2008

happy 17th birthday to linux! http://ping.fm/YFxST

short meetings are always good meetings

it’s been a ‘perfect storm’ of a morning. off to a meeting, then hopefully things...

just finished watching the cowboys almost blow a huge lead. headed to hang out with the family for a...

i wish godaddy would leave their interface alone for a few months…

110/365 On our way back from Whistler we stopped at the...

cool gas calculator that tells you how much it costs to drive between two points...

headed out to go shoot some pool…although i’m not sure what the odds of finding a table...

another reason why best buy sucks http://ping.fm/xdYgm

off to the gym

Most Awarded Advertisements in 2008: http://ping.fm/GclV5 (the moonwalking bear is the best)

why android will soon kick ass http://ping.fm/FkQxc

awesome ad for wario land on youtube (watch the screen around the video) http://ping.fm/vZOPy

is there any interesting architecture going on in the US? http://ping.fm/R3QqZ

i’ve heard a lot of talk about habari recently. anyone tried it? thoughts??...

youtube finally updated the uploader so it tells you how long it’s going to take. i guess...

got gnupg installed & working along with firegpg in firefox. probably overkill, but it will be...

compass mode looks useless…can someone give me a reason i would use that?

amazon drm free mp3 store built in. goodbye itunes

just showed the teaser real for g1. looks like it’s everything the iphone could have been if...

going to miss the android event because of a meeting. on an unrelated note, i’m pretty sure...

tmobile google andorid event live blogging at gizmodo http://ping.fm/UN5sw

just realized that the tmobile g1 website is terrible. who thought putting random buttons all over...

didn’t realize adobe was releasing cs4 already. seems like cs3 was just released....

starting the morning with a woot off! it’s gonna be a good day. http://www.woot.com/

the t-mobile g1 with google press conference website http://ping.fm/B1hQ9

firefox 3 is not supported by blackboard. another reason for me to hate blackboard more than i...

awesome tool to kill frozen windows apps (similar to xkill on linux) http://ping.fm/XNrsp

just got done changing a tire for a friend. remembering why i decided to work on computers for a...

it’s an amazing morning. headed out to work by the lake. hope everyone has a great week!

chrome is getting addons and user scripts (aka greasemonkey). still don’t think it will...

setting up a motion detecting webcam to catch whoever is stealing from our office. dorgem is awesome...

just watched the new windows ad…i like the seinfeld ads much better http://ping.fm/crjdg

wordpress 2.7 features list finalized: http://ping.fm/S9hWD

really like the new twitter.com design. very clean

updating twhirl to 0.8.6

just installed the new xbmc on ubuntu. so far it’s really impressive.

can’t wait for the It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia premier tonight

this is freakin awesome. First Historic Image of Planet 3106 Trillion Miles From Earth:...

found out the cleaning crew is stealing anything that isn’t bolted down around here. anyone...

the only thing i hate more than flash, is flash forms. these things are worthless

awesome mootools 1.2 + suckerfish drop down menus for you web developers http://ping.fm/Lq7cd

is microsoft seriously cancelling the gates/seinfeld ads already???

msn vs. google rap battle http://ping.fm/9fhdA

in google analytics, is ‘/example’ and /example/index.htm’ recorded as two...

listening to BOL. @leolaporte said that no one should ever buy the 1st gen of any phone os....

moved to the dev branch of chrome updates. curious to see what they’re going to try to get...

the new android video looks pretty impressive. hopefully a good community of developers forms around...

watching the palin/clinton snl skit http://ping.fm/6HOAt

gparted makes life so much simpler. also, finally got my small file server working. it’s a...

downloaded the new vlc player. very nice improvements http://ping.fm/1VZT2

is webmonkey making a come-back? i remember using them a long time ago but thought they were dead....

just got done doing some major cleaning. less is more right?

contemplating sushi for lunch today

fixed my wordpress issue from yesterday. seems that i had to upgrade the prologue theme…not...

