my time on terra firma

See the woman in the previous entry? I inspired her to start blogging. I know, I know, how the hell did manage to inspire someone to do, well, anything? I can barely inspire myself to roll out of bed every morning. Well apparently, this is the one time that my logorrhea may have actually worked for me instead against me. I was telling one of my new co-workers that I could actually take a pic with my phone and post it to my blog instantly. "You can do that?" asked my co-worker, Petra. Sure. Too easy. I took one of my old photos from my phone's library and sent it to my blog. Then I gave them my address and told them to check it out when they were done with lunch. It was during this time that talk of hot cocoa and the Keurig came up (it's actually quite boring, so I'll skip it. Just know that no matter what Petra posts in her blog , she broke the Keurig...I mean, you can even see the cup of cocoa in her photo. Some people!) and when she was making a stat

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Whoa! I haven't updated this blog since before Thanksgiving!

For the record, I'm still a fan; I think the difference is, I can separate fiction from reality. Unfortunately, the folks @ Gitmo couldn't, and that's very, very sad.     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Doonesbury - 22 November 2009 via Darkgate Comic Slurper by G.B. Trudeau on 11/21/09     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Darkgate Comic Slurper using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites    

Um, what???     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     kindofbloop.com: An 8-Bit Miles Davis Tribute via NPR Blogs: A Blog Supreme on 8/20/09 No words. ( kindofbloop.com ) Err? From Time magazine : Jazz musicians might consider Kind of Bloop heresy, but the video game community can't wait to hear it. ... "The Kind of Blue musicians came together for one album and then broke up. It was a one-time project and this one is the same way," he [Andy Baio of kickstarter.com] said. "I don't want it to be gimmicky." I can't tell if this is WIN or if this is FAIL: kindofbloop.com (H/T Lars Gotrich ) --Patrick Jarenwattananon » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to N

Coolness!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     All-In-One Innovative Pizza Box: Four Plates And Leftover Box via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed by The Huffington Post News Editors on 10/21/09 William Walsh, 42, believes that his innovative pizza box invention, known as the GreenBox will radically change the way we consume pizza. The top part of the GreenBox rips off to become four plates, while the bottom part folds in half to become a smaller box good for about four slices of leftover pizza. In addition to reducing the waste generated by paper plates, the GreenBox is 100% recyclable. Walsh is currently trying to market his idea. Check out this video demonstration of the GreenBox! 'Green Box' Product Promo (Pizza Box) from Green Box on Vimeo . Get HuffPost Green On Facebook and Twitter! More on Green Technology     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to The Huffington Post | Full News Feed using Google Rea

Hmmm... Sent to you by tony via Google Reader: Unique Program Brings Injured Vets Back To Iraq — To Heal - WIBW via iraq - Google News on 10/19/09 USA Today Unique Program Brings Injured Vets Back To Iraq — To Heal WIBW BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Edwin Salau knew coming back would be hard. But he had to do it. The retired first lieutenant needed to know that his sacrifice was ... Wounded US troops return to Iraq to find closure The Associated Press Wounded Veterans Return to Iraq Systems Wounded US troops return to Iraq to find closure Columbus Ledger-Enquirer all 202 news articles » Things you can do from here: Subscribe to iraq - Google News using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites

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Hated the outcome of the game, but you've gotta love Fark!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Washington bails out Detroit once again [Obvious] via Fark.com RSS on 9/27/09 [link] [172 comments]     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Fark.com RSS using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites    

    Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Postal Worker Accused of Stealing 3,000+ Netflix DVDs Enters Plea Deal via Hacking NetFlix by mikek on 9/24/09 A Massachusetts postal worker accused of stealing more than 3,000 Netflix DVDs has entered a plea deal and will spend about a year in jail, according to the Smoking Gun . Myles Weathers, who worked at a mail processing and distribution center in Springfield, Massachusetts, was nabbed last year for the video heist after Netflix officials became suspicious about the frequency with which DVDs were being pinched. Weathers, 49, was subsequently arrested after surveillance footage showed him removing DVDs from Netflix envelopes and placing the discs into his backpack.  Thanks to Kevin, Dan, Jeff, Sam, Nick, and everyone else for sending this in.     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Hacking NetFlix using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites    

WTF???     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Fox becomes the scandal via Daily Kos by Jed Lewison <rss@dailykos.com> on 9/21/09 On Friday, Media Matters released a video showing a Fox News producer stage-managing a 9/12 protest crowd. The video --  which shows a producer waving her arms in the air, encouraging a crowd of 9/12 protesters to make noise for a live shot -- provides some of the clearest evidence yet of Fox's central role in manufacturing anti-Obama dissent. The video isn't really a surprise: anyone whose watched coverage of protests can see that Fox is sympathetic to the protesters, but this video offered a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of Fox actually fueling the fire of the very same crowds they claim to be covering. By any sort of journalistic standards, the producer's behavior was unethical in the extreme, yet Fox has refused to fire her. To mitigate any potential damage from the tape's release, Fox did claim that the produ

