October 2008
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This is a nice trip down memory lane… like literally memories of high school.
extremely surreal flashback only available for one month; predates 9/11, YouTube, …
The Sarah Palin pity party →
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September 2008
Exclusive: eBay Launches Browser Highlighter to... →
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Wow a cool tool from ebay. Whodathunkit?
eBay launched a new browser extension tool tonight that lets you highlight different products in Firefox or Internet Explorer…
Palin Can't Name Supreme Court Case Other Than Roe... →
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Placing Blame - Swampland - TIME →
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As for Barack Obama, his visceral aversion to showboating did him a service. He laid out four requirements for his support of the bill—requests he had, clearly, coordinated with the Democratic Leadership (and which McCain supported). He made the necessary calls to keep up with the negotiations (as McCain did). He made it clear, without ostentation or fuss, that he supported the compromise....
Amateur hour continues - Sarah Palin Endorses... →
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Barney Frank: Best Video of the Week →
“Give me those twelve people’s names, and I will go talk uncharacteristically nicely to them, and tell them what wonderful people they are, and maybe they’ll think about the country.”
More schnanigans from the GOP.
fillup:
I wish I could embed this shit. This is CLASSIC.
Will You See All The HDTV Resolution You Expected?... →
Awesomely thorough.
Team Fortress 2, The 8-Bit 'Demake' →
I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker for the recent trend of 8-bit “demakes” of modern games, and the latest title to get me excited is a take on Valve’s Team Fortress 2. Gang Garrison IIby,…
A Memo Found in the Street - Barrons.com →
Andy Borowitz: McCain Replaces Palin with Startled... →
Star Trek as the A-team | Parody & Spoofs | Funny... →
Space X Did It -- A Private Rocket is in Space! →
Space X has made history. The first privately developed rocket has made it into space!
SpaceX Falcon 1 Finally Gets Into Orbit, Makes... →
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AWESOME!
After three failed attempts, one scattering of Scotty’s ashes over the Pacific Ocean, and a few mid-air explosions, the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket has finally…
Palin Contradicts McCain On Pakistan, Seems To... →
GOP VP Nominee Interrogated On Foreign Policy During Restaurant Stop
Palin Claimed Dinosaurs And People Coexisted →
Soon after Sarah Palin was elected mayor of the foothill town of Wasilla, Alaska, she startled a local music teacher by insisting in casual conversation that men and dinosaurs coexisted on an Earth…
Obama Way Ahead In Today's Tracking Polls →
Who won the debate? Obama 39% McCain 24%. CBSNews →
Back to Basics: Read-Only →
One of the things I always have to point out in software that I’ve been asked to take a look at is the use of disabled fields for the display of “read-only” information. This is typically…
Breakthrough Reached in Negotiations on Bailout →
Let’s see if they pass it now.
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T-Mobile G1 Sold Out, Pre-order Ends [T-mobile G1] →
If you were thinking about pre-ordering the T-Mobile G1 and just didn’t get around to it yet, it looks like you’re out of luck, since they’ve sold out. While there definitely won’t be…
Apple Store Geniuses Might Actually Be Dunces... →
You’ve probably wondered what it takes to become a Genius at an Apple Store. I mean, they’re called Geniuses, and it’s Apple, and they only deal with Apple products, so they know them to the…
Newsweek: Palin Is Ready? Please. →
Can we now admit the obvious? Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president…. In these times, for John McCain to have chosen this person to be his running mate is fundamentally…
McCain dead wrong about Kissinger's stance on talk... →
Kissinger, speaking Monday at George Washington University along with four other former U.S. State Department secretaries, said the next president should initiate high-level discussions with Iran…
CBS Poll: Obama Won The Debate →
CBS News and Knowledge Networks conducted a nationally representative poll of approximately 500 uncommitted voters reacting to the debate in the minutes after it happened. Who Won the Debate? McCain…
Palin defends Alaska-Russia foreign policy remark →
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her comment that the proximity of Russia to her home state of Alaska gives her foreign policy experience, explaining in a CBS interview aired…
Grading the First Presidential Debate - TIME →
Obama: A-
McCain: B-
And this is McCains wheelhouse!
Jack Cafferty Tells Us How He Really Feels About... →
Jack Cafferty on CNN, September 26, 2008. Discussing Gov. Palin’s qualification or lack thereof of becoming VP.
McCain: flip-flopper. Obama: leader. →
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2000 GOP Primary - McCain Backs Out of Debate In... →
“With new polls showing his campaign dead in the water among California Republicans, Arizona Sen. John McCain has pulled out of a long-scheduled debate with Texas Gov. George Bush, set for Thursday…
McCain Runs Web Ads Claiming to Win Debate -... →
Although the fate of tonight’s presidential debate in Mississippi remains very much up in the air, John McCain has apparently already won it — if you believe a web ad in the online edition of the…
Palin calls Kissinger naive. Ha! →
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Oxford, MS: Faulkner Country
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For tonight’s debate, Oxford is a fitting place. It’s Faulkner country.
I feel like it’s time to re-read Faulkner’s The Bear. For those of you who don’t know or remember — The Bear is the noble, yet tragic story of change and progress in the dying days of the transitional South.
The title character is actually a bear. As development and progress encroach upon his territory, there...
Inventor of Time Travel, McCain Wins Debate →
Wow, what a douche!
Still not registered to vote? Head to Facebook. →
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Vote! Get out there and vote!
Facebook is well aware of its potentially influential position when it comes to the young adult demographic. Perhaps that’s why the social…
Musical instrument support - Google Patents →
Seriously. This is the most bad ass of patents ever. It’s just something you EXPECT from Van Halen.
fillup:
Dude I am so jealous the Eddie Van Halen has a sick ass patent AND an awesome sketch of himself using the invention.
dromano:
Greatest Patent of ALL TIME!
McCain's Latest Stunt Backfires... Badly →
McCain reaped a harvest of media coverage when he wormed out of having to appear on that first deadly day of the GOP Hate Fest in St. Paul instead claiming to be saving New Orleans from Hurricane…