Archive for December, 2006
Microsoft adCenter blows
I recently received this ad for Microsoft’s adCenter service, setup a new account and get $200 in free clicks. I figured I could promote Fiendish Fables with the service, so I decided to go for it.
The initial form gave me an issue, but it had to do with word size which was easily fixable. Then [...]
Disney MGM Studios Lights
Link to the video on YouTube.
…”the top new publisher on the Top 300 list”
(This is referring to October 2006’s comic book sales)
There might not have been a Civil War, but Civil Wardrobe in 268th place with 2,000 copies made Brain Scan the top new publisher on the Top 300 list. Begoths Comics from Begoth came in 269th with about the same number of copies.
Read the whole article.
Charlie Brown Christmas by the cast of Scrubs
Link to the video on Youtube.
Best Hotel Gyms
The Athletic Minded Traveler has put together their eleven Best Hotel Gyms for 2006. Looking over the 3,000 hotel gyms in the U.S. (but we assume, not actually testing them) the ranking is based on gyms that have the best facility size, equipment options, mult-sport options (like a pool) and overall ambience/atmosphere.
Check out the [...]
Short stroll in a Chinese national park
And I thought Yosemite was “rustic”, the second picture scares the hell out of me.
Short stroll in a Chinese national park
Democrats seek a businesslike image; many in GOP decry effect on families
Forget the minimum wage. Or outsourcing jobs overseas. The labor issue most on the minds of members of Congress yesterday was their own: They will have to work five days a week starting in January.
The horror.
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, the Maryland Democrat who will become House majority leader and is writing the schedule for the [...]
What code DOESN’T do in real life
Remember in “hackers” when the gibson is depicted as a three dimensional city that the hackers must navigate through? Bullshit! We may use a dash of color in our shell to make things a bit clearer, but last I checked my terminal app doesn’t require OpenGL. I’m working here, bitches - I’m not [...]
10 Mac Applications for your Christmas List
10 Mac Applications for your Christmas List
Here is a list of FREE software that I use everyday, or at least once a week. This year for Christmas I decided to donate some of my gift money to the mac software that I did not have to buy or that was open source. These authors or [...]
NY bans trans fat
The Board of Health voted Tuesday to make New York the nation’s first city to ban artery-clogging artificial trans fats at restaurants — from the corner pizzeria to high-end bakeries.
The board, which passed the ban unanimously, did give restaurants a slight break by relaxing what had been considered a tight deadline for compliance. Restaurants will [...]
