By the time you get to 50% ABV, can you really call it beer?
Extreme beer – man’s favourite drink suddenly gets much stronger
By the time you get to 50% ABV, can you really call it beer?
Weird: I just saw a NIXON/AGNEW bumper sticker. On a class of car that didn’t exist during Nixon’s lifetime.
Weird: I just saw a NIXON/AGNEW bumper sticker. On a class of car that didn’t exist during Nixon’s lifetime.
Wow. Some downtown San Diego lots are pre-selling parking now. If you want to park
Wow. Some downtown San Diego lots are pre-selling parking now. If you want to park underneath the convention center, I’m guessing you’ll need to buy it today.
Argh! I totally understand his decision (a 3 year commitment on the other side of the planet)…
Guillermo Del Toro departs “The Hobbit”
Guillermo Del Toro announced today that he is no longer directing the two movies based on J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”…
Argh! I totally understand his decision (a 3 year commitment on the other side of the planet has turned into 6 years, and they still can’t start filming due to MGM’s financial problems), but this is one hell of a missed opportunity.
Haven’t seen the #FlashForward finale yet. TV signal was bad, so we put in a Wonderfalls DVD instead. Planning to catch it on Hulu tomorrow.
Haven’t seen the #FlashForward finale yet. TV signal was bad, so we put in a Wonderfalls DVD instead. Planning to catch it on Hulu tomorrow.
That’s a huge change. You used to have to watch through the distortion, or hope for a rerun, or find someone in another area who taped it.
…or otherwise go through unofficial channels. Now, if technical problems screw up a broadcast, you’ve got Hulu, Amazon, iTunes, etc.
Either it rained, or someone went around the parking lot spraying cars with a garden hose. SoCal in May? The hose is almost more likely!
Either it rained, or someone went around the parking lot spraying cars with a garden hose. SoCal in May? The hose is almost more likely!
Video Gamers Can Control Dreams, Study Suggests
Video Gamers Can Control Dreams, Study Suggests
Playing video games before bedtime may give people an unusual level of awareness and control in their dreams, LiveScience has learned.
I wish Windows screenshots created a file instead of copying to clipboard. Clients paste error messages into what they know best: Word docs.
I wish Windows screenshots created a file instead of copying to clipboard. Clients paste error messages into what they know best: Word docs.
Gnarled Tree
Somewhere in Cuyamaca State Park (now Cuyamaca Rancho State Park) in the mountains east of San Diego, California. We camped at Paso Picacho, but I don’t remember whether this was near the campsite or spotted during a hike.
This was taken in April 2002, about a year and a half before a devastating fire destroyed large areas of the park.
(It was also about a year before I got my first digital camera, so this image was scanned from a print.)
Ugh. Got an idiot posting about “chemtrails” on my rainbow cloud photo. The only chemical needed is H2O. *plonk*
WTF: Arizonans want to boycott San Diego until…
WTF: Arizonans want to boycott San Diego until SD stops boycotting AZ…but SD ISN’T boycotting AZ in the first place!
Because offering to stop sending electricity to Los Angeles isn’t weird enough.
Santa Ana Mountains Snow II
According to Flickr, this is my most interesting* photo that isn’t someone in costume at a fan convention. It’s #68 on the list!
The photo was taken December 18, 2008, after a storm passed through Orange County and did something unusual: it blanketed the Santa Ana Mountains with snow. Saddleback typically gets a light dusting a couple of times a year, and the next peak down sometimes gets a little snow that melts by noon, but it’s rare for the snow to reach any lower.
The vantage point is a housing development on Quail Hill, looking southeast over the Irvine Spectrum area. You can see the Great Park Balloon near the left. Saddleback itself is out of frame to the right, but you can see its base (the peaks are covered in clouds) in the panorama I shot at the same time.
*Flickr’s “interestingness” is a measure that combines a count of views, comments, and “favorites.” The exact balance is secret, but from what I can tell, comments outweigh favorites, which outweigh views.
I can’t say I didn’t see it coming. FlashForward has been a study in missed opportunities…
[ABC Cancels Romantically Challenged, Scrubs, Ted, Flashforward]
I can't say I didn't see it coming. FlashForward has been a study in missed opportunities from episode two onward, and Better Off Ted had “Too Good to Last” stamped on every frame. OTOH, at least we know ABC will *show* the last two episodes of FF. I'm not so confident about Ted.
I stopped using voice dial when I tripped it accidentally & it interpreted “I guess I don’t need that lane after all” as “Call Mom.”
I stopped using voice dial when I tripped it accidentally & it interpreted “I guess I don’t need that lane after all” as “Call Mom.”
I like this characterization of the San Diego/Los Angeles battle
Comic-Con Move From San Diego To Anaheim Or LA? (Hell No! We Won’t Go!)
I like this characterization of the San Diego/Los Angeles battle: “Are you a fan show with trade elements, or are you a trade show that lets in fans…?”
Linking tip: record the title of the article you link to. It makes it easier to find again if the site reorganizes later.
Linking tip: record the title of the article you link to. It makes it easier to find again if the site reorganizes later.
Re: iPad comics?
Ignoring the iPad specifically for a moment, there are circumstances when a tablet is actually more appropriate than a laptop/notebook.
A few years ago, a friend of mine had a job inspecting buildings to see whether they complied with building codes. She carried around a tablet, not a notebook, because when you’re wandering around a building, it’s easy to check something off with a stylus or touchscreen while you carry the device, but a pain to have to stop, look for a place to set down a notebook, open it up, and then find the right spot with the touchpad or keyboard.
More recently, I read an article by someone who spent a business trip sick in bed, and found that it was a lot easier to use his new iPad in bed than to cross the room and sit at the desk to use his laptop.
Yeah, the iPad has problems (foremost, IMO, the fact that Apple has veto power over what you can and can’t install on it — which is part of why I own an Android phone and not an iPhone), but let’s not get caught up in the “I don’t have a use for it, therefore nobody does” mentality.
Neat idea for reusing obsolete infrastructure.
Telekom Austria turns phone boxes into car recharging stations
Neat idea for reusing obsolete infrastructure.
Discovered a donut shop I used to stop by on the way to work ~10 years ago is now a coffee shop. Probably a good move.
Discovered a donut shop I used to stop by on the way to work ~10 years ago is now a coffee shop. Probably a good move.