And the men (and women) of Dragon*Con rejoice. “Mailman seeks comfort in kilt”
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/07/21/mailman_seeks_comfort_in_kilt/
“They’re mostly ribbing me, but occasionally there are people who appear to be offended,” said Lunde, 38, who has delivered mail in Salem, Ore., for nine years. “I say, ‘Show me a picture of Jesus in slacks, and I’ll consider it.’ “
Looks like the fail whale has a fat wallet … CNET is reporting that Twitter bought Summize. For those of you that cocked their heads to the side and said “whut?” reading that sentence, I will explain further.
Twitter is a neat microblogging service (140 character updates via the web, SMS and other methods). Twitter has the nickname “FAIL WHALE” because it shows this cute little graphic whenever it goes down … and it goes down a lot [insert Bill Clinton intern joke here]. Summize is one of the many Twitter-based services that have recently popped up to feed off of Twitter’s popularity … that is, when Twitter is actually working.
And yes, there is even a service to tell you if Twitter has … well … failed.
So when your service is associated with being unreliable (note: their IM service hasn’t worked for weeks), maybe you should spend venture capital on more reliable infrastructure instead of nifty features. Spending new money on shiny distractions instead of core infrastructure is the job of government, and we know how much they hate competition.
We’ve been joking about it ever since the new Knight Rider show came out on NBC … a GPS that uses the voice of KITT. Well, it’s now a product.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/24/video-knight-rider-gps-asks-michael-where-do-you-want-to-go/
My friend Stephen took the time to write some very clear & concise thoughts on the recent ruling against the Bush administration’s “enemy combatant” policy regarding Gitmo detainees … particularly the concept of holding them for extend periods of time without clear charges.
My thoughts on the subject are bordering on the rantings of a libertarian nut …
Report: OLPC may eventually switch from Linux to Windows XP (computerworld)
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Today’s video remix is brought to you by George Hrab, his song “The Assumption” and my ability to fill up little bits of free time with video projects … full story after the break.
The non-flash version of the video is also available for download (Apple iPod/MP4).
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Whoops, almost forgot to tell you what my spouse got me for my birthday …
Yes, that is an animated PONG t-shirt. I should totally wear this to the JoCo show tomorrow night 
