No matter what happens I am going to keep believing what the tv says
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2blog folder catchup
As usual, we begin with things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | Sometimes We Even Have Sex
- Overheard in New York | Upon Hearing This, Several New Yorkers Burst into Flames
- Overheard in New York | How to Get Some Personal Space on a Crowded Train
- Overheard in the Office | That’s Usually More of a Minor, but She’s Really Motivated
- Overheard in the Office | The CEO Didn’t Realize the Gravity of Mr. Cheney’s Warning Until It Was Too Late
- Overheard Everywhere | Don’t They Have, Like, a Three-Day Lifespan Anyway?
Political things (since I did, in fact, caucus last night):
- News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES | Obama rally draws thousands downtown Friday
- Daily Kos: I Refuse to Buy into the Obama Hype (now a supporter)
- John Cleese’s “Letter to America†« Things Are Looking Up…
- Elections Department
Geeky things:
- Slashdot | Obsolete Technical Skills
- Slashdot | Chroot in OpenSSH
- NASA – Total Lunar Eclipse
- Greatest technological challenges facing humanity | Science | guardian.co.uk
- Don’t Shut Off Vista UAC, There’s A Better Way – Microsoft Blog – InformationWeek
- How To Change Windows’ Logon Screensaver ~ Windows Fanatics
- Media Direct Button(other uses) – Page 4 – Notebook Forums and Laptop Discussion
Feature: Use Your Wii as a Media Center - Humor: How Grandma Sees The Remote
- SourceForge.net: ubuntuzilla » home
- Feature: Seamlessly Run Linux Apps on Your Windows Desktop
- 9 (More) Useful Websites You Should Know About, But Probably Don’t
- Table Manner Tips Every Guy Should Know
And some funny stuff:
2blog folder catchup
As usual, we begin with things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | Sometimes We Even Have Sex
- Overheard in New York | Upon Hearing This, Several New Yorkers Burst into Flames
- Overheard in New York | How to Get Some Personal Space on a Crowded Train
- Overheard in the Office | That’s Usually More of a Minor, but She’s Really Motivated
- Overheard in the Office | The CEO Didn’t Realize the Gravity of Mr. Cheney’s Warning Until It Was Too Late
- Overheard Everywhere | Don’t They Have, Like, a Three-Day Lifespan Anyway?
Political things (since I did, in fact, caucus last night):
- News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES | Obama rally draws thousands downtown Friday
- Daily Kos: I Refuse to Buy into the Obama Hype (now a supporter)
- John Cleese’s “Letter to America†« Things Are Looking Up…
- Elections Department
Geeky things:
- Slashdot | Obsolete Technical Skills
- Slashdot | Chroot in OpenSSH
- NASA – Total Lunar Eclipse
- Greatest technological challenges facing humanity | Science | guardian.co.uk
- Don’t Shut Off Vista UAC, There’s A Better Way – Microsoft Blog – InformationWeek
- How To Change Windows’ Logon Screensaver ~ Windows Fanatics
- Media Direct Button(other uses) – Page 4 – Notebook Forums and Laptop Discussion
- Feature: Use Your Wii as a Media Center
- Humor: How Grandma Sees The Remote
- SourceForge.net: ubuntuzilla » home
- Feature: Seamlessly Run Linux Apps on Your Windows Desktop
- 9 (More) Useful Websites You Should Know About, But Probably Don’t
- Table Manner Tips Every Guy Should Know
And some funny stuff:
I am going to hell?
I want to open up a christian bookstore.
Not just any christian bookstore, the wal-mart of christian bookstores.
And what do I want to call it?
Jesus Christ SuperStore!
Golfing first!
So we played golf both yesterday and today. Yesterday I played very well (for me, at least!) But today, on the 15th hole, I got my first completely legitimate birdie on a par 4.
Not that anyone cares, but it started with an incredible drive that left me about 2 yards off the green. Then, my approach shot left me 3 feet from the hole. It wasn’t a gimme putt, but I pulled it off!
Man, that 2blog folder fills up quickly these days!
As usual, we start with things overheard:
- Â Overheard in New York | Wednesday One-Liners: The Musical
- Â Overheard in the Office | At the TMI Olympics
- Â Overheard in the Office | You Are a Bad Man
- Â Overheard in the Office | A Very Limited Edition Reese’s Cup
- Â Overheard Everywhere | Ever Wonder What Texas Sex Ed Classes Actually Teach about Homosexuality?
