Happy birthday to my brother, and fellow Leo, Tony. I hope you’re taking the day off & having some fun.
I Got Dat, Dat Pimp Juice
Just when you thought the ignorance couldn’t get any thicker,along comes Pimp Juice. Nelly has just announced that he’ll be releasing a nutritious energy drink named after his song Pimp Juice. I’m sure all the kids will be begging their parents to buy them some for their lunch boxes. (Can you imagine?) I’m now officially… Continue reading I Got Dat, Dat Pimp Juice
NYC Blackout Coverage
There’s some good blackout coverage at Gothamist (with pictures) and the Blackout MoBlog (even more pictures). I especially like the ‘Dancing in the Dark in Union Square’ pic at Gothamist… reminds me of the Zion scene in the Matrix Reloaded. Update: Here’s a nice collection of pictures by John Wehr, including pics of a ‘bongo… Continue reading NYC Blackout Coverage
Anil on Diamonds
Follow-up to the man-made diamonds story: For the few that haven’t seen this already — Anil Dash just highlighted his excellent diatribe on the diamond industry and the diamond ring culture. (And I thought Anil was only passionate about blogging & technology) It’s definitely worth a read, and there’s a good discussion in that post’s… Continue reading Anil on Diamonds
Why the News Media Sucks (More on Kobe & Race)
Prometheus 6 highlighted this Gallup poll on people’s views on the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case. He represents my views on the poll very well when he says he’s not surprised by: USA Today and CNN found it necessary to hire Gallup to do a poll on people’s opinion on a certain basketball player’s legal… Continue reading Why the News Media Sucks (More on Kobe & Race)
Plastic Surgery Boom in Asia
Time Asia has a very interesting article about the surge in plastic surgery in Asia. One of the more interesting aspects of all this surgery is that people are trying to look more Caucasian: The culturally loaded issue today is the number of Asians looking to remake themselves to look more Caucasian. It’s a charge… Continue reading Plastic Surgery Boom in Asia
Friendster Network Graph
No, that’s not an ink blot. It’s a graph of a Friendster network which was built from the results of a robot crawling that network. I’d love to make one of these for my network(the code is provided). Being able to see the big picture is one of the things that’s sorely lacking from Friendster.… Continue reading Friendster Network Graph
Warren Buffett to Serve as Schwarzenegger’s Economic Advisor
According to CNBC — Warren Buffett will serve as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s senior financial and economic advisor. I’ll put up a link as soon as I find one. Update: Here we go — Ah-nold teams up with Buffett
Are Blog Entries First Drafts?
Along the lines of what I was talking about yesterday with spelling and vocabulary in blog posts… Here’s a post which asks if blog posts are first drafts. I agree 100% with the author — even if a post is thrown together quickly the author should at least proofread and spell-check that post before publishing.
Mozilla Firebird Optimized for Pentium III
Nice to see those of us with antiquated processors get some love — Unofficial Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1 Windows Build Optimized for Pentium III