Mexijew.com Quick Picks

09/11/2008

2008-09-11T00:27:00.001-04:00

From the Washington Post: A simplified chart of the McCain tax cuts vs. Obama tax cuts.

Matt Damon on Sarah Palin: "You do the actuary tables, there's a one out of three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn't survive his first term, and it'll be President Palin. It's like a really bad Disney movie, "The Hockey Mom.' Oh, I'm just a hockey mom from Alaska, and she's president. "She's facing down Vladimir Putin and using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It's absurd." Amen!

Chrome

2008-09-02T15:20:00.002-04:00

Google's new browser, Chrome, passes the ACID2 test with flying colors. w00t.

September 2, 2008

2008-09-02T00:52:00.003-04:00

Karl Rove calls Joe Biden a "big blowhard doofus". Yeah, coming from the closest thing to a real-life Emperor Palpatine that really stings. LOL.

McCain's running mate has a pregnant and unwed 17 year old daughter. Family values indeed!

August 27, 2008

2008-08-27T17:17:00.002-04:00

Command line to GUI to command line. And so we've coming full circle: Mozilla introduces Ubiquity, a mash up command line for the web.

August 25

2008-08-25T17:31:00.001-04:00

What's the best part about Fox News at the DNC? THIS is the best part! The crowd chanting "Fuck Fox News" at the end of it made my bad day turn around!

August 22

2008-08-22T13:57:00.002-04:00

China's Olympic gymnasts may not be old enough to compete. "Shocking" that China is cheating again. It happened in the Sydney Olympics, too. CHEATERS!

August 15

2008-08-15T11:23:00.001-04:00

Coolest video you'll see today: Space Shuttle launch recorded from an airplane.

August 6

2008-08-06T17:39:00.000-04:00

Reference: Job scheduling with cron.

Reference: Backing up your web server.

On August 10th there's going to be a big announcement about Star Trek Online - the first Star Trek MMO. Woot!

Aurora - possibly the future of the web experience

Beer Belt

2008-08-05T16:02:00.001-04:00

Here's one for Brian - the Beer Belt.

Tow truck

2008-08-05T15:58:00.001-04:00

Don't forget to take your tags off when you're being towed, otherwise this could happen!

Three updates

2008-07-31T16:58:00.002-04:00

Must have: Belkin's GoStudio - a great, portable recording unit that utilizes iPods as the hard drive. Nice.

TrekMovie.com believes that there's not enough Star Trek on the iPhone. I agree! Bring on a tricorder app!

Awww! Sega's making cute robotic hamsters!

Star Wars on iPhone

2008-07-23T18:05:00.001-04:00

Sweet, sweet mother of awesomeness! Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the iPhone!!

macBook Touch Rumor

2008-07-22T16:43:00.002-04:00

Rumor has it that Apple is developing a MacBook Touch for Q4 2008. There goes another $2k...

Apple Climbs Into Third Place In U.S. PC Market

2008-07-17T18:05:00.000-04:00

Apple is now #3 in the US computer market share! Great news for fanboys like me.

Clean dirt

2008-07-17T15:44:00.001-04:00

Hey Jessy, want some free, clean dirt? Apparently it's local for you over in Portland, OR.

Garden Zombie!

2008-07-15T14:13:00.001-04:00

The most awesome garden "accessory" ever invented: A 13lb. life-like zombie!

Sue's blog

2008-07-10T15:51:00.001-04:00

One of my co-workers is going on a trip to Africa. Here's her blog!

Another one bites the dust...

2008-06-09T18:18:00.001-04:00

Another big PvE guild has closed it's doors: Forte calls it quits. Death & Taxes, Risen, and now Forte. Bad times for PvE progression guilds...

Meth lab at meat plant

2008-05-19T18:03:00.001-04:00

Meth lab at kosher meat plant...? I guess that explains why the hotdogs were strangely addictive.

Nihilum's holy paladin raiding guide

2008-05-18T23:22:00.001-04:00

Nihilum has a really great holy paladin raiding bible that all fresh Paladins should check out. It's very well done!

Nazi goats

2008-05-15T11:37:00.000-04:00

Nazi goats.

2008 Best of DC

2008-04-18T16:10:00.001-04:00

The Washington City Paper has announced it's 2008 Best of DC guide. If you're bored in the DC/Metro area and want to go somewhere exciting and new, read this.

Worst. President. Ever.

2008-04-09T16:53:00.000-04:00

"It would be difficult to identify a President who, facing major international and domestic crises, has failed in both as clearly as President Bush..." It doesn't get any more clear than that.

11 Innovation Lessons from WoW

2008-04-07T17:14:00.000-04:00

Here's a somewhat interesting read: 11 innovation lessons from creators of World of Warcraft.

Sunwell cheat sheet

2008-03-25T14:37:00.001-04:00

Since patch 2.4 (Fury of the Sunwell) is live today, there's no better time than now to post WoWInsider.com's 2.4 Cheat Sheet. Mostly for my own reference, of course.