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Year: 2008


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iPhone!

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Yes, I’m years behind the curve, but I finally got an iPhone. I am, of course, completely geeking out, transferring apps and music like mad. Surprisingly, we bought our new phones at Best Buy and had an excellent experience. The sales person there (sorry man, forgot your name) was great: friendly, tolerated a lot of […]

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Bacon-Wrapped Turkey

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Inspired by the Turbaconducken, my first attempt at a bacon-wrapped turkey. Ready to bake The cooked bird Another hero shot Lessons learned: thicker bacon, lower temp (baked this at 325), better covering of the bird to preserve moisture (or add liquid to oven). Overall, not a bad first attempt; even J– liked it (or so […]

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links for 2008-11-24

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Christians AGAINST Cartoons! This HAS to be a joke. Right? RIGHT? (tags: idiocy fun Christian) YouTube – Iranian Scholar: Tom & Jerry is a Jewish Conspiracy Mmmm, that's some good crazy (tags: idiocy video) Netherlandish Proverbs A painting depicting literal scenes of old Dutch proverbs. Many proverbs have been absorbed into English. (tags: painting brueghel […]

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links for 2008-11-23

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The Screens Issue – If You Liked This, Sure to Love That – Winning the Netflix Prize – NYTimes.com Fascinating look at one man's approach to the Netflix challenge and the Napoleon Dynamite problem (tags: interesting prediction netflix algorithm) Douchebag Express Eh, close enough. It's got Doctorow in it. (tags: douchebags humor)

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links for 2008-11-12

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Gmail voice and video chat Does anyone remember the video phone? Yeah, me either. You know why? I don't want to see you when I'm talking to you. Unfortunately, this isn't going away; we're all being conditioned. (tags: chat google video gmail) One Minute Languages: learn a language in minutes with the Radio Lingua Network […]