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Playing Video with JavaScript (AIR)

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:07:55 -0700

You can play Flash in an HTML-based AIR app, you just have to go about it differently.

The Official Amazon Associates Blog: Amazon MP3 Downloads - Associates Earn 20%

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:20:44 -0700

Wonder if there's a way to channel Last.fm data into that Slideshow widget

Cory Foy: Pulling unique email addresses out of a file

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:45:45 -0700

These instructions are useful if you've been using a catch-all address and now want to shut it off.

gearsinmotion

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:02:37 -0700

A Google Gears admin

Section 3.3.1 Managing Mail System

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:56:22 -0700

CLI for Plesk. I wish I'd found this sooner.

jQuery Logging

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:51:18 -0700

In-chain logging jQuery plugin

colr.org

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:58:02 -0700

Create color schemes from Flickr images, I think

Alternating Comment Styles with Movable Type 4

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:48:06 -0700

I was just wondering the best way to do this

Roll Your Own Search Engine with Zend_Search_Lucene

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:52:19 -0700

SweepsGoat needs a new search engine. Thinking I could build something with this.

Using Zend Search Lucene in a symfony app at Spindrop

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:53:07 -0700

Using Lucene with a database

Restful Authentication Plugin

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:45:11 -0700

Authentication as a web service

Open Social: a new universe of social applications all over the web

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:44:13 -0700

Marc Andreesen answers a lot of questions about OpenSocial

OpenSocial API Documentation - OpenSocial - Google Code

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:42:16 -0700

The announcements have been fun & all, but finally, some code

PolitiFact | A service of the St. Petersburg Times and CQ

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:50:27 -0700

Highly recommended. This is what more news services should do: Question candidate statements

VectorMagic

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:38:51 -0800

Online conversion of bitmaps to vectors. Excellent results

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – 18-Something In The Air

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:26:53 -0700

http://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Petty+and+the+Heartbreakers

Joni Mitchell – The Last Time I Saw Richard

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:30:10 -0700

http://www.last.fm/music/Joni+Mitchell

Joe Purdy – Rainy Day Lament

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:34:27 -0700

http://www.last.fm/music/Joe+Purdy

No Doubt – Just A Girl

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:43:41 -0700

http://www.last.fm/music/No+Doubt

Lucy Kaplansky – The Heart

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:47:10 -0700

http://www.last.fm/music/Lucy+Kaplansky

Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:50:47 -0700

http://www.last.fm/music/Fiona+Apple

The Wallflowers – Murder 101

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:54:34 -0700

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Wallflowers

The Shins – Fighting in a Sack

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:57:06 -0700

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Shins

Mirah – We're Both So Sorry

Mon, 04 May 2009 19:59:32 -0700

http://www.last.fm/music/Mirah

Erin McKeown – La Petite Mort

Mon, 04 May 2009 20:04:09 -0700

http://www.last.fm/music/Erin+McKeown

Sam's first bath, part 4

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:51:33 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Connie & Sam

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:51:45 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Sam with my sister

In his hospital bassinet

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:51:58 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Me & My Boy

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:52:09 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Could someone turn off the lights?

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:52:20 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Hulk Smash!

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:52:30 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

In his hospital bassinet (enhanced)

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:52:40 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Nope, not awake

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:52:53 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

I'm awake

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:53:05 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Turtles all the way down

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:53:16 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Construction at work

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:41:00 -0700

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Uploaded with Darkslide.

THIS IS MAI BERDHOWS

nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:47:56 -0700

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Uploaded with Darkslide.

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nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:12:54 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Sam in his mechanic outfit for Halloween.

These are the first pics with our new camera. Still learning how to use a DSLR.

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nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:12:55 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Sam in his mechanic outfit for Halloween.

My favorite of these. Caught a great smile that time.

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nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:12:57 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Sam in his mechanic outfit for Halloween.

These are the first pics with our new camera. Still learning how to use a DSLR.

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nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:12:58 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Sam in his mechanic outfit for Halloween.

These are the first pics with our new camera. Still learning how to use a DSLR.

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nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:12:59 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Sam in his mechanic outfit for Halloween.

Also blurry, but then again, kids usually are.

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nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:13:01 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Sam in his mechanic outfit for Halloween.

These are the first pics with our new camera. Still learning how to use a DSLR.

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nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:13:02 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Sam in his mechanic outfit for Halloween.

Blurry, but I kinda liked the ghostly effect. Like the screwdriver is disappearing or something.

