Shoddy Journalism
I have an about-to-expire-and-I’m-not-renewing subscription to Men’s Health. The two things that bug me the most about this magazine: A) All the stupid stats. Stuff like (and I’m making this up as an example): studies have found that eating broccoli before noon decreases your chance of dying from a tooth infection 14%! If you try [...]
Moving a WP install from svn to git
I’ve been using subversion (svn) for a few years for a variety of projects. It’s a solid system, and great if you want to basically have an easy backup of every change. However, I heard a lot about git and gave it a try and after the initial “this makes NO sense” stage — where [...]
Great Movie Scene and Monologue
I was just discussing this with my wife the other day, here’s a great movie scene, from the movie The Untouchables starring Kevin Costner and Sean Connery. There are two brilliant scenes in this movie – “brings a knife to a gun fight!” – , actually (this one says it was a deleted scene but [...]
Burn Notice: Come on!
I’ve been a Burn Notice fan since Episode 1. When Michael walks into the guy’s mansion, grabs a yogurt and starts looking around, intending to say “Oh man, this isn’t Tommy’s house?” if busted, then cracks the safe and presents Bad Guy #1 with a copy and says “Leave my client alone” then says to [...]
My 5-star playlist on iTunes
This is my current Five Star playlist on iTunes. This is a great playlist that shifts and moves easily. Every time a song is played, I can rate it 1-5 stars. If it’s currently a 5-star, it shows up here. If I want only my top songs at a given moment, there it is. If [...]
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