no wonder we were trying to find Carmen Sandiego for all those years -- hot cha cha! http://is.gd/lm0X

uncensored videogames -- where do you stand? http://tinyurl.com/cgfsgb

the trolley problem http://tinyurl.com/dxmfks

"a group of developers-slash-journalists, or journalists-slash-developers" http://tinyurl.com/8juuqn

adsense really is for suckers. http://tinyurl.com/ycwtwa

'Begs the Question doesn't mean what you think it means!' http://tinyurl.com/bojrwj

Ah yes, the STD Tracker Facebook App. http://tinyurl.com/caav7u

Amish Hackers http://tinyurl.com/dfqplg

rick roll, the t-shirt http://fffff.at/rick-roll-the-t-shirt/

I have an almost irrational dislike of the Job Board concept. I think it's the pimping out of my fellow programmers that I object to..?

"Amazon's laptops sales currently show utter netbook dominance.. the top 10 and 20 of the 25 top-selling laptops on Amazon are netbooks"

"Perhaps our design would have given the future priority over the present if we had understood how long it would last." http://is.gd/lhpA

"[investors] want their new, pretty, and probably imperfect blinkenlights on the interwhatsit before their competitors"

note that when I am not typing with giant USA #1 foam hands, I type by mashing down on the keys with loaded handguns. It's more American.

For some reason, he concluded by saying, "America has always been a kick-butt, take-names kind of country." http://is.gd/kZpp

strike that 2783.4, and I'm out.

7z a -tbzip2 -mmt backup.bzip2 backup.bak

zow! switching to bzip mode in 7zip allows use of 4+ CPU cores. And boy does it ever work.

it's not about the money. it's about the diamond bracelets, gold-plated hummers, and brazilian bikini models I can get *with* the money.

I am embarrassed to admit I knew *immediately* that this week's Flight of the Conchords contained a Total Eclipse of the Heart video parody

Future Pinball (fully 3d) has come a long way. WANT. http://tinyurl.com/dlrcul

sometimes the 8-bit audio stuff is really quite good http://is.gd/kZ5t

new, darker, Back to the Future ending revealed http://tinyurl.com/b3lj33

remember when I mentioned a magnet strong enough to erase a HDD would break your arm? See for yourself. WARNING GRAPHIC: http://is.gd/k2hf

please gold star this tweet: http://twitter.com/diveintomark/statuses/1249729494

A trillion seconds ago: Upper Paleolithic, aka Stone Age, 30,000 B.C. Our ancestors were painting on cave walls. http://is.gd/lbp4

A million seconds is about 11.5 days. A billion seconds is almost 32 years.

Blogs are the Most Important Innovation of the 21st Century? http://scottonwriting.net/sowblog/posts/13723.aspx

On a purely technical level, MySQL is utter crap, but it doesn't matter. Free and widely available trumps everything http://is.gd/eNBI

the "how ruby on rails survived a 550k pageview digging" site appears to be down. That's.. er.. ironic, I think.. ?

the science of keeping your beer cold http://www.myscienceproject.org/beer.html

I believe Apple may actually be arrogant enough to think they can ignore the netbook wave entirely.

it's a dream, I mean, nightmare, diet program! http://is.gd/imHn

wow, just reached a Google safe browsing diagnostic page and it's GREAT. Shows exactly how, why, where, etc.. http://is.gd/laIQ

Communication pro tip: replying to others with "Oh? Really? Hmm. F**k you?" is unlikely to help move your agenda forward

The Futile Pursuit of Happiness http://tinyurl.com/3v9z8n

wow, charging people to use the toilet? http://is.gd/l8Ay

user who posted cut and paste recommendations for his own product in 6 different questions: "OMG censorship!" me: "um.. no.."

"life is a tragedy for those who feel; a comedy for those who think"

ok, databases are officially 100% busted now. hashtables in memory it is. http://tinyurl.com/dcnfl8

"Take the math to tolerance and then move on. The ideas are the important thing." http://is.gd/l3U5

Safari 4, "meh" edition. I guess if you can't run Chrome. :)

Dear Jason Calalalalcanis, it is hard to take your advice seriously when it is presented in unreadable light-grey-on-white http://is.gd/l3RZ

put away all the stuff from my old work office, almost 1yr later. Sad commentary: half of my office items work perfectly as babby room toys.

Joel wants us to use this song on the podcast http://tinyurl.com/288876

"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance."

As always, please behave like adults whenever possible. :)

10 years later, does Java still "suck"? (per JWZ) http://is.gd/l2lf

@kylerow "nationalism of ideas rather than geography" welcome to the future, we start it up again every day

after getting 24GB in a server, I have become spoiled, a memory whore. "add more memory" is the solution to every problem (eg memcached)

well, assuming you believe in the "correct" religion that promotes the right brotherhood of man. Otherwise, I hate you. =8-D

@kylerow yes, but allegiance to your fellow human beings is what matters. Religion, insofar as it gets this part right, is a net good.

