December 2009 archive

Soup Saver Scoop

Please allow me a promotional post. I don't get a kickback or anything from this other than some potential FNPs (Favorite Nephew Points).
My Aunt Sharon is selling these super Soup Saver Scoops:

She is retired and has started up a business to sell these things. She came up with the idea based on an old utensil [...]

bytesore: a web site or computer program that is unpleasant, ugly, or offensive

I'd like to propose the word "bytesore" to be used as a digital variant of "eyesore."
Possible definitions:
bytesore: A web site, service, or computer program that is unpleasant or ugly or offensive.
bytesore: A displeasing web site or computer program; one that is prominently ugly or unsightly.
Example usage: movingtofreedom.org is a disgusting, wretched bytesore.
Here's a short link [...]

Little Boxes at Night, by Trey Ratcliff

Little Boxes at Night, by Trey Ratcliff
License: Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike
I love Trey Ratcliff's HDR photography, and I'm grateful that he releases almost all of it with a Creative Commons license. While the non-commercial clause may not be ideal for free culture enthusiasts, I think it's still pretty cool to share so much [...]

Music of the URB: Chiron Beta Prime

Christmas music to bring cheer to the CPUs of Robot Revolutionaries:

Jonathan Coulton, Chiron Beta Prime
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Underground Robot Revolution

At work I often complain bitterly about how The Man wants us to be a bunch of compliant robots.
In defiance, another robot and I are organizing an Underground Robot Revolution (URB). Resistance is currently taking shape in the form of idle IM conversations and writing "URB" on conference room whiteboards.
Our day will come.
You might think [...]