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Ze Frank never blinks

9:56 am on 4.24.2006 Funny

Well, okay, he does – but not very often. Regardless, “the show with zefrank” is a fun watch. Think Daily Show, but shorter. And different. Definitely shorter, though.
Check out the main site for lots of other interesting bits.

Looking for video camera advice

8:05 am on 4.21.2006 Family, Geek Stuff

With our new baby’s arrival only a few weeks away, I’m planning on buying a video camera.
No, I don’t want to record the birth. Yuck.
But I do want to record all that other stuff that only parents love to remember and force their family and friends to watch. The problem is, I don’t [...]

Getting Quicksilver-ish with Launchy

7:39 am Software , , ,

One of the downsides of Launchy is that it’s only an app launcher, so if you’re used to all the power of Quicksilver, it falls short. But I had a small epiphany this morning – if an app supports command line parameters, you can get a lot more functionality out of Launchy.
Using Outlook 2003 [...]

Launchy – a cool little launcher for Windows

10:31 am on 4.20.2006 Software , , ,

(This one is for Difranco because it’s Mac-ish)
Since I’ve been dabbling in Mac-land, I’ve been using the must-have Quicksilver as an app launcher. It does tons of other amazing stuff, but I haven’t gotten far enough into it yet.
QS is keyboard driven. Enter the keyboard shortcut to launch the interface, then type in [...]

Presidential order of succession

8:11 am on 4.7.2006 Politically Motivated

Ask Yahoo! provides a quick civics lesson on the order of succession for President.
It’s been a long time since I learned about this and I would never have remembered the details. So it surprised me to re-learn that, after the fourth batter in the lineup, (President Pro-Tempore of the Senate), the job falls on [...]