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Firefly @ Amazon for $17

Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Firefly – The Complete Series — $17 for the complete set of one of the best SF series ever on TV.

You now have no excuse to:

  • Not own Firefly
  • Not have given Firefly to a friend
  • Not have given Firefly to complete stranger

That is all.

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I’d like to do this with bills…

Posted in Politics on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I used to think that “ostrich with its head in the sand” was just a colorful description of the Bush administration’s response to environmental concerns, but now I see that it’s actual policy.

That’s right: Think you’re going to get an EPA report that you don’t want to deal with? Just order your staffers not to open the email!

Next step: Not opening science textbooks…

Photo courtesy fiver13 on Flickr

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Stevey, Rhinos, and Tigers

Posted in Coding on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Steve Yegge (aka stevey) has a worth-your-while post (and that’s saying something when it’s that long) about dynamic languages in general and Rhino (server-side JavaScript in the JVM) in particular — along with about 10 or 15 tangents along the way.

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Ebay’s Architecture – Divide (partition) and conquer

Posted in Coding, Development Methods on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

InfoQ has a great video interview with Randy Shoup, in charge of search at Ebay, where he talks about several things, including their heavy use of partitioning, the unique issues you run into with such a high volume site, and what’s coming up for them.

Btw, I love InfoQ’s interface for presenting not only the video of the interview, but the transcribed and video-linked text of the interview as well. Great for skipping ahead or when the audio quality drops out and you can’t make out a word.

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Liberty City Police Face Allegations of Incompetence, Brutality

Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“I was shot 14 times on my way to work today, including twice by police,” said one Algonquin-area resident. “That is unacceptable.” –from the Onion

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Planescape: Torment in 1920×1200

Posted in Games on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Gibberlings3 modding community has a Widescreen Mod to allow you to play Infinity Engine games (like one of my all-time favorites, Planescape: Torment) in any resolution that your monitor can support instead of the original 640×480. Combined with the community-supported FixPack, I’m looking forward to taking another run through the world of Planescape!

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