuting? These … Continue reading

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Giving Stuff Away on the Internet by Scott Adams

I found an article on the Wall Street Journal’s web page titled “Giving Stuff Away on the Internet.” It’s written by Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comics. The arcticle is a well written piece about problems Adams faced “giving … Continue reading

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One of My Pet Peeves: Blurring Sensitive Information

When I’m browsing the web, occasionally I’ll happen upon an image where a portion is blurred or pixelated to block sensitive information such as a number. This irks me to no end, because as this article by Dheera Venkatraman demonstrates, … Continue reading

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Cross Country Trip a Success

Finished the trip at about 9pm eastern time today, making for a total travel time of four and a half days. I’ll post some pictures soon along with links to travel logs on the Pansy Patrol web site courtesy of … Continue reading

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Starting My Cross Country Trip

I’m off on my cross country trip going from Seattle to Boston. The trip should take me five to six days, and I’m doing it with two friends and four vehicles between us. I’ll try and snap some pictures along the way.

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Windows Home Server Review with Screenshots

Gizmodo has a comprehensive review of Windows Home Server with plenty of screenshots. For more information, here is Microsoft’s page about Windows Home Server. Windows Home Server is meant to fulfill the storage needs of multi-PC homes. Some of its features … Continue reading

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Flowchart to tell if a web site is good or bad

I wouldn’t normally post this, but the Web 2.0 comment got me to laugh: flowchart for determining if a web site sucks.

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James Howard Kunstler: The tragedy of suburbia

Here is an amazingly cynical but extremely truthful presentation given by James Howard Kunstler regarding suburban development in America. This was given at the 2004 TED conference. Visit the TED web site for more interesting videos. About 6 minutes into … Continue reading

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