Oh noes!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Opponent of Republican who shouted "You lie!" at Obama is given $25,000 $69,000 by outraged voters via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on 9/10/09 Simon sez, "I managed to track down a spokesman for ActBlue, the online fundraising tool for Democratic politicians, and found out that within two hours after Joe Wilson yelled out 'You lie' to the president, his opponent Rob Miller raised $25,000 from people who linked to his page on Twitter and blogs." The numbers are still going up. Update: and UP! More than $69,000 now. Joe Wilson's opponent raises $41,000 on ActBlue within hours of Obama's speech ( Thanks, Simon! )     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Boing Boing using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites    

This looks impressive. Too bad I already have one, or I'd jump on this one! Zune HD TV Interface Walkthrough from Gizmodo on Vimeo .

LOL , I cannot be left to my own devices as it is. Then, the interwebs bring me this! If there were only a way to put the articles that I wanted into folders. I'd never get any work done! readatwork .com

If you don't get Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, then this doesn't mean anything to you. If you do play Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, then you know why I posted this!!! Geek. Asm.

I'm so there! 'Nuff said. In fact, the movie could just be one still frame of Scarlett Johansson! I hate you Ryan Reynolds. Sent to you by tony via Google Reader: Images of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in Iron Man 2 via Superheroes-R-Us by allaboutduncan on 7/16/09 The first images of Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow in Iron Man 2 have been revealed by Entertainment Weekly magazine. More-so than Mickey Rourke as Whiplash , these are the images I've been waiting to see. We're getting the first look at someone other than Iron Man that will be an Avenger. Sure, you can count Nick Fu ry (Samuel Jackson), but he's always been played as an unofficial member. The image featuring the Black Widow alone is simply amazing looking. The costume is practically straight from the comic—as well as the hairdo. Similar to Iron Man, it's a perfect translation of the character to the screen. Kudos out to Iron Man director Jon Favreau for once agai

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Schweet! If I didn't have the other two handhelds, I'd jump right on it!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Pocket Retro Game Emulator from ThinkGeek via Uploads by thinkgeek by thinkgeek on 6/2/09 Pocket Retro Game Emulator from ThinkGeek Play the games you remember from youth! thinkgeek.com From: thinkgeek Views: 50581 64 ratings Time: 02:58 More in Gaming     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Uploads by thinkgeek using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites    

Geekasm!!!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     New ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ Trailer Puts The Spotlight On The Bad Guys via Splash Page by Rick Marshall on 7/13/09 I'm going to spare you any more gushing about this game, folks. If you aren't aware of how much I'm looking forward to " Batman: Arkham Asylum " by now, it won't take you many clicks to find out how much I'm anticipating the day when it hits shelves — and why I'm so eager to get my hands on it . Case in point: this new trailer released by Warner Bros and Eidos: The new video offers more footage of The Joker , Killer Croc, Bane and Poison Ivy — and as Multiplayer editor Russ Frushtick points out , they're not the only villains you'll be battling with The Dark Knight. What do you think of the new "Batman: Arkham Asylum" game trailer?     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Splash Page using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to

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OMG, my heart! Happy Belated 4th!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Happy July 4th! via Busiek.com on 7/4/09 And considering the nature of the day, what could be better than a link to the helpful, self-promoting cheeseheads of The Cheese & Burger Society ? I'm thinking The Waldorf looks good...     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Busiek.com using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites    

This is just common sense.     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Metro Riders Notice Empty Front Cars Day After Crash via WAMU: Local News on 6/22/09 Nine people are dead after Monday afternoon's Metrorail collision in Washington. Federal and local officials are still at the scene trying to piece together what went wrong. Federal officials have taken charge of the scene near the New Hampshire Avenue bridge in Northeast Washington. Two men and seven women died in the crash, including the driver of the train that smashed into the back of the other - 42-year-old Jeanice McMillan of Springfield, VA. She had only been a metro driver for a few months. Down the tracks from the crash, Fort Totten station was closed to red line traffic. Carol Walker said she simply relied on the green line today, but she did notice something different about the trains. "There were empty front car trains," she said. "Pending finding out what really went, people ar

Alright, Mr. Shyamalan; don't screw this up!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     ‘The Last Airbender’ Trailer Arrives Online — Here’s Your First Look! via Splash Page by Rick Marshall on 6/23/09 M. Night Shyamalan 's " The Last Airbender " doesn't hit theaters until next July, but we have your first look at the trailer here on MTV.com! (Click here for the high-definition version of the trailer .) Set in a world full of martial arts and magic, "The Last Airbender" is a live-action adaptation of the award-winning Nickelodeon animated series "Avatar: The Last Airbender." In the series, the last survivor of a race of nomads who can "bend" air sets out to bring peace to warring nations that each control one of four elements: air, water, earth and fire. "Slumdog Millionaire" star Dev Patel stars as the villainous Prince Zuko, heir to the throne of the Fire Nation. Back in May, we got our first look at Patel

