From the monthly archives:

December 2006

I. Am. Iron Man.

December 29, 2006

Iron Man
70%

Spider-Man
70%

Green Lantern
65%

Hulk
65%

Catwoman
55%

The Flash
55%

Robin
50%

Supergirl
45%

Wonder Woman
40%

Superman
40%

Batman
25%

Click here to take the “Which Superhero am I?” quiz…

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Dreamhost Facts (or A Holiday Moment to Reflect on How Bad Dreamhost Blows)

December 23, 2006

Straight from Dreamhost-sucks.com, a site which does a good job of summing up my feelings towards the current hosts of this site (and reason why it’s running so abysmally slow at the moment):
I’m an unhappy DreamHost customer, what can I do?
E-mail us with your DreamHost complaints and criticism. We’ll post them on the blog for [...]

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Tarantino & Rodriguez’s Grindhouse

December 22, 2006

[via Defamer]

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The Bush Family Christmas Card, Circa 1970’s Edition

December 18, 2006

[via Wonkette]

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Google Celebrates Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa

December 17, 2006

Noticed something when I did a search for some Christmas-related stuff on Google today:

And I went ahead and checked — Google’s giving the same treatment to Hanukkah:

And Kwanzaa:

But I’m sad to report, no Google love for Festivus.

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Nicole Richie’s Wild Ride

December 12, 2006

[via Defamer]

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Mens’ Syncronized Swimming

December 11, 2006

To this day remains one of my all-time favorite SNL sketches.

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The Future, Circa 1993

December 7, 2006

Courtesy of AT&T (the old, pre-SBC one) by way of Andrew Sullivan and Boing Boing.
Smooth vocal talents complements of Magnum P.I.

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Ze Explores The History of Boxers vs. Briefs

December 5, 2006
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The Unskinniest

December 5, 2006

[via Idolator]

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Yet another reason to avoid Taco Bell

December 4, 2006

E. coli sickens 22 in New Jersey; 14 ill in Long Island [CNN]

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My New Favorite Trader Joe’s Snack

December 4, 2006

[originally found at LAist]

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Del Taco in Detroit?

December 3, 2006

Yet another amazing lesson, courtesy of YouTube. Del Taco is no longer just a West Coast phenomenon. Dan from Del Taco is in the suburbs of Detroit people.

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Well, at least for one week I don’t care about the NFL Network-Time Warner feud

December 3, 2006
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Superman Returns, But Why Did He Bother?

December 3, 2006

Superman Returns (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Year: 2006
Director: Bryan Singer
Length: 154 minutes
Category: Action
Media: DVD
Studio: Warner Home Video
Rating from : PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
UPC for dvd: 012569823372
ID in Amazon.com: B000J10ERO
Cast:
Clark Kent/Superman: Brandon Routh
Lois Lane: Kate Bosworth
Lex Luthor: Kevin Spacey
Rating: 2 out of 5

It’s not hard to understand why, from a business standpoint, Warner [...]

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Prison Mike

December 2, 2006

Don’t be offended. That’s just the way we talk in the clink.
UPDATE: Video changed, due to YouTube unavailability.

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Another Hilarious 6-episode BBC ‘Season’

December 1, 2006

I’m Alan Partridge – Series 1

Year: 2006
Length: 173 minutes
Category: Comedy
Media: DVD
Studio: BBC Warner
UPC for dvd: 794051250223

Rating: 4 out of 5

[...]

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Fun With Widgets

December 1, 2006

I know of five platforms for Desktop widgets — can any of the Techcrunch junkies out there tell me if I’ve missed any?:

Yahoo! Widgets (formerly Konfabulator)
Google Desktop Gadgets
Windows Live Gadgets (formerly Microsoft Gadgets)
SpringWidgets (from Fox Interactive)
Mac OSX Dashboard Widgets

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Christmas Wishes

December 1, 2006

{democracy:6}

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Recent Projects: ReadyScore

December 1, 2006

Making good on the promise I made yesterday, here’s a bit on ReadyScore, an aggregator we built to provide comprehensive coverage of disaster and emergency preparedness. Pinacol developed the site for a client who was looking to promote their product offerings (which are emergency preparedness-related) while providing a portal for accessing information from sources [...]

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