Author Archives: jordan

Penguin got F. Scott Fitzgerald some fancy new duds. I want.

Posted on September 1, 2010 by jordan | Leave a comment

I just tried to send an email. When I hit “send” Gmail asked if I’d forgotten to attach something — because the words “I’ve attached” were in the message — and I had. This is a great feature, but for … Continue reading →

Posted on August 27, 2010 by jordan | Leave a comment

HTML5 Canvas

Posted on August 24, 2010 by jordan

Web games. No plugins. How cool is that? All you need to know is javascript, so it’s not surprising that there’s already a lot of stuff out there, even though canvas has yet to be fully implemented across the major … Continue reading →

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This is the kind of thing I find amusing, which says a lot about how much of a nerd I am. Primarily, it says that even other nerds have a hard time putting up with how much of a nerd … Continue reading →

Posted on August 20, 2010 by jordan | Leave a comment

Haters Gonna Hate

Posted on August 19, 2010 by jordan

I find myself surprised daily by the continuing opposition to Cordoba House. There’s no real argument here. Americans are free to practice their religion unmolested. If you disagree, then you can take it up with the Constitution. I could at … Continue reading →

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“I’m in Lesbians with You.”

Posted on August 12, 2010 by jordan

On the first day of Comicon we went to see the Scott Pilgrim panel. Before it began bags of buttons were passed around, some red with the poster photo nad some white with a little Scott Pilgrim 1-UP icon. Me … Continue reading →

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The Cameras are Not to Be Trusted

Posted on August 9, 2010 by jordan

So I was looking for information on how long Twitpic hosts photos, and I came across this rather disturbing article about how much EXIF data is stored in images online. These people culled 15,291 images from Twitpic and got all … Continue reading →

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“That’s never been who I am. But now, it’s who I am.”

Posted on August 8, 2010 by jordan

I was reading this article from the Atlantic, “How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America.” It’s fascinating, if kind of hard to read because of it’s somber, sometimes grim tone. The stories about how individuals are dealing with unemployment … Continue reading →

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I’ve seen a couple videos here and there, but I finally decided to check out the site itself. It’s cool, although I was thrown by the prescence of Giovanni Ribisi.

Posted on August 2, 2010 by jordan | Leave a comment

Somewhat Less Carelessly Structured Thoughts on Inception

Posted on August 1, 2010 by jordan

Inception reminded me a lot of a couple other movies: 2001: A Space Odyssey and Kill Bill. Like 2001, Inception is an intensely cerebral movie that, while centered on profoundly human concerns, considers those concerns from an objective distance. The … Continue reading →

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