Year: 2006

“Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You didn’t place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.” — Jamie Raskin Hooray for…

Last week, D and I (and several other people) helped our friend Jeff prepare a talk for the FCC Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Networks. He gave the talk on Monday, and he reports that…

“But,” you say, “he lives in a trash can! Why would he even need to wear pants?” Slow down there, buckaroo. I’m talking about the Academy Awards, not the Grouch. If you’re in the bay area, you can still go…

Courtesy of the greatest webcomic in the universe, Penny Arcade. Speaking of video games, last night, I watched the first part of Will Wright’s Spore demo from GDC, and… wow. Seriously, WOW. See for yourself: I also saw a presentation…

Not what you think: it’s a sick, twisted, and utterly hilarious webcomic spanning a vast range of artistic and narrative styles. Check out the PBF archives. I have to say, though, that creator Nicholas Gurewitch does seem unhealthily obsessed with…

“Look, everybody. Joss and Warren are avoiding writing.” The fun starts at comment #4. Parental advisory: contains many words that end in ‘gasm’. And gets worse from there. Of course, what do you expect from the guy who designs Edison…

I haven’t read the book yet, but I did enjoy the author’s talk:

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…