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A nice Christmas present from the Googlemind: if not a complete run, then a pretty good sampling of the full archives of the Cavalier Daily and its predecessor College Topics, the long standing student newspaper of the University of Virginia.
The boon to a researcher of the University (or the Virginia Glee Club) cannot be overestimated. [...]

A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 358 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
The last word on "The Night Before Christmas," by the EC Comics crew, pre-Comics Code. Hysterically dry and literal take on Clement Moore's holiday verse.
(tags: kommix christmas)

Christmas dinner has come and gone, and brought some unusual triumphs.
First, the side dishes: alongside the usual boiled parslied potatoes and green beans, I slipped in a dish of glazed turnips. The turnips were so young and soft that I was afraid to really brown them for fear of turning them to mush, so they [...]

Things have been a little quiet on the blog, even on the linkblog, this month. That’s because things have been anything but quiet in the rest of my life.
We have all but finished the addition project; I’ll be posting pictures of the finished work later. I’ve been insanely busy at the office, running from a [...]

Graphing With Excel – Bar Graphs and Histograms
Good resource for some interesting statistical tricks with Excel. I particularly like the FREQUENCY function.
(tags: excel statistics howto)

How to Get wp.me Short URL | wplover
Built in shortlinks for your self-hosted WordPress blog.
(tags: wordpress)

Font Geek? There’s an app for that – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
Another way to [...]

Kick-Ass comic movie adaptation, with adolescent ninja girl (Boing Boing)
This is awesome. “I don’t see through walls, but I can kick your ass.”
(tags: ninja youtube)

Make: Online : The Copenhagen Wheel
Interesting play by an MIT team. Question is, does it work well enough to make more people want to get on bikes?
(tags: transportation mit)

Post and Read via Twitter API — Blog — WordPress.com
A nice cogent example of how implementing different APIs can lend some really cool results.
(tags: twitter wordpress api)

Installing Windows [...]

The Boing Boing 20, pt. 2: the best indie and iPhone games of 2009 Boing Boing
Some good things to do on vacation.
(tags: iphone games)

Microsoft Acknowledges Theft of Code from Plurk – Reviews by PC Magazine
In the aftermath of the Plurk code theft, Microsoft signals it’s going to get serious about review of third party code.
(tags: microsoft security oops)

22 million missing Bush White House e-mails found – Yahoo! News
I think the Bush White House had a records retention problem. [...]

Daring Fireball: Who Do You Believe, Randall Stross or Your Own Lying Eyes?
AT&T vs. Apple Part II: Yes, it sure looks like Apple has issues with the iPhone. It sure doesn’t look like the AT&T network is to blame. Or does it? I know who my money’s on.
(tags: att apple iphone)

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : A not-so-brief chat with Randall Stephenson of AT&T
Absolutely brilliant takedown of AT&T, and what’s wrong with only navigating your market by the numbers.
(tags: att apple fakesteve iphone economics)

Rick Warren does the right thing (Boing Boing)
While “right thing” may be an overstatement, it's a good thing to see a conservative pastor, especially a homophobic one, speaking out against Uganda's laws requiring imprisonment and imposing the death penalty for homosexual behavior. On the other hand, congratulating a pastor for speaking out against injustice is [...]

I keep a playlist in iTunes, and on my iPod, that consists of highly rated songs (4 stars or better) that I haven’t heard in at least a year. It’s called Out of Rotation, and it always surprises me in a positive way. Today, when I needed a pickup after car trouble, it came through. [...]

Feel Better Now? | Talking Points Memo
Actually, I do. I had no idea that the DOD was using system dynamics to plan their engagement in Afghanistan, but I feel a lot better knowing that someone is out there drawing those complex charts.
(tags: afghanistan systemdynamics)

Review: Dragon Dictation — iPhone voice transcription (iPhone J.D.)
Interesting review of the [...]

SCAwards2010-Finalists – SC Magazine US
Veracode is a finalist for Best Security Software Development Solution.
(tags: veracode award security)