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Archives for January 2004
For Those Who Think like Idiots
The following is a description of an iTunes/Pepsi commercial that will air during the Super Bowl:
Set in 1953, a young Jimi Hendrix seeks refreshment and must choose between a Pepsi and Coke machine. After buying a Pepsi and taking a drink, Hendrix has a revelation and a music legend is born.
I’m glad to see that Pepsi is doing their part to suck the remaining lifeblood out of Rock ‘n’ Roll. And shame on the Hendrix estate for allowing this to happen in the first place.
Make Tasty Sno-Cones at Home with Snoopy and Friends!
When I was a little kid my favorite toy was my Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine.
I was feeling a little bummed out this evening so Erin and I pulled it out of the closet. The sno-cones it makes are actually much fluffier than the compacted-ice variety produced by the industrial carnival machines. Highly recommended.
Did you have a favorite toy?
Virginia Postrel [plugged][1] [Speechcodes.org][2] today. It’s a recent project we developed for the [Foundation for Individual Rights in Education][3]. It’s definitely worth checking out. [1]: http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/000819.html [2]: http://www.speechcodes.org [3]: http://www.thefire.org
You’re Evil
Yesterday I met up with some friends at J. Paul’s in Georgetown for dinner. While I was waiting outside I noticed a yellow Mini Cooper emblazoned with countless black question marks parked across the street. My first inclination was to wonder why the Riddler had left Gotham to visit our fair city.
It was cold outside, so I decided to wait by the bar.
Then he walked in, wearing his trademark rainbow plastic glasses and oversized suit covered with question marks. I felt a chill throughout my spine. The Riddler I could have handled. This, however, was Matthew Lesko, my arch-nemesis. You’ve seen his commercials advocating the rape of the American taxpayer. He entices you to find out how you can “get free money from the government.” I decided to tell him, in no uncertain terms, what I thought of him.
Me: I know you. You’re Matthew Lesko. You’re evil.
Bastard Scam Artist: That’s what my first wife said.
Me: What you’re doing is terrible.
Bastard Scam Artist: Yeah, but I’ve made a ton of money doing it.
What should we do with Lesko after the revolution comes? Any good ideas?
PJ’s First Law
Whenever an anarcho-capitalist engages in any kind of debate on gun ownership, it is absolutely inevitable that he will eventually find himself backed into a corner defending private ownership of nuclear weapons (to the complete disbelief of those around him).
Remarks from a Cafe in Roswell
This exchange between our spendthrift President and several members of the press pool is the funniest thing I’ve read all day:
Stretch, thank you, this is not a press conference. This is my chance to help this lady put some money in her pocket. Let me explain how the economy works. When you spend money to buy food it helps this lady’s business. It makes it more likely somebody is going to find work. So instead of asking questions, answer mine: are you going to buy some food?
Don’t Pop Your Cork Over It
Design Within Reach recently sponsored a contest where they challenged designers to “fabricate a chair using champagne cork materials from no more than two champagne bottles.”
Here are the finalists.
The Essence of Eno
I’m watching Leo Laporte interview on Brian Eno on TechTV right now. A particularly noteworthy exchange, regarding Eno’s authorship of the Windows 95 startup sound, really seems to capture the essence of Eno:
Laporte: Would you like that on your tombstone? Created the Windows startup sound?
Eno: I’d like the sound on my tombstone.
Then I Definitely Don’t Want It
Microsoft Office for the rest of my life?
What a terrifying thought.
Someone in marketing over at Apple deserves to get fired for this.
Swing Low…
I went through some old photos while I was in Chicago over Christmas. This was taken one month before my sixth birthday.
I was so damn cute. What the hell happened?
More Power
Over the holiday I came across an amazing deal on a couple of Hitachi Deskstar hard drives so I decided to upgrade my TiVo’s capacity.
Weaknees sells brilliantly engineered plastic brackets that allow you to mount two drives inside your TiVo. Their premium kits even include all the hardware and cabling you’ll need for the upgrade.
The process was pretty simple and my TiVo now has twice the original capacity. A few things you might want to bear in mind, should you attempt the upgrade yourself.
- Do not use BlessTiVo to format the new drive. Use MFSTool 2.0 instead.
- Use this wizard to get detailed upgrade instructions for your model.
- You do want to make a backup of the TiVo software. Trust me on this.
