Senator, I understand you will be busy this Thursday, January 31st 8pm Eastern. If you want me to tape the 2-hour season premiere of Lost for you, I can totally do that. Lemme know.

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Tech types: It's that time again. I'm sick of my host's bullshit. Anyone know a good one? I'm looking for one that doesn't accidentally pre-bill me for all of 2008 and - if I'm not asking too much - provides a webmail that 1) has had active development in the last decade and 2) isn't so over-ajaxed that it can't be trusted to display my messages in ( Read more... )

Many have posted here about Hillary, but I don't want to use your comment pages for my soapbox. I do want to suggest - as I'm sure others have - that, although I absolutely believe sexism is alive and well, the following may also be true ( Read more... )

Anyone who knows what a tag is: I weep with you

those of you aspiring to higher office take note ( Read more... )

A man in a van waited until I joined him at a red light to call me an asshole. I had spent the previous 10 blocks pedaling furiously through timed greens, aware (but not exactly interested) in the van forced by the narrow lane to follow closely behind. (He soon passed with a couple sharp honks.) Like most bicyclists, I always ride as far to the ( Read more... )

Will someone please help me understand this metaphor ( Read more... )

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today i find myself in the already-cliche predicament of putting a price tag on the just-announced, newest Radiohead album, which has been made available for pre-order from their website. Here's where it gets complicated: The album comes in two forms: The "disc box" contains album art (always a hit with this band), CDs, and vinyl for 40 british ( Read more... )

programming nitpick number two

Why do programmers sometimes prepend variable names with "my" as in:

var myObj = new Object()
Who else would the object belong to?? Why specify? Does it make you feel closer to your variables?