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I just noticed that this blog is turning into a link fest. Ugh. Sorry, folks. I thought I’d begin to remedy that with an annotated quote from one of my favorite authors on the web: Warren Ellis. Warren says:
I believe that exploration is necessary to the human spirit. But even if you don’t share that [...]

Enterprise Mac | Tom Yager | InfoWorld | Ahead of the Curve: Back to the Mac | April 16, 2008 11:36 AM | Tom Yager
Apple is getting ever more daring in its engagement with open source in other ways. WebKit, the fast HTML/CSS/SVG rendering and JavaScript engine used in Safari, has caught on like wildfire [...]

Internet access: it’s fast becoming my neocortex, my place of connection, my sense of myself and the world. It’s like carrying my family and friends with me, along with my entertainment, relaxation, and news sources.
The internet is where I am, not jsut where I go. Having ubiquitous access is important to me, not because [...]

my sweetie just sent me the sweetest little ecard:

I saw the most amazing movie last night. No special effects, car chases, or even much fiction to it. The Kite Runner is one of those events that changes your perspective so radically, that you can’t go back to how you looked at things before.
I sit this morning, reading Friendfeed and twitter posts, and I [...]

Man, think of the twitter possibilities. “What are you doing now?” times five days a week. Pure comedy gold
One research study, by the Cancer Council Victoria, has shown that men who report that they regularly (”more than five times per week”) masturbate have up to one third fewer occurrences of prostate cancer.[32][25] The researchers hypothesize [...]

Great riff on Scottish v English, plus the Dr. Who jokes.

My Tweet Clouds page lists all the words I use on twitter, and then puts them in a delicious/flickr tag cloud form, where the more I say a word, the larger the word is on the page. I apparently say w00t, twitter, iPhone, and thank you a lot. My momma must’ve raised me right.