- Â Overheard Everywhere | The Preschool Quality Control Spies Are at It Again
- Â Overheard in New York | Wednesday One-Liners Reach Out and Touch Someone
This week, we’ve got some things on health:
- Nine Secrets Health Insurers Don’t Want You to Know – Health.com
- Â http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
Plenty of geeky things:
- Â Geek T Shirts, Top 10 Geek T-shirts, Ten Funniest Geek Tee Shirts
- Â The Best, Free Alternatives to Nero CD/DVD Burner | MakeUseOf.com
- Â Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook
- Â Feature: Ten Must-Have Plug-ins to Power Up Pidgin
- Â Transition to digital hits Hispanics hardest – HDTV- msnbc.com
- Â DVICE: Man’s ingenuity reaches its zenith: The Wine Rack
- Â DVICE: Finally, a gadget for composers, at long last
- Â DVICE: Contemporary light saber or wine-bottle opener, you be the judge
- Â The Power User’s BlackBerry Guide: 121 CrackBerry Tips, Hacks and Resources – Inside CRM (This one is for Cy and Diane)
- Â HandBrake
A few political items:
- Â Hand-wringing About American Culture – Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge? – New York Times
- Â YouTube – john.he.is
- Â Atheist sees image of big bang in piece of toast
- Â www.BrazilianArtists.net, the A-Z of Brazilian Arts, Entertainment & Cultural Events in the UK
- Â The English language, Obamafied. – By Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine
And in the catch-all category, some funnier things:
Super-fat Tuesday?
What better way to celebrate democracy! Let’s talk about No S Diet!
OK, not for long. Here’s what’s been overheard:
- Overheard in New York | A Mighty Wind
- Overheard in New York | And Don’t Even Get Him Started on Hollywood Squares
- Overheard in New York | Whatever It Takes
- Overheard in the Office | Yadda Yadda Yadda, 24-Hours Later I’m in the ER with Poultry Up My Rectum
- Celebrity Wit | Kid Had Better Have Daddy’s Dimples
- Overheard Everywhere | But You Keep Squirming
- Overheard Everywhere | More Overheard Quotes (Page 4)
- Overheard Everywhere | More Overheard Quotes (Page 4)
- Overheard Everywhere | If the Universe Doesn’t Get You First
- Overheard Everywhere | Only the Strong Survive a New Zealand Childhood
- Overheard Everywhere | And Cock-Stopping’s an Essential Part of the Smith Charter
I found a bunch of interesting things on JMG:
- Joe. My. God.: Savage: Stone The Adulterers First
- Joe. My. God.: The Voice Mail
- Joe. My. God.: Meee-Shell
- Joe. My. God.: “A Better Version”
- Joe. My. God.: The Shopping
- Joe. My. God.: Soon To Be On A T-Shirt Near You
- Joe. My. God.: Hail Satan
- Joe. My. God.: Joe And Marty At The Dugout
- Joe. My. God.: MJB
- Joe. My. God.: Ric Weiland
- Joe. My. God.: Rules Of Friendship #17
- Joe. My. God.: Delta Flight 1857
- Joe. My. God.: Homoblivious
- Joe. My. God.: Scrumtious
- Joe. My. God.: Get Away From The Ads, You Bitch!
And while we’re on the gay thing:
- Canadian Marriage – Frequently Asked Questions
- GLAD :: How to Get Married in Massachusetts
- TheMishMash.com: You’re an Intolerant Tool If…
- Daily Garlic » Top 10 Reasons to Believe Logic Over Religion
- PoliZine » 42 Reasons We Won’t Miss President George Bush
- Pipes: Dan Savage Blog
- Center of Gravitas: It’s About Porn
- All the best drag names
Sudoku geek in me:
I’m not anonymous, but I like what they are doing:
- YTMND – The Un-Funny Truth About Scientology
- YouTube – Anonymous – Second address to Scientology
- Looking over my shoulder, The Inside Account of the Story That Almost Killed Me
- Chez Pazienza: Be Wary, Be Wary, the 10th of February: “A” for Anonymous Wants to Kick Scientology’s “S” – Media on The Huffington Post
And geeky (and security, and parenting, and work) things:
- Top 5 Creepiest Pop Culture Foreshadowings of 9/11 | snarfd
- YouGetSignal.com – Find Other Web Sites Hosted on a Web Server
- 12 Things I Learned By 42 That I Wish I Knew At 22 | The Wisdom Journal
- Words to Inspire: Watch What You Say | Parenting | Reader’s Digest
- Crooks and Liars » Homeless veterans bringing their fight to Bill O’Reilly–UPDATED
- Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible? | The Register
- Pocket Gadget » Serendipity: 10 accidental inventions
- UPDATE: Tyson Foods To Raise Prices As Profit Suffers
Apparently I still golf sometimes:
2blog folder catchup
As always, start out with things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | The United Nations, Encapsulated
- Overheard in the Office | Worst. Staff Meeting. Ever.
