michael coates, a pragmatic evangelist
September 1, 2007 Leave a comment
.. or still live in your Mom’s basement.
No need for the babe you met at the drive-in window of Jack in the Box to not think you’re a player who owns a crib with a view.
Well, finances, that is.
Teasing. This works for the player above, or for the artsy urbanite; Adam Frank brings us "Reveal":
August 31, 2007 Leave a comment
Okay, I know. I’m from the ‘Watergate‘ era, during the Nixon years.
Since then, we’ve had:
Now I’m hearing WikipediaGate.
Essentially, it describes the situation created when an article is edited to benefit an individual or organization. This could be someone who writes their own, inflating their contributions, an organization removing unfavorable bits about itself (or hiding the truth entirely), or any number of similar, FBO entries.
Up until recently, most anyone with an account could edit an article on Wikipedia. Entries and updates were rudimentarily tracked.
Then, along came WikiScanner, a nifty tool that tracks who (by IP and other means) posted what, when and where.
Allegedly, CIA and FBI computers were used to edit posts in Wikipedia. Topics include the Iraq situation and the prison at Guantanamo.
Not that I’m political (I’m really not), but: why would the government want to change articles?
As the changes will likely violate Wikipedia’s conflict-of-interest guidelines (duh), I suspect we’ll hear more about this by the outraged web as time goes by.
August 31, 2007 Leave a comment
On a recent trip to San Francisco for meetings over a few days, the sign drew us in.
The Bloody Mary itself was incredible, and provided enough vegetable matter to constitute lunch.
August 31, 2007 Leave a comment
Happy, happy, joy, joy.
The toilets flush, the rooms downstairs are dry and we’ll be looking at carpeting in a week or three.
All is well.
Oh.
There’s still this hole in the front yard.
I watched it for a few days and didn’t notice any leaks, so we started to backfill.
For this task, I had a little help.
When we finished, this was all we had this to show for it:
August 28, 2007 Leave a comment
I guess, if ya gotta, ya gotta.
Actually, from the picture, it looks like you’re void in step two.
Thanks to CNET for "Cracking Open the Wii".
August 27, 2007 Leave a comment
Los Disneys is a fictional Magic Kingdom set in the year 2015. The current release is version 2.0 .. how do I always miss the cool stuff?
Oh. I’m uncool. Gotit.
Ahem.
As the story goes, the United States government sells the Florida peninsula to the Walt Disney Company in an attempt to reduce the national debt.
Your job, in this first-person shooter is to infiltrate the Magic Kingdom in an attempt to locate and destroy the frozen head of Walt Disney.
You’re armed. Who can stop you?
Think about it: pirates, ghosts, tourists and I’m guessing, teacups. Mickey too, I’m sure.
Of course, if you do destroy the head, a doomsday .. whoops. Spoiler Alert!
August 27, 2007 Leave a comment
A few quick snaps of the trench and the mound of dirt. The vertical white PVC is the cleanout. It’s about four feet high, giving you an idea of scale:
August 27, 2007 Leave a comment
These nasty devices are turning up in hotels most everywhere I stay:
It’s a two-cup monstrosity that pours directly into the paper cups (I’m guessing this saves the housekeeping staff from having to clean the urns).
However, it doesn’t allow for reheating, or a second cup.
August 27, 2007 Leave a comment
A quick snap of a sumptuous sushi mountain (well, more like a plane) served to us during a customer meeting:
August 26, 2007 Leave a comment
Don’t have time to read all 115 billion web pages?
Maybe you don’t need to.
I do a ton of work on the web: research, analysis, collaboration, connecting. You probably do too. How to best maximize our time? I:
What do you do to ensure your online time is well spent?
Thanks to LifeHack for "Does the Internet Really Increase your Productivity?", a post with tips on how to be more productive when working / playing on the Internet.
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