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Free Gratis Obscure Deadwood reference?

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:29:30 -0500

Free Gratis

Obscure Deadwood reference?

FINALLY!

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:24:05 -0500

FINALLY!

“I’ll will”? Let this be a lesson to you,...

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:18:52 -0500

“I’ll will”?

Let this be a lesson to you, folks.

Always Be Birdhousing.

ProTip for Reblogging on the iPhone

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:12:00 -0500

pocketcontents:

redcloud:

kurafire:

redcloud:

marleymarley:

Goodness I wish reblogging in order to make a comment on iPhone were not an endeavor filled with poo.

“Best” trick for adding a comment to the end of a long post:

Reblog

Tap text view

“Select All”

Copy

If necessary “Select All” again

Paste

The pasted text replaces the selected text, which is exactly the same. Now your cursor is at the end of the text, no matter how long it is. Only works on 3.0 because of the copy-and-paste, obviously.

Still sucks, though.

You can scroll a textarea field contents up and down by using two finger scrolling on the textarea. This won’t scroll the page nor zoom out, it’ll just scroll the content inside the textarea.

This allows you to just scroll straight to the empty
that Tumblr adds at the end. Tap in there and start typing away. It’s a lot easier :)

Holy crap! Faruk FTMFW!

When I try this (2 finger scrolling), Tumblr kicks me out.

What most mentions of two-finger text input scrolling fail to mention is that it works *before* you select the field for input, not after.

In other words, do the scrolling before you bring up the keyboard.

With Tumblr, you still need to dismiss the keyboard and bring it back up again to be able to see the end of the field, though.

Select All, Cut, Paste takes fewer gestures and gets you where you can start typing (and see what your typing) faster.

Using one geek device to learn how to get more geek fun out of...

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:12:31 -0500

Using one geek device to learn how to get more geek fun out of another geek device.

Such pleasant driving home music.

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:10:21 -0500

Such pleasant driving home music.

I think the Internet's broken

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:44:15 -0500

Earlier, there was a discussion about some definitions regarding religious beliefs and I haven’t seen the requisite shitstorm.

This is quite discomfiting and I hope normal Internet operations are restored soon.

Great W3C @reply (via Chris Heilmann)

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:13:59 -0500

Great W3C @reply

(via Chris Heilmann)

Fideism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:48:19 -0500

Fideism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

what the fideist objects to is not so much “reason” per se — it seems excessive to call Blaise Pascal anti-rational — but evidentialism: the notion that no belief should be held unless it is supported by evidence.

I love the social web because love learning stuff like this. (hat tip to rafitorres)

On Religion...

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:03:31 -0500

luckyshirt:

No religion, no politics.

Ok… this one time.

I hear and read many people calling themselves atheists, and just out of some combination of curiosity and intense interest wonder how many of them are actually agnostic.

So many people confuse the two because unfortunately agnosticism is frequently folded under atheism by many of the loudest voices. But there is a very important difference between them.

In short (at the risk of criminally generalizing an important topic): an atheist believes there are no dieties in existence, while agnostics believe such an existence is unkowable or is at least not know to them.

The latter of the latter is where I file myself, as an “open agnostic”.

To me this means: I have no idea what the hell is going on, but I will listen to any argument, discussion, or case presented me to some extent to help me find out.

In other words: my faith is on the market. The first superhuman thing to present itself to me gets my vote.

If Jesus and the aliens happen to knock on my door at the same time, my faith will go to the winner of a best-of-seven tetherball series.

It wasn’t always this way. As a matter of fact: I was at one point on my way into ministry as some of you know. I lost that faith in the process for all kinds of reasons, as many of us have. Intolerance was one of the most significant.

So I’m as open-minded as they come in this arena, but that’s because it suits me and where I am in life.

Faith is a very personal matter, and I never criticize anyone else’s. If you want to believe Voltron determines which people get sick, then do it. Just don’t expect others to. More importantly: don’t demand they do.

…but if you wanted to tell me about it, I’d still listen.

Thanks for that.

Many times recently I’ve wanted to point out that “agnostic” derives from the Greek prefix a (without) + gnosis (knowledge). I hold a position much like yours, and am always bothered when people don’t realize that it’s agnosticism, not atheism, that is compatible with empiricism.

I begrudge nobody their -isms, I just don’t care to have one of mine called something it isn’t.

I switch gears harder than MSNBC after their late primetime...

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:50:38 -0500

I switch gears harder than MSNBC after their late primetime block.

joelaz: Ice Cubes, by joelaz Very nice. To view on iPhone,...

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:05:47 -0500

joelaz:

Ice Cubes, by joelaz

Very nice. To view on iPhone, go here.

When you succeed with Free, you are going to die by Free

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:04:56 -0500

When you succeed with Free, you are going to die by Free:

gtmcknight:

Mark Cubans thoughts are spot on.

Food for thought.

This Wikipedia Page Has Far Too Much Stuff On It

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:20:21 -0500

This Wikipedia Page Has Far Too Much Stuff On It

And the Programmer did say, “It refreshes the view,...

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:56:34 -0500

And the Programmer did say, “It refreshes the view, therefore it should be in the View menu.”

The Architect decreed, “It is an action! It’s only to be expected that a mere Programmer doesn’t understand its proper location is on the Action menu.”

The Product Manager did not appear to have seen or heard either of them. He idly tapped his pen on the cover of his unopened leather portfolio for what felt like an eon to the others, staring off into the middle distance. Time stood still in conference room 8G. Clearly he was Thinking Important Thoughts, for that is What He Does.

Then time began to flow again, as the moment was complete. The Product Manager had made The Decision.

“Put it on the Tools menu, for that is what we are.”

Ever wanted to buy a domain for the sole purpose of passive...

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:17:56 -0500

Ever wanted to buy a domain for the sole purpose of passive aggressively bitching at a certain type of person?

delgrosso: Because there has been a lot of confusion around...

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:38:12 -0500

delgrosso:

Because there has been a lot of confusion around this issue, I made you a handy chart. Hopefully this will clear things up once and for all.

I’ve got something you can toot on over here.

"I’m allergic to idiocies and foolishness."

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:01:47 -0500

“I’m allergic to idiocies and foolishness.”

- Stanley “Stan” Bolander, Homicide: Life on the Street

emzbulletproof: sokeri: fuckingdelicious: That’s right,...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:42:00 -0500

emzbulletproof:

sokeri:

fuckingdelicious:

That’s right, bitches! I’ve got a fucking monkey butler to feed me delicious shit any time I want.

via: thelondonpaper.com

I think maybe I found my new favorite thing ever.

THERE IS NO MONKEY IN THIS PHOTO

[ Wrings Hands. Sweats. ]

This is precisely why Are Chimps Monkeys? was created.

The Birthday Boy 16 years old! (insert time passage cliché...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:06:05 -0500

The Birthday Boy

16 years old!

(insert time passage cliché here)