- Setup a whole-house speaker system using existing phone lines.
- Cheap but powerful video card for HTPC use.
- The thickness of napkins in the programming world.
- SimpleFolio, a nice wordpress theme.
- If you missed the Super Bowl commercials last night, they’ve all been posted here (and the story behind the Leno, Oprah, Letterman ad is over here). Vote for your favorite here.
- According to teenagers, sites like mine aren’t cool anymore. Not that I’m losing sleep over losing the under-18 demo.
- Another high school, another overzelous administration conficating newspapers that do some real reporting.
- Always wear your seat belt.
- The anti-vaccine autism paper had catastrophic effects.
- Symbian Operating System is Now Open Source and Free — but will it matter?
- Relatively Portal.
- Netflix 28-Day Window Would Decimate Their Top Rental List.
- Kwedit, a new completely unreliable payment network.
- Calagator, open-source project for calendar aggregation (like Portland’s tech events).
- Run your own URL Shortener, and hopefully have better luck with spammers than my failed attempt (Ken is using it here).
- If you run a MovableType blog, this site might interest you.
- Licensing Delay Complicates Decision Between Open Source and Proprietary Video Players.
Category: Funny
Reading Material
Reading Material
- 30 Commercial Games That Have Been Released for Free.
- The Apple iMaxiPad.
- Speaking of iPad, here’s a GUI PSD for it so you can start making your app interfaces.
- Life below 600 pixels (or “below the fold”).
- Software on the Cheap (or: Why good software is not something your cousin’s nephew can do.).
- Uncovering the secrets of Mega Shark.
- OptiPNG, great command line tool to knock some weight off PNG files.
- HTML5 isn’t going to save the Internet.
- Southpark Mac vs. PC.
- Man films his wife crying after movies, posts it online, everybody laughs (including the wife).
- Random picture blog for the day: Hot Chicks Plunging Their Toilets.
- Javascript experiments in Chrome.
- Speaking of impressive Javascript, Windows 3.1 Program Manager in Javascript.
- Sexting is now just for teens — old folks are doing it, too (yikes).
- Speaking of disgusting, Miley’s 9-year old sister is launching a lingerie line for kids.
Reading Material For The Night
- The problem with young people today…(reminds me of this guy).
- How David Blaine held his breath for 17 minutes.
- The most statistically full of s**t professions.
- Coca Cola “Happiness Machine”.
- Visualizing browser share over the years.
- Lessons from the AT&T/Facebook Switcheroo.
- SexyCycle jQuery plugin.
- How to run a meeting like Google.
- Valentines Day is coming, and it’s time for some gift cards (NSFW). Featured this last year, but they’ve put up some new cards for the holiday.
- In case you missed all the hype, Apple deputed a new toy today, and no it has nothing to do with this old Mad TV skit, despite the name.
- Mario was never in any danger.
Conan is Awesome
His 2006 Emmy’s opening was the best ever…
Woot Tears Apart Twilight
Daily deal site Woot‘s product descriptions have alway been hilarious, but today’s take on Twilight is one of its best.
Late Night TV Chaos
The blog world is all in a dither about NBC’s late-night shake-up. First, NBC outlined a plan to move “The Jay Leno Show” from it’s 10PM time slot to an 11:35 time slot, moving Conan O’Brien’s “Tonights Show” to 12:05. The reasoning, apparently, was because NBC affiliates were complaining that their 11PM newscasts were seeing lower ratings. The topic was brought up on pretty much every late night show. Conan came out and said he won’t do the show if it’s moved to a different time slot. The Web has come to the support of Conan, or “Coco” as he’s known, calling Leno all sorts of names. The Consumerist is encouraging people to email NBC before he decides to bail and go to Fox.
Personally, I’ve always like Conan and his show far better than Leno, but this whole fiasco is just hilarious and shows how much pull Leno still has at NBC (and how little respect they have for Conan).