I know Google CADIE is evolving, which is why I suggest she visit this site and suggest she solve the logic problems there to gain valuable experience.




Created 13 weeks, 3 days ago

Created 34 weeks, 4 days ago

Can't find your Hip Hop genre in the new iTunes 8.0?

Just look for the blinged out category icon:


That cracks me up.


Created 42 weeks, 2 days ago

Darn, my mom always told me not to use drugs because if I did, I wouldn't be able to run for President, be a cop or join the FBI.


From the SFPD candidate qualifications page:

Step 8: Medical Examination and Testing

...

Testing for use of controlled substances is required. Any illegal use of controlled substances after the date of application is a mandatory cause for rejection. Any use of controlled substances after the date of application may be cause for rejection. Rejection for prior use of controlled substance(s) is based on the type of substance(s) used and the frequency and recency of such usage. All information submitted by candidates regarding the use of controlled substances will be reviewed during the polygraph examination.

Or, want to join the FBI?

Under the FBI's current Employment Drug Policy, an applicant will be found unsuitable for employment if they:

• Have used any illegal drug (including anabolic steroids after February 27, 1991), other than marijuana, within the past ten years, or engaged in more than minimal experimentation in their lifetime. In making the determination about an applicant’s suitability for FBI employment, all relevant facts, including the frequency of use, will be evaluated.
• Have used marijuana/cannabis within the past three years, or have extensively used marijuana/cannabis or over a substantial period of time. In making the determination about an applicant’s suitability for FBI employment, all relevant facts, including the recency and frequency of use, will be evaluated.

What kind of job do you auto-qualify for if you haven't ever used controlled substances?





Created 44 weeks, 3 days ago

Yup, it was great. Go see it. Ten dollars, only. Plus, they pick Keanu out of the audience each night (as they say, for a more realisitc Keanu performance).

Ashley wrote some stuff about our show on her blog.



This is your wake-up call.



Created 57 weeks, 3 days ago

I received a humourous CAPTCHA at Ticketmaster (bleh).


I don't know why my response didn't validate.


Created 64 weeks, 4 days ago

Yea, Earth is pretty awesome, but who wouldn't want to join Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page with Virgin founder Richard Branson as they colonize Mars? Even if it is a great April fools joke, this is a great concept.

Mine:




Created 65 weeks, 3 days ago

If this is how the Ad-Council is spending PSA monies, I would like a refund please.

Check out this ad:



Seriously? If your are worried your teen is drinking martini's with olives, you have a totally different problem. Come on.

May I suggest some PSAs warning us about the dangers of the fast-food money changer with 'dirty' hands or the bum down the street that fouls up the street bench that you almost sat on once.




Created 66 weeks, 4 days ago

1. Dreadnought
2. Lycanthrope
3. Cantankerous
4. Fissile
5. General relativity

What are yours?







Created 74 weeks, 15 hours ago

Damn, give a brother some options iTunes. I know you think your the center of my world and all.


What happened to the option for "Okay, I'll reboot later. I'm in the middle of something right now."



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Created 75 weeks, 2 days ago

I don't even know how I wandered onto this product Web site, but this site selling Napa Grapelights is awesome! (http://www.grapelightmagic.com/)  Sorta like my hat.

Napa Grapelights seem to be molded rubber or plastic grapes with some type of bulb (probably LED) stuck inside a select few grapes per grape cluster.

Here, take a look at the advertisement yourself:



Created 75 weeks, 3 days ago

Lazarus eyes: Seeing the world new and crisp after getting 12 or more hours of sleep. The sleep must be the action following days of little or no sleep due to work projects gone awry.




Created 76 weeks, 3 days ago

My God, its full of GUIDs


Created 77 weeks, 3 days ago

When an application relies on data from third parties, one of the biggest risks you take when developing these applications is the data you are relying on will change. The biggest worry is that it will change without any notification. Depending on the success and usage of your application, you usually only find out only once things break catastrophically.

An inbox full of "HELP!" themed e-mail from your users is usually how it starts. The next few hours are usually spent fixing the data connections and remapping values.

However sometimes things go really wrong. Maybe the data models change drastically; or even worse, the data owner decides to implement access control. Usually what you do at this point as a developer is to replace your normal application output with some sort of message to your users explaining the problem.

