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My Personality DNA

Posted Wed, 07/19/2006 - 21:37 by Ben Stanfield

via the incomprable Brittany.

Somewhere Above Oklahoma

Posted Wed, 07/19/2006 - 13:38 by Ben Stanfield

Somewhere above Oklahoma

Funny Freenode Notice

Posted Mon, 07/10/2006 - 07:12 by Ben Stanfield

In my IRC log, I noticed this from Sunday morning:

[NOTICES ] [06:12am] - cbarrett We're going to be rehubbing, total affected users... aw, who the fuck cares? Nobody reads these. Have a shitty day, you ungrateful fucks!

I think Mr. Barrett may have been having a bad day.

See ya' Gawker

Posted Mon, 06/19/2006 - 13:03 by Ben Stanfield

That's it. Every Gawker media site that I had in my RSS subscription has been deleted. Wonkette? Gone. Gizmodo? Gone. Gawker? Gone. ValleyWag? Gone. Sploid? Gone.

cell phone etiquette

Posted Wed, 05/03/2006 - 08:01 by Ben Stanfield

Attention citiizens of earth, just because you cell phone has a speakerphoe does NOT mean you should use it. Especially on a plane. We absolutely don't care about your conversation with your dog groomer. Common sense and courtesy, dammit. Thanks, Ben (from seat 4B)

Don't Spy On Me

Posted Mon, 04/24/2006 - 10:01 by Ben Stanfield

The next President of the United States unveiled an online store today, where you can buy merchandise with the Progressive Patriot Fund's logo, as well this clever repurposing of an old patriotic image:

Dontspy

I bought a T-shirt.

Best Buy Sucks

Posted Sun, 04/16/2006 - 08:37 by Ben Stanfield

Best Buy sucks. They should be called Worst Buy.

Ben Stanfield: Media Darling

Posted Sun, 04/09/2006 - 23:55 by Ben Stanfield

I got an email last week from a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, pointing me to an article about blogger reaction to BootCamp, Apple's new boot-Windows-on-your-mac software.

Here's the lede, and the money 'graph:

Mars, Bitches (And Why It Matters)

Posted Thu, 04/06/2006 - 12:59 by Ben Stanfield

I was having a conversation recently with a friend I respect, both personally and politically. But when we started talking about NASA, in particular, and Mars, specifically (the one inititative where I actually support President Bush), the disagreement between us was vehement. He believed the government should focus soley on two fronts: 1. domestic problems and challenges, working to eradicate blights such as poverty, hunger, and inequities and 2. national security.