Tag Archives: online

Citi, Citgo, and Shell Online Developers Are Completely Inept

Posted on April 6, 2009 by roger

Today, my wife stopped by a station to fill up the truck… and it rejected her Shell card. She told me about it this evening, and I began to investigate. My first thought was that I hadn’t received a “payment … Continue reading →

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Kate Micucci Rocks My World

Posted on February 5, 2009 by roger

She was pretty amazing on Scrubs the other night, but I wouldn’t have given Ms. Micucci much thought beyond that if I hadn’t stumbled across videos like these: Let’s set aside for the moment the fact that she looks like … Continue reading →

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Boxxy and the Asshats

Posted on January 23, 2009 by roger

A year ago, a girl calling herself Boxxy posted this: Last month, someone stumbled across the video, and taken aback by the charming/annoying qualities of its creator, posted it to an online forum. This being the Internet, and the Internet … Continue reading →

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FBI to Internet: Click here!

Posted on March 22, 2008 by roger

I sincerely like John McCain, and while he ain’t anywhere near my first choice for president, I wouldn’t normally fear an administration with him at the helm. But I’m afraid he’s gonna continue the use of tactics like these, which … Continue reading →

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Mind Mapping

Posted on December 24, 2007 by roger

I’m currently falling in love with something, so I’m gonna share it. It’s called mind mapping, and the implementation I’m using is found at Bubbl.us. The idea is that you sort of build a web out of your thoughts. For … Continue reading →

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Pathetic Local News: KHBS and Myspace

Posted on May 10, 2006 by roger

To me, tonight’s local news broadcast on KHBS (the ABC affiliate) is a perfect example of how far “journalists” can sink into alarmist nonsense. First off, this was supposed to be the start of a series about identity theft. A … Continue reading →

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Banning “Democracy”

Posted on June 13, 2005 by roger

I’ve been back and forth on this, personally: Microsoft bans ‘democracy’,’freedom’ from parts of Chinese website – report – Forbes.com BEIJING (AFX) – Microsoft’s new Chinese Internet portal has banned the words ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ from parts of its website … Continue reading →

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Guess-the-google

Posted on April 26, 2005 by roger

A fun little Flash-based game, Guess-the-Google picks a random keyword, searches Google, and then shows you twenty photos or images related to that keyword. Your job is to guess what keyword produced that collection of images.

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TiVo GoogleMap

Posted on April 22, 2005 by roger

Now we’re starting to see apps that really demonstrate what TiVo’s Home Media Engine is all about. Google’s new map feature is very cool in a standard browser, but it’s even more intuitive and slick when accessed via a TiVo … Continue reading →

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Battlestar Galactica Commentary Podcast

Posted on March 8, 2005 by roger

Spotted this on Boing Boing… absolute genius. The show’s executive producer is generating an MP3 commentary for each episode, and SciFi is distributing a podcast feed for him. Every week, your podcast aggregator downloads the new episode’s commentary, and you … Continue reading →

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