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Charter Communications is evil
Why does Charter suck so hard and get away with it? Why do they, and other big companies like them, continually make billing "errors" that almost always favor them? Shouldn't billing errors tend to be...
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Hatebook
Hatebook is an anti-social utility that connects you with the people YOU HATE.Brilliant.
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Engadget v. Gizmodo
Hell hath no fury like a dork scorned. Fortune explains the fight between Engadget and Gizmodo. Basically the founder of Engadget worked for Gizmodo and wanted an ownership stake in the company. Denton...
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Vista is an asshole
Day one with Microsoft Vista and I've now spent several hours simply removing the crap that's been installed: Norton Anti-virus, Unnecessary Toolbars, Travelocity pop-ups, Quickbooks, Napster. But the...
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Death to Papyrus
There is no font that I hate more than Papyrus. So, I'm deleting it from my computers. Forever. If a client shows up with anything in Papyrus, it better be hand-drawn on real papyrus because my...
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Ron Cherry is not cool
Evan's post on football replays is getting a bunch of Google hits for "ron cherry referee". Cherry has become an internet celebrity thanks to his 'giving him the business' video. We will not link to...
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Black Gold
At $8,000 per gallon, we should have toppled a corrupt regime that controls vast supplies of HP printer ink and cartridges. Wait a minute...
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Transferring .WS domain names
Tough noogies! All .WS names are leased to your registrar by Western Samoa and they negotiated it such that transfers are not allowed. Talk about underhanded. Sure go ahead and purchase .WS names...
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Bobby FIsher in the Atlantic
To follow up on Evan's post about Bobby Fisher's death, I'd suggest reading this Atlantic Monthly article about Fisher written in 2002. It's a long but fascinating read.
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Style is not Design
"Design is such a multi-layered practice that it’s often difficult to define. That being said, I believe that the word 'design' is increasingly confused with 'style.'"
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Summon archers to the towers! Yahoo!
Michael Arrington asks if Yahoo is cutting off their nose to spite their face or scorching the earth to sabotage a deal with Microsoft:But top talent has left anyway, and just about everyone at Yahoo...
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Think positive
Both Michael and I are suffering from seasonal allergies today. Michael just said "I hate plants." Both Bear and I are sweating over some complicated tax forms. Bear just said, "I hate taxes." Is being...
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Takin' Design Back
A great story told by Aaron Draplin that starts with him drunk buying an old hotel sign and ends with him starting a design revolution. Great stuff from start to finish and possibly the best use of the...
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A Nobel A Burn
A must read Slate article that is basically a giant a burn to the Nobel prize committee for their hatred of American literature. The Washington Post's Michael Dirda pointed out that it was Engdahl who...
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A quick rant on college football and branding.
Georgia versus Florida is still "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" and Texas versus Oklahoma is still "The Red River Shootout." Destroying the character and characters of college football to...
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