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Elephant Saddlebags
Personally, I’d pimp mine out with spinners and a five foot tall rear spoiler, but to each his own I say.
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Samsung Kies Software
Is the worst piece of shit you ever did see. It’s super slow, bloated, and looks like the retarded monkey who decided on the design gave the job to a colorblind Amiga programmer. Actually, I’ve never used any mobile phone/digicam/video cam maker’s software that was even close to being acceptable, but this Kies crap bundled with my Samsung Galaxy 5 is just laughably bad. Time to start up on my old desktop rig: FOUR TIMES longer than PhotoShop CS3. This is just fucking unacceptable, shitty code. Shame on you, Samsung.
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Karelia / Alone in the Wilderness
It was nice being able to sleep in a tent for a few nights this past year; I like camping and look forward to taking Max and Mina… There are a couple of nice outdoors themed links I’ve been wanting to post, so: Unforgettable Vacation In Karelia – Nice photo set from Finland or Russia, can’t tell which. (It’s hosted on English Russia, so watch for pop-ups.) — Then there’s this clip from a film called Alone in the Wilderness: This kind of stuff just fascinates me – I often wonder if I’d be able to handle a month or two of solitude. The guy’s homepage is here. I’m acquiring…
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Max and Mina’s Tribute to the White Stripes
“The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful.” –The White Stripes, February 2, 2011 And so: We did this back in August of last year. I was never a huge White Stripes fan, but the way they are ending is inspiring. I sure wish my favorite bands had gone out like this.
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Legion, the chat transcript
Adam: yo what up Adam: that’s cool, I like chatting to myself anyway me: hey you there? Adam: they killed the black guy! me: ? Adam: and he had a prosthetic hand… bastards! Legion it’s a really good movie! such an intricate plot me: oh Adam: and great acting me: you should see spartacus the series pretty cool Adam: what up man me: not much just finished my only class for today Adam: nice me: i was sitting under the trees outside drinking coffee Adam: gonna go do something fun? me: um soon got a pal who’s cousin has an m4 Adam: lol me: we’re going to go to the…
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Thanks for the D
I was in a bank the other day, holding Max and waiting for Nam to finish renewing our car insurance, when a student from a while back spotted me and came in to say hi. Then she started tearing up and thanked me repeatedly for passing her last year, and pointed down to her bulging midsection. “I’m six months pregnant,” she said, “and I just don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t graduated yet.” I remembered her case very well – it had been a tough call, with various problems if I chose to help her, but in the end, I passed her. I dealt with the…
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In response to our attempts at taking a passport photo.
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Mina’s new turtle
(thx mark!)
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Readability
I’ve really tried to keep the design of this site pleasing and simple over most of its incarnations. It bugs me when I visit sites that have interesting content overlaid with shitty design and ads, so I’ve been using the Readability javascript for a long time (it currently exists as a Chrome plug-in). Simply stated, it simplifies pages, strips out extraneous crap, and makes them easier to read. Readability has now launched as a subscription service, starting at $5 a month. I would pay for it if I browsed on my mobile more often, but $60 a month is a bit too much for me… I like the idea a…
