Entries from December 2006

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

new seattle restaurant site

Seattle restaurants | Restaurant menus, reviews and maps on urbanspoon.com It is obviously just getting going (even Lark didn’t have a user comment yet), but I like that they have the local press reviews as well as people ones. Nicely organized, well arranged. We’ll see how they grow…

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

Amazon makes an unintended funny…

a message from Amazon about items in my shopping cart: Please note that the price of The High Price of Materialism has increased from $10.85 to $11.32 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages. Please note that [...]

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

crazyness

So, I’m staying a nice hotel in the self-proclaimed capital of Silicon Valley. Of course, they have hot and cold running internet (wireless and wired!), but there is no outlet with 10 feet of the desk (where the wired internet is). Unless, of course, you move the bed away from the wall and unplug the [...]

Monday, December 11th, 2006

The SeaTac Airport Trees incident

The Seattle Times: Local News: Airports trees stoking “war on Christmas” Ya know, I’d like a Menorah in addition to XMas trees if they are going to be on public property too. I however think that suing the port “to make a point” during XMas season was a stupid move 10 times over. All it [...]

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Beautiful and amazing in a weird way

luckily no one got hurt, which makes it more fun to watch. Wish the video was encoded better.

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

hey half of America!

You get what you deserve.  Everyone knows that the situation in Iraq is a quagmire and that our plans (or lack thereof) have been flawed and are still flawed. Report after report comes out saying that we are doing the wrong things and yet the president feels firm in his convictions. He is the decider, [...]

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Which Vista Edition is Right for You?: The Vista Editions

ExtremeTech has this super scary matrix to help you figure out which version of Vista you should buy. Which Vista Edition is Right for You?: The Vista Editions Now, there are two ways to look at this diagram. One is Microsoft is Stupid and the other is Microsoft is Evil. Having all these different versions [...]

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Adwatch: Zune Endless Cookie – Gizmodo

Holy crap gizmodo makes me laugh sometimes… Here’s an ad that symbolizes the Zune’s song sharing with a cookie that is split for sharing with strangers, only to grow back, over and over again. No one understands that after 3 days, the cookie DRM activates in your stomach, giving you a bleeding ulcer and diarrhea. [...]

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

English Russia » Strange Soviet Buildings

English Russia » Strange Soviet Buildings These buildings aren’t just futuristic, or weird. There is something really oddly compelling and beautiful about them.

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Sources confirm plans for a smaller, ultra-thin form factored MacBook Pro | MacScoop

Sources confirm plans for a smaller, ultra-thin form factored MacBook Pro | MacScoop I am writing this from a 12″ PowerBook, which I dearly love. I find myself drifting more to my 17″ MBP these days, but mostly ’cause I use it for work, and that screen real estate does come in handy for coding. [...]