SuperCopier is a freeware app that replaces the regular file copy function in Windows. Pretty removes every annoying thing about moving or copying files.
Breakup Girl! She's back, with new episodes and a new, bloggier format!
Will Breakup Girl be spotted at the Superhero Costume exhibit at the Met?
For the Mongolian Jazz Festival in October 2008! It's called.... wait for it...
This pun brought to you by John Coltrane and the Letter A.
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I've put some new proposals from DonorsChoose.org on the Ishbadiddle Challenge -- check them out and throw some money at them if you're feeling eelymosynary.
Thanks to everyone who's given so far!
I got my "thank-you package" from the Knuffle Bunny project. Letters from kids, drawings, pictures -- it made me think "wow this DonorsChoose.org is really great!" Then I remembered: Oh yeah, I work there.
Alain Robbe-Grillet is dead at 85. Read the détails or the details. Can I award Ishpoints to the best comment making reference to the destruction of narrative chronology?
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Kevin Kelly (he of the WELL etc.) has an essay that's making the rounds about what people are willing to pay for when the Internet has essentially made everything (digital) free.
An American politician who speaks intelligently about religion? Really?
Ishbareaders will remember the sleuthing work that Alex B. did in uncovering the Misleading Water Filter Comparison Chart, which ranks "Aquasana" as number one but hides the fact that it's sponsored by... Aquasana. There's been some back-and-forth between President of Sun Water Systems, maker of the Aquasana water filters, me, and various other folks who feel that Mr. Strand was not being above board.
Yesterday a satisfied Aquasana customer, "Miguel," posted here about his wonderful experience with Aquasana.. "After all, I wanted a water filter that would do the best job, not the one who I thought had the best marketing team," says "Miguel."
Curious, I looked up where "Miguel" was posting from. Hmmm -- his IP is 67.152.98.19 in Fort Worth, TX, home of... Sun Water Systems! And it's the same IP used earlier by.... Charles Strand, President of same!
As Henry David Thoreau said, "Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk." Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Sock Puppet. This from a man who wrote here: "I've always been suspicious of people who make defamatory remarks, but use aliases to do so. If you feel good about what you are saying, why use an Alias..."
You lose! Good day sir!
Update: He wrote again, still claiming to be Miguel, and clearly not understanding what an IP address is. I've closed the thread, since I really have better things to do than argue with a sock puppet about water filtration marketing.
Colin sent over a link to this video inspired by a Barack Obama speech:
Here's the backstory. Compare and contrast with Mosh.
I've been mostly avoiding writing about politics, but I'll put it out here now: I'm pulling for Obama. (And not just because Scarlett Johansson tells me to -- or Caroline Kennedy.)
I'm pulling for him because he's inspirational. And I think in electoral politics today, it's all about turnout. Inspiring voters will increase turnout. You win the turnout game (in the right places), you win the election.
Now, I know that Hillary can be inspirational too. The problem is that she also inspires hatred, among many. I think (and this is of course without evidence) that she'll inspire as many people to turn out against her as she will for her. People love to hate Hillary. I'm sure the GOP would love to have her as the Democratic nominee.
Many people to whom I've advanced this argument have asked, "Isn't the country too racist to elect a black man?" Maybe yes. Maybe there's a reason there are so many lies being spread about Obama and so many people willing to believe them.
But then again, maybe not. (I mean, as Thudfactor points out, wouldn't John Edwards be the front-runner if this were the case?)
Or maybe this will be the year that Reverend King's prediction -- "I can foresee the Negro vote becoming consistently the decisive vote in national elections" -- will come to pass. Maybe turnout from all those inspired by Obama will wash away those who could not pull the lever for someone who looks different from them.
I guess we'll find out tomorrow. See you at the polls.
