It’s time to make this post. It’s a post I’ve been avoiding for a couple of weeks, but it has to be done. It belongs behind a cut, because it’s sad and unappetizing. For those of you who visit via an RSS reader, and don’t care to read sad things about animals, let this opening [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Weekly Quicklinks for July 30, 2011
Turn Gas Station Fare into Tasty Snacks Almond-stuffed dates, avocado-tuna roll-ups, and much more…
Weekly Quicklinks for July 16, 2011
Uganda School for the Deaf: Managing Amidst Challenges Great article. Free Range Kids How to raise safe, self-reliant children without going nuts with worry. How a Blind Gamer Plays Zelda by Ear Pretty awesome. Haiti: 18 Months After Devastating Quake Worse than I realized.
Weekly Quicklinks for July 9, 2011
Complying With The Jeanne Clery Act This is why Gallaudet always sends out notifications of crime that takes place on campus. Apple II History Tracing the history of the first color home computer. A very detailed account, with many links to Apple information and even some scanned advertisements from the early 1980s. Tattoos at older [...]
The Reason for Guard Rails
I was driving to Shore Leave tonight, right about 5:30pm, and on the way there I had my wife pull up a Prisencolinensinainciusol video so we could listen to it. As I exited from 97 North onto 70 East in Maryland, I was telling her about Will Smith’s reaction to the song. Suddenly, I went [...]
To Do In Japan
Things I want to do over the course of a year if I get the job in Japan: Go see a baseball game, Japanese-style Get the United Mileage Plus Club Visa to add to my existing 25,000 miles with United, plus it has no fees for foreign transactions, making it possibly worth the one-time $375 [...]
Repeated Translations
Bored at work and playing with Bad Translator, here are the fun results: I also tried blowing out the memory card slot with compressed air thinking maybe it’s dusty. 56 translations later… The Memories of war and believe in the great outdoors. Machine translations are useful for getting a general idea about what text written [...]
Weekly Quicklinks for July 2, 2011
Joe Vogel: Remembering Michael Jackson: The Story Behind His Magnum Opus Excellent article behind one of the most enigmatic and powerful songs out there. The Nightmare Returns Intense images from both Hiroshima/Nagasaki 1945 and Tohoku 2011. Traveler’s Joy "Skip the blender" – allows couples to set up a honeymoon registry rather than a wedding registry, [...]
Removing Broken Links
Following Neil’s example, I am removing broken links from my WordPress blog using the Broken Link Checker plugin. I wish I hadn’t set it to include comments, as there are a great many broken commenter links, and it’s not my job to keep after people to maintain their website’s structure. Many sites have redirects, and [...]