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Decursivication (new word)

[di-kur-siv-fi-key-shuhn] noun. The process of losing one’s penmanship, thanks to automatic billing and an increasingly electronic world. Bob attributed his chicken scratch-like note writing to the process of decursivication.


Basketball half bakery ideas

I thought of these during March Madness games, but neglected to post it until now, so here goes, my wishlist for technology additions to the sport of basketball:
1. Put RFID tags inside the soles of players’ shoes as well as embedded in the floor. Take the “3 seconds in the key” call away from the […]


Not quite so modern after all

What is most amazing about Room & Board and Design Within Reach is not that they offer unique modern furnishings for your home, it’s that they’re based on a business model from the early 1900s. They’re catalog stores, plain and simple. You go in, check out the comfy sofas and interesting tables and you order […]


Quote from the Hodge that I just found while ego searching…

John Hodgman: No, I do not take requests. I’m sorry. I learned my lesson after the I AM NOT MATT HAUGHEY incident of Portland (look it up).
– Books: The Areas of My Expertise - washingtonpost.com

It’s good to know I’ve had an impact.


flickr, always innovating

ho ho ho hat/beard is the best wacky easter egg feature ever. Try adding it as a note to your photos.


Do you realize Digital Cameras used to suck?

I was looking through some old photos I took from 1998-2002, some using a 1 megapixel camera while the rest were from a 3 megapixel camera. I had seen these images dozens of times before, and remembered them as well-composed, sharp photos. I was really getting into photography back then and I recalled the photos […]


A pre-thanksgiving thought

When you think about it, “free range chicken broth” never stops being funny. It’s like a Far Side cartoon that was never drawn but can easily be imagined.


BBQ 2.0

Let it be known from this day forward:
barbecues (BBQ) shall henceforth be known as meat-up meet-ups. The abbreviation MUMU will also suffice.


testing…

Just testing out MT 3.3…


Hacks! Snakes! Tim Tams!

WorkFriendly is one of the most clever and amusing hacks for the underemployed I’ve seen, and the Samuel L. Jackson phone campaign is a brilliant hack that you can use to prank your friends who will turn around and prank everyone else they know resulting in everyone in the country getting 20 calls a day […]


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