Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 hands-on

http://www.tuxradar.com/content/ubuntu-netbook-remix-904-hands

I installed UNR on my netbook and I'm really pleased with it.

There Is No Such Thing as Nuclear Waste

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123690627522614525.html

This is interesting.

Amazing Superpowers 4/30/09

http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/ComicArchive/168-1.htm

Whatever works.

Stop motion with wolf and pig.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmkLlVzUBn4

I keep seeing references to this video, so I guess I have to post it.  I watched it and it's pretty good.

TwitPic - Denton Police

http://twitpic.com/photos/DentonPolice

I keep looking for people I know.

Learning How to Count (Avoiding The Fencepost Problem)

http://betterexplained.com/articles/learning-how-to-count-avoiding-the-fencepost-problem/

Rocket Record: The Largest, Heaviest Amateur Rocket Ever Launched

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/workshop/4315103.html?page=1

What The Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Brouhaha Teaches Us About Financial Regulation

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-the-bank-of-america-merrill-lynch-brouhaha-teaches-us-about-financial-regulation-2009-4

Kevin Smith explains what happened to his Superman movie

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/27/kevin-smith-explains.html

This sounds eerily like a few software projects I've been on.

Here's Where Swine Flu Came From

http://imgur.com/27K39.jpg

Look At This Fucking Hipster

http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com/

I keep looking for my step-kids, nieces, nephews, and cousins on here. I am definitely in the "old" camp now.

The Management Myth

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200606/stewart-business

A Leg Up

http://www.veryshortlist.com/science/daily.cfm/review/1170/Gadget/honda-robot-legs/

I know a couple of people who could use this.

Castrol EDGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqld7wqmlFs&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj5ms9PJDNY

The "Grease Monkeys" is obvious.  "Thinking with your dipstick, Jimmy" is slightly less obvious.

Swine Flu on Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950&ll=32.639375,-110.390625&spn=15.738151,25.488281&z=5

I think I'll ride northwest of town this week.

BASE Fatality List

http://www.splatula.com/bfl/

This isn't a list you want to be on.

4 Things to Consider Before You Try to Join the Amish

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/25/4-things-to-consider.html

5. Floyd Landis is/was mennonite.

Drug-Sub Culture

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/magazine/26drugs-t.html?_r=1

I wish I had one of these.  I'm not sure what I'd do with it, but it's really cool.

Global Warming Delusions

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119258265537661384.html

Graffiti Archaeology

http://www.otherthings.com/grafarc/flash/view.htm

This is really cool.

Fantastic Scrabble commercials

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/24/fantastic-scrabble-c.html

I enjoyed the commercial more than I enjoy the game.

Send In The Clowns

http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/1174/Web_video/philips-carousel-adam-berg/?vp

I'm glad I'm not in the middle of this one.

Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack: twisted comedy that makes you laugh and look away

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/24/perry-bible-fellowsh-1.html

I really like PBF.  I keep hoping there will be new strips sometime.

A Sight One Cannot Unsee

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U.S. Is Said to Prepare Filing for Chrysler Bankruptcy

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/business/24chrysler.html?_r=4&hp

When big trees fall, it's best if you're not standing in their way.

Why Housing Is Not Coming Back

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-housing-is-not-coming-back-2009-4

Sorry.

The Butt Race, a 1965 stop-motion movie

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/22/the-butt-race-a-1965.html

I wish I had this idea in 1965... Unfortunately, I wasn't born yet.

Time for a barium smoothie - Yum!

http://www.economysizegeek.com/2009/04/22/time-for-a-barium-smoothie-yum/

I hope I don't need one of these any time soon.

What, What In the Butt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU&feature=PlayList&p=980FB20D1A3BBAA9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=8
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/165193

I like the Butters version better.

RIP Kurt

This seems to be a common theme lately:

http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/ComicArchive/155.htm
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/4/22/maybe-too-soon/

4/22/09 Explosm

http://www.explosm.net/comics/1632/

This is something I would say.

The Enicycle: A Self Balancing Electric UniCycle

http://hacknmod.com/hack/enicycle-a-self-balancing-motoized-unicycle/

This I would buy, for the right price.

Fuck the [Font] Foundries

http://diveintomark.org/archives/2009/04/21/fuck-the-foundries

No shit, fuck 'em!

Your Eyes Suck At Blue

http://nfg.2y.net/games/ntsc/visual.shtm

Mine certainly do.

This Is Broken

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/04/this-is-broken.html

It certainly is.

The Great Brazilian Sat-Hack Crackdown

http://www.wired.com/print/politics/security/news/2009/04/fleetcom

Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism

http://lesswrong.com/lw/c1/wellkept_gardens_die_by_pacifism/

Lately it was Digg, then Reddit, then...

Photo Manipulations by Erik Johansson

http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/03/13/photo-manipulations-by-erik-johansson/

I don't have any interest in being a photographer, but it would be cool to be able to make pictures like these.

Why I Fired My Broker

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200905/goldberg-economy

I am so stupid when it comes to investing that it's scary.  I have not the time, inclination, or mental skills necessary to be good at it.  I have known this as long as I can remember, and I always will know this.  You are stupid too, I promise.  Do you know it?

