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I Have Been Trying To Teach Chaplin How To Do This For Years 1

Nov

19

2008

And I’m amused that this cat who resembles him has managed to learn how to do it: I think the only thing missing from this video is the Benny Hill theme music.

Dept. Of Misnomers 2

Nov

17

2008

FedEx’s SmartPost service does not live up to its name. The idea is that they leverage the FedEx system to get a package most of the way, and then the US Postal Service to get it the “last mile” to the customer. So you get the best of both worlds, with FedEx’s expertise in covering ...

What Do We Want? Repetitive Chants! Equal Rights! When Do We Want Them? NOW! 2

Nov

15

2008

Sarcasm briefly aside, it was really nice to see the huge turnout (estimated by the cops at 12k, but really, looking at this picture, I think it’s a lot closer to their original estimate of 40k) at the big pro-gay-rights rally today, and some of the speakers were really great. The head of the local ...

The Battle Royale Begins 3

Nov

13

2008

Today marks the end of my Sprint contract, and the beginning of a technological battle royale. Let’s meet the contestants! IN THE RED CORNER…. The Blackberry 8703e, better known as the Crackberry. A practically indestructible phone on a shittastic network. A phone that I’ve dropped on concrete or asphalt so many times I’ve lost count. ...

What’s Left To Be Said

Nov

11

2008

I am (surprise!) really exhausted and overworked, but I wanted to say something more about Prop. 8 and the ongoing legal and PR battle over gay marriage in California. The thing that offends me the most, absolutely the most, about the reaction to legal challenges to the validity of Proposition 8, is the reaction I ...

We’ve Come A Long Way, With A Ways To Go 3

Nov

5

2008

Last night was like the end of a marathon. The elation and ecstatic reaction after Obama finally won the Presidency was surreal, like crossing the finish line first when you barely thought you had a chance. And then, watching Prop 8 pass was like having someone walk up to that same theoretical marathoner and punching ...

Fun With Contextual Advertising 1

Nov

2

2008

The L.A. Times ran a brilliant editorial today, picking off one by one the arguments for Proposition 8, which seeks to amend the California state constitution to ban gay marriage. However, they should probably consider turning off their context-based advertising on their editorials. Because with contextual advertising, you end up with screenshots like this (click ...

Reassurance for Liberals 1

Nov

1

2008

Someone at my office showed me this, and being a liberal who’s wondering how exactly we’re going to fuck this election up, I find it oddly reassuring:

I May Never Leave The House Again

Oct

30

2008

From the department of It’s About Fucking Time: TiVo and Netflix sign a deal to allow Netflix Watch Now streaming to Series 3 TiVos. If only I had time to watch half the shit I’m TiVoing right now, let alone the Netflix discs rotting by my TV. At least this will be a good way ...

Oh, L.A.

Oct

29

2008

A fun Los Angeles moment this evening (or this morning, really, since this was when I was coming home at 12:30AM): Speeding down La Brea towards the 10, I came up behind a new-looking sliver Porsche Carerra. The CA plate: 0 IQ. Sadly, it was just some typical douchebag driving it and not a hot ...