@apphacker "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

nations and corporations don't give a crap about you. I pledge my allegiance to the human race http://is.gd/l1SA

Today is feeling extra magical http://tinyurl.com/ckehp4

every time I visit Office Depot I can't shake the feeling that this is what Hell would really be like. Not scary, but eternal boredom

rt @joshua613 "Jews believe 13 is a lucky number, but you can see how much luck *we've* had" lol

"Scholars have argued for a long time over this, and it now seems that 616 was the original number of the beast." GOOD ONE

who decided 666 was the number of the beast, and 13 unlucky? numerology = crap

the science of Watchmen, lol http://tinyurl.com/b5sptq

we already gzip. We're not retarded, in case you were wondering. our problems were A) proxies and B) http 1.0 -- http://is.gd/kVW2

it looks like part of the problem is that a LOT, and I mean a LOT, of proxies, use HTTP/1.0

what are the ethics of forcing gzip content on HTTP clients?

I have now officially lost count of how many times we have sssscat'ed ourselves. http://tinyurl.com/bq5y4d

Google Knol continues to be an embarrassment http://is.gd/89GF

via @PerWiklander this is just scary stuff http://www.fmylife.com/

What a scam the college textbook industry is. Every year a new "revised" edition.. I'm cheering on the kindle pirates in this case

indeed, Some Things Need To Change. http://is.gd/hv9c Like, for example, refraining from being a complete ass.

Among the Inept, Ignorance Is Bliss http://tinyurl.com/33vc

everyone wish @jarrod_dixon a happy birthday. At 30, he's halfway dead already!

our first question tagged lolcats. I AM SO PROUD RIGHT NOW PEOPLE http://tinyurl.com/b7yr4a

"Everything good in Puzzle Quest is now good +1 in Puzzle Quest: Galactrix." http://is.gd/kKXO

rt @nathanbowers "love is patient. love is kind. love is a huge tramp stamp across your ass." http://is.gd/kJWq

freckle : this is a very pretty UI. sharp, pointy corners, just how I like it. http://letsfreckle.com/

Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute http://tinyurl.com/2tk5bu

we need to upgrade to "electron tuned" ethernet cables to speed up Stack Overflow http://is.gd/kJhW

or until dinnertime, whichever comes first.

why can't "Black Betty" be available as a Rock Band song instead of GH:WT? I'm going on a hunger strike until this issue is resolved.

this ATM says "press ctrl+alt+del to begin". That might be .. difficult

ssscat vs scatmat. Winner = ssscat. Surprisingly effective, convenient, and compact. http://tinyurl.com/bjvf6a

I done been phlogisticated! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston

cornify.com cornify.com cornify.com cornify.com nambla.com #fivesites

So Ricardo Semler has 7 day weekend? My idea's gonna blow them out of the water. Get this: EIGHT DAY WEEKEND. http://is.gd/kBV3

on public salaries -- I meant *for profit* .com not .gov or .edus

What would it be like to work at a company where all salaries were public? Lord of the Flies is what I'm thinking

Exhibit B: wedding cake made entirely of Hostess snack cakes! http://www.hostesscakes.com/delaplane.asp

"That leaves 25 percent of the population that doesn’t use the Internet at all." http://is.gd/kwXs

had a HUGE "peekaboo" CSS bug in IE7 ( http://is.gd/kzO3 ) 100% triggered by adsense. Fixed by adding "hasLayout" to body. http://is.gd/ojE

this begs the question: why not change the definition to match the typical usage? http://begthequestion.info/faq.php

ah yes, organic. translation: WILL SPOIL INSTANTLY. awesome.

never forget: some of your users will be evil. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001123.html

When you're having trouble explaining something, adding more words is almost never the right approach

why are so many websites incapable of TASTEFUL advertising? seriously, wtf. have some damn respect for your audience. http://is.gd/eFrU

I was actually quite surprised how many people are willing to give Google a pass; I guess they like ads more than licenses http://is.gd/kyxx

is there anyone I can pay to stop seeing the "one flat stomach rule" ad? Good lord, it is EVERYWHERE. Stupid Google Chrome.

rt @jzy how programmers would build an airplane http://tinyurl.com/2du4qe

weird, intel Core CPUs have a native CRC32 command. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE4

adorable dog ball launching machine -- dog plays ball with himself! http://tinyurl.com/28n7ta

omg, Average White Band in Rock Band. Released accidentally in the UK and since pulled. OMG! http://tinyurl.com/am4xfp

Everyone Loves Google, Until it's Too Big http://is.gd/kpmQ