I don't read much fiction
I don't read much fiction these days, which is a shame. I did, however, recently finish reading The Alienist, ...
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Robot roller coaster. Awesome. (Link
Robot roller coaster. Awesome. (Link to New York Times site; free registration required.)...
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Am I Governor or Not
Am I Governor or Not...
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kottke.org
kottke.org (website)...
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"No is for wimps. No
"No is for wimps. No is for pussies. No is to live small and embittered, cherishing the opportunities you miss...
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I'm a member of a
I'm a member of a ten-person writing group that meets once a week, or so; when no one's written anything, we d...
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amusing dot org
amusing dot org (website)...
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The Slumbering Lungfish
The Slumbering Lungfish (website)...
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Note to Stacey: Let's see
Note to Stacey: Let's see My Life Without Me when it comes out....
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There's something hideously compelling about
There's something hideously compelling about GourMayo. It demands my attention. Not the product itself; the Ch...
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This Zombie Infection Simulation is
This Zombie Infection Simulation is interesting and entertaining, especially if you're into that sort of thing...
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Yahoo is officially crap. I
Yahoo is officially crap. I haven't loaded its front page in what probably amounts to a year for the simple re...
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Long-time jefftidball.com readers may remember
Long-time jefftidball.com readers may remember 1000 Blank White Cards. Apparently, innovate minds have now set...
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The Bourne Identity in 25
The Bourne Identity in 25 words or less:
Still great; outstanding action. I saw chinks this time, but the fla...
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Your assigned reading today is
Your assigned reading today is the transcript of a recent seminar/interview given by William Goldman at the Eg...
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It's the little indignities. Like
It's the little indignities. Like buying the wrong size coffee filters. Because then you realize that for the ...
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I once read The Brunching
I once read The Brunching Shuttlecocks every day. I visited their page today on a lark to discover they've shu...
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"The ignoble end of Dr.
"The ignoble end of Dr. Bruce Banner."...
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TriggerStreet.com
TriggerStreet.com (website)...
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I haven't played poker since
I haven't played poker since my trip to Las Vegas with Stacey and her parents about a month ago, so last night...
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It turns out my inestimable
It turns out my inestimable web hosting provider, Cedant, has little web counters universally installed across...
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Sneak Attack (432 KB) Karate
Sneak Attack (432 KB)
Karate vs. Sumo (1.6 MB)
Crash (816 KB)...
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Adaptation in 25 words or
Adaptation in 25 words or less:
This audacious cop-out holds up on a second viewing — a real original. Cage i...
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This morning I was reading
This morning I was reading yesterday's L.A. Times opinion section. A piece by former Interior Secretary Bruce ...
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While I was downloading the
While I was downloading the pizza picture (at left) from my digital camera and resizing it to fit over there, ...
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Automation runs rampant on jefftidball.com!
Automation runs rampant on jefftidball.com! I've added a second blog on this page and now, through the miracle...
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Welcome to the Halmae
Welcome to the Halmae (website)...
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one-button mouse
one-button mouse (website)...
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Discolor Online
Discolor Online (website)...
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the gist mill?
the gist mill? (website)...
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The Writer's Almanac
The Writer's Almanac (website)...
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It was no easy feat,
It was no easy feat, but I have successfully implemented cgiComment, slaying the twin demons CGI and HTML to b...
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My Shakespeare-typing monkeys have been
My Shakespeare-typing monkeys have been hard at their labors on my computer at work since Tuesday. When I arri...
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Remember last week when I
Remember last week when I was the king of the world because work was going well on Gravity? Well last night I ...
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'O for a Muse of
'O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention....'
ó Shakespeare, King Henry V...
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I was thanked and excused
I was thanked and excused this morning, after being assigned to a pool of potential jurors last Friday for a c...
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Tivo Update: I did eventually
Tivo Update: I did eventually get off the phone with Sony, though it was not pretty and ate up the better part...
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The poll has spoken: jefftidball.com
The poll has spoken: jefftidball.com visitors favor the introduction of guest writers at jefftidball.com by a ...
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See monkeys try to type
See monkeys try to type Shakespeare on your own computer throught the miracle of Java....
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I'm on hold with Sony.
I'm on hold with Sony. Our Tivo is broken and there is only one person at Sony who gives out work order number...
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We are the pirates /
We are the pirates / Who don't do anything
We just stay home / And lie around.
And if you ask us / If we do an...
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I just kicked ass. For
I just kicked ass.
For a week a third act problem in Gravity has been messing me up, kicking my butt, making ...
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