Monthly Archives: December 2008

Evolution of Technology

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Rare Imports

So… so… delightfully wrong.

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Requiem for VHS

Inspired by this Requiem for VHS Come bear witness to the Flying Head No longer airborne M-wrapped for all eternity Cart him away add an adhesive let him seal the cases of the new media God DV or not DV … Continue reading

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Colonel Alan E. Goldsmith

Colonel Alan E. Goldsmith, U.S. Air Force, Ret., 85, died December 22nd, 2008 in Walnut Creek, California. Continue reading

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A New Wind Blowing

by Mary Pitt The whole country is agog with the news of the Madoff Ponzi scheme and the billions he scammed from big investors, but nobody appears to realize that it is only the tip of a huge iceberg. There … Continue reading

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Periodic Table of Awesome

From Dapperstache This is just nucking futz. “Noble Races” includes “Ninjas” – too much fun.

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Uncanny valley

In my experience, shoehorning desktop conventions into web applications rarely ends well. I was never able to articulate exactly why, but the uncanny valley theory goes a long way towards explaining it Continue reading

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Another star goes out

This is so sad. Godspeed Nurse Chapel.

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Fearing the Frightful Filibuster

by Mary Pitt The Republicans are already indicating their intent to use the same tactics that they used in the past two years in the minority to block many of the programs that are vital to the plans of President-elect … Continue reading

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Color me amazed

Very, very cool idea. Multicolr Search Lab – Flickr Set

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