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nobody@flickr.com (SmartGoat) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:13:04 -0800

SmartGoat posted a photo:

Sam in his mechanic outfit for Halloween.

These are the first pics with our new camera. Still learning how to use a DSLR.

Microsoft's Change of Heart

Billy Mabray — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:52:00 -0800

Microsoft announced today that IE8 will, in fact, act like IE8, a complete switch from their previous plan. Why the change of heart? Perhaps to get various governments off its back. From the IEBlog:

While we do not believe any current legal requirements would dictate which rendering mode a browser must use, this step clearly removes this question as a potential legal and regulatory issue.

So in the end it was government regulations, not community backlash, that got this idea nixed. Whatever the reason, I think Microsoft is making the right decision — one that will continue IE’s evolution into a standards-compliant browser.

The Problem With GroupTweet

Billy Mabray — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:00:00 -0700

My first reaction to GroupTweet was: What’s the point? It seemed like an indirect way to send and recieve tweets with people I already communicate with on Twitter.

My second reaction to GroupTweet was: Ok, this could be useful for communicating with a subgroup of your friends. As people use Twitter, they tend to accumulate followers that are spread out geographically. If you’re wanting to make plans to go out on Saturday night, those tweets don’t necessarily need to go to people that live hundreds or thousands of miles away from you.

My third reaction to GroupTweet is to unfollow those I’ve followed, and not join any others. The problem with GroupTweet is it undermines one of the biggest strengths of Twitter: the ability to control the experience. When you follow someone else’s group, you allow that person to decide, at least partly, what you receive. The group owner chooses who to allow in the group, and when they let someone in, you start receiving their tweets to the group, whether you want them or not.

Just to be clear, I haven’t had an actual problem with GroupTweet yet, like getting spammed or anything. It was just seeing a tweet from someone I hadn’t followed that made me realized the idea has a fundamental flaw.

So I could see starting my own group, but I can’t see joining someone else’s without a clear set of rules on who will or won’t be allowed to join — much like the example GroupTweet gives on their home page. I don’t know that there’s a real solution to the problem without making the GroupTweet service significantly more complex. It may be that this is an idea with limited application until Twitter offers more fine-grained control of what you receive.

Messages About My Mediums

Billy Mabray — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:26:00 -0700

For anyone looking to learn about Movable Type, I’ve started writing a series of articles about MT for Devlounge. My most recent was published a couple of days ago and covers how to use the Action Streams plugin, which I’ve talked a bit about before.

And while I’m mentioning that, I thought I’d also talk about the various ways I’m publishing these days. Like a lot of people, I don’t post to my blog as often as I used to. Over time, this has turned into a place for longer articles, and short “link posts” just aren’t what I want to do here. But I see things all the time that I want to share, so here’s how I’m divvying them up:

Really short, of-the-moment type stuff goes on Twitter.
Links that I’m saving for my own reference get saved at del.icio.us.
Links that I don’t necessarily need to save, but that I want to others to read — and thoughts that are longer than 140 characters — are shared via Google Reader.
And, as I said, longer blog posts go here, and MT tutorials go on Devlounge.

Of those, Google Reader’s shared items is the one I’ve really gotten into lately. Since they added notes and sharing anything, it makes a decent tumblelog. I’m hoping they continue to move it in that direction.

So that’s where I am with blogging. What about you — how do you publish these days, and how has it changed since you first started blogging?

If They Had A Dime For Every Time Somebody Suggested...

Billy Mabray — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:00:00 -0700

Man, Dan Farber is an entrepreneurial genius. While the folks over at Twitter have been racking their brains trying to come up with a way to make money, ol’ Dan has it figured out: charge for the service. Why not advertising? Well, because:

[Twitter users] won’t appreciate ads slipped into their Twitter stream.

This despite the fact that one of the most popular Twitter clients, Twitterrific, has an ad-supported version, and most users choose it. Or the fact that their already running ads on Twitter Japan, and I haven’t heard about a mass exodus by the Japanese people. But Twitter wouldn’t have to go down that path if we users weren’t so cheap:

Here’s a solution. How about paying for what you like to use. Much of what gets sent via Twitter is a form of self-advertising. If you like Twitter so much, how about paying $5 a month for the privilege.

