• Is there a number I can text in order to make Paula Abdul STFU? Cuz there really needs to be. 12:24 am

• Hugh Laurie is incredibly well-lit. His every appearance onscreen is like a fucking Rembrandt. 11:39 pm

• Corona and Tagalongs go together surprisingly well. Life is good. 6:37 pm

• Diving into Torchwood. Why the fuck can’t America have good TV? Can we secede from the flyover states in the name of culture? 6:34 pm

• News Corp or Microsoft? Sweet christ. It’s like choosing between Evil 1.0 and Evil 1.5. Invest in lube, yahoos, cuz yer fucked. 1:30 am

• FlipSide BlackBerry MP3 Player: Blackberry killed the ipod star: I haven’t turned on my nano in a fortnight. Still need my scrobble action though, and Blackberry doesn’t do that out of the box (also, controls for default media player are maddeningly stupid). Test driving Flipside.fm as
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• Time from order placed to receipt of merchandise: 13 days. Shipping charge applied for 0.5 oz item: $7.50. originalkeyless.com = asshats. 12:15 am

• No Spore love for the 360, and my week-old router stopped responding to pings. Today was not a good one. 8:28 pm
• Watching American Gladiators for the first time. Being appalled. Also, somehow unable to turn the channel. 6:33 pm
• Watching Sarah Connor Chronicles. Wishing it sucked a little bit less. 4:03 pm

• Yes We Can: Holy shit, this made me cry. I’m not so sad that Kucinich dropped out anymore, if we at least still have a candidate who can restore dignity and rhetorical skill to the office.
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• HOWTO: Multimedia keys - Ubuntu Forums: The definitive resource.
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• Techdirt: The Library Of Congress Goes 2.0: This marks the first time in about seven years that my tax dollars have been spent on something I actually think they should be: "The Library of Congress [..] has teamed up with Flickr to put public domain images online for everyone to see and comment on.
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I just made up a recipe from scratch, and it didn’t turn out to be an abominable mess. In fact, it turned out to be quite tasty. This must be documented for future generations.

Cook Half a pound of pasta in well seasoned water, drain & set aside.

Cook 2 Tbs minced garlic and one finely chopped chipotle pepper in about 3/4 cup good light oil, over medium heat, just until it is fragrant

add diced, precooked chicken (canned is fine) and give a couple minutes to warm through

stir 1 tsp corn starch in 1/2 cup hot water, add 2 Tbs soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Reduce heat and add corn starch mixture to pan, stir until sauce thickens.

Add pasta and a handful of rough chopped cilantro, toss. Squeeze the juice of half a lime over the top and serve.

• met a canary: jrhyley: having a big love-on for metacanary. Worried that the sheer level of meta might consume me.
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• Google Chart API - Google Code: Holy shit that’s nifty.
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• Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less: I really want to go to the grocery store *right now* and start marking some of these off. [via joshua schachter, of all people]
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• How Many HTML Elements Can You Name in 5 Minutes?: 38. Wow. I am out of practice.
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• Henry Rollins is smart and pissed off: which statement is redundant, these days. "To question authority is somehow unpatriotic, […] un-American? Fuck you!"
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