Alex Payne of Twitter (the social network everyone but me uses) has posted a well structured list of software he's paid for but no longer users. I am in a similar boat thanks to sites like MacZot, where I have licenses for shit I will never, ever use again or for applications whose functionality was replaced by something better later on. …
In the last month I've been to two ska-punk shows with all-or-almost-all-cracker ska bands opening up, and one thing is abundantly clear to me: There is a reason people say that white folks have no soul. I've realized that generally these cracker bands play ska too fast, too clean, and too mechanically. They're almost always lacking any sort …
My favorite thing about Christmas is that it's perfectly (un)acceptable to crank The Vandals record "Oi to The World" all day at work. When you want to mix it up a little, the No Doubt cover of "Oi to The World" will also suffice for a quick interlude.
This makes me extra sad in light of the fact that Ozh just tore this down as "Do Not Want" in his history of the WordPress admin interface. I didn't mind that administration design at all, finding it much more usable than the one that existed before it. I'm told that nowadays that means I have …
I sort of wind up handling goof-ball technical issues for Jon at Adam Riff™. We butt heads a lot but he means well, in this really warped West Coast way. Jon is on vacation this week, and he "creatively massaged" some of a conversation we once had regarding his trip and how to obtain wireless access while away. …
Opinionation n. opin·ion·at·ion A country of people, all absoloutely positive that they're positive that they're always right, so you must obviously be both wrong, and an idiot. Example: The gentleman in fatigues who was at the counter spent all afternoon pontificating upon the nature of modern civilizations dependency on oil. At the end of his bully-pulpit …
Behold, a startling tale of awful tech support staff, too little too late management strategies, and verbose tirades of daring do that was supposedly done did! Since January, my virtual private server account with Tektonic has gone down more than a freshman sorority pledge. Every time, I have had to play this two-step swinging game with them to …