Don’t have a smartphone? WordPress now offers blogging & comment moderation via text-messaging. (US-only to start with)
Don’t have a smartphone? WordPress now offers blogging & comment moderation via text-messaging. (US-only to start with)
Spent 5 minutes trying to ID myself to a phone menu. Once it was satisfied, THEN it went into “If this is an emergency, hang up & call 911!”
Spent 5 minutes trying to ID myself to a phone menu. Once it was satisfied, THEN it went into “If this is an emergency, hang up & call 911!”
Dear insurance company phone system: It might be a good idea to put the requisite…
Dear insurance company phone system: It might be a good idea to put the requisite “If this is an emergency, please hang up and dial 911” message *before* making the caller spend five minutes jumping through hoops to identify himself. Just a thought.
Remember how long it took to get full PNG support in all the major web browsers?
WebP, a new image format for the Web
Remember how long it took to get full PNG support in all the major web browsers?
Downtown LA Skyline
Los Angeles skyline seen from US Highway 101, taken on a clear April day…and a much cooler day than today’s record-setting 113 degrees!
Have you ever found yourself wanting to stay late at the office just for the
Have you ever found yourself wanting to stay late at the office just for the air conditioning?
A cautionary tale on the importance of proper punctuation.
Got the pertussis vaccine. With whooping cough epidemic in California, the CDC recommends anyone who’ll be around infants get shot.
Got the pertussis vaccine. With whooping cough epidemic in California, the CDC recommends anyone who’ll be around infants get shot.
Oops. That last tweet was supposed to say that the CDC recommends getting THE shot.
In honor of the Sparkletts water ad proclaiming that they offer “calorie-free” and “sugar-free” drinks…
In honor of the Sparkletts water ad proclaiming that they offer “calorie-free” and “sugar-free” drinks, here's an old XKCD comic strip.
Protected: Job Hunting
Dear Panasonic: It’s 2010. I think you can remove “Own a CD-ROM Drive” from the questionnaire on the electronics registration card.
Dear Panasonic: It’s 2010. I think you can remove “Own a CD-ROM Drive” from the questionnaire on the electronics registration card.
Flu shot yesterday. Visual migraine today. Quick check of records shows no past correlation, so chalking it up to stress & sleep debt.
Flu shot yesterday. Visual migraine today. Quick check of records shows no past correlation, so chalking it up to stress & sleep debt.
Future reference: you can’t switch a Prius directly from park to neutral. You have to put it in drive first.
Future reference: you can’t switch a Prius directly from park to neutral. You have to put it in drive first.
Huh. I just heard TMBG in a shoe store.
Huh. I just heard TMBG in a shoe store.
Yerba Buena Gardens
Looking north across the park on a spring afternoon during WonderCon 2010. It rained most of the weekend, but the one day we were (mostly) indoors was the one day that the sun came out.
The tiered building to the left is the Marriott Marquis, the convention hotel. The church across the way is St. Patrick’s. The tall building behind it is the Four Seasons hotel.
Photo: Yerba Buena Gardens
Overhead at the street fair: “Do you want a Viking helmet?” “F%@# yeah, I do!”
Overhead at the street fair: “Do you want a Viking helmet?” “F%@# yeah, I do!”
taking a break from living-room klotski.
taking a break from living-room klotski.
19th-century terraforming experiment: Ascension Island’s artificial ecosystem.
19th-century terraforming experiment: Ascension Island’s artificial ecosystem.
If you’re trying to do something sneaky, maybe you should avoid clicking on the “report this crash to Microsoft” button
Hackers accidentally give Microsoft their code
If you’re trying to do something sneaky, maybe you should avoid clicking on the “report this crash to Microsoft” button.