bkerr + via:revgeorge 141
Word Warriors - Words that deserve wider use
january 2009 by bkerr
"Here’s our updated list of neglected but eminently useful words that we’d like to help bring back into fashion. Feel free to peruse them -- and use them."
word-falling
via:revgeorge
january 2009 by bkerr
OBATMA! | Weekly World News
december 2008 by bkerr
"At a shocking press conference this morning, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama announced that he has a half-man half-bat half-brother."
hold-me-batboy
batboy
obatma
via:revgeorge
december 2008 by bkerr
IMDB | Bill Bonds
june 2008 by bkerr
"Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) .... TV Newscaster"
detroit
tv
planet
of
the
apes
escape-from
via:revgeorge
june 2008 by bkerr
Wikipedia | You (disambiguation)
march 2008 by bkerr
revgeorge sez: "This page is not as helpful as I was hoping it would be, it offers no salve for existential crises."
wikipedia
you
via:revgeorge
march 2008 by bkerr
WDIV Detroit | Coffee Chain Changes Name Over Concerns It's An Ethnic Slur
september 2007 by bkerr
CEO sez: "That just doesn't really fall within our mission to have a name that is derogatory."
dumbass
rustbelt
chain
beaner's
coffee
via:revgeorge
september 2007 by bkerr
Animated Gifs from del.icio.us
june 2007 by bkerr
"This is a live stream of all animated gif images posted to del.icio.us." Feed + visualization = Michigan Theater microcinema?
del.icio.us
animation
aggregator
decoupage
decontext
cornell's-feed
via:negatendo
via:revgeorge
via:britta
june 2007 by bkerr
0xDECAFBAD | Damn kids! Get off my web!
may 2007 by bkerr
"But, really, it’s not addressed to you if there’s a buzz and you’re not groking it. That’s a clue that you’re probably missing something. Granted, people can be insane, but it really is more likely that you’re missing something."
web
hype
journalism
dirty-media
versus
youth-nowadays
via:deusx
via:revgeorge
may 2007 by bkerr
Harmony Remote Products > Logitech® Harmony® 880 Advanced Universal Remote
april 2007 by bkerr
George recommends this remote, he sez: "programmed on their web site, then you sync it to your remote via USB and their sync app."
logitech
remote
control
media
center
stateful
customization
control-towers
via:revgeorge
april 2007 by bkerr
Математические этюды : Этюды : Кошечка
march 2007 by bkerr
Google translates from Russian: "In modeling mechanism helpful to be able to take images of different mechanism. The convenient way to the job of clearing where information about his situation in the state and for its device would have been divided."
kittens
movies
computer
animation
via:revgeorge
march 2007 by bkerr
Cynical-C Blog | Anna Nicole Smith vs. Walter Reed
march 2007 by bkerr
"Both MSNBC and Fox News devoted more coverage to Anna Nicole Smith -- three weeks after her death on Feb. 8 -- than they did to the multiple developments involving the neglect and deplorable conditions at Walter Reed military hospital."
media
old-media
dirty-media
attention
news
via:revgeorge
march 2007 by bkerr
Gearlog | T-Mobile Disses Opera, Says "Get Less!"
february 2007 by bkerr
Regarding "T-Mobile's annoying policy of banning third-party applications from accessing the Internet on their phones. Like so many infringements on our liberties, this started stealthily with a few devices but now covers their entire product line."
phone
network
freedom0
wtf-mate
tmobile
via:revgeorge
february 2007 by bkerr
The Futurologician Congress
february 2007 by bkerr
Joshua has seen the future and it is tagtagging, friendzilla, and netdriving. Oldie but goodie.
lit
sf
language
wordie
fun
via:revgeorge
february 2007 by bkerr
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades: Joel Johnson Returns...to Spank Us All for Supporting Crap - Gizmodo
february 2007 by bkerr
"You guys just ate it up. Kept buying shitty phones and broken media devices green and dripping with DRM ... clogging up the pipe like retarded salmon ... completely ignoring the stories about technology actually making a difference to real human beings."
electronic
obsolescence
commerce
trend
rant-of-the-week
via:revgeorge
february 2007 by bkerr
iConcertCal
january 2007 by bkerr
"iConcertCal is a free iTunes plug-in that monitors your music library and generates a personalized calendar of upcoming concerts in your city."
itunes
live
music
via:revgeorge
january 2007 by bkerr
validcode | TextMate GetBundle Bundle
december 2006 by bkerr
Bundle for installing and updating bundles from the Textmate repository.
textmate
via:revgeorge
december 2006 by bkerr
Wired | "Church of the Nonbelievers" from the Wired Letters Department
december 2006 by bkerr
Wired got so much mail re: the New Atheists article that they published it all as a weblog. Thanks George, this is way cool.
magazine
weblogs
religion
feedback
via:revgeorge
december 2006 by bkerr
negatendo's Xbox 360 can blog
november 2006 by bkerr
Example of an Xbox 360 blog, thanks George. Go back to September 2006 for maximum interestiingness.
