Harold Check's blog, Offhand Remarks tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-26074 2009-06-26T15:29:44+00:00 TypePad blogging with increasing infrequency since 1997http://www.haroldcheck.com/favicon.icoThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.Julia Nunes [del.icio.us]harold2009-06-26T08:29:44-07:00http://www.junumusic.com/index.phpgreat young singer / uke player<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/jW1Dg598DDo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.junumusic.com/index.php Best Chuck Taylor Ad Evar tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68130937 2009-06-15T10:42:36-07:00 2009-06-15T10:42:36-07:00 (via The Big Picture) On a related note: The stuff going on in Iran is simultaneously frightening and thrilling, but mostly thrilling since all of the abuse-of-power elements are pretty much a given, in my worldview. I truly hope they... Harold Check
Chucks-in-iran

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On a related note: The stuff going on in Iran is simultaneously frightening and thrilling, but mostly thrilling since all of the abuse-of-power elements are pretty much a given, in my worldview. I truly hope they get some progress out of this cataclysm. Looking at the people taking to the streets, it seems like they deserve it.

http://www.haroldcheck.com/2009/06/best-chuck-taylor-ad-evar.html Minors and "Minority Report" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67542203 2009-06-02T06:15:25-07:00 2009-06-02T06:15:25-07:00 It occurs to me, watching this Microsoft teaser reel for Project Natal, that it will indeed be the 12-year-old kids that get to live in the sci-fi future while the homicide police, pictured using similar technology* in Minority Report, will... Harold Check

It occurs to me, watching this Microsoft teaser reel for Project Natal, that it will indeed be the 12-year-old kids that get to live in the sci-fi future while the homicide police, pictured using similar technology* in Minority Report, will be stuck with Cold-War-era PCs and old copies of Excel.


* Similar, but more primitive. There were control gloves, as I recall.
 http://www.haroldcheck.com/2009/06/minors-and-minority-report.html We Are Hunted - The Online Music Chart [del.icio.us]harold2009-04-17T09:28:34-07:00http://wearehunted.com/A place to find music to download.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/D0QB28RevtA" height="1" width="1"/> http://wearehunted.com/Clerkdogs [del.icio.us]harold2009-04-05T14:46:09-07:00http://www.clerkdogs.com/this seems pretty cool. i like the way the results are presented.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/HI32lJCX9EQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.clerkdogs.com/ This is really funny... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-63262347 2009-02-23T18:46:56-08:00 2009-02-23T18:46:56-08:00 Great bit by Louis CK. Too bad about the resolution and aspect ratio on this YouTube clip. I mean, I'm just broadcasting NETWORK TELEVISION on my BLOG. Why isn't it in HD? Geez... Harold Check <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jETv3NURwLc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jETv3NURwLc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <p>Great bit by Louis CK. Too bad about the resolution and aspect ratio on this YouTube clip. I mean, I'm just broadcasting NETWORK TELEVISION on my BLOG. Why isn't it in HD? Geez...</p></div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/owXfH4TN6CA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.haroldcheck.com/2009/02/this-is-really-funny.html I'm So Ready for the Next Four Years... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-61681158 2009-01-20T19:09:13-08:00 2009-01-20T19:09:13-08:00 I got new shoes! Hooray! (And the whole new government administration thing is cool, too.) Harold Check

Newshoes
I got new shoes! Hooray!

(And the whole new government administration thing is cool, too.)

 http://www.haroldcheck.com/2009/01/im-so-ready-for-the-next-four-years.html Antarctic Expedition [del.icio.us]harold2009-01-10T17:24:39-08:00http://antarctic.fury.com/A photo-journal by Kevin Fox. This looks to be great...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/ZL_qdcuzRa8" height="1" width="1"/> http://antarctic.fury.com/Auditorium [del.icio.us]harold2008-12-27T09:16:15-08:00http://playauditorium.com/online game -- quite lovely and fun<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/tdf-xs1Gk6k" height="1" width="1"/> http://playauditorium.com/Fake Thundercats Trailer Is the Best Worst Thing You’ll See All Day [del.icio.us]harold2008-12-22T12:20:25-08:00http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/12/fake_thundercats_trailer_is_th.htmlAll kinds of awesome. More trailers like this, please...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/71CxI5KoCFQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/12/fake_thundercats_trailer_is_th.htmlChickens come home to roost in 02008 [del.icio.us]harold2008-12-21T06:01:17-08:00http://blog.longnow.org/2008/12/09/chickens-come-home-to-roost-in-02008/I love this sort of thing. It would be great if Andy Baio could whip up a userscript that color-codes the names of pundits who have a horrible track record for accuracy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/MYMjMIf4aD8" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.longnow.org/2008/12/09/chickens-come-home-to-roost-in-02008/The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry [del.icio.us]harold2008-12-10T08:38:39-08:00http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/2008/12/11/gee-one-bold-storm-coming-up%e2%80%a6/I love that we live in a world where Stephen Fry tells me which new smartphone to buy. &quot;That&#039;ll be all, Jeeves.&quot;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/IeI6SXaPioM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/2008/12/11/gee-one-bold-storm-coming-up%e2%80%a6/Wal-Mart worker dies after shoppers knock him down [del.icio.us]harold2008-11-28T08:50:13-08:00http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2008-11-28-walmart-death_N.htmThey should bury him at Arlington. He gave his life in the most American way possible.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/z7uPeNSm_tk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2008-11-28-walmart-death_N.htmTiVo for Life [del.icio.us]harold2008-11-19T13:54:26-08:00http://www.kk.org/quantifiedself/2008/11/tivo-for-life.phpi want this. i will never miss another cute cat moment ever again!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/Wl-LezdhJFw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.kk.org/quantifiedself/2008/11/tivo-for-life.phpMacArthur awarded to Walter Kitundu [del.icio.us]harold2008-09-23T14:32:36-07:00http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/23/DD9I131DPI.DTLThis dude sounds like a badass. Makes me want to see and hear his work.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HaroldCheck/~4/281Vwh4sV2c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/23/DD9I131DPI.DTL