October 2010
24 posts
God hates figs - Boing Boing →
What if iChat was one window? →
Whenever I’m using my Mac, iChat is open and visible. The amount of screen real estate it occupies is important. Each additional window adds clutter to my workspace.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Homophobia Is Itself an... →
As an orthodox Rabbi who reveres the Bible I do not deny the Biblical prohibition on male same-sex relationships. Rather, I simply place it in context. There are 613 commandments in the Torah. One is to refrain from gay sex. Another is for men and women to marry and have children. So when Jewish gay couples come to me for counselling and tell me they have never been attracted to members of the...
Student Hides Rick Astley's Song In College Paper →
So much win.
The Plum Line - Should Juan Williams have been... →
Everyone at some point succumbs to their prejudices — if reasonable people couldn’t possess them then prejudice wouldn’t be a problem. Had Williams phrased his statement differently, or made it under different circumstances, the conversation might have been constructive. The problem is that it’s clear from the context that Williams wasn’t merely confessing his own...
iPhones for Toddlers - NYTimes.com →
Interesting. I don’t think kids need their own iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, nor should it be a replacement for parenting, but one of the pictures showed an iPad being used as an in-car video player. Like those car DVD players but more portable and not clunky.
Of course, you may not be willing to let a child touch a $500 device…
The new MacBook Air
marco:
The new MacBook Air was released today, and it’s a hell of an upgrade. It got much better and it’s at an extremely compelling price.
It’s a great computer, but it’s not for everyone. It’s like a two-seater car. Read on if you think it might be for you.
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Joe Solmonese Needs A Map
”I was talking … this morning about going out to Kansas to Sprint [with which HRC works on LGBT corporate equality issues]. … When you drive an hour west of Kansas City, and you’re out there, and you’re at Sprint, it is an island. It is an island in a place where it’s really tough to be an LGBT person.”
Sprint isn’t an hour west of Kansas City. (It’s maybe an hour south of the...
Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex « OkTrends →
Interesting.
ForkBombr — How to Setup Gmail Over IMAP to Play... →
Very very handy.
“Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little...”
– Sam Seaborn (Yes this is a West Wing quote, but it is truer now than ever)
linguine with tomato-almond pesto | smitten... →
Oh yummy. Must try!
