Month: January 2006

If you’re really curious (or masochistic), you can now order your very own paperback copy of By the Light of the Moon, my completed NaNoWriMo 2005 novel. Be warned: this is my raw spewage from NaNoWriMo, with only minimal spell-…

Just use 1234567890@teleflip.com as the email address, where 1234567890 is the recipient’s 10-digit mobile phone number. That’s right, any cell phone number, any mobile provider– you don’t have to know (or care, really) whether the recipient has service from Cingular,…

From the LA Times, via Kung Fu Monkey: UPN, WB to Merge Into New Network. And they’ll be called “The CW”. I find it amusing that the practice of prefixing common words with a definite article, which many comedians use…

Know the phrase describing a word, but not the word itself? Try OneLook Reverse Dictionary! Their examples include barrel maker and being tried twice for the same crime, but I think fear of cats is more amusing. Who knew there…

If you’re a late-night diner like me, you’ll find this useful: What’s open in downtown Mountain View, CA right now?

From BottleOfBlog: [T]here are only two kinds of grownups in modern American life who show up in public with as many contusions, lacerations, and bruises on their faces on such a regular basis as George W. Bush: 1. Prizefighters; and…

Better than NetFlix: the U.S. Postal Service will send you any or all of these five “Delivering Justice” DVDs for free! Dialing for Dollars: “how to protect yourself from investment frauds” Work at Home Scam: “how you can avoid being…

(with apologies to Frankie Wilde) The first Windows-based version of Palm Inc.’s popular Treo will be available to subscribers of U.S. wireless operator Verizon Communications Inc. from Thursday, Palm announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. First announced…

Best. News. Ever: Jon Stewart has been set to host the 78th Academy Awards telecast, producer Gil Cates announced today. This will be Stewart’s first stint as Oscar host… “As a performer, I’m truly honored to be hosting the show,”…

Good news: Nielsen To Begin Observing DVR Usagehttp://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-12-22/tv/5 Bad news: TV As We Knew It To End 2/17/09http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-12-22/tv/1