Archive for November, 2006

This title was supposed to reference a Jimmy Stewart movie

I’m out for the next few days, off to our nation’s capitol to hob-nob with politicians, researchers, and vendors. Well, ok, just vendors and a few fellow customers, but hob-nob I shall!
I’d ask for places to go, but I don’t think I’ll have the time. I’ve never been to DC so I would have [...]

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Microsoft Photosynth

Via Scoble, the demo for a new technology preview from Microsoft Live Labs, Photosynth. I’m not usually a fan boy and I try to stay away from hyperbole, but this is simply an amazing demonstration of technology and academics intersecting.
Check out the demo video. Yes, it only works in IE and via ActiveX, minus [...]

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Davezilla: Clean humor, filthy comments » How to speak in Programmer

When they say:
“Is that really a good user experience?”
They really mean:
“You’re cutting into my World of Warcraft time.”
Heh.
Davezilla: Clean humor, filthy comments » How to speak in Programmer

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Holy Crap! Zeeland voters overturn alcohol ban!

I. Am. Stunned. Congratulations Zeeland for pulling yourselves out of the 30’s.
For the first time since it’s inception as a city in 1907, alcohol can be sold in restaurants and stores. Prepare for moral decay, rioting, and a murder or two now that people can buy booze in town. Oh, wait, they have that already [...]

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Rumsfeld’s Out

And another Bush crony is in. As much as I want to be happy about this, I filled with dread about the devil we don’t know.

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Election Hang Over

So, we’re officially the third-most intolerant state in the union, voting down Proposal 2. Through lies, deception, and a dubiously-worded proposal, affirmative action is now illegal in Michigan. And, although it’s only correlation, isn’t it somehow fitting that Michigan also has the third-highest rate of hate crimes in the US? Congratulations Michiganders; you really showed [...]

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Go Vote, You Lazy Bastard

Got your attention? Good. You took the time to surf over to this site and, let’s face it, you’re not reading something in the top 1,000,000 pages on the Web so you’re scraping bottom here. You obviously have the time.
Go pick a governor, vote on some propositions (PDF), maybe elect a judge or two. Just [...]

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