“Dayification Of Yooth”

Craig Ferguson on why everything sucks:

Spot-on.

Posted by Doug on June 14th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Humor, Videos

CLANG: A Worthy Kickstarter From Neal Stephenson

Respect Stephenson: the man’s a true geeks’ geek. (I agree with @gruber: you must watch the video for the full effect.)

Might this be the first Kickstarter that I end up contributing to?

Posted by Doug on June 9th, 2012 | 1 Comment Posted in Outright Geekage, Video Games

Sweep The Sleaze

I came across this article over on iA (via @gruber, I think), and was really struck by its thesis, namely:

Promising to make you look wired and magically promote your content in social networks, the Like, Retweet, and +1 buttons occupy a good spot on pretty much every page of the World Wide Web. Because of this, almost every major site and world brand is providing free advertising for Twitter and Facebook. But do these buttons work? It’s hard to say. What we know for sure is that these magic buttons promote their own brands — and that they tend to make you look a little desperate. Not too desperate, just a little bit.

Be sure to read the article in-full.

I was struck by the article and so have swept the sleaze from Literal Barrage. No more Share This/Stumble This/Tweet This/+1 This boxes at the bottom of my posts. Hopefully this helps reduce the clutter and makes reading content here just a bit more enjoyable.

Let me know if you agree.

Posted by Doug on June 8th, 2012 | 1 Comment Posted in Blogging

Wreck-It Ralph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHDQHVkYq4g

This looks like it’ll be a hoot. I really like what the post-Pixar-merger Disney is coming out with these days.

“Zombie… BAD GUY!” “Hi, Zombie!”

I imagine Wreck-It Ralph apps for iOS and Android will be releasing soon…

Posted by Doug on June 8th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Movies

College Lacrosse 2012 — Crud, Now I’ve Got To Get An Xbox

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Well, that seals it — College Lacrosse 2012, an Xbox Live Indie Games release means that I’ll have to get an Xbox.

Anyone have one they want to give me?

Posted by Doug on June 2nd, 2012 | 2 Comments Posted in Microsoft, Sports, Video Games

Introducing: Gwendydd Rebecca

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Gwendydd (Welsh for “morning star”/”Venus” aka “beauty”) came into this world at 12:23pm yesterday, May 27th, weighing in at 9lbs 7oz and measuring 22″ in length. Both baby and momma are feeling great and Gwen’s older siblings are all taken with her.

(In an odd coincidence, this means that she shares her birthday with WordPress.)

Continue reading ‘Introducing: Gwendydd Rebecca’

Posted by Doug on May 28th, 2012 | 2 Comments Posted in Family, Parenting
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