xbox
games
weblogs
spime
via:revgeorge
november 2006 by bkerr
Voter smashes touch-screen machine in Allentown : The Morning Call Online
november 2006 by bkerr
"A man who reportedly believed Republicans were conspiring to steal today's election entered an Allentown polling site, signed in and proceeded to smash the screen of one of the electronic voting machines with a metal cat paperweight."
politics
election
destruction
fun
via:revgeorge
november 2006 by bkerr
New York Times | In Online Mourning, Don’t Speak Ill of the Dead
november 2006 by bkerr
How online obituary industry deals with spamming and trolls.
death
web
obituary
via:revgeorge
november 2006 by bkerr
NPR : The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads
october 2006 by bkerr
The title says it all.
canine
drugs
via:revgeorge
october 2006 by bkerr
Mycintosh.com
october 2006 by bkerr
The question: how badly do I want/need a command-button hat?
apple
mac
foof
clothing
via:briancors
via:revgeorge
october 2006 by bkerr
Twitter / bkerr
october 2006 by bkerr
Trying out twitter for a bit, here are my recent updates. Twitter seems like an ideal input device for a lot of little tools I'm lashing together -- between SMS, web form, and the API there's certainly enough ways to feed junk into the service.
twitter
sms
network
via:revgeorge
october 2006 by bkerr
CyberJournalist.net | CBSNews.com headlines on Google Earth
october 2006 by bkerr
KML plots CBS headlines on your Google Earth.
google
earth
journalism
via:revgeorge
october 2006 by bkerr
ClickOnDetroit.com | DeVos Wants Schools To Teach Intelligent Design
september 2006 by bkerr
"Granholm Says Schools Need To Teach Theory Of Evolution" OK, so if we elect this guy, I entrust you, personally, to get me the living, flying astrofuck out of this rust belt Bible-flailin' dead-ender of a state.
michigan
governor
education
election
politics
religion
evolution
intelligent-design
scary-as-all-hell
via:revgeorge
september 2006 by bkerr
MacLibre | Open Source Software Distribution for Mac OS X
september 2006 by bkerr
OS X analogue to WinLibre, e.g. easy distribution method for a set of open source apps.
mac
freedom0
free
open
software
via:revgeorge
september 2006 by bkerr
FactoryCity | Microformatique + MF Icons
september 2006 by bkerr
Nice icons for your microformats.
microformats
icons
via:revgeorge
september 2006 by bkerr
U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Virginia | United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui Criminal No. 01-455-A
august 2006 by bkerr
"1,202 exhibits admitted into evidence during the trial ... with the exception of seven that are classified or otherwise remain under seal. This is the first criminal case for which a federal court has provided access to all exhibits online."
law
online
proceedings
via:revgeorge
august 2006 by bkerr
MozillaWiki | Microsummaries
july 2006 by bkerr
"Microsummaries are regularly-updated succinct summaries of web pages. They are compact enough to fit in the space available to a bookmark label, provide more useful information about pages than static page titles, and are regularly updated."
web
bookmarks
attention
via:revgeorge
july 2006 by bkerr
Alex Chiu's Eternal Life Device
june 2006 by bkerr
"More advanced than Star Trek technology! When it comes to medical technology, my technology is 2nd to none. 2nd to none! I am risking danger from FDA trying to bring my technology to light."
life
humans
sf
via:revgeorge
fun
june 2006 by bkerr
MapWoW.com World of Warcraft Map Blog | University of Washington plays the most Warcraft
may 2006 by bkerr
...but U-M is a very close second.
umich
online
games
via:revgeorge
may 2006 by bkerr
Adium - Blog | Huzzah!
may 2006 by bkerr
Summer of Code projects for Adium -- accessibility and Jingle (voice chat with Google Chatters) seem like the coolest projects.
mac
im
adium
google
via:revgeorge
may 2006 by bkerr
YouTube - SmackBook
may 2006 by bkerr
Tap the laptop's housing to trigger desktop switching.
mac
laptop
meat
ui
via:revgeorge
may 2006 by bkerr
DefectiveByDesign.org
may 2006 by bkerr
FSF's anti-DRM campaign
fsf
drm
copyright
activism
via:revgeorge
via:strudeau
may 2006 by bkerr
Arcade Art
april 2006 by bkerr
Vector-traced versions of critical arcade art including instruction cards, control overlays, etc.
games
past
visual
design
via:revgeorge
april 2006 by bkerr
Programmable Beverage Containers
march 2006 by bkerr
"Surface buttons on bottles release colors, flavors, fragrances, and one or two doses of caffeine."
food
toys
cool
via:revgeorge
march 2006 by bkerr
Wikipedia | Pac-Man (Ghosts vs. monsters)
march 2006 by bkerr
"The four villains of the game have been called both 'monsters' and 'ghosts.' ... The TV cartoon version compromised between the two conflicting names by calling them 'ghost-monsters.'"
games
monster
ghost
language
via:revgeorge
march 2006 by bkerr
Simon’s Website | Quinn
march 2006 by bkerr
"An implementation of the popular arcade game Tetris, written specifically for Mac OS X."
mac
games
network
tetris
via:revgeorge
march 2006 by bkerr
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