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A site that attempts to render the internet down into one easy-to consume mental beverage.
A Command of Invective
I bow & grovel in the shadow of such lovely invective as this, which appeared just yesterday on Sadly, No!In terms of art, it ought to be said that the greatness of a Pastor Swank, of a Mark Noonan or a John Hinderaker — the quality which raises them above the...
The Warriors – With a Different Ending
Obama as Cyrus... can you dig it!!Glad the inauguration didn't turn out the way this scene did. I couldn't watch this in real-time. I was too nervous that the Klan or Michigan Militia or Arizona Vipers or whatever ding-har yar-yar group would smuggle a TOW...
APT on Shaky Ground: Yahoo’s Ad Sales Partnership with Newspapers
Three quick hits: 1. Here's an interesting article about the one bit of bright news the newspaper industry had in the past year or so - the APT partnership with Yahoo that allowed newspapers to use Yahoo's user-targeting technology to serve up ads. Here's CNBC's...
Circuit City Bankruptcy – Shopaholic Feeding Frenzy
Nothing like a chance to screw the other guy when he’s down, to bring out the avaricious nature of the average Americano. I guess the economy can’t be doing that bad … or maybe, as a people, we are still addicted to the greedy, consumerist lifestyle, and the much-vaunted “New Frugality” is a thin, thin veneer on a generation of people still stuck in instant gratification mode. I wonder if the “Going Out of Business” sale is actually just a really clever marketing trick. It’s been the best driver of foot traffic into the stores that I’ve seen lately.
Late Caturday Picture
Just another experiment with the Lightbox software. The plug-in is working, but only fitfully. I think I need to do some surgery on the "rel=" tagging functionality. Apparently, the healthy vegan cuisine does not appeal to Yuki.
HDR Sunset
This is another one of my experiments with HDR photography. Once again, I've blended three exposures together in the hopes of revealing greater color depth and bringing out the details. The tonemapping functions of Photomatix once again leave much to be desired -...