Archive for August, 2009

Need A Bumper Sticker

Skunch wadE

I just recently read an article that dogs are as smart as children.

I’ve maintained that my dog Luna (that’s her on the left) is as smart as a five year old. It truly is like living with a small human. So this story comes as no surprise to me… although saying even the smartest dogs are only as smart as a 2.5 year old? Either they know smarter toddlers, or they haven’t met Luna.

Regardless, I think I need to buy this bumper sticker.

Just Throw Me The Damn Swatches

TV wadE

I am currently enjoying a lazy Saturday morning watching some mindless television when I wander past A&E and the on screen display says: “Keyshawn”.

Um… what? On A&E? So I hit the info button and I get: “Keyshawn Johnson: Tackling Design“.

What is even more frightening is that he seems to actually know what he’s talking about. Although he’s still an asshole.

Check out a snippet, or watch entire shows here.

Link Unto Others

Alex News

Came across a good blog post today from the President of Reuters, Chris Ahearn. Essentially his point is that he thinks we should all be civil with one another’s content, and cite each other with links, rather than quoting long stretches, or entire articles, even with attribution. It’s something that I’ve always tried to do here, so it’s refreshing to see from one of the larger news corporations out there, especially in light of recent developments with the AP, and Rupert (Yarrrr!) Murdoch’s soon to be pay-only empire.

So I think it’s safe to say we know which company’s news articles I’ll be linking to in the future. Congratulations Reuters, on ‘getting it’.

Hat tip to Daring Fireball (a good daily read if you want tech news, albeit opinionated) for two of the three links herein.

Career “Advice”

Skunch wadE

When I log out of hotmail I am unceremoniously dumped onto MSN.com. Basically that is my excuse for “accidentally” reading about Britney Spears or the latest between Rihanna and Chris Brown. But occasionally I will come across a really good article, and usually it’s from Slate.

This is NOT one of those cases.
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