SPIN.com: Nous Non Plus
My friend’s band is coming through the West Coast in January—be on the lookout! 1/24 at Berbati’s Pan in the PDx
(tags: halfass pdx music nous)

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This is the route I choose when I move my family to Austria.

Seriously, though. We’re moving to Austria.

I know, I know: we just moved to Portland. Well, sometimes life throws you curve balls, eh?

If anyone sees my [...]

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I think it’s been mentioned before, but I shall reiterate the request for delegated comment and trackback spam removal.
For example, a popular site could “deputize” a few trusted readers who, when viewing the site, would see a link to mark as spam any comment. It would work off of cookies, and the site owner would [...]

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create your own personalized map of the USA

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For Mig. I found this hanging from a tree while strolling around Portland. Odd, this.

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musicunited.org
My favorite quote: Art Alexakis, Lead Singer of Everclear: “I think the fact that they are stealing recorded music is something that we have to stop. It’s taking money out of my kid’s mouth. That’s the way I look at it. It’s wrong. It’s inherently wrong.
(tags: halfass mp3 filesharing ahole)

Ivy Leaguers Tap Into Sun’s Grid
Were [...]

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Bound for Glory: America in Color, 1939-1943 (Library of Congress Exhibition)
(tags: halfass history photos usa)

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Carbonite: Home
I need more backups!
(tags: halfass backup)

Online Backup at Data Deposit Box: Online Data Backup, Online Storage, Online File Storage, Offsite Data Storage
My data, they are not safe!
(tags: halfass backup)

Allmydata.com – Unlimited free storage!
This has a lot of potential. No Mac, though Fred Wilson got me thinking about these options—I had no idea [...]

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CNN.com – Breaking News, Richard Pryor dies
I can’t think of another celebrity who was more my hero than was Richard Pryor. As a child, my parents regreted letting me listen to his albums and watch his specials I am sure, but to me and my cousin, he was the funniest and coolest person on Earth
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SI.com – Writers – Grant Wahl: Almost inevitably, U.S. draws Group of Death – Friday December 9, 2005 5:22PM
(tags: halfass football soccer)

The Variety Shac – THIRTY FOUR FOURTEEN
My friend Shonali’s comedy troupe’s latest little short video
(tags: halfass comedy funny shonali atlanta nyc shac varietyshac)

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Syracuse.com: Technology Weblog#097565
“I hear every week from readers who ask me to tell them exactly what to do. So I’ll tell you. Looking for a new Windows notebook? Get an iBook from Apple instead.” And how!
(tags: halfass mac osx)

Don’t scale: 99.999% uptime is for Wal-Mart – Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
I’ve been banging my fist [...]

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Ajax Sucks Most of the Time (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox December 2005)
I somewhat agree with this. I think that AJAX is way overused right now and that it breaks the idea of a page. It’s table hacks of the 2000s. What’s really needed is a markup for interfaces.
(tags: halfass geek nerd web web2.0 webdesign)

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Pomona College Magazine :: PCM Online
Behold: the fried twinkie.
(tags: halfass food)

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Turn left in 500 feet… fool! – Dec. 1, 2005
Awesome! You can get a car with Mister T as the navigation narrator. Give!
(tags: halfass technology mrt mistert)

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