Tag Archives: Humor

Secret Agent Pigeon, At Your Service

8/27/2012 Melissa Avery-Weir 1 Comment

We briefly had a new neighbor in the form of a pigeon. It was a very tame pigeon, willing to walk up to people and to stay still when people approached.

It also had a tag on its ankle. We think it’s a secret agent messenger bird, recently returned from Afghanistan.

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Fun Linkage

6/14/2012 Melissa Avery-Weir

Errata Security: Confirmed: LinkedIn 6mil password dump is real – The updates on this are particularly interesting, as he writes about the speed of cracking passwords.
Also, I want one of those video cards.
An Architect’s Guide to Color – Color is beckoning this season, and one architect is heeding the call with a plethora of new hues to tempt your house's palette.
Review: Sufan Stevens, Son Lux And Serengeti, ‘Beak And Claw’ : NPR – I picked up this album on iTunes and have to say that it's as quirky and cool as this review makes it out to be.
Linux computer the size of a thumb drive now available for preorder – "[…] the Cotton Candy, a tiny computer that looks like a USB thumb drive. The device, which can run either Ubuntu or Android 4.0, has a dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a Mali 400MP GPU that allows it to decode high-definition video."
Shenanigans.
Bash One-Liners :: bashoneliners.com – I think this is incredibly cool. A wide variety of geeky tasks here.
Cruise Ship Didn’t Aid Drifting Boat, Passengers Say : NPR – "One of the other birders on the Star Princess was Judy Meredith from Bend, Ore. She says, "We all watched him for a bit and thought, 'This guy's in distress. He's trying to get our attention. And he doesn't have a motor on his boat.' We could see that."
Old news, but that big ol' cruise ship probably could have saved those folks. Instead they kept on driving. Of course, I'm sure if they had changed course, some passengers would have been pissed at the delay in their journey.
Coding Horror: Speed Hashing – As usual, a good post from Atwood on security, if a bit sensationalist. Excellent reading on the article he links to, as well.
I'll confess, Atwood (and the StackExchange user experience) has convinced me that (for now) OpenID is the best authentication method for SAAS applications.

Forever and a Year Ago Linkage

2/7/2012 Melissa Avery-Weir

Don’t ask where I’ve been. It’s been dark and full of things like strangely proud “humble views”, polka dots and stripes, mock objects, skiing, the IRS, gradients, and a strange dampness.

Still not sure where the dampness is from.

Getting back into the swing of things, have some links!

Google’s Pseudonym Problem: New Implementation Revealed | ZDNet – Looks like Google's attempt to lighten up their real name policy on Google+ is something of a farce.
How I see things / How my cat sees things – All I have to say is, "True dat."
Why Indies Rock – Example #488 – Aside from the coolness of accepting the feature request, check the timestamps on the discussion in this post.
Thrown off by Science – Male Pattern Fitness – The history of treadmills and stationary bikes apparently starts in the lab. Makes sense, but doesn't immediately disqualify them as good workout tools, despite this article.
my culture is not a trend. – Amazing letter to a t-shirt company protesting the "Native American" imagery on one of their shirts. The impassioned protest got the shirt design taken down and reevaluated.
Amazon’s Plagiarism Problem | Fast Company – Deals primarily with erotica, but I've seen books full of Wikipedia content, as well.

Funny Voices, Funny Lists, and GUCCI

1/12/2012 Melissa Avery-Weir

Just a few links and a vibeo as I get back into the swing of things.

The Complete Rules For Games | Rock, Paper, Shotgun – How can one not like do's and don't's for games? Especially when so many ring true?
Lots of people can’t fire their insurance companies | The Incidental Economist – "[L]et’s unpack the idea that if individuals have their own insurance, the “insurance company will have an incentive to keep [them] healthy”. That’s totally backwards. The idea that people might fire their insurance companies is exactly why they don’t have an incentive to keep you healthy."

This guy's pretty damn good. The De Niro impression got me, as I was just watching Ronin a few days ago.
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Weekly Linkage: Harlem Shake

9/29/2011 Melissa Avery-Weir

This is what happens when Greg asks, “What’s the Harlem Shake?”

I just about feel off the couch. Especially when I realized at about 2:40 that that’s a DVD in his belt, not a buckle.

Greg may never ask me another dancing-related question ever again.

A few other nuggets:

Three Word Phrase, by Ryan Pequin – I’ll confess, I started watching Hoarders recently. Just entered Season 3. I’m not sure how I feel about myself anymore. In my defense Season 3 fired off with enough drama that I’ve skipped episodes.
Autumnal equinox – It’s almost time to break out the sunlamp.
Capital One Says ING Direct Deal Will Create Jobs – Capital One taking over ING is a bit worrying…

And one more awesome (no, really) video: Splinter Cell: Lightbulb Assassin:
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Tag Archives: Humor

Secret Agent Pigeon, At Your Service

Fun Linkage

Funny Voices, Funny Lists, and GUCCI

Weekly Linkage: Harlem Shake

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