I just heard one of the dumbest comments on the radio:
"...But, you know, if the kids are swinging like Barry Bonds and wearing their caps like Barry Bonds, they're going to be injecting the same stuff in their veins as Barry Bonds."
I don't even know where to start explaining how stupid that is.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Saturday, March 25, 2006
How fast is your brain?
Find out.
I think it's a bullshit metric because you can learn to identify the aggregate sound instead of individually processing each sound, but still fun. I scored 30 ms. And that was with missing several because the stupid mousepad didn't work right.
I think it's a bullshit metric because you can learn to identify the aggregate sound instead of individually processing each sound, but still fun. I scored 30 ms. And that was with missing several because the stupid mousepad didn't work right.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Stupid dog humping stuffed animal
There's really nothing else to say.
(I think my favorite part about it is that after the video plays, the hosts are cracking up so hard they can barely speak)
(I think my favorite part about it is that after the video plays, the hosts are cracking up so hard they can barely speak)
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
How the fuck does this plane fly?
Doesn't it look like an A-320 got some sort of horrific tumor or something?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Inappropriate church signs
Putting me in front of a custom church sign generator can only end badly.
Jewmanji vs. Candy Machine: Round 1
Apparently, the candy machine has won this round, and Jewmanji has resorted to an angry, public missive.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Decisions on grad school come down to the littlest things
...but damnit, I may well go to UW just on the basis of the fact that the chair of the department linked to this from his web page.
Delicious mistranslations
I could go for a sour and sweet bone...
In the same vein, some of these comic interpretations of spam subject lines are fucking hillarious. The squirrel is such a brilliant touch.
In the same vein, some of these comic interpretations of spam subject lines are fucking hillarious. The squirrel is such a brilliant touch.
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
Idiots really can make money
What I found striking about this article on tech entrepreneurs under 30 is that there are really only a few good ideas in there. Skype is brilliant. God bless any technology that undermines the business model of an intractably monopolistic industry (e.g., the telcos). Pharmix is also a cool idea assuming it works. Given that they've already developed a new statin, I'd say they've proved it can.
But things like Meebo, Yelp, and Tagged are just retarded. They're remnants of the dot-com hysteria and, I would say, are ultimately doomed. Meebo is doomed because it can be trivially copied by Microsoft, AOL, and Yahoo. Yelp is doomed because it's been done a thousand times before (epinions, citysearch, etc.). And Tagged is doomed because teens are fickle creatures and will quickly figure out the site is retarded. Teens really hate going to sites that are "teens only." Also, they need only take a look at the founders and will run screaming.
And yet these people have gotten millions of dollars in VC. Mindboggling. I am now determined to come up with something far more interesting and disruptive than "IM on the web." Just you wait! Stupid world...
But things like Meebo, Yelp, and Tagged are just retarded. They're remnants of the dot-com hysteria and, I would say, are ultimately doomed. Meebo is doomed because it can be trivially copied by Microsoft, AOL, and Yahoo. Yelp is doomed because it's been done a thousand times before (epinions, citysearch, etc.). And Tagged is doomed because teens are fickle creatures and will quickly figure out the site is retarded. Teens really hate going to sites that are "teens only." Also, they need only take a look at the founders and will run screaming.
And yet these people have gotten millions of dollars in VC. Mindboggling. I am now determined to come up with something far more interesting and disruptive than "IM on the web." Just you wait! Stupid world...
How did I know a Republican authored this?
Oh, right, because only a Republican could come up with a douchebag-y piece of legislation like this.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Microsoft throws down the gauntlet against Google
The Windows Live beta is out. I gotta say, it's pretty damn nice, and I think the UI is actually better than Google's. I haven't figured out yet how good the search results though. Is it...is it possible Microsoft might actually make a decent product?...*faint*
Worrying about the gene pool
Frankly, I'm more worried about Tucker Carlson reproducing than I am about trekkies reproducing, but nontheless this interview about trekkie dating sites is funny. (Use IE as Firefox doesn't seem to render properly)
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Why blogs are just one more corruptible media source
Have I really failed to post for the last two weeks? I'm lame. I'm also busy visiting grad schools, but I'm lame nonetheless.
(Aside for those who care: I got into University of Washington, Carnegie-Mellon, Cornell, UC San Diego, and UWisconsin at Madison. I got dicked by Princeton, Berkeley, Stanford, and MIT. That's a whole other story. I think I got a lukewarm rec from one of my rec writers, which is fucking lame and an utter breach of protocol...you tell someone you're not comfortable writing them a good rec; you don't write them a bad rec. I was pissed about it [and still am], but oh well. I got into good schools anyway, which of course is a testament to my awesomeness. I was not keen on Stanford or Berkeley to begin with. It has been suggested to me that the Stanford guys make poor advisors. And Berkeley's strengths these days are more in databases and networking than systems, which is my area. I was pissed/dejected about not getting into MIT as I did want to go there, but I've also had increasing evidence that it is dysfunctionally competitive, so it's probably just as well I don't end up there. My theory on Princeton is that I just wasn't a good fit there, which is reasonable.
I'm reserving judgment on the places I did get into until I visit them all, but I suspect I'll end up at University of Washington. I'm not thrilled with the idea of going back to Seattle as it kind of feels like a step backwards, but oh well. I think grad school in Seattle will be different than working in a dysfunctional job at Microsoft in Seattle.)
Anyway, moving on, I was not at all surprised to see a New York Times article about shady relationships between PR firms and bloggers. This is the problem with blogs as news sources. There is virtually no accountability on the part of bloggers for either the accuracy of their post or citation of their sources. The degree to which bloggers have power as a news source is exactly the degree to which they will be manipulated by PR entities whether government or corporate.
Just wait. Coming soon: "The Iconoclast Blog: Exposing the Truths Other Media Are Afraid To Talk About! (Brought to you by Wal-Mart)"
Depressed yet? :)
(Aside for those who care: I got into University of Washington, Carnegie-Mellon, Cornell, UC San Diego, and UWisconsin at Madison. I got dicked by Princeton, Berkeley, Stanford, and MIT. That's a whole other story. I think I got a lukewarm rec from one of my rec writers, which is fucking lame and an utter breach of protocol...you tell someone you're not comfortable writing them a good rec; you don't write them a bad rec. I was pissed about it [and still am], but oh well. I got into good schools anyway, which of course is a testament to my awesomeness. I was not keen on Stanford or Berkeley to begin with. It has been suggested to me that the Stanford guys make poor advisors. And Berkeley's strengths these days are more in databases and networking than systems, which is my area. I was pissed/dejected about not getting into MIT as I did want to go there, but I've also had increasing evidence that it is dysfunctionally competitive, so it's probably just as well I don't end up there. My theory on Princeton is that I just wasn't a good fit there, which is reasonable.
I'm reserving judgment on the places I did get into until I visit them all, but I suspect I'll end up at University of Washington. I'm not thrilled with the idea of going back to Seattle as it kind of feels like a step backwards, but oh well. I think grad school in Seattle will be different than working in a dysfunctional job at Microsoft in Seattle.)
Anyway, moving on, I was not at all surprised to see a New York Times article about shady relationships between PR firms and bloggers. This is the problem with blogs as news sources. There is virtually no accountability on the part of bloggers for either the accuracy of their post or citation of their sources. The degree to which bloggers have power as a news source is exactly the degree to which they will be manipulated by PR entities whether government or corporate.
Just wait. Coming soon: "The Iconoclast Blog: Exposing the Truths Other Media Are Afraid To Talk About! (Brought to you by Wal-Mart)"
Depressed yet? :)
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