Archive for August 15th, 2008

i-Blue 747 GPS Logger

As mentioned elsewhere, I have this little obsession with capturing data about my activities as I move through the day. Cheap, large scale storage makes it easier and easier to capture and archive such data, so why not?
Several months ago I added the i-Blue 747 GPS Logger to my collection of gadgets. It pretty much [...]

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Custom Con 20

Back in July, I totally forgot to mention Custom Con 20 over at TheFwoosh.Com. Probably the only place you’re ever going to see a Matter Eater Lad figure doing what MEL does best.
Forget The Avengers and Wonder Woman . . . when are we going to get a Matter Eater Lad movie?

Whitewash - A Nice, Simple WordPress Theme

One of the things about WordPress is that most people don’t seem to think their install is complete until they have a theme with 50 columns, giant buttons, and ads everywhere. I had to laugh a few weeks ago when The Blog Herald ran a series of articles about reducing template clutter — seriously, go [...]

Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Pirates/Ninjas T-Shirts

Forget Republican vs. Democrat. These t-shirts will let you register your vote in the only debate that matters — Pirates vs. Ninjas:

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Donations for a Singularity Documentary?

The Singularity Institute is soliciting donations to help fund a documentary by Doug Wolens about . . . well . . . The Singularity.
Why not just wait for our new AI overlords to self-assemble their own damn documentary?

Firefox New Install - Extensions

This is just a list of addons I need to remember to add to any new Firefox installs on machines I use:
AdBlock Plus - blocks ads
AutoCopy - automatically copies highlighted text in browser to the clipboard
BugMeNot - bypasses registration systems for viewing content
CookieSafe - take control of cookies
DownThemAll - download manager
Fireshot - takes screenshots of [...]

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