"Sorry, but we are down for maintenance", or "XYZ just changed their data. Working to fix the problem!" are usually good ones. And then sometimes you use messages like this:


I feel your pain brotha. Well not the donkey-punch pain, but I hear ya.




Created 80 weeks, 2 days ago

Having a 5.6R earthquake party. It was a good one.


Created 87 weeks, 3 days ago

We just finished a great dinner at Kookez and we are heading out for a night on the town. C yall later!



Created 88 weeks, 8 hours ago

hehe.


Created 95 weeks, 1 day ago

I posted a list of 'choice' videos submitted so far to the Gmail: A Behind the Scenes User-generated collaborative Video project, so go watch those first.

After you peep the good stuff, come back and peruse this short list of videos that I hope make it to the final movie just to prove that it is user-generated, in a good way.

You better believe that some of these require audio to be turned way up.












technorati: Gmail, Video, Behind the scenes, Youtube

Created 99 weeks, 14 hours ago

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Created 107 weeks, 1 day ago

Overheard while out at the bar...

I'm like a 'design bomb'. I go off.
There's no point of me really sticking around after that.

Created 108 weeks, 5 hours ago

I was looking up some info for a Vegas trip, and I came across this feature listed for the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino:

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Monte Carlo Resort & Casino features:
...

RECREATION
...

DINING
...

ENTERTAINMENT
Lance Burton - From sleight-of-hand tricks to grand illusions, suspending disbelief is Lance Burton's forte. The world champion magician, who headlines at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, immerses audiences in his world - a world where gloves turn to doves and burning candles appear in his hands. 
 
LOCATION & DIRECTIONS
...

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So, I guess its cool that he possesses a world and all.. but doesn't that sound like a pretty lame world to you? Doves and candles...pshaw.

What about the world where lasers shoot out of his eyes and his enemies flee before his mighty iron fists that fly off of his arms, at which point blades suddenly appear from his wrists spinning madly as he catches flaming axes in his mouth?

Where is the casino with that magician. I want to stay there.

technorati: magician, Lance Burton, Vegas, entertainment

Created 113 weeks, 2 days ago

Pop Quiz, hotshot.

Question: Which of the following are restaurants/bars in the Castro district of San Francisco?

Choices:

1. Hot Slice
2. Metro Bar
3. The Men's Room
4. The Sausage Factory
5. Squat and Gobble
6. Daddy's
7. Juan on Juan's Mexican Food

Answers below.

technorati: Castro, San Francisco, Restaurant

Created 116 weeks, 1 day ago

Lunch was dim sum chicken feet; Lots of bones. Blech! That is all.

Created 122 weeks, 14 hours ago

We started listening to some Audible books while on the trip; currently we are on The Cell by Stephen King. Since I have an additional 10 minute commute after I drop off Ash at Google I love that I can threaten to listen to more of the book than her. Don't think I won't.

Created 122 weeks, 1 day ago

I bought some flowers through 1-800-SendFTD for my sweethearts this year. I thought it very funny when I saw the charge reflected in my Bank of America account summary. Take a look for yourself:

Happy Valentines day everyone. Hope you enjoy the downers I sent you!


technorati: valentines, day, flowers, funny, 1-800-sendftd

Created 124 weeks, 2 days ago

Adventure Time from Nickelodeon. This is sweet, thanks Brad.

Sorry folks. According to Google:
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Viacom.





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Created 128 weeks, 2 days ago

This is great. Enjoy this video that perfectly captures the spirit of the article "Holy Shit -- Man Walks on Fucking Moon" :



My favorites:

"The moon, for Christs sake, the moon. Over."

".... ahhhh.    (long pause)          Holy shit Tranquility.."

technorati: comedy, YouTube, moon, the onion

Created 128 weeks, 6 days ago

Ehh...


Huh...


Now, if someone will brew some Eye of the Beholder Ale or Underdark Stout, I will flip a wig.

technorati: beer, DnD, Bard's Tale

Created 131 weeks, 12 hours ago

The x-mas tree is erect, the lights are strung(out) and the stockings are hung. This is the time of year that I usually like to wind down, buy myself a good Atari game and a order a new cassette tape.

