Some people around here have

Some people around here have previously made fun of me for purchasing a $250 programmable remote control for the home theater setup. Though I note that she doesn't have any trouble using said remote. I should point out that I do have boundaries to my gadget mania, and here's an example: The ProntoPro is the higher-end, color version of the remote that I own. It's $1,000. That's way beyond my safety limits.

If you're interested in how

If you're interested in how communication evolves, check out this article from the NYT. It discusses the current furor in legal circles about where to put legal citations in documents. It's another skirmish in what Virginia Postrel calls the battle between "stasists" and "dynamicists."

Thanks for linking here, Inessential

Thanks for linking here, Inessential and Dave's Picks.

Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome has

Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome has written The Libera Manifesto. If you operate a free web service, I recommend it. If you use any free web services, go read it, now.


"A labor of love" means that they supply the labor only so long as you supply the love.

Jish has a weblog for

Jish has a weblog for his Miata. It's got me thinking again about doing some modifications to mine. Those teeth Jish pointed to look pretty tempting.

I've been making small changes

I've been making small changes every day to the Macintosh Web Software on a Budget site. If you haven't visited it lately, it's worth checking out.

Cringely on beating speeding tickets

Cringely on beating speeding tickets in Redmond, and incidentally disposing with those annoying antitrust suits, too.

For you political junkies, Highball

For you political junkies, Highball with Chris Matthews: The Hardball Drinking Game.

Retiree Makes Permanent Home on

Retiree Makes Permanent Home on Cruise Ship


I've passed this story on to a few people lately, and the unanimous reaction was "Good for her!"

UC Berkeley researchers create world's

UC Berkeley researchers create world's smallest rotary internal combustion engine.

Redneck Haiku

Redneck Haiku

Blogger broke today, which means

Blogger broke today, which means that I can't use it now in the way to which I've become accustomed.

What I want to do is pay someone (anyone!) money and have it work again. Not necessarily Blogger; I'd be willing to pay for GreyMatter or whatever, so long as it could emulate the style of work that I've gotten used to.

This is, imo, one of the biggest drawbacks of free software and web services--it drives out pay services, but doesn't take into account that some of us have more money than time (note that I'm not saying that I have lots of money, just that I have very little free time) and want our bugs fixed, asap.

The error reports I sent in are here and here, but I doubt with only one person left that they're read much. From what I can see, this has been reported by several people over the last few days.

Is anyone out there doing GreyMatter consulting? Seriously.

The High Court's Eating Disorder

The High Court's Eating Disorder by Dahlia Lithwick discusses how the Rehnquist Court isn't exactly walking the conservative walk when it comes to judicial restraint.

Apple Puts Power Mac G4

Apple Puts Power Mac G4 Cube on Ice

Apple® today announced that it will suspend production of the Power Mac™ G4 Cube indefinitely. The company said there is a small chance it will reintroduce an upgraded model of the unique computer in the future, but that there are no plans to do so at this time.

We're big fans of the

We're big fans of the Japanese cooking show Iron Chef, aired on the Food Network, so we reacted in horror when we heard that UPN is doing an American version with William Shatner taking the place of the revered Chairman Kaga. Over at Ain't It Cool News, they have a review from someone who attended the taping of the new show. Warning: contains many spoilers. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to find a defenseless bell pepper...

Quote of the day:Take my

Quote of the day:

Take my advice. I'm not using it.

Lots more changes today on

Lots more changes today on the Budget Web Tools page (and a FAQ, even), and lots of email with comments and appreciation. Thanks for your contributions, and keep those suggestions coming!