OK, I admit, it’s not quite as cool as 300 Spartans, but I bet if they could, my blog posts would fight to the death for me if I chose to defend my homeland from the rampaging hordes of Persia. Or Calgary.
I’ll spare you any further soon-to-be-painfully-out-of-date comical twists on the recent very enjoyable movie. (“THIS! IS! NOT FUNNY ANYMORE!!”). Actually, I just can’t think of anything clever enough. I totally dig that stuff. Anyway, here’s a bunch of links I’ve been saving up over the last month! (I promise to write more soon, insert excuse here.)
BoingBoing: Canada’s copyright czar’s boomerang tantrum at Museum Assoc meeting – What, you think this kind of political corruption BS only happens in the States?
Amie Street – Music Lives Here – Tunes start out free, rising in costs as they get more popular. Never more than a buck. No DRM. Artists actually get some of the money. Not a bad system.
Love Songs…Nothing But Love Songs at Dethroner – Time to fire up the music store and relive some teen angst.
Boing Boing: Get a signed DVD of The Last Unicorn – A classic from my childhood, I had no idea of the crap the original author is going through over the rights.
Fashion4Nerds.com – Simple fashion tips and tricks for the style impaired. – For when us geeks need to wander out into the sun.
eBags – Searching for the perfect laptop case
BioWare: About Edmonton – What the game gods at BioWare have to say about my happy home town.
The best thing not at CES – Remember the fancy interface from Minority Report? These guys made one. For real.
Accelerating Future – My favourite new blog. Transhumanism, AI, nanotechnology, and existential risk. All that scifi stuff you think is just fi.
Save the Internet : Fighting for Internet Freedom – Probably the best explanation of what this whole “Net Neutrality” debate is all about.
LibriVox » The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin – Free audiobook for you science geeks that need to check this one off your list of things you say you’ve read when you’re trying to impress hot women in glasses.
World exclusive skydiver video | the Daily Mail – Dude fell 12,000 feet, chute didn’t open. He lived. This is the film from his helmet cam.
AdArena – EA hires in ASCII – That’s gotta be one of the most original recruitment billboards I’ve ever seen.
YouTube – 30 minutes of 80′s cartoon Openings – Prepare for the nostalgia. And if you aren’t old enough to have seen these shows when they first came out, STOP WEARING THE T-SHIRTS!! Stupid hipster kids, get off my lawn.
Google Video – Insane Mario Video – Worth watching for the commentary. Hilarious.
Metroblogging Los Angeles: L.A.’s Top 25 Legends
YouTube – The Big Brother State – Just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re NOT out to get you!
How To Make a Secret Hollow Book – I’m sure I can find something cool to hide
11 Ways to Optimize Your Mac’s Performance – Still trying to keep Susie alive and kicking. That new Airport router from Apple allows me to connect a backup drive, I’m thinking that could be the perfect solution for my overloaded iTunes woes.
Hack Attack: Top 13 iTunes AppleScripts – Lifehacker
Open Source Alternative – Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software – If work didn’t demand it, I would never dirty my hardware with microsoft garbage again. Vista and Office 07: avoid at all costs for at least a year.
LINUX ON DESKTOP: 13 Things to do immediately after installing Ubuntu – Just need that free weekend… I will load her up!
101 Shareware and Freeware Programs Every Nerd Needs | The Free Geek
LH Top 10: Must-have Firefox extensions – Lifehacker
Rock Your Google Calendar in 18 Ways « – I’m starting to look very seriously at Google Apps for some of my work tech. I’m just sick of fighting a dozen different IT policies with all my offices, I need something hosted online.
Gmail Craze: 30 + Tools and Hacks for Gmail » MakeUseOf.com
YouTube – No More Kings “Sweep the Leg” – Catchy song, video directed by Mr. William Zabka, aka: Johnny Lawrence aka: the bad guy from Karate Kid!
Sweep the Leg and Wake the Gimp – The history of Johnny Lawrence, from Karate Kid to Pulp Fiction. Too funny.
Neill Cumpston’s Written The Only GRINDHOUSE Review You Ever Need To Read!! – “It’s a taquito buffet that you puke up after getting hit with a motorcycle, and it turns into a bikini chick that blows you and kills your boss with a hammer.”
Ask Lifehacker: How do I get started using Quicken? – I said a while ago I wanted to start being a lot better on my budget. This might be a good place to start.
I Will Teach You To Be Rich » Ramit’s 2007 Guide to Kicking Ass – A free downloadable chapter on a “Money Day”, taking a full day to do all the little things that can help get your finances under control.
8 Free Personal Finance Management Programs – Consumerist – Quicken may be the biggest money software out there, but it definitely does not mean it’s the best.
NBC Affiliate Gets Goo All Over Their Faces — Uweekly.com – There’s three things that are funny about this link. 1, the actual story itself. 2, the fact that there’s at least one other city that calls itself “Cowtown”. And 3, the single greatest comment thread hijacking in the history of the internets. Unless your name is Mark.
I’m posting this post so I can post the next post.
