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December 2006
‘Daybreak’ canceled, episodes to stream online
This is too bad. Daybreak was one of the new shows I was enjoying (not ‘must-see-tv but still entertaining.) It was basically “Groundhog Day meets ’24’. Anyway, check out this post from Lost Remote: > The new A...
Read more →MacSanta: 20% off popular Mac Apps
Check out this post from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): > Filed under: Software, Stocking Stuffers Almost a dozen companies are offering a 20% off sale until Christmas. Rogue Amoeba, Bare Bones, Potion Factory, Unsanity and more. You’ll find a full list of participating developers at the MacSanta site. (from: MacSanta: 20% off popular Mac Apps) For all you mac users out there 🙂
World’s Tallest Man Lends a Hand
I just thought this post was interesting and curious — thanks Dowbrigade News > FUSHUN, China — Bao Xishun, the world’s tallest man, reaches in to retrieve objects from the sto...
Read more →TIME 2006 Person Of The Year: What a cop out!
Time Magazine news "You?" as the person of the year? What a cop-out! Check out this post from BAGnewsNotes: > You? TIME’s ’06 Person of the Year is You? I mean, Me? (from: TIME 2006 Person Of The Year: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (No?))
Holiday gift for the geek who has everything
Everyone has a column or article these days of gift suggestions. Here’s mine for all of you who need to buy something for your favorite geek “who has everything.” I bet they would really like these sculptures. Check out the whole site, they start at about $80 for a pocket sized doohikee and go to like $300 for a larger one. Kind of pricey, I admit. Bathsheba Sculpture, via Kevin Kelley, Cool Tools
A good bit by Bruce Schneier about “Real-World Passwords”
Check out this post from Schneier on Security: > How good are the passwords people are choosing to protect their computers and online accounts? It’s a hard question to answer because data is...
Read more →Chess and Violent Meditation
Check out this post from empire state blues.: > "[snip…]Everything else is blotted out by the deafening sound of my own consciousness, the ascendant primate mind, churning on all of its terrifying and unknown cylinders. And playing chess is in some ways a taking of communion with this austere machine-mind; this family tree of decisions; this full blooming of abstract thought.[snip…] (from: Chess and Violent Meditation)
Today only: 40% off at Borders
This is a public service to my readers. Here’s the coupon.
JRuby 0.9.2
I was discussing with a friend yesterday, really, what’s the difference between a scripting language and a ‘real’ language? Is Java a ‘real’ language? After all it does run on top of an interpreter (the JVM.) But what’s an interpreter anyway? Is the only ‘real’ language C++? Even C# is quest...
Read more →[GEEKY] An interesting bit on an XML security vulnerability
Ok, this is definitely geeky, but I thought it was interesting: > “There’s a 4+ year old security hole in many XML parsers called XXE, the Xml eXternal Entity attack.” (from Some Bits: Nelson’s blog) Read the whole thing here.
Capital of Kazakhstan to be Covered in Gigantic Tent; Gizmodo HQ Moving to Kazakhstan
Check out this post from Gizmodo: > Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, will soon become one of the coolest cities in the world. Why...
Read more →fire at one broadway
My buddies at wis.dm had a real scare today as our offices and the rest of the building was evacuated in a big rush due to a terrible and terrifying explosion in the basement. I was in California at the time and got word of this when Brian called my cell phone while I was in...
Read more →Free book on “Algorithms” highly recommended
Check out this post from dzone.com: latest front page: > 
I just finished a fantastic book called "Algorithms", by Sanjoy Dasgupta, Christos Papadimitriou and Umesh Vazirani. Even better: this book is free and can be downloaded in PDF form from the authors’ web site. (from: Free book on "Algorithms" highly recommended)
Good article about idiomatic Ruby
I’ve been learning Ruby and Rails in my copious spare time. I found this post instructive on how to write idiomatic Ruby instread of Ruby as C: Idiomatic Ruby.
2006 Fall Leadership Forum
I am at the 2006 Fall Leadership Forum in Sonoma, CA. Wine is everywhere, even a free bottle in the hotel room. And all that wine and wine information is kind of squandered on me. So I won’t talk about wine, but here are some tidbits from the conferen...
Read more →53% of People Prefer Pie Charts [The World’s Fair]
Check out this post from ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed: 53% of People Prefer Pie Charts [The World’s Fair] Not sure if this is serious or not 🙂 Reminds me of the old joke "94% of all statistics cited are invented ON THE SPOT!
My Middle-Sized Problems
Check out this post from The Dilbert Blog: My Middle-Sized Problems Funny as usual! You should really follow this blog!
Ask Lifehacker: The gift of a pre-loaded iPod
Check out this post from Lifehacker: Ask Lifehacker: The gift of a pre-loaded iPod This is a really good idea! I will use it this holiday season!
Hacking Reputation in MySpace and Facebook
Check out this post from Schneier on Security: > "I’ll be the first to admit it: I know next to nothing about MySpace or Facebook. I do know that they’re social networking sites, and that — at lea...
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