Archive for April, 2006

Attack of the Killer Comment Spam

I’ve been getting too much comment spam (I just checked and had over 50 new comments about horse betting and male sex toys), so I’m going to moderate comments for a while and see how things go. It’s too bad, really.

Gilbert Gottfried Voted Unsexiest Man Alive

Okay, we’ve already established that I’m easily amused. But I think this is so funny:
“I’m just so proud I beat out Osama bin Laden. He’s a terrorist who hasn’t bathed in a few years and I’ve still beaten him. I say: In your face, al Qaeda! If he would have won unsexiest, the terrorists would […]

Avalon + Indigo = Magic

At PDC 2005, Chris Sells and Doug Purdy gave a talk entitled “Avalon + Indigo = Magic”, in which they built a smart client app using Avalon and Indigo and showed off some of the fun integration points between the two. They also had a bit of a comedy act going on, as was only […]

Shawn the Consultant

My little brother just got offered a big shot consulting job! Not bad for someone who had no idea what he wanted to do with his life in February.
Congrats, bro!

Ketubah

When Kenny and I were in New York a few weeks ago, he had some free time while I was in a work meeting, so he went down to the Lower East Side to check out ketubot. A ketubah is a Jewish marriage contract. A traditional ketubah spells out the rights of the bride, including […]