@wilshipley brownies! filled with fudgy human despair and glazed with carmelized children's tears!

@anildash ugh, I didn't realize T-Pain was the "artist" behind "I'm N luv (wit a stripper)" http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dn_1ZWo0GNw

@bakasan "There was a ghost! It's uh.. ectoplasm!"

@shanselman someone requested a compressed format because their corporate firewall blocks download of mp3. Plus we saved 2 PERCENT MAN!1!

@y0mbo I discussed my bloggering schedule in this interview http://is.gd/6ZW

@jongalloway I don't always agree with Balmer but his energy as a speaker is fantastic, > gates > ozzie by far

@screwtheman I thought you'd like that :)

@codeodor lame -V4 -a -h --scale 0.90 input.wav output.mp3 ; VBR FTW! The audio source is not stellar by any means

@toldorknown you can read web pages infinitely fast? +1 IMPRESSIVE

@n3wjack yep, to me a "bookmark" is "what search terms will find this?"

@cisellis what chipset? My NVIDIA 650i was rock solid in Vista for 8+ months, never had problems.

@wilshipley **NOTE TO WORLD** PLEASE DO NOT STEAL WIL SHIPLEY'S NEW MACBOOK AIR.. AGAIN!

@wilshipley pshaw, failed BIOS flashes put hair on your chest, and fill you with vim and vigor! (pretty rare, too: 1st in 5 years for me.)

@thomasjo I've flashed from Windows before; this is just bad programming from bad programmers. We might recognize that :)

@cthulhu_ar I *had* to update BIOS to support my new CPU arriving today

@asbjornu good links, but I vehemently disagree. alt="Morris Day" title="Morris Day" is absolutely correct. Just browse my blog IMGs n' see.

@asbjornu you know what's even "better" than that? Not having to redundantly enter the same text twice for every image. Lame.

@asbjornu my twitter avatar. "Picture of Morris Day". Works perfectly as image replacement or tooltip. Did YOU know who it was? Mouse over.

@wilshipley that's right Shipley! Ladies (of all species) Love Cool Jeff! Eat your heart out pal!

@wilshipley our girl cat has to be near me. If she gets 2nd best lap, she'll *literally* stick out her paw so she can be touching me somehow

@asbjornu 99.99 infinitely repeating % of the time I want "text that displays when image don't" and "tooltip" to be the SAME F%&ING THING!

@carnage4life afraid of little old.. this? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095444/

@asbjornu Firefox should treat ALT as TITLE when TITLE is not present. Otherwise, I have to enter same text twice. Sucks, IMO.

@davebost in your heart you know what the right answer to that question *always* is

@wilshipley on Taxes, consider Lucky Ducky http://images.salon.com/comics/boll/2002/12/19/boll/story.gif

@betsyphd and I got our first co-op expert guitar gold star on a song in Rock Band! So proud!! Fake plastic rock FTW!

@erebor I don't begrudge people their conservatism, but the Fox News concept that press *should* be biased is incredibly corrosive

@austerity I have Typing of the Dead for PC. Runs great on XP and Vista! Best game ever! Oh, and there's network vs. play!

@betsyphd "have you ever read that book, Getting Things Done?" me: "I'm not really interested in getting things done." Sounds bad, but, yeah

@shanselman "What are you thinking about?" "Toys." -- this applies universally to men of all ages from 2 to 100

@kevindente oh yeah, Silent PC Review is great stuff. Highly recommended. http://www.silentpcreview.com/

@gtcaz @theprokrammer I suppose you're right, it's obvious :) having marbles is overrated!

@senordanimal I've been stranded late at night because NO cabbie would agree to go across the bay. p.s. thanks again @cisellis for the save

@canofunk but isn't MSFT already "supporting" that project by hiring Rob Conery?

@betsyphd the dark secret of our marriage is now public http://is.gd/5oD (scroll to bottom)

@pilotbob Nerd.

@funkee the Google results redirects are definitely tied to login (in my FF3), but deleting cookies and re-logging in didn't clear it :(

@engtech browser-based HTML editors are a hideous wasteland of pain. HTML plain text FTW! (or an .exe editor)

@engtech appears to be a FF3-specific cookie I'm getting from Google. Has nothing to do with saved searches, otherwise I'd see in IE7 too

@srem it's every link for me on a google result page: they all go through http://www.google.com/url(blah)

@robzelt aw man, I miss Carrburritos :(

@jonathancoulton what kind of passive-aggressive parenting comments?

@ch00k I thoroughly enjoyed Dave Gorman's book and recommend it to everyone http://tinyurl.com/2nkwv7

@aanttila that's just Fake Plastic WRONG http://www.winplay.com/game/GuitarHeroMobile

@cisellis use IE7 for Silverlight work, and disable Silverlight in FF3 (Tools, Add-ons, Plugins)

@jongalloway serious trackback spam in your latest blog entry. Give it up, man. Trackbacks are dead, 100% pure spam fodder these days.

@jongalloway if you'd post small stuff more often, you wouldn't need TL;DR tag. Think FUN SIZE blog entries! FUN SIZE dammit!

@jongalloway I think that says more about you than it does the feature :) I have it off all the time, never miss it.

@jongalloway but don't let those minor nits dissuade anyone!