- Overheard Everywhere | For Our Safety, You’ll Need to Stand by with Norton Antivirus
- Overheard in New York | Unassailable Logic: A NYC Short Story
- Overheard in the Office | That’s Your Answer to Everything
- Overheard in New York | To Be Fair, No One Knows Why Bob Saget Has a Career
- Overheard in the Office | And I Have That Phrase on a Plaque in My Cubicle
Geeky things:
- How To Make Your Own Magicians String! Video
- How a bobbin works « Material Mama Podcast
- Max Your Ping: January 2008
- Secrets In Websites II | Robert Accettura’s Fun With Wordage
- GeeXboX HomePage
- How to choose a DLNA Media Server for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux – Robert Green’s DIY
- Sawse – Stir it Up! » Blog Archive » Some of the Best CSS Resources on the Web
- GeeXboX uShare UPnP A/V Media Server HomePage
- WELCOME TO EXIT MUNDI: A COLLECTION OF END-OF-WORLD SCENARIOS
- Slashdot | Y2K38 Watch Starts Saturday
- Image:Annual Average Temperature Map.jpg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Image:World Koppen Map.png – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- AUSTIN CITY (CAMP MABRY), TX: Climate and Daylight Chart
Political things:
- Left of Zen » Top 50 Atheism Quotes
- Are Ringtones Unislamic? (Please Don’t Answer!) : ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
Interesting things:
- Movies with the Most Instances of the F-Word | /Film
- Neatorama » Blog Archive » 30 Strangest Deaths in History.
- Don’t send in the clowns – Yahoo! News
- Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School
- Richard Knerr, 82; co-founded Wham-O, maker of the Hula Hoop and Frisbee – Los Angeles Times
Funny things:
Da bomb.
Neither I, nor anybody I know, nor through at least 3 degrees of separation, has died in a blogging accident.
Feel free to continue on with life as you knew it before.
Catching up.
As usual, starting with overheard things — it almost always cheers me up:
- Overheard in New York | NYC Rules Require Me to F*** with You
- Celebrity Wit | Or Even a Little Bit, for That Matter
- Overheard in New York | Was That Hobo Urine on the Ground? Now I’m Ecstatic
- Overheard Everywhere | Just Squeeze the Trigger Gently
- Left of Zen » Top 100 Funny Quotes
I’ve been doing many things involving streaming flv video files:
- Flashcomguru.com: ‘Streaming’ flv video via PHP, take two
- FLV Encoding | FlowPlayer
- Red5 : Open Source Flash Server Open Source Flash
- yamdi – Yet Another MetaData Injector for FLV
- Red5Gentoo – Bangert’s Dev Overlay – Trac
- ~jk flv streaming
- haxeVideo
Some wordpress (and other geeky) stuff:
- WordPress › WP-dTree 3.3.2 « WordPress Plugins
- WordPress › MiniMeta Widget « WordPress Plugins
- 100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
- Gallery2:How To Write Scripts – Gallery Codex
- [hendry’s tips and tricks] Entry
- Fire And Motion – Joel on Software
- 5min – Bluetooth Hacking: How Vulnerable is Your Mobile P – Video
- Microsoft’s Brainwashing Children’s Book: Mommy, Where Do Servers Come From?
- Fast CGI and Apache2 for Red Hat Linux 9 in Ruby on Rails
Funny and interesting things:
- Dog retrieves his best friend – a cat buried in the garden – Times Online
- Paul Begala: Fox News: We Report — Even if We Know It’s False – Media on The Huffington Post
- Lesbian bed death – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Eric Schwartz – singer songwriter
- Shepherd’s Pie > Start Cooking
- On Faith: Guest Voices: Abusing Children in the Name of God
- Rec.humor.funny jokes and comedy
Quiet!