At this point, I probably would be willing to pay for Twitter. It’s the one Web 2.0 service I find both entertaining and useful. The problem is, what happens when I pay for the service, but none of my friends do? Then it’s far less useful to me. In fact, this is the problem for all social sites: If they limit it to only paying customers, it becomes far less social, and far less interesting.

But, as Dan has pointed out, the problem is really us cheap users. In fact, we’re a plague on other medias as well:

…why aren’t people willing to pay for what they use? Public radio has the same problem, hence the tedious pledge drives.

There are so many problems with that last sentence, I don’t know where to begin. Pledge drives are how people pay for public radio. The fact that public radio exists and continues to do pledge drives means it is a working business model. How else does Dan think people should pay for a service that is broadcast free over the air? Perhaps he thinks NPR should have been set up as a subscriber-only satellite radio service from the beginning… in 1970… before there was satellite radio…

And of course we know users wouldn’t put up with ads on a radio station. That’s just crazy talk.

You have to admit, Twitter is in a pretty nice position — people so love their service, they keep suggesting ways the company can make money and stay in business. But the Twitter folks have said in the past (And if anybody remembers where, please post it in the comments. I can’t seem to find it now.) that they have plans for generating revenue, but they want to stabilize their platform before they ask users or advertisers for money. In fact, that’s exactly what they’ve done with Twitter Japan: It’s a smaller user base than the rest of Twitter, so they obviously consider it stable enough to run some advertising.

But thanks for the suggestion, Dan. Now I have an idea for CBS: Ask for your money back.

A List Apart - The Survey 2008

Billy Mabray — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:20:49 -0700

SPOILER ALERT

Billy Mabray — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:32:00 -0700

…It’s a boy.

(What, you didn’t know we were expecting? You really should try Twitter)

Two points about ultrasounds: First, the work involved in performing an ultrasound makes Photoshop look like MS Paint. Second, many people have asked if we’re going to have a 4D ultrasound. Unless we change our minds, the answer is no. Maybe it’s just me—and it could be, since most people that have seen them, love them—but the photos and videos look to me like they’re from deep in the heart of the Uncanny Valley. Again, just a personal thing.

It’s become clear to me why women get pregnant and not men. Angela is handling the discomfort and inconvenience far better than I would. She’s amazing, she is. Of course, I’ve always said if I could be pregnant with our child, I totally would. Just the same as I will promise, here & now, to fight any dragon that attacks the U.S. That’s just the kind of man I am.

So, anyway, parenthood. I don’t have anything profound to say about it yet. So far, it’s a constant theme park Viking boat ride between overwhelming fear and immeasurable joy. I go into it totally unprepared and completely committed. I can’t even imagine what it will be like. I try, but what I imagine ends up being things I’ve seen in sitcoms. I only know one thing for sure: I’m grateful to have such a wonderful partner.

And, despite all the uncertainty, I’m sure looking forward to meeting that little guy.

Finding Your Way in the World Today Takes Every Gadget You've Got

Billy Mabray — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:53:00 -0700

This past weekend, we went geocaching for the first time in a few years. We assumed, with each of us having an iPhone 3G, that we had everything we needed to find some caches.

Yeah… No.

We tried two different methods. First, we browsed to a cache page in Safari and clicked the Google Maps link to see the location in the Maps app. This all worked as it should — eventually. We were on a very slow Edge connection, so it took minutes to load the page, and more minutes whenever the map needed more tiles. The iPhone would find the location just fine. The problem was, the map app doesn’t have a high enough resolution to lead you to a specific set of coordinates.

We next tried MotionX GPS Lite. Downloading a 7MB app over Edge is a special experience I wouldn’t wish on anyone. MotionX works pretty well — put in your coordinates and the on-screen compass leads you to the location. This would work for geocaching, but the app depends on the iPhone being in motion for it to calculate a heading. In motion at a speed of at least 3 MPH, in fact. So to use this app I had to run back and forth in the woods, trying not to step on a cactus or slam into a tree. Ultimately, I gave up, as each heading update just made me more lost.

This was all very dissappointing. One of the reasons I bought an iPhone 3G was for geocaching and other GPS-related activities. But since it failed to achieve in the modest task that was its charge, I’m left wondering if I need to buy a separate GPS device.

Some people claim the iPhone GPS chip isn’t accurate enough for geocaching or turn-by-turn directions. I don’t buy that. The first commercial GPS devices were accurate to within 3-5 meters, same as most new devices. No reason the iPhone would be any different. A GPS receiver picks up signals from a minimum number of satellites then tringulates its location. The device itself has very little influence over the accuracy that comes from that process. It may be that the iPhone uses a small receiver that has more trouble detecting satellites. But the GPS-A chip is supposed to help compensate for that.

