Photo/Desired Message/Truth (via BoingBoing) continues what the two main problems with friendster which have not yet clearly been articulated started.
The Russians use one word-formation to say "I am a boring person" and a different word-formation to say "External events are boring me." The same goes for expressing the two things we might mean by …
Sarah, here's an interview with Ira Glass for you. O: Do you enjoy doing the live broadcasts? IG: No, I hate it, actually. It's the worst part of the job, next to the pledge drive. …
I have set the VCR to record two shows: Enterprise on Wednesdays and Arrested Development on Sundays. Will be bumming around friends' living rooms on Wednesdays to catch The West Wing, since my TV doesn't …
Visited Rachel Chalmers and her friends yesterday evening and had a lovely time. I got to ask three Australians both whether they are descended from convicts and about "Rabbit-Proof Fence." Evidently it's rather prestigious in …
For a while now I have meant to link to Paul Wright, most especially: "The Register is a tabloid, and as such they love to build things up, buttercup baby, just to knock them down." …
Telephone manners dictate that you speak clearly into the mouthpiece. This goes double if you suspect that the recipient will use a cell phone to listen to your message while waiting for you on a …
General Wesley Clark had his first IM chat (branded as a "Wireside Chat", argh) recently. You are free to peruse the various nonbad questions and answers, with many misspellings so you can tell it's really …
Last night Leonard held a farewell party at my house. Last weekend I went to Little Rock with him, to help him decide whether to join the campaign. On Monday morning we left for the …
Salon's building holds an annual Halloween contest. Each floor receives a pumpkin, and people carve the pumpkins and submit their art for public display. Each employee who works in the building votes for a pumpkin …