on the phone w/att. ready to switch to another co. anyone have a good experience w/their provider?...

yammer.com is really cool. i wish i could create private groups within the business domain though.

the new family guy adsense ads have started. funny, not hilarious http://ping.fm/o4VQy

i tried to make it the whole week with chrome. i lasted two days. right now, i’d describe it...

i’m thinking all my WP problems are coming the way my server is handling permalinks. was the...

just upgraded a wordpress blog to 2.6.2 and everytime i try to post, it takes me back to the login...

dell removed the option to build an ubuntu based desktop without a monitor. understandable, but it...

wondering how well trac would work for regular project management. thoughts? better free solutions?

just had an excellent workout. time to get in the hot tub and enjoy the sorta-cool weather

the defense dept. is looking into open source. huge blow to MS if they start losing govt agencies....

best quote about chad johnson i’ve heard: It’s tough to defend Johnson, as he’s so...

ubuntu 9.04 sounds pretty amazing with it’s ‘weblications’ and ‘blindingly...

for you web designers, a nice and simple way to embed mp3 files on a site http://ping.fm/ejCRc

sleepless nights suck. thank god for excessive amounts of work to be done…

slovakia’s women’s team routs bulgaria, 82-0. hilarious. http://ping.fm/bPDJU

headed to the gym. hoping i don’t have to pick the lock this time to get in. also, i could...

don’t really care for how podcasts are displayed in itunes 8. hopefully i’ll get used to...

not sure why, but i’m installing itunes 8

gmail isn’t working. the cloud hates me

it sucks to see drm destroying spore. when will these guys learn drm does nothing but turn everyone...

i already miss the delicious addon. this is going to be a very painful week i think…

trying to use chrome as my default browser this week

just got done laying by the pool. headed to the beach now. san diego is amazing

packing for san diego. and for once, not packing my laptop

chrome easter egg: type ‘about:internets’ in the address bar

i think cforms may be the best wordpress plugin ever created

the way chrome manages downloads is interesting…and i like it

installing chrome. i’m really excited about the opportunity to develop for yet another browser...

what’s up with techcrunch this morning? is cuil indexing it?

the firmware installed in about 30 seconds and everything is working perfectly. ready to see what...

installing the tomato firmware on my new router. if you don’t hear from me for a few...

why is google now working on their own browser? (named ‘chrome’)

finally getting a chance to play with ubiquity

back from the lake. time to get a little work done

chad johnson officially changed his name to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco. what a tool....

dwight schrute’s olympic games. i vote for cabinet making. http://ping.fm/rRsnf

having sushi for lunch today. today is a good day

i thought the new ie8 beta2 was suppose to be able to remember your tabs when you closed...

awesome lifehacker tip to keep from reactivating windows after a fresh install (other than just...

the new jquery design is…interesting? http://jquery.com/

initial thoughts on ie8b2: a lot of good improvements. trident still needs to be put in a corner and...

testing ie8b2. so far it’s the fastest version of ie they’ve put out. the css rendering...

just realized that vlc can play flv files. is there any codec it doesn’t support?

watching 4 hours of Douglas Crockford talking about javascript. i have a feeling i’m not going...

please help kill IE6 http://ping.fm/BMyjM

just got my new router from amazon and it had a tube of arm & hammer advanced white toothpaste...

the good, bad and ugly of twitter design: http://ping.fm/19P5w

hack airport wifi with a simple greasemonkey script http://ping.fm/1FRv0

any students who haven’t already pirated MS Office 07 can get it for $60. what? that leaves no...

i love that on dell’s site, the downgrade to xp is called a bonus. “Genuine Windows...

homeland security’s phone system was hacked. awesome. i feel so much safer...

some olympic headlines this morning: U.S. upset for gold in softball, U.S. drop baton: out of...

turns out tiger woods is jesus and ea sports has a sense of humor http://ping.fm/NjKkU

the easiest way i’ve seen to add png transparency to ie6…http://ping.fm/rRmBS

the way ebay is moving sounds like they are trying to compete with amazon…and they are going...