My gut tells me the real problem here is Core Location, the API apps use to access the GPS data. I know it provides speed, heading, and coordinates, but what an application really needs for geocaching is a continuous stream of updated coordinates. I’d be willing to bet Core Location can not provide those updates fast enough. If someone more familiar with the API could shed some light on that, I’d love to hear about it.

So am I giving up on my iPhone as a GPS device? Not necessarily. It’s possible that a future update to the OS will improve the situation. In fact, that may be what GPS software companies like TomTom are waiting for before they release their apps — a better API. Or perhaps there’s a better GPS app in the iTunes store that I haven’t tried yet. If anybody’s had success with a particular app, let me know in the comments.

In the mean time, though, I probably won’t be doing much geocaching.

This Lousy Twitshirt

Billy Mabray — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:17:00 -0700

Update: Looks like Twitshirt is changing their policy. Great to see a company respond so quickly to the community.

So, yeah, Twitshirt. I want to be clear that my objection is not for me personally. Do whatever you want with my words — once I’ve said them, I’m done with them. In fact, once they switch from the password anti-pattern to oAuth I’ll likely sign up and dutifully wait the 20 years it will take for me to earn enough to get a check. But that’s me, and you should never assume you can use someone else’s work without permission.

Because that’s really the problem here: permission. While royalties and opt-out forms are improvements over past attempts to sell tweets on shirts, it’s still not right. That’s not how copyright works. I can’t stand on a street corner and sell copies of Wall-E with a simple disclaimer that I’ll stop if I’m asked to. And Disney’s certainly not going to be interested in my offer of a 2.5% royalty.

It’s made worse by the fact that Airbag Industries, the company behind Twitshirt, is one I really admire. I expect better than this from them. My guess is they didn’t think it through. If they had, they would’ve seen that opt-out is wrong. They also might have realized all the other problems they were setting themselves up for.

So you wanna sell Tweet Shirts

This is the first problem that occurred to me. It’s also the first opportunity that occurred to me: What’s stopping me from retweeting everything that @hotdogsladies (who is opting-out) posts and making a killing on royalties? As far as I can tell, only morals.

Now, how ‘bout we print this shirt:

Think anybody will have a problem with that? Or maybe something like this:

Our little tweetshop has been in business five minutes and we’ve already committed copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and libel. Feels like a Monday, doesn’t it?

It’s a good idea. A really good idea. But from a practical standpoint, it just doesn’t work. I can only think of two ways to do it right: Create a CafePress style site, where individual Twitterers set up their own shops and you take a cut. Or, find individual tweets you like, negotiate a price with the writers, and sell limited runs of the shirts. Offering any tweet is so tempting, but it’s a world of hurt.

I hope Airbag realizes they’ve made a mistake and, at the very least, switch from opt-out to opt-in. It matters because words matter, regardless of whether you can sell them on a t-shirt.

We Do What We Can

Billy Mabray — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:42:00 -0700

A couple of months ago, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a lumpectomy, followed quickly by mastectomy, and is now undergoing chemotherapy. When she first told us, i started preparing myself for the worst. Mom was already in poor health, and I figured if the cancer didn’t kill her, the treatment would.

Since then, I’ve become a little more hopeful. The doctor gives her good odds for surviving five years. The chemo’s been hard on her, landing her in the hospital with pneumonia recently. But, she’s responding well to the treatment.

I have to be optimistic, because anything else will drive me insane.

Because of this, my wife and I are running in the Komen Race for the Cure this Saturday. We started a team, so a few of our friends are joining us for the run. I hate running, but I hate being unable to help someone I love more, so there ya go.

This is the part where I hit you up for money.

I suck at this sort of thing, so I’m just going to say it: If you can afford to donate a buck or two, I’d love for you to sponsor our team. Or it’d be good if you could tweet, reblog, etc. the hell out of this to get the word out.

And if you have any extra bandwidth for your good thoughts, please send some to my mom. But don’t send them too hard — if she figures out where they’re coming from, I’ll have to explain Twitter/Tumblr to her. And nobody wants that.

smartgoat: Trying the Twitter geolocation feature. I'll know this works when one of you comes here to mug me.

