Robert Samuelson talks here about commas, diverging into a mention of multitasking and trends in work hours in industrialized nations. It’s an interesting column, and the theme ties in with my recent minor rant.
Jeff Atwood talks about Baby Duck Syndrome and why it restrict people from using different applications. It’s why I’m still more comfortable with WordPerfect than Word, among other things, and why I’ve installed Eclipse three or four times and deleted it each time.
It probably accounts for a lot of the “we’ve always done it this way” attitudes, as well.
Found this at Rachel Lucas’ site. Pretty funny.
Ok, it doesn’t seem to want to embed, so here’s the link –
I always wanted to chrome one of these.
He died this week. In his honor, a link to the only film of “his” that I’ve seen in its entirety – De Düva (The Dove).
Chef Mojo at Daily Pundit describes his experiences with hearing aids over the years, and what has changed in the last five. It’s a very moving story.
Someone might get the idea of importing these. Most of them (alright, almost all of them) I have no desire to ever try, but there are a few I may be willing to try, such as the Dracula Cool Garlic Mint.
Garlic is, after all, one of the major food groups.
Rachel Lucas asked her readers for solid information about why conservatives don’t/shouldn’t like Hillary Clinton. This comment by mightysamurai and this one from sparrow are a good summary of why I refer to her as “the candidate from the Leona Helmsley wing of the Democratic Party.”
At one point, I could do your basic “Sleep,” “Walk the Dog,” and “Around the World.” I can’t even follow what Hiroyuki Suzuki is doing here.