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Archive for January, 2006

A Note to Webmasters

• Monday, January 16th, 2006 • No Comments

1. If I open up a webpage and see a loading screen, I will immediately close it. When I see a flash loading bar, generally I will find that the site includes almost all of the complaints labled below.

2. If the text on your site is so small that I can’t read it in 1600×1200, [...]


Specific Bitching

• Friday, January 13th, 2006 • No Comments

I haven’t posted anything personal that is specific to my life in quite some time. I don’t really feel it’s necessary, important, interesting, or even very mature to continually air your dirty laundry all over the place for everyone to read. Sure, I post a few vague things from time to time, but generally I [...]


Things I Need

• Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 • 4 Comments

Apparently I just needed someone else to make me feel like I’m important, interesting, amusing, entertaining, and, most importantly, worthy of attention.

I feel a lot better now.

About everything.

I have Introduction to Ceramics today! I’m excited.


Commentary on the SkyScout

• Sunday, January 8th, 2006 • No Comments

I posted this as a comment over on Scobleizer’s post about how “awesome” the Celestron SkyScout is. For those uninformed, this device alleges that you can hold it with one hand*, look through a large hole in the back of the unit**, and it will identify anything in the night sky that you point at*** [...]


The Dos and Don’ts of MP3 Players

• Friday, January 6th, 2006 • No Comments

I posted this as a comment in reply to Anil Dash’s list of Do and Don’ts for beating the iPod.

I have to disagree with everything on this list, if only because the majority of the list sounds like exactly what a silly grown up thinks kids would want. “We think teenagers think this is cool, [...]


UK DNA Database Woes

• Thursday, January 5th, 2006 • No Comments

New Home Office figures estimate that by 2008, the samples of some 4.2 million people – seven per cent of the population – will be contained on a central criminal database, which is growing by about half a million a year.

The system, which held only 700,000 samples when Labour took office in 1997, now exceeds [...]


Like a Phoenix…

• Wednesday, January 4th, 2006 • 3 Comments

Site was down for about two days, if you noticed. 1and1 decided it was a good idea to shut me down due to lack of payment. Luckily, I’m smart, attentive, and all sorts of awesome and got it right back up with no extra charge. Yay!

1and1, I still think you’re awesome, and I’m sorry I [...]


May (2002)

• Monday, January 2nd, 2006 • No Comments

I’m going to get hell from my girlfriend for this review, because she loves this movie. I haven’t felt like reviewing anything lately, but this one grabbed me and, I warn you, much like my review of The Constant Gardener, this is going to be a bitter review. Warning in mind, onward we go…

May falls [...]