Category Archives: Web

Your internet pass is revoked

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

Some pimply-faced expert got in my face about the educational value of e-learning: “What’s wrong with books? Don’t you know what books are? Books are like the internet printed on paper!” Just, wow.

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What makes the cat woman crazy and other assorted links

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy: “…he suspected his mind had been taken over by parasites that had invaded his brain.” Iron Giant: One of America’s great machines comes back to life. MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES ‘GOOD DAY’ See … Continue reading →

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84 likes, 130 dislikes

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

In October of 2010, I uploaded a video about bringing a cockroach back to life with a bug zapper to YouTube. It only had a few thousand hits for the first year, but then suddenly took off probably due to … Continue reading →

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New Google TOS & Privacy Policy

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

Quite a few people have asked what I think of the new, unified Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. The short answer is that it’s nothing to worry about. — If you are smart, you use Gmail above all … Continue reading →

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Gettin down on the Juche tip

Posted on February 4, 2012 by
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Tasty Links for the New Year

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

In no particular order: Smoke Screening Charles Mann is shown by Bruce Schneier just what a joke our airport security has become and makes a case that “the continuing expenditure on security may actually have made the United States less safe.” … Continue reading →

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Raiders

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

I pity all the Star Wars fans that died before they could see the great stuff on the internet.

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Oyasumi Boba

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

More sci-fi sleepytime here. ALSO: Vader Got Served

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Why are we not equal?

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

Living overseas, you might be surprised how many websites and web services (in the US and Japan especially) are closed to the rest of the world. Of course, there are easy ways around this, but if your personal blog is … Continue reading →

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RIP Google Buzz

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

As my Google Buzz feed slows to a trickle and GMail incessantly reminds me that Buzz is going away, I’ve already begun to miss it. Google+ is a layer removed from my e-mail inbox, and that’s the only thing I … Continue reading →

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Es verdad.

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

During my first year of study at Tenri University in Japan, I met my cousin Erisa. She was from a line of my dad’s family, the Yoshidas, who emigrated to Mexico, whereas my family went to Los Angeles. I never … Continue reading →

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Toyota reviving Nobunaga (Toyota ReBorn), plus killer killer whales

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

Linkdump follows: Any modern car ad using a 1960′s S40 Crown is worth watching in my opinion, but the CM being referred to (and uploaded to Youtube just 3 hours ago) is just indecipherable. The making of video isn’t much … Continue reading →

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Diasporical

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

#1 Rule for Social Networking Sites post-Facebook Domination: If you name your new service something uppity like Diaspora, Exodus, or Migration, we expect you kick things off by nuking your competitors from orbit (or something equivalent to an Act of … Continue reading →

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Tamaleros and Cul-de-Sacs

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Coupla good links popped up: Tamales, L.A.’s original street food (via Dil) Debunking the Cul-de-Sac (via Joe Jones on Buzz)

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All I can say is…

Posted on September 14, 2011 by
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Shark vs. Bear in Russia

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

A Russian acquaintance has told me that the release of photos depicting the aftermath of a fight between a big shark and a big bear in Kamchatka is imminent. Awesome.

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Quick reading 8/27/2011

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

Questlove and Seal Team Six Update: Have they already remade Back to the Future?

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The second best Wired article, ever

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

The first, of course, being Neal Steph’s Mother Earth Mother Board (I miss his entertaining writing for us serfs; I would give my left nut for another Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, or Zodiac) Anyway: How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet…

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Just so you know…

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

…this is the supposedly the longest entry in Wikipedia: List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters (nothing of value for normal people; do not click unless you want to wait for it to load for a loooong time) … Continue reading →

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Once upon a time, a DJ’s task…

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

I got so absorbed in this, it took me a few seconds to realize that Max was repeatedly kicking me in the groin to get my attention: http://wheelsofsteel.net/

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