Systemic
August 30, 2009
PS3 with Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope
Mac mini with OSX
PC with Windows Vista / Ubuntu Hardy Heron
Netbook with Windows 7 / Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
HTC Mogul with Windows Mobile Professional
And then there's the PCs I have at work...
August 22, 2009
July 17, 2009
No live feeds for Tim... (yet?). I'm catching some on YouTube, some via twitter and web updates (6togo's @bbeleven and, of course, 6togo's recap/live blogs).
I'm trying to find someone to root for, I guess. Between the racism, thinly-veiled racism, and homophobia, about half the house is out.
I think I'm left with Michelle and Casey. Lydia strikes me as phony, Kevin isn't engaged, and Laura thinks the world revolves around herself. ("I'm going up. I have no friends. Everyone hates me, etc.")
If you haven't seen Julie's long-form post-eviction interview with Braden, it's outstanding. Check it out at Reality Blurred.
Huh, the first post on this old thing since 2008.
December 16, 2008
I know that you think your javascript or Ruby or 2.0 DHTML or whatever pop-up image viewer is super-cool. It leaps up, then it twirls around and finally, seconds later, the image appears.
What you don't realize is that this is NOT USER FRIENDLY and PISSES ME OFF. You don't understand how I browse, or how that middle mouse button and Firefox allow me to dominate your website.
You see, web developers, I visit your site, I see links for pictures, and I scroll-click them. That neatly opens them in Firefox, one-by-one, in new tabs. When I'm done browsing around your site, I'll close that tab and then have lovely little pictures... reminders of great web development. I'll navigate the tabs, until I reach the beginning again.
But you see, web developers, when you use that WRETCHED javascript popup nonsense, when I leave your site, I'm left with NOTHING. Just blank pages and an address in my address bar that makes no sense. The spy photos of that BMW CS? Gone. I have to find my way back to Autoblog, back to that post, and back to the link to your website to open those pictures, slowly, one-by-one... quietly seething at the image window gymnastics that are a poor excuse for your bad code.
And you know what, the same goes for links to pages. Why code javascript when good 'ol HTML works fine? Save yourself (and the end-user) the hassle.
December 15, 2008
Steve Sebelius reveals John Ensign's hypocrisy when it comes to bailouts, the auto industry, and the financial crisis in general.
December 8, 2008
November 21, 2008
I think it's working.
My flickrphotos plugin was wreaking havok.
Now, hopefully, some Twitter integration.
November 20, 2008
How many seasons of suck do we have to endure before an All-Stars season of non-winners?
Since Tyra can't do it right...
PDN's ANTM All-Star Casting Suggestions
Mollie Sue
Elyse
Katarzyna
Lauren Brie
Jenah
Ann
Joanie
Anya
Shandi
Natasha
October 6, 2008
I took my daily walk (45 minutes worth of wandering around north campus), expecting nothing.
As I came around, back to the mall, I found myself following the footsteps of these two guys. The guy on the left, taller, lanky, white t-shirt, baseball cap, basketball shorts, sneakers, and the guy on the right, shorter, built, firefighter t-shirt and jeans. Not gonna lie, the guy on the right reminded me of John.
As I was contemplating this and absent-mindedly studying them, the guy on the right grabbed his friends hand and they held hands for a second, then kissed... a small peck on the lips.
It was unexpected and saccharine, clandestine, even, and I've been smiling ever since.
September 26, 2008
September 17, 2008
I'm finally satisified with a winner of Big Brother, with Dan taking the prize of BBX. Admittedly, the season lost me long ago, but I kept up with updates from 6togo, whose updates makes watching the daily humdrum unnecessary. Thanks again, 6.
Lingual peculiarities: 'hubub' and 'crotch' are finding their way into daily speech too much... mostly because I continue to describe McCain as crotchety. Either way works for me.
And yes, even a 5 second appearance of ChromeShirley made the entire prior 44 minutes of Sarah Connor Chronicles worthwhile.
September 15, 2008
With all this hubub over transgendered model Isis on this season of ANTM (or am I imagining the hubub?), can we just agree to call her by her real name?
Token, that is.
See, beyond the patronizing smiles and "she looks weird" judging comments from the panel, there's a horrible truth that even Isis herself must realize.
Cover Girl will never hire a transgendered spokeswoman.
So let's call this what it is, a ploy to make Tyra appear open-minded and tolerant, when it's actually just age-old cynicism dressed up as hope.
And have no doubt: she won't make it past the final five. She'll be dismissed for her appearance before the judges or for some overexaggerated mistake, but she won't come near the final three.
And if she doesn't realize it, homegirl isn't nearly as grounded as I originally thought.
September 8, 2008
SHE'S A BAD-ASS MOTHERFUCKING KILLER CYBORG!
That is all.
September 4, 2008
August 25, 2008
Is it me, or does Twitter just make blogging... blogging again?
No advertisements, no Gawker-esque images with every post, no Digging or Newsvining or whatever.
But I can't get over the way it makes one force-feed their updates to everyone. I understand that following is voluntary and all, but isn't it the height of arrogance to assume everyone wants to know in the first place?
Am I just bitter that the social web dumped me years ago?
yes.
August 13, 2008
She's such a goddamn icon.
August 4, 2008
To recap: Jessie and Memphis are on the block. April is HoH and said her target is Memphis. Jerry won veto.
Apparently, Memphis, Keesha, Libra, Renny and Dan are planning on flipping and voting Jessie out. April has gone from a relatively low-key whiner to all-consuming bitchaholic.
The "reasoning" behind this is that they're targeting the couples. (April/Ollie and Jessie/Michelle) The lack of reasoning behind this is that Memphis/Jessie is a couple and Keesha/Libra is a couple.
But I give kudos to Memphis for pulling it off, if he does.
On the "Wow, Jessie is in even more gay-ish media" discussions, Towleroad discovered that Jessie's co-starred in gay-marketed "flexing" videos where he and a brah get totally PUMPED and then admire each other in the mirror.
Which doesn't really come as much of a surprise if your seen the pics floating around of Jessie on all fours, unclothed ass in the air.
I'm just sayin...
July 24, 2008
I think I just may have just peed myself a little.
Fox has greenlit "Glee,", a new one-hour comedy from Ryan Murphy about a high school glee club.
" 'Glee,' which takes place in the Midwest, centers on Will, a Spanish teacher suddenly called upon to coach the glee club at the high school. The club is one of the worst in the nation -- but the adults and kids are inspired to turn things around."
I'm hoping it will be more Popular-Pretty/Handsome than Nip/Tuck.
Speaking of, the Pretty/Handsome pilot was really, really good. It's unfortunate that FX passed on it.
July 23, 2008
So, a few hours after the HoH competition, Keesha is telling Libra and April that she's planning on nominating Angie and Memphis.
That's a monumentally stupid idea for a few reasons:
1. The house plan was to get Brian, Steven, Dan, Jerry and Renny out. Preferably in that order, but those five before sequester. Keesha would be straying from the plan, and would earn the ire of Jessie/Memphis/Angie/Michelle.
2. It would be the first strike. There's already an epic battle brewing between the Libra/April/Ollie/Keesha alliance (aka the Misery Bitches) and the Memphis/Jessie/Angie/Michelle alliance. This would throw that into play immediately by "pulling the trigger", and thus force #3.
3. The floaters would land. Expect Renny/Jerry to side with Memphis/Jessie/Angie/Michelle. Dan? Who knows. I just can't see him with the Misery Bitches Never mind, he's currently selling himself to Libra. Either way, they have the votes to control the eviction for the time being.