@jongalloway if the user can't find it, the feature doesn't exist. Even worse, it's version specific. Plus it kinda sucks as a backup tool.

@jongalloway yeah, it's not confusing at all! http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000572.html

@jongalloway that's only in Vista Ultimate, so be careful. It's not in Vista Kenny Loggins Edition or Vista Autumn Edition.

@briandonahue, no System Restore is not like Time Machine. System Restore only fixes System/Apps, not your missing Dark Castle savegames.

@jongalloway think bigger. Why does Windows *need* something like System Restore, which doesn't exist on Mac or UNIX?

@jongalloway uh, yeah, when system restore "decides" to take a restore point, there's a big perf impact.

@solotech those WordPress Settings - Misc - Images settings don't do squat for me. My 600px wide images still get inserted as 500px.

@engtech thank you, I was wondering why WP said all my images were "500px". Could you just.. use the actual res of the image.. perhaps?

@jongalloway most of these security hax are disk intensive, not CPU intensive (think virus scanning). I/O is crazy expensive.

@shanselman it's the same reason XP is "faster" than Vista: it does less. The only part I object to is the nasty security model "fix" hacks.

@kevindente UAC is there, as is firewall, in Win Server 2k8 but not on by default I don't think

@shanselman defender + uac redirection + sys restore + search indexing are EASILY that if not more.

@shanselman the secret to fast OS is to go vanilla. That's why Mac Pros are the "fastest" Vista machines: clean installs, no OEM craplets

@shanselman we've had this discussion already.. @cisellis reprinted my response. There's less user crap running on a Server OS, obviously.

@haacked can I vote for "I find the the visual format of this poll so hideously ugly that I can't bear to vote at all"?

@jongalloway the people asking for IE5 support are idiots and should be overruled with maximum prejudice. IE 5 = Windows 98 SE browser.

@mikescott8 Whiz Kids on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(TV_series)

@stevedinn sorry, Virtual Server likes to disable that VMs ethernet card for some reason when the host OS is winders updated. Fixed.

@aanttila felt is a bad idea on the drum surface http://tinyurl.com/5zuwjo

@shanselman eh? rename the image so your text refers to a new filename. You're worried about cached copies out there?

@shanselman just change the image to 'tree man' like so ( http://tinyurl.com/2nscfv ), or add a "content stolen from.." watermark to it.

@shanselman the arcade monitor is probably the #2 thing I recommend after a stand-up cabinet. Huge impact.

@jongalloway what credible data could anyone have to request something run on IE5?

@lazycoder this "play the air" thing is insane http://tinyurl.com/5jspe5

@robertmiller I have an Asus P5B Deluxe @hometoast I want the highest multiplier for easy overclockin' @moon socket 775 Intel P965 chipset

@migueldeicaza is an MVP .. of my heart

@john_lam I built it in early October 2006: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000707.html

@enneff well, I meant the back button on my mouse, but same diff. @henry_maddocks maybe I was imagining it. Wouldn't be the first time.

@kevindente I had to because @shanselman walks on eggshells. Now how do I disable SL in FF3?

@shanselman sometimes you have to break eggs to make an omelette. It's a valid choice in moderation. If it's all you do, then yes, problem.

@shanselman shrug. My "acidic" criticism of Paul Graham meant I got to meet him, and him posting two followup articles. Net results.

@shanselman I see you don't grok the smackdown learning model http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000630.html hint: entertainment

@wilshipley read Bill de hÓra's blog entry on Git http://tinyurl.com/4pgz9o

@shanselman you think the Linus GIT presentation is smug/rude? I disagree. I think he staked the "strong opinion" disclaimers out properly.

@davebost loving the wailin' guitar intro to the Thirsty Developer podcast

@timbray the Ruby vs. JRuby thing reminds me of this Emo Phillips bit: http://tinyurl.com/27gn6d

@timbray that's kind of uncool

@shanselman looks like MAMERoom is the inheritor http://www.mameroom.com/webstore/products.asp

@shanselman holy crap, you're right. Slikstik.com is dead! DEAD! That's so very sad. Donkey Kong, Pac-Man and I are inconsolable.

@shanselman for pre-built arcade kits the SlikStik cabinet / stick is the best http://tinyurl.com/26f356

@zelnox @wilshipley seriously, have you guys watched "The Wire"? It's only the BEST SHOW I'VE EVER SEEN ON TELEVISION. I'm just sayin'.

@wilshipley started with s1e1. They're on a ship.. lots of boring dialogue.. guy seeing invisible hot chick.. meh. It's no "The Wire".

@screwtheman that's funnier than you know

@wilshipley I know this is geek heresy but I found Battlestar Galactica incredibly boring when I tried to watch it. Watch "The Wire", kids.

@rjray you worked at Topix with Skrenta? I'm a big fan. Email me your story.

@jongalloway take solace in the fact that but Guthrie won't live long at that breakneck pace

@cdespinosa cool, let me add that to the list, and I'll get back to you

@kevindente "6 year old .. " == FAIL

@alanstevens not impressed, unless you can juggle said chansaw(s)

@hotdogsladies CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR AWESOME http://www.flickr.com/photos/headlouse/1484615917/

@anildash viral marketer! VIRAL MARKETER!