I hope everyone is having a holly, jolly holiday this year. Don't forget to give Stunta Claus a big shout out cause he's gonna be rollin' through yo' hood soon an' ya had bettah recognize. You know das right!

technorati: Christmas, holidays, Stunta, Claus

Created 133 weeks, 14 hours ago

I flew into town in time for the party Jon hosted for Lee's new job change (Frog, in Austin).

This pretty much sums it up. I am sure someone will post pictures soon.

Created 144 weeks, 5 days ago

Someone who has a huge crush on Mighty Girl : Maggie Mason received her book No One Cares What You Had for Lunch from UPS about a week ago. It is full of tips and other blahish stuff about how to write more interesting posts on your blog. Then again, maybe it isn't, I haven't read it.

It has been sitting on the coffee table mocking me for a while now. Deep inside its binding I can feel the critical remarks about my grammer and spelling. What?! No body is interested in what bands I saw last week? Pshaw, I say! Down to Maggie Mason's Infernal Machine!

Maybe people do care what I had for lunch. Lets see.
If I am wrong (...) I pledge to read it, but if not, its business as usual lady!

If you are interested in what I had for lunch, make a comment and guess what it was that I had (no cheating, no excessive guessing). If you win.... maybe... Ill... spring for lunch for you or something (airfare not included, but a beer is, naturally).

technorati: Maggie Mason, Mighty Girl, Books, Lunch, Guess

Created 145 weeks, 2 days ago

Okay, I admit it I am the responsible party who partially drained the free Coke machine at work this week. It gave me some attitude. All I wanted was a Coke, just one Coke and it wouldn't give it to me, just one Coke.

The event started by me making a Coke selection expecting two possible outcomes. One: A Coke is dispensed to me; or Two: The words OUT are displayed on the small LED display and I choose another product. This particular time I received new feedback from the machine.

No response.  Nothing.

Nothing happened when I hit the Coke button the first time. Or the second time. Or even the 8th time when I gave up in frustration. That's when I heard the sound of dispensing product. Then the strange sound (like a bag of cats, swung round the head) of a machine functioning outside its normal range of intended operation.

Yea, I got all 8 Cokes I selected. They are in the fridge if you want one. Right next to 5 other Sprites and 4 Diet Cokes (other victims I guess).

technorati: coke, machine, office

Created 145 weeks, 2 days ago

I love GUI Gallery. I was browsing the old Packard Bell interfaces when I happened upon this screenshot of the Packard Bell Navigator 3.9 (circa 1996). I remember when a friend of mine bought one of these $3,000 Packard Bell machines back in 1993 and it had so many features and micro applications that he was overwhelmed and never figured out how to use the thing.

I will admit that it was hell navigating through these virtual rooms to launch your applications. Did I leave Lotus 1.2.3 in the Study with the Candlestick, or maybe in the Gameroom with Sarge? This metaphor for virtual rooms was used far too often back in those days.

Reminiscing on these interfaces I laughed when I came across this screen with one of the virtual rooms called "Myspace". And I love the description that goes with it:

"Myspace is the place for older kids to hang out and use all the great features and programs available on your Packard Bell computer."



After spending some time on MySpace.com today, I think they should change thier slogan to: "Myspace.com is the place for older kids to hang out and use all the animated gifs, obnoxious background songs and tacky graphics available on the internet tubes."

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del.icio.us: myspace, funny, packardbell

Created 150 weeks, 1 day ago

So, this morning I have 666 unread messages waiting for me in my inbox and tonight I buy groceries and they total $6.66. Its a buncha muncha cruncha weird coincidences.

Created 150 weeks, 4 days ago

I knew it was going to be one of those days when I saw my Inbox this morning. update: And then this the same night!

Dang spam.


Created 150 weeks, 4 days ago

Hrmm....

Created 152 weeks, 3 days ago

I shot some footage of my cat Mercury's wierd tongue thing he does when he hears a particular beat or rythym.

The ending cracks me up, he gets too carried away with it. Enjoy.

Play Google / Local Video (WMV : 1,45 MB)

While browsing around, I found this really funny video of a cat and a ceiling fan, I just hope the cat wasn't too hurt!?!

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Buzznet : Mercury, cat, cat video, video

Created 184 weeks, 1 day ago

Incredible magic. If only I could impress so many Japanese women by pulling something out of a wall.....

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Del.icio.us : Hamburger Magic

Created 184 weeks, 6 days ago