Kate Update
Kate was discharged from the hospital on Friday afternoon, much to the relief of my wife, Will and myself. She’s doing very well — she has gained back all most all of the weight she lost while sick according to…
Doug
Husband & father with youngins; Presbyterian; Will devops for boardgames; Dadjoke Enthusiast; Longtime WordPress user; The failure mode of “clever” is...
Movie Goodness All Around
Batman: The Dark Knight is looking incredible and I cannot wait ’til “Summer 2008”: I wasn’t so sure about Heath Ledger as The Joker — I’ve always loved Jack Nicholson’s portrayal in the first Burton Batman. However, the above trailer…
A Prayer Request
My little girl is in the hospital with a lower respiratory infection (RSV, apparently) on oxygen and occasional steroids. Momma is with her, since we’re breastfeeding, and will be for the duration, which the doctors peg at between 5-7 days.…
IMH(M)O: In My Humble (Musical) Opinion
Three Christmas songs whose entire physical record, including master recordings, lyric sheets, cover versions, hard drives containing MP3 versions, etc. should be placed inside a Titan IV and fired into the Sun to prevent them from ever being played again:…
There’s Just No Accounting For Crazy. Or Masochistic. Or Masochistic-Crazy.
As I wended my way home last night, I was listening to this “week’s” FLOSS Weekly and just about had to pull my car to the side of the road, due to my sheer astonishment. Leo and Randal had a…
New T-Shirt Designs
I’ve dropped the hammer on a couple of new t-shirt designs, available immediately over at gear.literalbarrage.org. The idea for the shirt (“Don’t Tickle Me, Bro!”) sprang forth from a lunchtime conversation last week and I’m pretty psyched with how they…
Blogs In Plain English
Donncha posted a link to a very interesting video the other day. If you’ve been searching for a way to explain your blogging addiction to Dear Old Mum & Dad, “Blogs in Plain English” might be just the thing you…
Please Do Not Taunt The Techno Viking
Them Old Folks Take Their Wii Bowling Seriously
The geriatric set has really taken to the Wii, apparently, and this mini-documentary goes to show the lengths to which they’re going in order to squeeze every last cent of value out of their (highly-desirable, easily eBay-able) Wiis: Heh. Source:…
Safari AdBlock: ‘Bout Time
Firefox users have had access to AdBlock Plus for ages, allowing them to cruise the Web virtually ad-free. Well, no longer do they have a monopoly on the goodness, for Safari AdBlock (Safari 3/Leopard-only) has been released. It’s an easy…