Excellent 2.0!!!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Iran Twitter: Why The Movement Adopted This Medium via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed by The Huffington Post News Editors on 6/17/09 The U.S. State Department doesn't usually take an interest in the maintenance schedules of dot-com startups. But over the weekend officials there reached out to Twitter and asked them to delay a network upgrade that was scheduled for Monday night. The reason? To protect the interests of Iranians using the service to protest the presidential election that took place last Friday. Twitter moved the upgrade to 2pm PST Tuesday afternoon -- or 1:30 am Tehran time. More on Iranian Election     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to The Huffington Post | Full News Feed using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites    

Excellent!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     SmarTrip Users Can Now Reload at CVS & Giant via DCist by Sommer Mathis on 6/16/09 Metro formally announced today that SmarTrip users can add value to their cards at select CVS and Giant Food stores . Last year, WMATA made SmarTrip cards more widely available for sale at CVS and Giant , but now customers can also choose to add money to their cards at both chains while they check out. Many CVS stores actually began offering customers the ability to reload their SmarTrip cards back in April, while Giant has only started to test the sales devices at eight area stores. The grocer will likely add 42 more locations later this summer. Not every CVS or Giant has the new SmarTrip reload technology, but a lot of them do. Consult the list of participating stores to find the one closest to you. The change means that SmarTrip users need no longer necessarily wait in line to access Metro's machines inside stations in

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How could you NOT use this word daily???     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     higgledy-piggledy via Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day on 6/5/09 Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 06, 2009 is: higgledy-piggledy • \hig-ul-dee-PIG-ul-dee\  • adverb : in a confused, disordered, or random manner Example sentence: Maya and Sandra looked in disbelief at the hundreds of photos of their father and mother scattered higgledy-piggledy across the floor, wondering how they were ever going to find the ideal ones for a photo collage. Did you know? We really have no idea where "higgledy-piggledy" came from, but we do know it's a perfect example of English speakers' fondness for reduplication; that is, for forming new words by repetition of a base word with just a slight change of sound. In this case, the "base" word might actually be the second term, which is loosely reminiscent of "pig" and calls to mind t

I saw this one last night; normally, I fast-forward through the commercials, but I'm glad I caught this one!

I'm lovin't the " Mahna Mahna " remix!

    Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Metareview: inFamous (PS3) via Joystiq [PlayStation] by Justin McElroy on 5/27/09 We're not going to say inFamous ' quality is a big surprise (this is Sucker Punch after all) but it's nice to see someone getting the superhero genre so right . Everyone ( including us ) has been piling the love on it, and we've taken the liberty of providing with just a slice of the love fest below: 1UP (A-) : "It's how InFamous blends all of this -- the platforming, the combat, the powers, the missions, and the Karma -- that makes it an eminently playable and enjoyable experience for me. It's why I've been staying up so late for the past few days." D+PAD (4.5/5) : "Yet remarkably, inFamous - as a whole - feels entirely unique. It's perhaps largely due to Sucker Punch's ability in creating an outstanding animation system that subtly adapts to the environment, but also because of the g

What is it about a music video that can change so much about how you view an artist? Presentation? Perhaps. Or, it could be something more. I first saw Melody Gardot on "Live At Abbey Road"; she wasn't one of the featured artist. She was performing with Herbie Hancock. Curious, I listened to her sing "Edith and the Kingpin" with reluctance; after the first bar, I went to Amazon and downloaded "Worrisome Heart" and I didn't regret it. I just bought "My One and Only Thrill" (I'm really diggin ' the orchestral version of "If the Stars Were Mine"), and it's just perfect for an office environment...or a quiet evening at home. And, when I heard about how she ended up making music, and what she had to overcome , I became an instant fan. A fan who just listened to, and appreciated her music. Then I saw this video: Now I see her in a whole new light. I heart bubble baths.

Really?     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     MeatCards: Print Your Business Cards On Beef Jerky With A Frickin’ Laser Beam via TechCrunch by Jason Kincaid on 5/6/09 I've made no secret about my disdain for business cards. In an age where we can swap photographs and movies in a matter of seconds wirelessly, why are we still fumbling with clumsy pieces of paper that are both easy to lose and environmentally unfriendly? Today, it looks like I might be eating my words (or, as the case may be, yours). Enter MeatCards . Two weeks ago a number of blogs caught wind of this bizarre and potentially amazing creation, bringing meat and lasers together to create the most protein-rich business cards ever. Some thought it was a hoax. But it's very real. I reached out to the guys behind MeatCards, and as luck would have it they were preparing for their first run of prototype cards (styled after the design from American Psycho, of course). So I sent in my info