109th congress did jack sh*t

media, news, society | Saturday, December 16th, 2006

109th Congress a success at naming buildings
Of the 383 pieces of legislation that were signed into law during the two-year 109th Congress, more than one-quarter dealt with naming or renaming federal buildings and structures — primarily post offices — after various Americans.


Five-day work week will double Congress’s workload
US Democrats, who will take control of Congress next month, have outraged some of their colleagues by their decision to work five days a week, which will almost double their workload.


Jon Stewart Says Goodbye to the 109th Congress

comScore and Piper Jaffray Agree That iTunes Sales Are Surging

media, news, society | Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Forrester Research, a (once) respected market research firm, put it’s foot in it’s mouth when it announced that iTunes sales are “collapsing” on Monday. since then, they’ve backpedaled and dealt with a ton of criticism about how their logic and data was flawed.

here’s a pretty solid counter-point: comScore and Piper Jaffray Agree That iTunes Sales Are Surging

the zune shakedown

technology | Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

buy a zune (microsoft’s ipod knockoff), and you’re paying universal $1 because they assume you’re pirating their content. way to cave, MS…

So sue me » Blog Archive » Microsoft-Universal deal
Microsoft-Universal deal

Some people are upset about the Microsoft-Universal deal that gives Universal $1 for each Zune sold. Some are calling for a boycott. The controversy stems from the reasoning behind the deal. Doug Morris, the CEO of Universal Music Group, has been quoted saying:

These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it. So it’s time to get paid for it.

Facts on Farts

neat-o | Monday, December 11th, 2006

Do men fart more than women?

No, women fart just as much as men. It’s just that most men take more pride in it than most women.

(not in our relationship!)

Facts on Farts

christmas came early (17″ macbook pro)

personal things, technology | Thursday, December 7th, 2006

…and santa was my boss. my work setup:

17″ macbook pro, 2.33ghz intel core 2 duo, 2gb ram, 160gb hd
mbp

23″ apple cinema display
display

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