Archive: July 2007
Today's run -July 2, 2007 - July 2, 2007 11:32 AM
Some of those hills in the front of the neighborhood (which of course don't show up on the map above) are brutal....
- ⇒ Let there be web divisions (link from Jul 4, 2007)
From law firms to libraries, from universities to Fortune 500 companies, the organization’s website almost invariably falls under the domain of the IT Department or the Marketing Department, leading to turf wars and other predictable consequences. While many good (and highly capable) people work in IT and marketing, neither area is ideally suited to craft usable websites or to encourage the blossoming of vital web communities.
Finally, a Wii for me. - July 5, 2007 10:51 AM
After five days of intense searching, I found my Wii at EB Games in Frankfort on Tuesday. Anyone have any recommendations? My Wii number is 2297 4398 9457 6839; send me yours if you'd like to be my friend....
Fun with TSA on the way to Botcon - July 5, 2007 3:51 PM
What kind of person leaves his ID at home when he leaves for a flight? Because I'm now one of those people. Apparently during my wallet shuffle the night before my flight, my drivers license escaped and hid. All's well...
- ⇒ Cracked - The 7 Most Useless Transformers Ever (link from Jul 6, 2007)
You stop liking/fearing/respecting Soundwave, however, when you realize that he uses all of his robot powers for the sole purpose of spying on his fellow Decepticons to detect mutiny. Seriously, he quietly hangs around his evil pals, waits for them to take issue with one of Megatron's orders and then records the shit out of it.
Thanks Rob!
Wee bairn number two - July 6, 2007 2:03 PM
Looks like wee bairn number two is right on schedule. So much awesomeness in my family....
- ⇒ Will it Blend? Transformers (link from Jul 10, 2007)
My favorite little viral marketing campaign takes on my favorite hobby. Who will win? Will it blend? Take a guess, then watch the video.
- ⇒ TF Energon Shockwave custom by Jin Saotome (link from Jul 12, 2007)
This custom figure, made from a TF Energon Shockblast, is just beautiful. If I keep seeing more Shockwave customs like this, I'm going to have to get my paints back out and try my hand at it. Also check out Jin's TF Movie repaints: Bonecrusher, Brawl and Wreckage.
- ⇒ OSC's review of The Order of the Phoenix (link from Jul 13, 2007)
I think I agree with every point in this review. I don't feel as strongly about the first two films as Card, but I definitely think that each film is better than the last.
Our Hallowe'en costumes for next year - July 13, 2007 1:40 PM
Can you imagine it? It's Hallowe'en night; you've been giving out candy to teenagers who are too old to be trick-or-treating for hours. You're about to turn out your porch light, but the doorbell rings one last time. Who can...
- ⇒ Microman demonstrates Tai Chi Chaun forms (link from Jul 15, 2007)
I'm taking a Tai Chi Chaun class, and Microman is helping me remember my forms. I've got the first seven positions on in the photoset, with more to come
- ⇒ Who Is Snape? - Orson Scott Card (link from Jul 19, 2007)
Card's take on Snape in the context of his use through the first six books of Harry Potter.
On Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - July 23, 2007 6:48 PM
I stood in line at Wal-Mart in McDonough, GA on Friday night to get my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (we were in GA visiting my in-laws). It took forever, because they evidently decided that we couldn't...
- ⇒ Dashalytics (link from Jul 24, 2007)
A Mac dashboard app for getting at-a-glance info from Google Analytics.
- ⇒ youparklikeanasshole.com (link from Jul 24, 2007)
Providing notices for when a note scrawled on the back of a receipt just won't do. Via DF.
- ⇒ A pilot on airline security (link from Jul 24, 2007)
Dave Mackett, President of the Airline Pilots Security Alliance writes a compelling argument for the dangers of paying for the illusion of safety rather than paying for the more difficult task of actually making airline travel safer.
What needs to happen across all segments of airline security is a philosophical change from trying to prevent an attack (which doesn’t work in a system this size) to defending against one (which does — a la Flight 93).
Almost six years after 9/11, it is inexcusable that — in an environment where TSA misses more than 90% of weapons, RON aircraft are not secured, and ground employees are not screened — fewer than 2% of our airliners have a team of armed pilots aboard, fewer than 5% have air marshals, and the flight attendants have no mandatory tactical or behavioral assessment training. $24 billion dollars later, we are not materially safer, except in the areas of intelligence that prevent an attack from getting to an airport. Once at the airport, there is little reason to believe the attack won’t succeed.
- ⇒ Finished ‘Potter’? Rowling tells what happens next (link from Jul 26, 2007)
J. K. Rowling tells a group of fans everything about Harry, Ron, Hermione, Luna, Neville, Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic that just wouldn't fit into the epilogue of Book 7. Fun, and it pretty much matches what I had imagined.
Talking 'bout my generation - July 26, 2007 11:39 PM
Tonight, after our last workout at my Tai Chi class, our instructor led us through some relaxation routines. But when he said the words, "blank your mind", I had to laugh, because I observed that my generation (and I'm talking...
- ⇒ Iron Man footage from SDCC (link from Jul 30, 2007)
Oh dear god. I am looking forward to this movie far more than I was for Transformers.
- ⇒ Transformers Animated Bumblebee (link from Jul 30, 2007)
I think I might like this even more than the classics line.
- ⇒ SDCC exclusives up at HasbroToyShop.com (link from Jul 30, 2007)
HasbroToyShop seems to be doing a much better job this year of managing their SDCC exclusives on the website. Last year, it was a gigantic clusterflock; this year, the ordering process went smoothly. This links to a post I made on the Allspark message board with links to each exclusive.