Archive for January 2004

Fray CDs in Apple Store

In Apple, Fray, Geek on 28 January 2004 with Comments Off

Attention all you iTunes users! The two original Fray CDs (Fray Day 5 and Fray Cafe 3) are both now available in the Apple iTunes Music Store! Click these if you’re among the iTunes-addled: Fray Day 5 and Fray Cafe 3. Buy and enjoy! Just don’t tell Apple you can listen to all that and [...]

Orkut? Kaput!

In Geek on 26 January 2004 with Comments Off

Having a last name like “Powazek” makes a guy fairly sensitive to personal noun pronunciation difficulties. Still, with all the talk about Orkut going around the last few days, I’ve found myself trying to pronounce it correctly, just so, yaknow, the pets and the houseplants understand what I’m murmuring about.
Problem is, the word only [...]

Ribs

In Uncategorized on 23 January 2004 with Comments Off

Real life gets a little bit more like The Onion every day.

Are Democrats Stupid?

In Uncategorized on 19 January 2004 with Comments Off

Or is it just Iowa Democrats that are stupid?
It looks like the first Democratic caucus is going to Kerry. Kerry! The man is about as engaging as watching mold grow (no offense to any mold-studying readers).
Every time I see Kerry, I find myself looking for the bolts on his neck. I mean, really, if [...]

Go see Big Fish

In Uncategorized on 19 January 2004 with Comments Off

[Cross-posed from Storyblog because, really, I mean it.] If you’re someone who likes great stories, if you’re someone who’s spent any time at all thinking about the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and the thin, blurry line between truth and fiction … heck, if you’ve got eyeballs that work, go see Big Fish. Don’t [...]

Hooray for Movable Type!

In Geek on 15 January 2004 with Comments Off

This is a geek heavy day, I know, but I had to add one more….
Movable Type 2.66 is out and it adds a few features designed to fight the rising tide of comment spam. (For the non-geeks, “comment spam” refers to evil people who use programs to post ads for their sites in the comments [...]

KnowSpam 200k

In Geek on 15 January 2004 with Comments Off

It’s been under three months since my KnowSpam ticker hit 100k, and sometime last night it hit 200k. Since I hit the first 100k four months after I installed it, this means my spam intake has increased by about 25%. Whee.

Note

In Uncategorized on 14 January 2004 with Comments Off

I shamelessly pilfered the last two links from Stewart. I could never find such things on my own.

News flash: Geeks actually socialize!

In Uncategorized on 14 January 2004 with Comments Off

I’m just bookmarking this so that next time someone hits me with the ol’ bowling-alone / computers-are-alienating spiel, I can print it out and hit them over the head with it.

CNN: New study shatters Internet ‘geek’ image
LONDON, England (Reuters) — The typical Internet user — far from being a geek — shuns television and actively [...]

Accents from places I’ve never been

In Uncategorized on 14 January 2004 with Comments Off

So this site has sound clips of people reading the following text in English, with accents from all over the world. I’m sure it’s all academic and important, but I just like hearing the accents. And, after hearing it a few times, the text itself forms a kind of Zen koan.
Please call Stella.  Ask her [...]