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What Can Manly Men Expect of Women? - http://artofmanliness.com/2009...
Too tired to deconstruct this right now, any more than "why the hell does this keep showing up in my friends' shared items when it's a toxic piece of garbage?" Anyone else want to have a go?
- Alice Boxhall
Merit: "dresses for breakfast" . Giggle.
- Rob Schonberger
circular quay
view from my commute tonight
- Rob Schonberger
In the future, miles will be a widely accepted currency, airlines will be lenders and banks will fly people around.
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Will we have a bail out system?
- Simon
How many miles will a can of coke cost?
- Rob Schonberger
Simon: Parachute. Rob: a mile per calorie.
- Kevin Fox
In that case: http://online.wsj.com/article... - we'll all be rich!
- Jesse Stay
Neatorama » Blog Archive » Desktop Butt Station - http://www.neatorama.com/2008...
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amazing
- mike
from NoiseRiver
Jess, I want one.
- Rob Schonberger
It reminds me of the old joke published in /Mad/: “Q: What does the starship Enterprise and toilet paper have in common? A: They both circle around Uranus looking for Klingons.”
- John Lam
^^^ Haha. Klingons it is!
- Jagtesh Chadha
I actually got my little cousin one of these for his b-day and he absolutely loves it. I got the item here - wwww.shopiconic.com.
- Raymond Tam
nina simone - my baby just cares for me - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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j1m liked this
My baabby just caares fooor meeee
- Rob Schonberger
Roberto Bonini, Rachel Lea Fox, Jessie and 2 other people liked this
Well hello, BITER!!!!!!!111one
- Mona Nomura
Did it work?
- Rob Schonberger
How salt is associated with stroke and heart disease risk - http://www.kevinmd.com/blog...
Causality or correlation?
- Amit Patel
I don't know, I haven't read the article that this is referring to, but the claim is Causality, from my reading. The claim : 'he authors estimate that reducing daily salt intake by as little as 5 g at the population level could avert 1.25 million deaths from stroke and nearly three million deaths from cardiovascular disease annually.' is astounding
- Rob Schonberger
Why Bank Of America Fired Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Watching that was worth every second. What's really sad is that this woman was most likely doing what was best for BoA as well as her customers. Seriously, if you have people paying 29.99% interest on credit card debt who can't afford it, you've got two choices -- work with them to help them pay their debts, or keep tacking on fees until they declare bankruptcy, at which point you're...
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- Joel Webber
Also, any company in the Atlanta area that actually cares about their customers, and is looking for a good, conscientious employee, should give her a call. If I were in the business of hiring anyone other than engineers, I would.
- Joel Webber
I went to another companies premises the other week, and they had a banner with a motto on it for employees: "Don't fuck the customer." – and it's springing into my mind right now.
- Rob Schonberger
Nice and to the point. Apparently some companies need to be reminded that "fucking the customer" would be a "bad thing". Brothels notwithstanding.
- Joel Webber
Shaving yaks. This particular yak bellows when vim smartindenting "smart" indents inside comments and strings. Fail, and *very* annoying.#fb
Maybe you should use emacs.
- Rob Schonberger
Silence heathen.
- Alec Thomas
Bad ideas for the internet, number 1. - http://www.schonberger.org/2009...
How about a pet dating site?
- j1m
That could work, actually, since pet breeders may be looking to expand their breeding pairs to have a healthy set of features. Certianly niche, but not so bad. I had trouble keeping a straight face just then
- Rob Schonberger
Yeah, now that we're talking about it, it sounds awesome. You build it, I fund it?
- j1m
maybe the site can sell pet food on the side for a bit of extra cash. Awesome. Can't lose!
- Rob Schonberger
from email
Online dating|sex industry - http://www.smh.com.au/technol...
"IN A profession notoriously resilient to hard times, online dating sites threaten to do what the global financial crisis could not - send the sex services industry broke."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
‘China Does Not Have Any Men Suitable For Me’ | chinaSMACK - http://www.chinasmack.com/stories...
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This is hilarious!
- Piaw Na
???