Billy Mabray — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:24:31 -0800

smartgoat: Trying the Twitter geolocation feature. I'll know this works when one of you comes here to mug me.

smartgoat: Playing the XP Repair Drinking Game. Every time you reboot, you take a drink. 30 minutes into the game & I can't feel my jaw.

Billy Mabray — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:04:30 -0800

smartgoat: Playing the XP Repair Drinking Game. Every time you reboot, you take a drink. 30 minutes into the game & I can't feel my jaw.

smartgoat: Waiting for a swine flu shot. I can't help but think they should be handing out bacon.

Billy Mabray — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:06:22 -0800

smartgoat: Waiting for a swine flu shot. I can't help but think they should be handing out bacon.

smartgoat: OMG, THE SHOT BURNS. IT BUUUUURRRRNNNS. What? That was an alcohol swab? Yes, I'm ready.

Billy Mabray — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:37:28 -0800

smartgoat: OMG, THE SHOT BURNS. IT BUUUUURRRRNNNS. What? That was an alcohol swab? Yes, I'm ready.

smartgoat: So far, haven't experienced any side effects from the swine flu vaccine. sniff sniff Hey look, I found another truffle!

Billy Mabray — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:22:25 -0800

smartgoat: So far, haven't experienced any side effects from the swine flu vaccine. *sniff* *sniff* Hey look, I found another truffle!

smartgoat: Now that they've finally settled on an end date for Oprah's show, maybe they'll finally explain what the smoke monster is.

Billy Mabray — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:30:13 -0800

smartgoat: Now that they've finally settled on an end date for Oprah's show, maybe they'll finally explain what the smoke monster is.

smartgoat: Wow! I had the craziest dream last night! I was at a... And then there was this... And I had to... Rats.

Billy Mabray — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:52:36 -0800

smartgoat: Wow! I had the craziest dream last night! I was at a... And then there was this... And I had to... Rats.

smartgoat: @jeffdavis That's awesome. I'm going to spend the rest of the day making Gingerbread @michaeldick dance...

Billy Mabray — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:52:48 -0800

smartgoat: @jeffdavis That's awesome. I'm going to spend the rest of the day making Gingerbread @michaeldick dance...

smartgoat: @MattSanders Just saw the news. Congratulations!

Billy Mabray — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:34:34 -0800

smartgoat: @MattSanders Just saw the news. Congratulations!

smartgoat: I was worried about how old Sam's ER doc was, but these leeches seem to really help!

Billy Mabray — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:45:20 -0800

smartgoat: I was worried about how old Sam's ER doc was, but these leeches seem to really help!

smartgoat: @vmarinelli The Internets say it's your birthday, but we all know what liars they are. So I'll just wish you a good day. I SAID GOOD DAY.

Billy Mabray — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:38:38 -0800

smartgoat: @vmarinelli The Internets say it's your birthday, but we all know what liars they are. So I'll just wish you a good day. I SAID GOOD DAY.

smartgoat: @jayspear We sell dozens of stories every day for $1. News is free on TV 24 hours/day. Nobody can devalue something that was never valued.

Billy Mabray — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:13:38 -0800

smartgoat: @jayspear We sell dozens of stories every day for $1. News is free on TV 24 hours/day. Nobody can devalue something that was never valued.

smartgoat: My policy is, I can continue to go to buffets until I start noticing all the skinny people there.

Billy Mabray — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:15 -0800

smartgoat: My policy is, I can continue to go to buffets until I start noticing all the skinny people there.

smartgoat: @sucittaM http://www.zeldman.com/2009/10/25/toque-o-the-morning/

Billy Mabray — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:16:21 -0800

smartgoat: @sucittaM http://www.zeldman.com/2009/10/25/toque-o-the-morning/

smartgoat: Looking at the instructions again, I probably should have already killed this turkey.

Billy Mabray — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:10:42 -0800

smartgoat: Looking at the instructions again, I probably should have already killed this turkey.

smartgoat: Me: It's 20 lbs., how long should I cook it? Operator: GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE This Turkey Hotline is useless.

Billy Mabray — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:45:20 -0800

smartgoat: Me: It's 20 lbs., how long should I cook it? Operator: GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE This Turkey Hotline is useless.

smartgoat: @Kalli I wondered why that call cost me $1.99 a minute.

Billy Mabray — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:51:37 -0800

smartgoat: @Kalli I wondered why that call cost me $1.99 a minute.

smartgoat: Pro tip: For faster cooking, don't stuff the turkey. Instead, build a small fire inside it.

