The Liberal Baby Bust

Not that I'm terribly fond of USAToday, but the article is okay. And I think the underlying point is interesting and entirely valid.

Product placement advertising makes its way into US news programmes (via the Guardian)

Several TV outlets have begun to sell [McDonald's] the right to place cups of its iced coffee onto the desks of news anchors as they present morning current affairs shows ( Read more... )

So I'm trying out this software, iVolume. It purports to analyze your iTunes library, and adjust songs so that they all play at, more or less, the same perceived volume. iTunes has some ability to do this built in, but to be honest, it kind of sucks ( Read more... )

"I keep hearing that you've changed. I think weather changes. We just keep making the same mistakes." - John Crichton, Green Eyed Monster, Farscape

We recently got a lot of Malhavoc artwork framed and hung up. A friend was looking at it and said she could tell that it was from our books because the women were sensibly dressed.
- Monte Cook ( source)

(2:15:09 PM) Andy: did you update the code and script today?
(2:15:23 PM) Jonathan: yes
[…]
(2:28:15 PM) Andy: you can debug the following function SingleGroupFinancialOptionXml2HtmlGenerate, which will basically generate the display of FOs on that page. Or if you don't want to, you can just delete that module from you local and check it out from ( Read more... )

WA-08: Helping Darcy recover (via Daily Kos)

I don't normally post things like this, but I think it's worth it in this case.

Blizzard's Perfect Storm - via Forbes.com

Blizzard is something of an anomaly in the industry: It's one of the few development houses that make hardcore games that appeal to casual gamers. The company polishes its titles obsessively, ensuring every detail meets its exacting standards. If not happy with the progress, Blizzard executives will cancel ( Read more... )

It's been a rough week so far.

( work is slowly killing me... )

French AIDS Prevention Ads

I would compare this pro-sex ad to some of the anti-sex ads our government funds but it's just too depressing.