A great slashdot thread, about Blogs qualifying for an exemption from campaign finance laws.

Just which one of the approximately 69,300 is your new overlord? Glad you asked.
I, for one, welcome our new * overlords.
see also Language Log here or here.

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Hippo Birdie, Two Ewe
Hippo Birdie, Two Ewe
Hippo Birdie, Hippo Birdie
Hippo Birdie, Two Ewe
And Many Moo.

HB, Misatokatsuragi and Sean!

Oh my gosh, I knew the original was better, but I'd forgotten just how much better.

Check out this anti-MMORPG ad for Dungeons and Dragons!

This is the creepiest shit I've seen in a while. I only got half way through page one before the alternating bouts of laughing out loud and cringing made me come here and torment y'all instead.

In other news, this is inspired. And that comes from someone who's flown a fair bit in the last year, and loves reading the Sky Mall catalogues ( Read more... )

I just wanted to thank Kyburg for her hospitality during my trip to LA. :-)

Well, today's keynote filled in the missing pieces, with three new graphics design tools targeted specifically at the development arena. These appear to differ from tools like Photoshop greatly when it comes to support for the code projects we developers create ( Read more... )

Well, today was the big Bill Gates keynote speach. Frankly, I found Bill to be an engaging and interesting speaker, dispite the critism of some people. Of course, Mr. Thurrot is correct, Bill's slice was more marketing than development. But I'm always a sucker for entertaining, and Jim Alchin's slice was far less entertaining (if far more ( Read more... )