- Jim Norris
Western Men are all Excellent. Go me!
- Rob Schonberger
She obviously hasn't met me yet.
- Jim Norris
For maximum effect, read this while being in the middle of writing a review for "Stop Acting Rich" or "The Millionaire Next Door."
- Piaw Na
"To be blunt, I just want to marry into the West. The Western world I have seen in television and movies is simply like heaven. Regardless whether bustling cities or quiet villages, everything seems to be so peaceful and harmonious." ... "[In China] what can I do about the excessively expensive medical bills? Western countries have universal health care."
- Simon
Just goes to show --- a little marketing by the way of Hollywood movies goes a long way. :-)
- Piaw Na
Troll! I don't think this post is real. If she looks like those pics and has half a brain, she would have accomplished her goals instead of writing that blog. Furthermore, she'd have followed up with "all men are the same..."
- Peng-Toh
I am hoping this is fake. Unpleasantness all 'round.
- Adam Lasnik
Pics aren't real... post might be.
- Jim Norris
Yeah, it's her fault. @Andrew, but don't you count as a Westerner? "China does not have any men suitable for me," says. But... maybe Canada?
- Christopher Chung
I definitely agree with Piaw; Hollywood is impeccably skilled at creating an alternate reality that's incredibly attractive, if more than a little bit unrealistic. Whether or not the author is real, presumably this sort of thinking happens within China, among other places. The question is whether somebody like the author has a realistic way of getting out. She doesn't sound like grad school material or otherwise likely to get a work visa, unless she maybe becomes a "top model" or something.
- Dan Wallach
I remember taking my college roommate from India to my parents' place in Saratoga. We walked down the main drag, and he said, "This is what my image of America is! When I arrived in Berkeley and saw all the beggars and dirty streets I was shocked!" His image of America was from the movies. And this was an IIT grad who's now a professor of CS at SUNY Buffalo, no fool he.
- Piaw Na
How does he think Buffalo compares to Hollywood's vision of America?
- Jim Norris
The piece was originally published in Chinese on Xinhua (the definitive source of truth) and Baidu (the unbiased Chinese search engine), so I have no doubts about its authenticity.
- Darren
So, can she cook? Does she pick up dirty socks?
- Jonas S Karlsson
Not entirely sure it is Hollywood. Western men go for Asian wives *in Asia* while making parallel complaints about Western women.
- Peng-Toh
Well, if Asia is full of women like that one, how could we resist?
- Jim Norris
Jim, don't come to Asia or you'll never leave :)
- Peng-Toh
US fares to stay cheap - unless you're flying the A380 - http://www.smh.com.au/travel...
"Some airline industry analysts said last week that fares would rise as a result of the joint-marketing agreement between V Australia and United States carrier Delta, which has been given the stamp of approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
Man, you ozzies are such branson fanboys
- j1m
When you can get Sydney to jfk return for under a grand, well, can you blame?
- Rob Schonberger
from email
Schoolgirl suspended for cancer head shave - http://www.smh.com.au/nationa...
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"Emily Pridham was sent home from Mount Alvernia College yesterday and will not be allowed back until her hair regrows after she shaved it off as part of a cancer research fund-raiser on Saturday."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
I guess the 'States don't have a monopoly on stupid school admins, then...
- Joel Webber
not at all. Comforting that there are idiots all around the world, right? This was an example which made me a wee angry.
- Rob Schonberger
from email
OpenOfficeMouse: The Multi-Button Application Mouse for OpenOffice.org - http://openofficemouse.com/pr11060...
"Orvieto, Italy, November 6, 2009: In partnership with the OpenOffice.org community, WarMouse announced the release of the OpenOfficeMouse, the first multi-button application mouse designed for the world's leading open-source office productivity suite. With a revolutionary and patented design featuring 18 buttons, an analog joystick, and support for as many as 52 key commands, the OpenOfficeMouse is intended to provide a faster and more efficient user interface for OpenOffice.org applications such as Writer and Calc than the conventional icons, pull-down menus, and hotkeys presently permit."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
DECC | Sydney Harbour National Park - Accommodation - http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/Nationa...
