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Posts going back to 2003: technology, leadership, travel and food.

  • Scott Adams: Good News Day

    The Dilbert Blog: “As regular readers of my blog know, I lost my voice about 18 months ago. Permanently. It’s something exotic called Spasmodic Dysphonia. Essentially a part of the…

  • Dear Hunting

    Daring Fireball Linked List: “Excellent William Safire ‘On Language’ piece on how to start an email. I prefer the cold start, with no salutation.”

  • Weekend Smoke: Pork and Salmon

    We’ve got friends coming over tonight so it’s time to trot out the smoker. I’ve got it up to 240˚F and the vents at the bottom set at 50% closed,…

  • Wil Shipley says "Thank God for George W. Bush"

    Call Me Fishmeal.: “‘W’ has taken it in the teeth for his war on Iraq, but, to be fair, let’s look at Saddam’s Hussein’s rap sheet…”

  • MakeShift challenge – Save a man stuck in a fissure filled with toxic gas!

    MAKE Magazine: “The creator of MacGyver (Lee D. Zlotoff) challenges you to save a man stuck in a fissure filled with toxic gas!”

  • Zarah's cousin Amber

    Beauty School Dropout: “My cousin Amber got these awesome sewing magazines out of her bag and starting passing them around.  I knew she had some cool job in New York,…

  • Ze Frank is just that good

    theshow: “rocks” This has got to be one of the funniest Ze Frank shows ever. If you don’t know “the show” this is a great time to hop on board.…

  • Space Invaders Invade Dress Shirts

    Kotaku: “…we do recommend these rad sterling silver Space Invaders ones on Etsy at US $35 for a set.”

  • Haunted paper toys

    MAKE Magazine: “RavensBlight has a great collection of paper craft projects you can build for Halloween, I really like the mechanical bat (projects can be download/PDF)”

  • Arkansas traveler

    ken-jennings.com: “Maybe I was punk’d and the whole thing was some kind of confusingly high-concept performance art. If so, way to go Memphis! Many of my book escorts have been…

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