Special Interest Group on CRAP

DAMN that is a big bike. Seen at Google (more information at www.unwheeldy.com

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Disclaimer: this is unrelated to my own child (I think) I recently came across the following cartoon, which is a joke that is so obscure that few people will get it (you need to know what sql injection attacks are). Still, if Frank Zappa could name his daughter “Moon Unit” (sister of Dweezil), and David [...]

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My wife handed me a newspaper article saying how to opt out from direct marketing lists, and how to opt out from preapproved credit offers. These have single-handedly created a market for personal shredders, and I’m tired of filling up landfills. When I went to the web site of the Direct Marketing Association*, they lead [...]

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There is a crying need for a button on most consumer electronics these days. I call it the “FUCK YOU” button. I’ll offer a few examples: You put a DVD into your DVD player, but none of the buttons on the remote will function until you finish watching the promotions, the FBI copyright warning, and [...]

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If you are a geek, you know about the SQL query language, which is pronounced “sequel”. Facebook just released a new query language with the acronym FQL. I suspect that this will come to be known as “fecal”.

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A recent posting by Bruce Schneier about some beautiful Japanese manhole covers reminded me of something that occurred a few weeks ago. While taking a walk around the Google complex I noticed an unusual manhole cover. As my colleague and I continued walking I realized that this offers an entirely new form of advertising opportunity, [...]

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At work the other day, one of the cafes had a theme that exploited the homophones of peas and peace. In particular the menu had a peace sign on it, and they had dishes that used peas in them. One of the dishes was “Visualize Whirled Peas”. Not only do the chefs at Google cook [...]

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I’ve recently been reading a lot of economics in order to understand what the big problems are in the field. I could have saved myself a lot of work by watching this.

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I swear I’ve sat through presentations like this. The graphs looks suspiciously like a power law distribution, which makes it more realistic. Be sure to watch it to the end… If you’re interested there is also the chicken chicken paper.

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