Archive for December, 2006
Google Reader: RSS aggregator done right
Content aggregators are, to use a mildly overused phrase, a dime a dozen. Good content aggregators are harder to find. Thankfully Google decided to apply their, to use an utterly tired phrase, “Web 2.0 savvy” to instantly obsolete every other content aggregator with their Google Reader.
I’ve tried many aggregators, from standalone programs to various hosted [...]
Merry Christmas, everyone!
It’s a little early, but I anticipate not being in a blogging mood over my vacation. It’s likely to be a busy time… we’re having some visitors from out of town for a while and my mom is getting a knee replacement the day after Christmas. Eek. Ergo, Merry Christmas while I have a chance!
You park like an asshole
“You park like an asshole.” Old idea well-executed. Even has PDFs of “notices” you can leave on asshole’s cars. I’m going to print a load of them, I think.
Elite Beat Agents is a cancer on mankind
I’ve never owned a handheld game system, aside from a whacked out LCD version of Donkey Kong that someone requisitioned for me on a trip to Saudi Arabia back in 1982. Similarly, I’d never tried Guitar Hero until I picked up the axe for 5 minutes at the neighborhood Best Buy on my journey to [...]
Open the commenting floodgates?
Apparently the spam hammer isn’t being felt solely by me. That’s heartening. I don’t want to turn off comments but neither do I want to have to try to find a better host than I already have, especially as I wouldn’t be able to do much differently.
One thing that I noticed after I had turned [...]
Flickr silently improves
Flickr recently upgraded the benefits of both their free and pro accounts. The free accounts got limits increased a bit, but the truly exciting stuff was saved for paying members. Now you’re no longer limited in your upload quotas! This was my biggest pet peeve with the previous featureset. I’ve got gigabytes of pictures of [...]
First-class mom
A hint: next time leave the dog in the car, not the kid.
Hold on to that PS2, boys
Sony can’t seem to catch a break — at least domestically, of course they’re burning up Japan. Ignoring the simply hilarious discovery of their hideous “guerrilla ad campaign”, now it looks like the PS3 just ain’t so great at playing those PS2 titles. Oh, it’ll play them. It’ll play all of them. But, it’ll look [...]
