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July 29, 2008

Dr. Horrible Panel @ San Diego Comic Con

Filed under: Humor, Music, Video — Mike @ 7:53 pm

A friend and I were lucky enough to get into the Dr. Horrible Panel at the San Diego Comic Con last week. Finally, somebody posted the panel on YouTube.

Part of me still can’t believe I was in the same room as these people. I guess I’m still a little bit star struck.

via Whedonesque






July 26, 2008

San Diego Comic Con 2008

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This is my first foray into the San Diego Comic Con. I really didn’t know what to expect except for the size of the convention itself. Even having that in mind, I was still floored by the immensity of the attendance. People from all over the world, from all walks of life came here to share in their passion for the “contemporary creative arts.”

I was so overwhelmed by everything I didn’t take as many photos as I thought I would. Also, it got so packed I couldn’t even stop to take a photo. Most of these photos were taken “in passing” and as such, came out fairly blurry.

Oh well, I’ll know what to expect next year. :)
I took the time to annotate most of the photos, so enjoy!

July 23, 2008

Local Bank Robberies?

Filed under: News — Tags: , , — Mike @ 9:34 am

Has anyone heard about a recent rash of bank robberies in the SLO area?

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July 22, 2008

WordPress App for iPhone

Filed under: Mac, Software — Tags: , , — Mike @ 8:38 am

The free WordPress application for the iPhone is all sorts of handy. I just wrote this entire post, screenshot and all, from my iPhone.

Only caveats so far are the inability to do URL links and lack of control over placement of inline images.

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July 17, 2008

A Political Campaign That Speaks to Me

Filed under: Events, General, Humor, News — Mike @ 1:24 pm

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Sean Tevis is an Information Architect running for State Representative of Kansas. He created a comic, in homage to XKCD, to tell his story thus far.

Highly entertaining, but not a joke. I think we need more guys like Sean running for office.

via @smittyhalibut via Twitter

July 10, 2008

Free iPhone Apps

Filed under: Mac, Software — Mike @ 11:33 am

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Okay, I’m nearly wetting my underoos in eager anticipation of the iPhone App store tomorrow. The iTunes 7.7 software update is already available in preparation for all the iPhone Apps.

Lifehacker has a great list of free (and awesome) apps that will be available.

Which free apps am I most excited about?

  • Remote - controlling your iTunes library via local wifi
  • Google Mobile - think “Quicksilver” for your iPhone (written by the same guy who wrote Quicksilver”
  • NetNewsWire - RSS reader that syncs between a desktop app, a web app, and now my iPhone

via Lifehacker

July 9, 2008

Is there hope for the United States?

Filed under: Science and Technology — Mike @ 8:00 pm

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According to science-fiction blog io9, the United States will cease to exist as we know it for the following 5 reasons:

  1. Too many internal divisions
  2. A decadent culture
  3. Too much military, not enough social welfare
  4. Citizens do not trust their government
  5. No science and engineering leadership

Check out the original article for a detailed explanation. What do you think?

via io9

Search Your Google Docs Using Spotlight

Filed under: Mac, Software — Mike @ 7:50 pm

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Precipitate is an open-source app for OS X that indexes your Google Docs and Google Bookmarks making them available to Spotlight searches.

This is especially handy for users who collaborate heavily with co-workers using Google Docs.

Precipitate -> via Lifehacker

del.icio.us to Firefox

Filed under: Linux, Mac, Software, Windows — Mike @ 7:42 pm

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Firefox 3’s “awesome bar” is just that. If you start adding tags to your bookmarks, the awesome bar becomes a website launcher akin to Quicksilver for the Mac or Launchy for Windows. If you have a del.icio.us account and want to take full advantage of Firefox 3, check out this handy tool which merges your del.icio.us bookmarks with your Firefox bookmarks and preserves all of the tags.

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