"The collapse of the US newspaper industry has left politicians free to pursue their unethical schemes unscrutinised." http://is.gd/puql

rt @chrispirillo a real sausagefest http://www.ckparish.org/Content/196.htm

"Congratulations...you've found an inconsistency in the world. If only there were some way for you to reconcile it."

my attitude towards code sharing: http://tinyurl.com/cjaub4

oh man you so do not want to get into a "I dare you to click on *this* amazon book link" fight with me. You will lose.

I had a (female) boss once who said to me, "if it was left up to the men, there wouldn't be any kids." Maybe she was right? I dunno.

#1 reaction to parenthood: completely mystified as to how the human race still exists. Totally does not compute.

cleaning up edit wars! EDIT WARRRRRS!!!

rt @john_lam Very, very good interview with Lars Bak: http://bit.ly/KqyoG

Never Trust Robots http://tinyurl.com/2pxke9

If there's 1 thing science fiction has taught us, it's that robots will pretty much always turn evil and try to kill you and your loved ones

the difference between @rockhardawesome and me? he makes crapping his pants LOOK GOOD.

for people who REALLY REALLY hate IE6. Mostly work safe. Depending where you work. http://is.gd/nVmB

retrobright -- reverting the yellowing of old computer plastics http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/

auto-tune + coding = crazy delicious http://vimeo.com/3718294

fascinating Carmack design notes on Wolf3d for iPhone http://www.idsoftware.com/wolfenstein3dclassic/wolfdevelopment.htm

wtf with all the Knol ads Google AdSense is serving us? Merry Christmas -- I HOPE YOU LIKE CRAP!

who do I have to sleep with to get some deals on Xbox Live Points? Sheesh. These DLC tracks aren't gonna buy themselves..

"83% of Americans believed the parents were partly to blame. Their lives are now pinioned to this bottomless question:Who is responsible?"

NYT article on the Columbine parents (Klebold). http://tinyurl.com/cz4s79

OK, I realize this is an extreme position, but bear with me: were the columbine kids' parents responsible? http://is.gd/4zRU

holding my son, I wonder: meth dealer, or astronaut? roadie, or senator?

mildly amusing story of ill-advised public twitter comments: http://is.gd/pkZ2

heart attack grill. Not a parody, but an actual restaurant.. http://www.heartattackgrill.com/

how Firebug crushinates performance: http://is.gd/oDGy

I don't think the #eclipsecon talk @cshirky and I gave was recorded, but this is a great recap http://is.gd/peoL

It started so easy, you want to carry on http://tinyurl.com/34n5sx

"just different ways to kill the pain the same" http://tinyurl.com/c93pn6

"Between 6/30/2007 and 3/5/2009, some 8,570,222,436 quests were completed in the World of Warcraft."

the manga guide to databases. I hate both of these things. http://press.oreilly.com/pub/pr/2208

I hate "monetizing". I hate things that make me perform "monetization".

it is crazy how often googlebot is hitting us and for how long. Not that I'm complaining, since it's the source of ~90% of our traffic..

I noticed you're not wearing any... galoshes. http://tinyurl.com/2gz67d

ah, casting magic missile at the darkness. A classic. http://tinyurl.com/2ws3xs

"consider that two wrongs don't make a right -- but three, do." http://www.mendosa.com/fluke.html

first IE8 bug I've run into, this happens on SO too: http://tinyurl.com/dxl7y4

@ropadope Federated Media never returned our emails, ultimately.

experimenting with adsense on stackoverflow. Is there any way to tell AdSense "hey, programming ads only?"

man, ripping CDs to VBR MP3s is just *crazy* fast now on modern hardware.

uxhero, heal thyself. I'm just sayin'. I hate a lot of things I've never used, too. Why hate from a distance, when you can hate up close?

The most reckless, inconsiderate drivers drive.. a Volkswagen Jetta. http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/jettadrivers/

I guess this was a mashup before we knew what mashups were http://tinyurl.com/c6rqb4

"reminding me of the cat, my friend, who loved it more than anything else in the world." http://is.gd/oR84

geez, google's captchas are getting really hard to read now. I guess they are under pressure. Massive distortion.

I don't understand why it's so morally ambiguous to sell your babby. I could make a hundred large, easy, selling a nice baby like that.