the aussies are trash talking the americans. that’s cute. i think they forgot they are down by...

saw step brothers tonight. epic movie

checking out the screenshots of the new android sdk 0.9 release. now that t-mobile has verified the...

wasn’t michael redd put on the team for outside shooting? i haven’t seen him hit a shot...

using images to enhance video. this is amazing. and it’s called spacetime fusion…so it...

reading through some mootools 1.2 tutorials trying to get up to speed http://ping.fm/nVGTf

create a yearbook photo of yourself…http://ping.fm/mXckb

watching It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. this show is hilarious

anyone know if you can assign a page to two different parent pages in wordpress??

if you need 750gb sata hd, $77.77 at woot. http://www.woot.com/

even though i told woopra 1.2 beta not to start automatically, it keeps opening. it feels like my...

i really hope pandora doesn’t shut down :( http://ping.fm/j8EMS

the alpha release of xbmc on ubuntu 8.04 seems really stable. can’t wait to dig into it some...

installing the new alpha release of xbmc on ubuntu

working on a couple websites. got about 3 large projects going on at once right now. should be...

it’s good to see dwayne wade healthy again. starting to look like he did in 2006 when the heat...

dell has new laptops loaded with ubuntu, an itunes competitor w/tons of partners & new...

i love that italy blocked TPB and the only thing it accomplished was giving TPB a huge surge of...

getting ready to look at wordpress 2.6.1. nothing major, but it looks like it will clean a few bugs...

why did aol buy socialthing? doesn’t make any sense to me

and the US just avenged their pitiful loss last year to greece … 92-69

got a small file server using ubuntu working with winxp. can’t force it to ask for a user/pass...

obama’s campaign reminds me more of american idol than a presidental election. whatever works...

@leolaporte is getting me high with some binaural beats…i’m so hungry for some...

awesome post from lifehacker: backup your firefox profile and upload to box.net with febe...

now they’re saying the android based htc dream is scheduled to release in sept. i’m...

styling forms suck thanks to ie. then again, coding in general sucks thanks to ie

allergies are beating the crap out of me today. damn you texas!

also, i wish google would change their algos so it weighs the original source of content more than...

found a good framework for creating css only forms. http://ping.fm/MjVtj

testing out wordpress 2.6.1 beta 2. given up on my hope that it will fix my permalink issue....

the iphone is less stable than windows mobile. awesome. http://ping.fm/BKSJM

i have no motivation to work tonight. thinking about watching the dark knight

finally getting around to testing out the new woopra beta. anything i should be looking for?

installing utorrent 1.8 to test it out before i head to the gym

…and gmail is down

coverage of the olympics online sucks. i have to enter my zip & telco to see video on...

couple of good cheatsheets for you mootools users http://ping.fm/05Dn2

it’s about 10 million degrees in the office today. i think i’ll go do some work in the...

playing with OperaTor. perfect for people wanting to stay anonymous, but don’t want get too...

changing themes on my ubuntu machine, working on a site and listening to podcasts

as much as i love terracopy, it brings my computer to a crawl when i use it. anyone know of...

just saw that google is switching from the legacy urchin code to a new google analytics specific...

things are getting better. design is working perfectly and the css and xhtml have been validated

scratch that. one of the wrappers was off by 1px. interesting that firefox was the only 1 that...

looks like i’m going to be re-doing most of the css for this layout because i was apparently...

having a small problem with 1 element that shows up correctly in every browser EXCEPT...

doing a little css’ing…if that wasn’t a word, it is now

bbpress 1.0 alpha series now available. can’t wait for the final 1.0 release....

just realized that pandora has added classical music. when did this happen?

didn’t expect to get on the computer and see that bernie mac died of pneumonia this...

turns out creating your own ‘office’ suite is the new black. http://ping.fm/PhKdA

anyone else unable to update their peerguardian lists?