The painful truth about trainers: Are running shoes a waste of money?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1170253/The-painful-truth-trainers-Are-expensive-running-shoes-waste-money.html

I think the best advice is to not run.  Bicycles are where it's at.

What if our tech is good enough?

http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/what-if-our-tech-is-good-enough--589169?src=rss&attr=all

This why I have two 9 year old bicycles, a 10 year old car, a 13 year old truck, an 8 year old tv, and computers with last-generation components.  They all do everything I need them to do.  Believe me, I'm always looking for excuses to upgrade, but it's rare that I can actually justify it.

The Way It Is

http://www.pbandjelly.org/2009/04/the-way-it-is/

Ken Block Gymkhana Practice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms

Tools Explained by a Do-It-Yourselfer

http://www.dinosaursandrobots.com/2009/04/tools-explained-by-do-it-yourselfer.html

What Would Jesus NOT Do?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOfjkl-3SNE

Engadget endorses Monster Cable? Uh, hell no.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/17/engadget-endorses-monster-cable-uh-hell-no/

How To Nail An Interview (22 Tips)

http://www.howtonailaninterview.com/

Santa Monica BMW's Checkmate

http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1675-santa-monica-bmws-checkmate

Teenage Virgins II

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/teenage-virgins-ii/

Schuster: If You're Planning Tea Bagging Across The Country, 'You're Going To Need A Dick Armey'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-OWDjOQfI&feature=player_embedded

Killer Spoons 149

http://www.killerspoons.com/spoon149.html

Lessons in Survival

http://www.newsweek.com/id/184156/output/print

Caring for your Introvert

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauch

Harvard: the Inside Story of Its Finance Meltdown

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0316/080_harvard_finance_meltdown.html

Total Recall: The Woman Who Can't Forget

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-04/ff_perfectmemory?currentPage=1

Tweenbots

http://www.tweenbots.com/

I hate David Dellifield. The one from Ada, Ohio.

http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/04/13/i-hate-david-dellifield-the-one-from-ada-ohio/

the "blog" of "unneccesary" quotation marks

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

How Ford Avoided the Meltdown that Hit GM, Chrysler

http://www.cnbc.com/id/30134908

Parrot asks, "What'd the frozen turkey want?"

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/04/parrot_says_what_did_the_froze.html

Johann Hari: How to spot a lame, lame argument

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-how-to-spot-a-lame-lame-argument-1667373.html

Have you ever legalized marijuana?

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2009/04/have-you-ever-legalized-marijuana.html

That's Where He Went

http://www.economysizegeek.com/2009/04/09/thats-where-he-went/

Social Networking Identity Theft Scams

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/04/social_networki.html

How Can Mortgage Securities Be Worth So Little When Houses Aren't Going To Zero?

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-can-mortgage-securities-be-worth-so-little-when-houses-arent-going-to-zero-2009-4

Square Butts Burger King Music Video with SpongeBob Square Pants

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5X4TSbGreA

4/8/09 Achewood

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=04082009

The Coffee Mug

http://www.geekherocomic.com/2009/04/08/the-coffee-mug/

4/7/09 SMBC

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1479

What to Fear

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/04/what_to_fear.html

The Dark Side of Dubai

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html

Why Newspaper and Music Comparisons are No Longer Relevant

http://blogmaverick.com/2009/04/07/why-newspaper-and-music-comparisons-are-no-longer-relevant-why-the-ap-is-right/

On Becoming Proactive

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/04/on-becoming-proactive.html

KILJ MOM

http://greglange.blogspot.com/2009/04/kilj-mom.html

Gronstal blocks amendment to reverse Iowa marriage equality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2s2R5qKhbo

Identifying People using Anonymous Social Networking Data

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/04/identifying_peo.html

4/6/09 Amazing Superpowers

http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/ComicArchive/161.htm

The War Nerd: This Is How the Carriers Will Die

http://exiledonline.com/the-war-nerd-this-is-how-the-carriers-will-die/

The Banker Who Said No

http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/03/banking-andy-beal-business-wall-street-beal.html

Poisoning the well

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/04/poisoning-the-well.html

Behind The Scenes At NetFlix

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/08/23/netflix/

The real cause of the financial crisis

http://semyondukach.blogspot.com/2009/01/real-cause-of-financial-crisis.html

Obama Depressed, Distant Since 'Battlestar Galactica' Series Finale

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/obama_depressed_distant_since

9 patients made nearly 2,700 ER visits in Texas

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_us/frequent_er_patients_5

Pixar vs. Dreamworks

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3398960470_05527c04b1_b.jpg

Gall's Law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%27s_law

Museum of Bad Art

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_Of_Bad_Art

Lack of Motive

http://www.ubersoft.net/comic/hd/2009/04/lack-motive

Pregnancy Question Fail

http://failblog.org/2009/04/01/pregnancy-question-fail/

FedEx Funeral

http://greglange.blogspot.com/2009/03/fedex-funeral.html