If you’re on Facebook, you’ve seen this game (or games like it). After watching a really interesting talk on the future of video games, I finally gave in and decided to see what these Facebook games were really about. There are a lot of Facebook games out there, Farmville and Mafia Wars likely being the [...]
This past weekend was the final contest for the 2009 season of the Washed Up Former College Football Players League and I had only limited rooting interests. J.D. from Indiana combined with the pure, unbridled obnoxiousness of pretty much every New Orleans fan ever meant that I’d have liked the Colts to win, but I [...]
One of the many wonderful gifts I received for Christmas was a pizza stone. You know, I’m not sure that there’s anything magical about it, but one thing it did manage to do was get me making pizza. Wonderful, tasty pizza. The Girl and I have been experimenting with different sauces, crusts, toppings, and so [...]
Q4 2009 has not been good to True Believers of Anthropogenic Global Warming so far. Two big revelations have cast a shadow on, as far as I can tell, basically every piece of science1 supporting the theory that human-created greenhouse gasses are having a catastrophic impact on the planet. Breaking the Hockey Stick First came a must-read [...]
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Somehow my email address ends up on all sorts of “SEND ME PRESS RELEASES” list. Most of the press releases are stupid and poorly targeted, so I click the “Mark as Spam” button. Sometimes, though, a gem slips through. Like this one: Paul Hurley, A local Irish bar and tavern owner in Manhattan [...]
Not too long ago, Verizon took aim at AT&T’s spotty 3G coverage with a clever add: As an AT&T customer who lives in one of the 10 most populous metros in the United States, I found it amusing because my coverage — even inside the perimeter — is fucking atrocious. There’s really no reason that, standing [...]
I’m busy digesting the meat-splosion that resulted from the programmer’s weekly trip to the Brazilian BBQ near the office. We tried a new venue today which was alright, but I think we’re going to stick with the old standard in the future. I also have to prepare myself for Mexican Food Night1. While we’re talking about [...]
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This bothers me a bit every time I hear it. It seems that every auto insurance company has been trumpeting a relatively useless statistic. “Drivers who switched to _____ saved an average of…” and then they give some large-sounding number. You want to save hundreds of dollars, right? Of course you do. Who doesn’t? The claim is [...]
This week’s required reading is as follows: New Ocean Forming in Ethiopia — Mother Nature’s contingency plan for melting polar ice caps. In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two [...]
This might be a terrible idea, and it might be something the FTC would really, really frown upon. It struck me when I was watching one of those ridiculous Axe Body Spray commercials where some guy was being attacked by a horde of women who simply could not control their desire for him on account [...]