No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Good to see a really good TV show that didn’t make it on the small screen is getting the big-screen treatment.
Firefly: Serenity, spring ‘05.
Glad I kept my TV promo swag from the launch of the show.

A great piece from Fray.com.
Allow me to set the scene.
I am twelve years old and in my bedroom. My dad has just opened the door. What he sees is me with a knife in my hand and blood coming out of my leg. In the air, falling all around me, are bits and pieces [...]

Publishing a new essay on another blog of mine, 1500 Words, Due by Monday, I noticed that the Google Ads were keying on the keywords of a previous satirical essay.
Explains why my essay on radio research contains a column full of ads for goat’s milk.
Drink up! At least until Google gives me some new ads! [...]

You may not have heard about this, but Userland Software founder Dave Winer has reaped the whirlwind in the past few days for deciding to stop hosting a bunch of weblogs for free. Here’s a link to some of the press he got.
Dave Winer, for all intents and purposes, gave us the first good tools [...]

Okay…Checking out Scripting News tonight and Dave Winer’s having trouble watching American Splendor on his Thinkpad. Great movie. Great job in the Harvey Pekar role by Paul Giamatti. Love the film.
Here’s the strange part. Rewind a few months. I’m back in Chicago having just emptied our house, getting ready to close on the sale. Movers [...]

Yea, yea, I know they’re all on my sidebar (or should be…let me check that out), but just for the record, a list of what I look at first thing in the morning…
BoingBoing - the best weblog in the world
Gizmodo - gadgets galore
Engadget - ditto
Scripting News - No, I’m not really that engaged in the [...]

On the eve of Father’s Day, some great advice.
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