We’ve been having many conversations about modern classical music lately. I, of course, keep listening to Philip Glass while Jason really only likes one particular concerto by Krzysztof Penderecki.
Eventually, as all converstaions of this ilk will do, the conversation turned to John Cage and his 4′33″, which Damon described being performed live once by his piano teacher. Apparently, she merely sat in front of the piano. My understanding of the piece is that it should in fact create more tension in the audience by seeming to be about to perform. Specifically, I thought that she should have put her hands above the keyboard. So, how do I state this difference of opinion?
She was playing it wrong!
Well, we thought it was funny.
Quickie catchup
Overheard:
- Overheard in New York | But Thanks Anyway for Paying to Have the Teeth in My Vagina Straightened
- Overheard in the Office | … In a Cardboard Box Labeled “Sports Equipment”
- Overheard in New York | Right after the Tooth Fairy Picks Your Mouth Clean
- Overheard in New York | Half of All Wednesday One-Liners End in Divorce
And the rest:
Catchup blogging for the new year…
(This is a big list)
All things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | With New Yorkers, That’s a Safe Bet
- Overheard in New York | How Seacrest Saved Britney
- Overheard in the Office | Have We Learned Nothing from the “Cock Diagram” Incident?
- Overheard Everywhere | Is There a Polite Response That Doesn’t Sound Gay?
- Overheard in New York | Your Ad Said You Were Docile and Stupid! I Demand a Refund!
- Overheard in New York | It Looks Like Goodwill, Honey, but I Wanted to Give You the Benefit of the Doubt
- Overheard in the Office | Sacrilicious!
- Overheard in the Office | And I’d Like the Singing Version of All Three
- Overheard in the Office | All Right, All Right, I’ll Like It.
- Overheard in the Office | Regardless, Could You Put Yours On?
- Overheard in the Office | President Bush Defines “Democracy”
- Overheard in the Office | Chewbacca’s Agent Finally Snaps
- Overheard Everywhere | … Bitch
- Overheard Everywhere | And Leave Wet Spots Wherever They Go
- Overheard Everywhere | If Only the UN Were This Tolerant
- Overheard Everywhere | Don’t Make Me Come Down There and Rescue You
- Overheard in the Office | Like You’ve Never Wondered?
Now that you are in a good mood, here come the geeky things:
- DNS poisoning used to redirect unwitting surfers
- Samba Team Receives Microsoft Protocol Documentation | Tux Deluxe
- Geek About » The Ultimate Rollercoasters On Earth
- 10officegadgets
- DVICE: 12 Great Geek Gifts for Under $30
- Tiling
- AskMen.com – 5 things you didn’t know about Star Trek
- Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians
- Chandler Wiki : Cosmo Home
Now, let’s explore what grabbed my attention politically:
- America’s atheists | Believe it or not | Economist.com
- Rednecks vs. gay marriage | The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
- Straight Dope Message Board – I waterboard!
- Dickheads of the Year : Photos : Rolling Stone
- ABC News: Match-O-Matic
- FOXNews.com – Lakota Indians Withdraw Treaties Signed With U.S. 150 Years Ago – Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
- Three Charged In Attacks On North Carolina Football Players – Local News Story – WXII Winston-Salem
- The Atheist Experience: TEA’s science curriculum director forced to resign for promoting science
- Duelity
- occamsrazorbu0.jpg (JPEG Image, 750×600 pixels)
Parenting stuff:
- The McSweeney’s Store
- Most Controversial Films of All Time
- The Delicate Matter of the Truth About Santa | LiveScience
- Index of secret recipies?
- How to Free Yourself from Guilt | ThinkSimpleNow.com
Funny things:
- Standard Disclaimer [rec.humor.funny]
- Rampaging Santas strike again in N.Z. – Weird news- msnbc.com
- Rob’s SketchBlog: Happy Holidays!
