What has to happen in ones brain to view this as a video of an animal, instead of a series of pictures, makes me think of Plato’s Theory of Forms. Is that obnoxious?

My neighbor made this over the last couple of weeks, pretty nifty. He said they were called weir dams.

Why does IE8 give me just two options with its annoying first time run, Microsoft Bob-ish dialog for setting up my browser? I can do some stupid config or choose to have it “Ask Me Later”. It runs fine without me doing the config. So how does never work for you, MS?

Newsletter #92: De-annoying IE8 and Solving a Drive Mapping Mystery

Minasi has tips for making this go away, maybe I’ll make a reg script and stick it in my Dropbox.

What the hell is a spudger, you ask? So did I.

I never did make it through that book… this makes me think I should.

But I think this comment on the story is a good summation of my thoughts:

“In the report [bcaa.com], the Civic hybrid didn’t quite break even during their arbitrary 5 year cutoff, but it was very close (-$290), and that was with no tax incentives. That car would have shown a positive return if they had even extended the time window to 6 years, or assume it was driven slightly more miles per year. (They also placed the value of a 37% reduction in CO2 emissions at $0.) So, the case for the Civic is very easy to build.

In fact, the case for all the hybrids near the top (Civic, Prius, Insight) is very close, and several assumptions in the study are fairly arbitrary. It seems clear we are within a year or two of a new headline, “non-hybrids fail to provide savings.” At that moment will everybody not driving a hybrid be accused of wasting money just to project an image of wanton wastefulness and pollution? I find the argument rather silly. People spend $1500 on leather upholstery and another $1200 on a fancy stereo system, and nobody complains. But spend an extra $290 to avoid emitting thousands of pounds of CO2, and suddenly you’re some kind of leftist rebel.”

Arsenio Hall tweets. OK. To Daniel Tosh. Hmph. About Lebron James. Huh?

No dolphins involved, but it is wicked cool.

I am now a homeowner, which means I get to look into topics like this. Which is kind of awesome, but not at all cool.

St. Vincent - These Days (DUMBO Session) 

OK, overkill, but this one is a dark horse for my favorite solo version (harmonies of the the titular refrain is prolly my favorite aspect). And don’t think I didn’t leave some out — Elliot Smith, Glen Campbell, couldn’t find the 10,000 Maniacs version (which was on a compilation I owned, so was likely where I heard it first).

Gregg Allman and Graham Nash . These Days . 1990

Definitive?

Jackson Browne - These Days