Some enterprising Boxee hackers have created a plugin that lets you view Hulu on your Boxee install. Lifehacker has some great documentation. I knew it wouldn’t take long for this to happen. I predict two outcomes: Content providers will figure out…
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A Workaround for Hulu on Boxee
An Open Invitation
My 27th birthday is approaching, and I’ve decided to make it an open invitation to anyone who can read this. I’m planning a pub crawl for Saturday, September 27th, starting at American Bar & Grill on Plum Street in Lancaster…
Daddyhood
Yes, I know I haven’t updated in a while. Here’s why: That’s my daughter, Ily. (It’s pronounced “eye-lee” goddammit.) Since she’s been born, my life has been really different. Awesome, but different.
Best. Concert. EVAR
On November 14, 2007, my life changed forever. I went to see Streetlight Manifesto at the Chameleon Club. The concert was awesome. I was right next to the stage, so I got the whole effect of being in the pit…
God hates Christmas Trees: Jeremiah 10:2-4
Courtesy of Russell’s Teapot
Spring as Speaker
I just came across this hard drive/spring speaker on the Make: blog. What it apparently does is use a hard drive controller to wiggle a spring to make sounds. It’s deceptively simple, but incredibly useful. In places like stadiums and…
Seen on the Internets #6
via Slashdot: I don’t live in California for a reason (not the least of which their four seasons are Wildfire, Mudslide, Earthquake, and Smog). I guess JC was wrong when he says the weather doesn’t change!
MySpace as Wal*Mart
In the latest episode of The Merlin Show, Peter Hughes from the band The Mountain Goats said something I thought was pretty accurate: MySpace is the Wal*Mart of social networking sites. Anybody who knows anything about web apps can appreciate…
Seen on the Internets #5
There was a discussion on Slashdot about Vista and how it’s like putting lipstick on a pig. I replied: And what I’ve found with Windows is that people take that pig and say “Well, it works well enough, and all…
Seen on the Internets #3
This is absolutely incredible. Thanks to Richard Dawkins for exposing me to this: Insert uncooperative YouTube video here. I particularly like this: Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus. Christopher Hitchens positions on a lot of issues are…