"Enjoy the natural ambience of Sydney Harbour National Park with a stay in one of the park's tranquil and historic harbourside accommodations."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
Teaching the Tax Office a lesson - http://www.smh.com.au/nationa...
"UNIVERSITY undergraduates will be able to claim educational expenses as a tax deduction after a former student had a landmark win against the Tax Office in the Federal Court yesterday."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
Cheap US fares likely to end as Virgin, Delta tie-up approved - http://www.smh.com.au/travel...
"VIRGIN Blue has gained a much-needed boost after the competition watchdog gave tentative approval for it pursuing a tie-up with Delta Air Lines on flights between Australia and the US."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
Better the broken Windows than life with the Mac monks - http://www.smh.com.au/digital...
"I admit it: I'm a bigot. A hopeless bigot at that: I know my particular prejudice is absurd, but I just can't control it. It's Apple. I don't like Apple products. And the better-designed and more ubiquitous they become, the more I dislike them. I blame the customers. Awful people. Awful. Stop showing me your iPhone. Stop stroking your Macbook. Stop telling me to get one."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
Daughter hit with car driven by father for being 'too Westernised' dies - http://www.smh.com.au/world...
"A 20-year-old woman from Iraq whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernised has died from her injuries, authorities said."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
One Hundred Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1) - You’re the Boss Blog - NYTimes.com - http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
"Herewith is a modest list of dos and don’ts for servers at the seafood restaurant I am building. Veteran waiters, moonlighting actresses, libertarians and baristas will no doubt protest some or most of what follows."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
Happiness is short(er) hair.
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Drying is much faster that way.
- Henner Zeller
I'd be interested in learning ds/dt.
- Daniel Dulitz
from iPhone
So the actual interesting question is if happiness() depends on hairlength or hairlength'. Ana likes change so I'd guess hairlength' it is.
- Henner Zeller
Bah.
- Rob Schonberger
Terry Tao has a proof that Rob's hair is infinitely long.
- j1m
Clearly this calls for some double-blind controlled studies.
- Jim Norris
Tofu Ceviche, Lemon-Lime, Tequila and Guajillo-Achiote Tortilla - Recipe Finder - Bravo TV Official Site - http://www.bravotv.com/foodies...
Look, you can make it under four hours! We can totally do this some time after work. :p
- Kushal Dave
Tofu Ceviche? what?
- Rob Schonberger
'Marry single mums instead of young virgin girls' - http://www.smh.com.au/world...
""Muslim men usually like young girls or virgins as their additional wives, so I suggest instead of taking these young virgin girls, why don't they marry the single mothers as their second or third wife?" she said."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
Kill your limits, not the speed, groups say - http://www.smh.com.au/drive...
"They say speed restrictions that keep motorists driving on rural roads for long periods may increase the likelihood of an accident occurring as this pushes up levels of fatigue, boredom and frustration."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
Arnold Schwarzenegger | Californian Governor | Tom Ammiano | F--- you: Schwarzenegger sends lawmaker special message - http://www.smh.com.au/world...
"Like a find-the-word puzzle, the second message was visible by stringing together the first letter of each line down the left-hand margin. It consisted of a common four-letter vulgarity followed by the letters "y-o-u"."
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
Tell me about the toaster in your kitchen.
Mine is a $13 toaster I bought in Bing Lee 2 years ago; They basically threw it in for nothing since I bought a few thousand dollars worth of kitchen appliances. The whole 'you're buying an oven and a dishwasher? Sure, have a free toaster.' thing worked.
- Rob Schonberger
As a wedding gift, we got a Dualit restaurant grade 2-slice toaster. It looks a bit art-deco and a bit like something that you would find in a retro 50's toy store, but it's built like a tank and can be run all day without breaking down.
- Bill Strathearn
And does it do anything fancy?
- Rob Schonberger
from email
Bill, my parents have one of those 50's style toasters that's built like a tank. They got it as a wedding gift in 1957.