- Simpsons House In Real World | thecontaminated.com
- IKE ‘BEATS’ TINA TO DEATH
- Tiger Woods Putts Baby Into Diaper | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source (thanks to Robert)
- Motivational Posters
- Parody Motivator Generator
And finally, just a few things that are interesting:
- How do I save my expiring frequent-flier miles? – CNN.com
- Magic Uproar – Magic Tricks: Top 30 Magic Trick Tutorials Of All Time – Part One
- Ford Offers Glass Roof For 2009 Mustang
- Innovation Canada | i2eye with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin | Graeme Stemp-Morlock
- Resistentialism – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catching up for the new year…
Hopefully, there will be a new server to facilitate more rapid blogging, and you may or may not have noticed that I have adapted several scripts to allow my phone to photo-blog and video-blog. I will be cleaning it up and posting it to the world, soon I hope…
On with the 2blog folder, starting again with all things overheard:
- Overheard in New York | With New Yorkers, That’s a Safe Bet
- Overheard in New York | How Seacrest Saved Britney
- Overheard in the Office | Have We Learned Nothing from the “C**k Diagram” Incident?
- Overheard Everywhere | Is There a Polite Response That Doesn’t Sound Gay?
- Overheard in New York | Your Ad Said You Were Docile and Stupid! I Demand a Refund!
- Overheard in New York | It Looks Like Goodwill, Honey, but I Wanted to Give You the Benefit of the Doubt
- Overheard in the Office | Sacrilicious!
- Overheard in the Office | And I’d Like the Singing Version of All Three
- Overheard in the Office | All Right, All Right, I’ll Like It.
- Overheard in the Office | Regardless, Could You Put Yours On?
- Overheard in the Office | President Bush Defines “Democracy”
- Overheard in the Office | Chewbacca’s Agent Finally Snaps
- Overheard Everywhere | … B***h
- Overheard Everywhere | And Leave Wet Spots Wherever They Go
- Overheard Everywhere | If Only the UN Were This Tolerant
- Overheard Everywhere | Don’t Make Me Come Down There and Rescue You
- Overheard in the Office | Like You’ve Never Wondered?
Now that you are in a good mood, here come the geeky things (notice how many of them relate to the video-blogging from the phone):
- Flash Video – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- DNS poisoning used to redirect unwitting surfers
- [Ffmpeg-user] .3gp -> flash -> no sound
- Samba Team Receives Microsoft Protocol Documentation | Tux Deluxe
- Geek About » The Ultimate Rollercoasters On Earth
- 10officegadgets
- DVICE: 12 Great Geek Gifts for Under $30
- Tiling
- AskMen.com – 5 things you didn’t know about Star Trek
- Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians
- Chandler Wiki : Cosmo Home
Now, let’s explore what grabbed my attention politically:
- America’s atheists | Believe it or not | Economist.com
- Rednecks vs. gay marriage | The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
- Straight Dope Message Board – I waterboard!
- D**kheads of the Year : Photos : Rolling Stone
- ABC News: Match-O-Matic
- FOXNews.com – Lakota Indians Withdraw Treaties Signed With U.S. 150 Years Ago – Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
- Three Charged In Attacks On North Carolina Football Players – Local News Story – WXII Winston-Salem
- The Atheist Experience: TEA’s science curriculum director forced to resign for promoting science
- Duelity
- occamsrazorbu0.jpg (JPEG Image, 750×600 pixels)
Parenting stuff:
- The McSweeney’s Store
- Most Controversial Films of All Time
- The Delicate Matter of the Truth About Santa | LiveScience
- Index of secret recipes?
- How to Free Yourself from Guilt | ThinkSimpleNow.com
Funny things:
- Standard Disclaimer [rec.humor.funny]
- Rampaging Santas strike again in N.Z. – Weird news- msnbc.com
- Rob’s SketchBlog: Happy Holidays!
- Simpsons House In Real World | thecontaminated.com
- IKE ‘BEATS’ TINA TO DEATH
- Tiger Woods Putts Baby Into Diaper | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
- Motivational Posters
- Parody Motivator Generator
And finally, just a few things that are interesting:
- How do I save my expiring frequent-flier miles? – CNN.com
- Magic Uproar – Magic Tricks: Top 30 Magic Trick Tutorials Of All Time – Part One
- Ford Offers Glass Roof For 2009 Mustang
- Innovation Canada | i2eye with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin | Graeme Stemp-Morlock
- Resistentialism – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I’m definitely a geek…
I read this Ga license plate as indicative of somebody who was not a fan of Jamie Zawinski.
On a positive note, I couldn’t figure out why it was offensive until reading the article. Yay! I’m probably not a racist!