Billy Mabray — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:13:00 -0800

smartgoat: Pro tip: For faster cooking, don't stuff the turkey. Instead, build a small fire inside it.

smartgoat: This, THIS is why I'm thankful: http://twitpic.com/r3v6u

Billy Mabray — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:04:11 -0800

smartgoat: This, THIS is why I'm thankful: http://twitpic.com/r3v6u

smartgoat: Oh and, uh… I'm thankful for you people, too. There, I said it. Now, get the hell outta here, ya hippies.

Billy Mabray — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:06:16 -0800

smartgoat: Oh and, uh… I'm thankful for you people, too. There, I said it. Now, get the hell outta here, ya hippies.

LifeStream

Playing Video with JavaScript (AIR)

The Official Amazon Associates Blog: Amazon MP3 Downloads - Associates Earn 20%

Cory Foy: Pulling unique email addresses out of a file

gearsinmotion

Section 3.3.1 Managing Mail System

jQuery Logging

colr.org

Alternating Comment Styles with Movable Type 4

Roll Your Own Search Engine with Zend_Search_Lucene

Using Zend Search Lucene in a symfony app at Spindrop

Restful Authentication Plugin

Open Social: a new universe of social applications all over the web

OpenSocial API Documentation - OpenSocial - Google Code

PolitiFact | A service of the St. Petersburg Times and CQ

VectorMagic

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – 18-Something In The Air

Joni Mitchell – The Last Time I Saw Richard

Joe Purdy – Rainy Day Lament

No Doubt – Just A Girl

Lucy Kaplansky – The Heart

Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine

The Wallflowers – Murder 101

The Shins – Fighting in a Sack

Mirah – We're Both So Sorry

Erin McKeown – La Petite Mort

Sam's first bath, part 4

Connie & Sam

In his hospital bassinet

Me & My Boy

Could someone turn off the lights?

Hulk Smash!

In his hospital bassinet (enhanced)

Nope, not awake

I'm awake

Turtles all the way down

Construction at work

THIS IS MAI BERDHOWS

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Microsoft's Change of Heart

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smartgoat: Trying the Twitter geolocation feature. I'll know this works when one of you comes here to mug me.

smartgoat: Playing the XP Repair Drinking Game. Every time you reboot, you take a drink. 30 minutes into the game & I can't feel my jaw.

smartgoat: Waiting for a swine flu shot. I can't help but think they should be handing out bacon.

smartgoat: OMG, THE SHOT BURNS. IT BUUUUURRRRNNNS. What? That was an alcohol swab? Yes, I'm ready.

smartgoat: So far, haven't experienced any side effects from the swine flu vaccine. *sniff* *sniff* Hey look, I found another truffle!

smartgoat: Now that they've finally settled on an end date for Oprah's show, maybe they'll finally explain what the smoke monster is.

smartgoat: Wow! I had the craziest dream last night! I was at a... And then there was this... And I had to... Rats.

smartgoat: @jeffdavis That's awesome. I'm going to spend the rest of the day making Gingerbread @michaeldick dance...

smartgoat: @MattSanders Just saw the news. Congratulations!

smartgoat: I was worried about how old Sam's ER doc was, but these leeches seem to really help!

smartgoat: @vmarinelli The Internets say it's your birthday, but we all know what liars they are. So I'll just wish you a good day. I SAID GOOD DAY.

smartgoat: @jayspear We sell dozens of stories every day for $1. News is free on TV 24 hours/day. Nobody can devalue something that was never valued.

smartgoat: My policy is, I can continue to go to buffets until I start noticing all the skinny people there.

smartgoat: @sucittaM http://www.zeldman.com/2009/10/25/toque-o-the-morning/

smartgoat: Looking at the instructions again, I probably should have already killed this turkey.

smartgoat: Me: It's 20 lbs., how long should I cook it? Operator: GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE This Turkey Hotline is useless.

smartgoat: @Kalli I wondered why that call cost me $1.99 a minute.

smartgoat: Pro tip: For faster cooking, don't stuff the turkey. Instead, build a small fire inside it.

smartgoat: This, THIS is why I'm thankful: http://twitpic.com/r3v6u

smartgoat: Oh and, uh… I'm thankful for you people, too. There, I said it. Now, get the hell outta here, ya hippies.

smartgoat: So far, haven't experienced any side effects from the swine flu vaccine. sniff sniff Hey look, I found another truffle!