April 2009
66 posts
more nabaztag testing. not so important at all.
more playing around with nabaztag.
here, should be a nifty little banner showing the current status of imanengineernotabricklayer (that’s the name of my wee rabbit).
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i am sore.
– oh boy am i.
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Outstanding Public Servant Awards (Irony Edition),...
Name: Josephy B. “Joey” Millwood Position: Representative (Republican), District 38 - Spartanburg Co., South Carolina Legislature
Rep. Millwood is up for our Outstanding Public Service Awards in the “Compassionate Conservative” and “Getting Shit Done” categories.
Evidence 1: Outstanding Achievement in compassionate conservative tweeting. Marvel at the deep...
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testing nabaztag #1
hopefully below this paragraph will be a little graphical representation of the “mood” of my nabaztag. we shall see.
ok. there it was.fingers crossed!
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tweet theorem failure (hollywood arab casting...
i just spent thirty minutes trying to “prove” a potential pithy tweet i had about hollywood casting agents using a pool of only four older-than-40 arab actors for ALL over-40 “arab terrorist types” in hollywood blockbuster “middle east” movies.
after losing myself in wikipedia/imdb/etc rabbit-holes for some thirty minutes or so, and half-heartedly building a...
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monster cable's response to my letter about their...
background: article on consumerist about monster cable suing yet another company.
the letter that i sent: you can read it here.
my take on their response: a load of old bollocks.
monster cable’s response:
From: Dave Tognotti <address-redacted-by-rickt@monstercable.com> Subject: FW: Monster Customer Support Email: rick tait Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:29:31 -0700
Rick, Thank you...
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testing
i am testing the “tumblr answers” commenting thing. i wonder if it will work?
listen to (and watch) snoop-dogg DJ live from his... →
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my letter to monster cable marketing/p.r.
Dear Monster Cable:
I just wanted to say that I have just read yet another story on consumerist.com about how you (Monster Cable) are suing yet another company that happens to have “Monster” in its operating name. If Monster Transmission was a company in the same industry as Monster Cable, I could see where this would be appropriate. But seriously, a small automotive store posing a...
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americans don't know bacon, PROOF
i offer two photos for your delectation and delight, as simple proof that we Brits figured out the whole bacon thing WAY before you Americans, and yet you STILL haven’t caught up, even after all these years:
POSIT: UK Bacon (aka Irish Bacon) offers a far superior bacon-y experience than American bacon.
AMERICAN BACON: thin, strip-y, hardly any meat. it’s like WHATS THE POINT???
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