new word: umami

new word: ungulates

this will be arkansas: the bible BANNED, a man holding another man’s hand ALLOWED!!!

103.5 FM carrboro radio?

crude! neat polo shirt

moqtada al-sadr (still) has a posse

i don’t think we ever discussed this in linguistics: International Auxiliary Languages

found while wikipedia-surfing: List of woods

headline of the day: Living in the Suburbs Can Make You Sick

right wing eye for the liberal guy

how to not get kidnapped and beheaded in iraq

the most frightening thing i’ve ever read: The Diebold central tabulators use a program called “GEMS” that saves vote totals in Microsoft Access, a Windows-based database program. (i’m moving someplace that takes voting seriously)

wow. quote of the day: At least one person says he was told that he needed to have his name legally changed to avoid the problem in the future. (cross-reference this under “gov’t gone wild!” and “vote for kerry”)

project: replace my server’s hard drive with a Compact Flash to IDE adapter and a 4GB compactflash card

judging by Cat and Girl’s cool store i should be reading it more often

tim ross tearin’ things up old media style

*gag* smittens

eh? cuddle party

awesome! hacking the postal service

excellent dialog on the fallacy inherent in microsoft’s source code sharing program

PONGMECHANIK is offically the COOLEST THING EVER!!! make sure to watch the video! it is amazing. and in german.

i own predeterminism

huh? pleasure boat captains for truth

recently read: Joe Beda’s EightyPercent.net (another microsoftian moving to google–notice a trend?)

recently read: Mini-Microsoft

interesting read: Adam Bosworth’s Weblog (old microsoftie, moved from BEA to Google)

and this one too: darren stole three ho-ho’s…

another so good achewood: i have a guy in sierra leone. let me know.

compelling: comics, graphic novels, design, ahh.

file this under “URL very very very hard to type”: www.———-0———-.blogspot.com

for a limited time only! (or at least until i think up another design) pick up your very own MOQTADA AL-SADR HAS A POSSE sticker.

new in standardized testing: the GLAT

acronym watch: NPOV

on my list: submit photos to The 2nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest. check.

acronym watch: SIP

acronym watch: E4X

this is awesome! tajik air: measures of personal security in the case of the seizing of an airplane by terrorists

what a nice pictureshirt filled by wind

i’ll have to write about this later: Top Dem Rips Kerry Campaign

ibiblio supastar paul jones has a blog: The Real Paul Jones

check out the crucifix knife on page 17

quote of the day: it’s so delicious you’ll wish every day was september 11th –lewis black (mpg)

amazing: get ready for the hummer crushing CXT: commercial extreme truck

damn, republicans are eeeevil: Lynne Gobbell is fired after refusing to take kerry sticker off her car (imagine how many people just succumb to the pressure and take off the sticker)

hehe: Trailers for Everyday Life

about time to open source government? many eyes make all bugs shallow

hehe: jesus, wrong for america

haven’t linked to an achewood cartoon in a while, but knowing smile area wipes made me chuckle

best referral log search terms ever! ibm x40 buttery (yeeah, baby!)

holy shit, he’s right: I printed the document and the “th” matches perfectly in the printed version. It’s a difference between screen and printer fonts.

actually, i’ve never heard about the geek-cult-smash, “Getting Things Done”

HAHA! Chechen fighters promised today to give $20 million to anyone helping them capture Russian President Vladimir Putin

awesome: UNIX on the Game Boy Advance (and a brief history of UNIX)

does not work in IE: The value zero [for the attribute colspan] means that the cell spans all columns from the current column to the last column

gay republicans to bush: you suck, we’re joining the log cabin democrats

news: A third federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional, saying it fails to include an exception when a woman’s health is in danger.

holyshit: i thought the whole secret law thing was just a joke, just a metaphor–go john gilmore

oh snap! Votergasm

some timely and future reference: Building a Unix Server

quote of the day: I liken the difference between classic development methodology and agile development as the difference between a boxer and a streetfighter. The boxer is constrained by the rules, whereas a streetfighter will hit you with a brick if that is the most effective way to bring you down.

this looks interesting: Building the Perfect PC i just wish i could skim chapters 4, 6, and 7 online

a tech development i totally missed: Sender ID

to listen to later: Tim O’Reilly on Watching the Alpha Geeks (from oct 2002)

acronym watch: REST

hell fucking yeah, you tell it Garrison Keillor (thanks anton!)

very cool book: Linux Server Hacks

Doc Searls at UNC Sept 7 3:30pm

newsflash: House speaker Dennis Hastert gets his money by selling little children to trolls to bake into pies