Monthly Archives: December 2006

Yet another reason to avoid Taco Bell

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

My New Favorite Trader Joe’s Snack

[originally found at LAist]

Del Taco in Detroit?

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.

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

Superman Returns, But Why Did He Bother?

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 [...]

Prison Mike

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

Another Hilarious 6-episode BBC ‘Season’

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

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

Christmas Wishes

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Recent Projects: ReadyScore

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 [...]