- Gary Burd
Rob: The once nice feature of Dualits is that you can manually raise and lower the toast while the heating element is still on, allowing you to check the darkness without having to kill the heat. I think the ability to run for hours at a time, without catching fire is also a nice feature, even if I'm only heating pop-tarts for 2 mins at a time.
- Bill Strathearn
now *thats *a nice feature. I find toasters so funny because I see $10 toasters and $100 toasters, and they're pretty much almost the same thing. That feature sounds handy, though; It's just something that people have in their homes, and don't replace a toaster until it's broken. One friend of mine has a toaster with a built in egg boiler / poacher in it, for automated breakfast making. Thats the cutest thing I know of.
- Rob Schonberger
from email
I can't find any $10 toasters! All toasters nowadays cost $50 and have a built-in spaceship! One thing which most toasters don't do is to let you see how the toast is doing. Sad.
- Jonas S Karlsson
You can't find any what?
- Rob Schonberger
from email
We have a toaster oven. I think it was like $25 at Target? It has 2 racks and, depending on the size of the bread, can do 4+ pieces at once. I don't think I'd purchase anything other than toaster oven...for not much more space you can do a lot more. Things like pizza or fried food reheats really well in the toaster oven and faster than it would take in the full sized oven.
- Benjamin Golub
I've never had a toaster oven; I wonder... Must do tests for my next one. Woot. Also, pizza? Awesome.
- Rob Schonberger
from email
Cube Marketplace - Wild Mugolio Pine Syrup - http://www.cubemarketplace.com/p-923-w...
"Oh Mugolio! How weird and wonderful you are! You my friend are going to help me stump every snobby foodie I know! HAHAHAHA! It'll be great. The conversation will go a little something like this:"
- Rob Schonberger
from Bookmarklet
Woollahra railway station, Sydney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
"Woollahra Station is possibly the best example of a 'ghost station' in the entire metropolitan area of Sydney. The sight of a largely completed husk of a heavy railway station surrounded by over-hanging trees, expensive inner-Sydney properties and curving and pleasant suburban streets is unusual for Sydney. It is all the more striking as all of the other stations on the Eastern Suburbs Line and indeed in the Sydney CBD are substantively underground."
- Rob Schonberger
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Are there any reasons to switch from OS X to Windows 7?
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the best reason sounds like trying to buck the trend; Why would you change?
- Rob Schonberger
If you became a .NET developer, that might be a good reason. However, if you are running OS X, that means you've probably got a Mac, so you can always run both or use Bootcamp, right?
- Cristo
Installing drivers.
- Hayes Haugen
Games? Exchange? Win 7 seems to run well in VMware fusion.
- Jim Norris
Video games are the only reason I could think of. But I just keep a Windows desktop in the office and use it only for gaming for that purpose; using it on a regular basis probably wouldn't increase my happiness.
- Bret Taylor
Windows Media Center - that's the only reason I use Windows nowadays
- Jesse Stay
If I had a Mac, I'd dual boot, of course. I do that anyway with my PCs using Windows and Ubuntu.
- Dennis Jernberg
Also, if you use Quicken Home and Business Windows is your only option (I don't like QuickBooks for small business)
- Jesse Stay
Win 7 supports the TRIM command which avoids SSD fragmentation over time.
- Private Sanjeev
Sanjeev, are you using SSDs in any of your personal machines?
- Benjamin Golub
Yes, the lousy stock SSD in an Asus EE PC 900. :)
- Private Sanjeev
Yes video games would be my only reason so far ...
- Nicolas Dufour
Because Bill Gates is a nice guy?
- Moved to Facebook
from fftogo
To conduct a brief test of your JS on IE6?
- j1m
in this case the advantage of windows is that it can be installed easily on any hardware
- Mike Chelen
@Mike, I've often said the same of dog poo. You can smear it on a mac, you can smear it on a PC.
- j1m
task bar better than dock .. both have the same "are you sure" silly reminders .. mac a lot slower than it should be for so much hp ... i will never buy another mac
- Gregory Lent
Who cares about macos and windows ... like if the choice was only limited to those 2
- Nicolas Dufour
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