Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. – William Hazlitt
Wow, way to catch on to a new trend there Wired.
About a quarter of Americans have rated products, services or people online, according to the latest Pew Internet & American Life Project survey. The results point to the growing significance of online rating systems. By Daniel Terdiman.
I’m listening to and downloaded Bob & Tom show from Sept 17th. At about 21:10 in Hour 2 of the show is one of the funniest things ever said on morning radio:
“But they had the Anti-Pirate guy dressed like a pirate?”
“Yes.”
“That’s like portraying the Pro-Life Hanger.”
I’ll make a clip when I get home.
UPDATE: I posted the clip here. Listen. It’s seriously funny.
This is a great presentation on redesigning websites with CSS. It also has a lot of links to resources to learn more about using CSS.
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Hate is a powerful thing. It turns normally dull people in raging maniacs, rational people into lunatics, and intelligent people into idiots. Take William Gibson and the words he chooses to express that which he cannot (or will not).
To wit:
“…I think we’re getting a pretty good idea of what Trotsky felt, looking at Stalin.” -Jack Womack
Or…
and, as a sweeping generalisation, I suspect more of those Americans with whom the rest of [the world] come into contact, either because they’re online or because they travel, are likely to have voted against Bush, because they are the ones who know what is going on in the world.”
That’s right, friends. Not only is Bush like Stalin (you know, the guy who killed 8-20 million of his own people), but if you’re not online or traveling, you’re not worthy.
You know, I was this close to voting for someone other than Bush, because it felt right somehow. But when (supposedly) intelligent people make statements that imply that I am not intelligent enough to recognize a new Stalin or (the Lefts favorite) Hitler, and neither are my countrymen simply because they didn’t read enough Womack (or Gibson), I think my mind is made up for me.
Thank you William Gibson. Oh, and you are officially an irrelevant ass.
Verizon has 15 megabits down, 2 mbts up (sweet) for about $5 more a month than I pay now for 3 mbs down, 256K up. Oh come on, get in the area Verizon, I’ll give yah a try.
The site is hosed right now because it made the front page of Slashdot, but it’ll be back.
A lot of them… great resource.
It’s a site with 22 different ways to lace your shoes. Who knew there were so many?
Just like the title says, this site has a ton of PDFs with grid/graph paper patterns. Perfect for a quick print out when the supply closet is drained.
You know, I get that people don’t like Bush. Hell, I can’t believe the guy supports the PATRIOT act myself. But damn, Ted Rall, you need some good drugs because you are way too pissed off for your own good.
Yes my reader(s?), welcome to the seething undercurrent of militant socialism. Mr. Rall uses every marginal device from the left to punch home this wonderful monument to fearmongering. Oh yeah, it’s all here: Bush is Hitler, the 2000 election was stolen, politicized 9/11, and not getting the real terrorists. He even throws in some real issues (such as the probable election of a couple SCOTUS justices), just to keep you off his trail.
So, I salute you Mr. Rall. If the guys on Crossfire are partisan hacks, you sir are a full-on puppet.
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Tons of stuff to read and research over at Bartleby.com
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