I would love to know why Windows Media Player 11 has 30+ second freakouts all the time where it won't respond to anything. Sigh.

bizarre Om Nom Nom comic. http://is.gd/oQ4V

"guys, women like 3 things: men in kilts, southern comfort, and Chris Isaak's 'Wicked Game'."

wtf with the novella emails? Who has time to write this stuff? GET A BLOG MAN

iPhone 3.0 -- as always, there's something magical about v3, other than making v2 owners feel worthless. http://is.gd/ozqT

RMS goes crazy, again http://tinyurl.com/dfyh7h

keynote went great, thanks #eclipsecon -- even with @cshirky holding me back

also any resemblance between this hotel and the one in The Shining is, I'm sure, COMPLETELY COINCIDENTAL (redrum)

at the Santa Clara Hyatt meeting @cshirky

Why is it that I regularly see people walking around on the sidewalk fully barefoot? California, you so crazy.

"Finally, a *reason* to want to fall in love!" http://is.gd/3bwi

"Who's your arch-enemy?" Q.E.D. http://is.gd/ovVa

Dead puppies aren't much fun. http://tinyurl.com/de4jkz

how you're always such a fussy young man? Don't want no Captain Crunch, don't want no Raisin Bran? http://is.gd/ovu0

I gotta say, I was skeptical, but Skype has been a fantastic bit of software. Used it heavily over the last 9 months.

"the girl from MySpace was really hot.. until they brought up her MySpace page! It was hideous, a total turnoff.."

Reminder: Pearl Jam's Ten album available on Tuesday for Rock Band. http://is.gd/ovam and http://is.gd/ovai

"I was weak and run down.. then I learned about GUTS, that amazing remedy for all Mankind's Woes!" http://is.gd/ooXK

working on my EclipseCon presentation with the ineffable Clay Shirky http://is.gd/kZB6

I had no idea SQL 2008 had its own activity monitor, LOVE IT http://is.gd/onyZ

SHHH! I'm TRYING to use the PHONE! http://tinyurl.com/c5w4gy

further examination of anomalous voting patterns on stackoverflow is reinforcing all my negative stereotypes of human beings

IE8 is actually quite competent; I'm sort of impressed with it after those scary-ass, catastrophic "break the entire web" betas.

"Due to the current economic situation, TechWeb has decided to discontinue the Software Development events, including SD West"

The Big Snit http://tinyurl.com/ageogc

I <3 Eric Lippert: "you've got to lurch towards her, groaning, and hand her the cell phone like a zombie would." http://is.gd/oaei

"The things that Windows do to make it harder (for an exploit to work), Macs don’t do." http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2941

"Every time this plumber offered a quote or any input about the job at all, he did a little riff on an invisible air guitar in his hands."

nominate a new stack overflow moderator: http://tinyurl.com/cd4lbt

if we are feeding babby every 2h30m, and feedings take 30m.. why bother sleeping at all? Now this is work that should be offshored to India

slow news day at the NY Times, apparently http://tinyurl.com/cpm86h

Dear Rich Bastard http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/bastard.asp

Kermit the Frog reacts to "2 girls one cup". Not going to link because it's kinda wrong, yet hilarious. If it's your bag, baby, search it.

best subway entertainers ever http://vimeo.com/3420517

two angry camels in a car http://tinyurl.com/ddaejt

@ppds that question is broken, not the layout

Updating all our machines to IE8. Not as good as it should be, but far better than IE7.

"If there's one thing I hate, it's losing. If there's two things I hate, it's losing and getting cancer."

after looking up "AND A LARGE.. ORANGE.. DRINK!" I went on a Dr. Demento collection buying spree. Rhino FTW http://is.gd/nYvj

I can't understand why Depeche Mode can't understand what makes a man hate another man. It's really quite simple.

even @spolsky admits he should have gotten an iPhone. And you can quote me on that.

sitting at the Las Vegas airport next to the slot machines of the damned. The beeping and blooping, it has no end.

#mix09 was great! headed home to @betsyphd and 6 day old babby @rockhardawesome

Gu and I will be onstage at #mix09 after the keynote (~20 minutes from *now*) to answer Twitter questions -- use #askthegu !

the perils of piloting a spaceship and eating a cheeseburger at the same time http://tinyurl.com/24cmru

Gu and I will be onstage at MIX09 after the keynote ends (~11:45 PST) to answer Twitter questions -- use #askthegu !

about to go onstage at #mix09 http://live.visitmix.com/

the woot.com devs built this awesome Stack Overflow podcast bingo card that is friggin' hilarious. Will scan and put up on blog. Woot ftw

see the #mix09 keynote streamed LIVE from the homepage at 9:00 AM PST http://live.visitmix.com/

say what you will about The Big Ass Table (MS Surface) but the thing is really cool in person

btw thanks to everyone who came to the "live" podcast yesterday at #mix09 -- @spolsky said the mix came out great!

#mix09 keynote coming up -- feel the power and glory of The Gu!

sorry, podcast at #mix09 is at 6:30 pm PST (30 minutes from now)! My bad!

let's take questions for the live Stack Overflow podcast on twitter! at-reply to me starting at 6:30pm.