April 2010
25 posts
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Apr 27th
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Apr 24th
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Congress should recuse itself from... everything?
California Rep. Darrell Issa, top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said it was “nothing short of disturbing” that SEC employees viewed porn during the worst financial crisis since the Depression: “This stunning report should make everyone question the wisdom of moving forward with plans to give regulators like the SEC even more widespread...
Apr 24th
1 tag
“It’s been more than 2 weeks since I’ve had Captain Crunchberry; I...”
– Sarah to Keary
Apr 23rd
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Apr 22nd
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Apr 22nd
2 notes
2 tags
Tracking down an elusive bug
Sacha: wait wait, that's a new error message!
Marc: that's good, we've moved the needle.
Sacha: yeah, now it's in my left eyeball.
Apr 21st
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Can't make this up:
AT&T called me to… well.. I don’t know exactly why. The call dropped.
Apr 20th
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Stolen or Abandoned iPhone?
I don’t see how Gizmodo can plausibly argue that they didn’t know, all along, that this unit belonged to Apple. Are they counting on Apple forgiving and forgetting once the unit has been returned? — John Gruber http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/20/arthur The story I read indicates that the guy that found it attempted the required “good faith effort” to return the phone. ...
Apr 20th
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Now THERE's a reason to learn chess.
I had no idea there was such a circuit, or that they played chess.
Apr 19th
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Apr 18th
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Made for each other
Marc: where's your iPad?
Shannon: under my pillow.
Marc: I'm posting that right now.
Shannon: why?
Marc: damn, but I love being married to you.
Apr 18th
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Apr 17th
Disclaimer: the following may only be applicable...
webmike: “In Safety Study, Sheep on Meth Are Shocked With Tasers Getting shocked with a Taser while riding high on methamphetamines probably beats any white-knuckled cocaine experience hands down. And that’s exactly what happened to some lucky sheep in a new study that tested the effects of Tasers on meth-addled targets. Funded in part by Taser International, the study aimed to test whether Taser...
Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 16th
Apr 16th
Apr 12th
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Apr 12th
Sad iPad
goldshan: webmarc: Was enjoying it until the display stopped working.  Backlight turns on, but all pixels are black.   Genius bar is going to hook me up with a new one…. when there’s one available.  No eta yet.   Sad iPad :-(  Just take mine :-)  Seriously!  (I already have Plants vs Zombies, too…) now that’s love! Also: got my replacement iPad this afternoon, WHEW.
Apr 10th
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Apr 9th
Sad iPad
Was enjoying it until the display stopped working.  Backlight turns on, but all pixels are black.   Genius bar is going to hook me up with a new one…. when there’s one available.  No eta yet.   Sad iPad :-( UPDATE:Apple store hooked me up this afternoon. Awesome!
Apr 9th
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Arin: I'm pregnant.
Ben: Oh. My. God.
Ben: What order are we going to show it the Star Wars films?
Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 4th
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