12.27.07

Bag Borrow or Steal

Posted in Links at 1:01 pm by jpnance

Bag Borrow or Steal

The idea at Bag Borrow or Steal is quite reminiscent of Netflix: you pay a monthly fee in return for being able to rent an item from a huge catalog for any period of time. Also like Netflix, if you fall in love with one of the items, you can keep it for yourself to have and to hold in sickness and in health ’til death do you part.

The Hook: the items are designer handbags and purses.

(I should really give credit to BuzzerBlog and their latest post for showing me the light on this service.)

12.26.07

Amber Alerts

Posted in Links at 1:09 am by jpnance

Amber Alerts

I’m really not sure how to explain this. I think it’s a blog which lists significant Texas AMBER Alerts.

Which, obviously, is awesome.

12.15.07

On the Issues

Posted in Links at 1:48 am by jpnance

OnTheIssues.org

I heavily dislike politics and largely ignore the news media. I pretty much only pay attention to The Issues (which I sarcastically capitalize) the week of The Elections. I typically make my voting decisions after minutes of deliberation — not hours or days or years.

I have no delusion that my vote has any chance of affecting the election (explore this further) and I think that probably fuels my apathy. Why bother trying to track down every candidate’s stance on every issue and compiling this information into a big informed decision? The person I vote for matters more to my friends’ opinions of me than it does to the election.

All that said, OnTheIssues.org is pretty cool.

12.14.07

Wii Remote Whiteboard

Posted in Links at 5:34 pm by jpnance

Johnny Lee’s Wii Remote Projects

Wii Whiteboard Demonstration Video

This is a shockingly simple hack which gives you an effective electronic whiteboard on any surface you like (assuming you have a projector). You can download the whiteboard software from Johnny Lee’s website. If you liked Minority Report, you’ll probably like this.

12.03.07

Effort: Trying hard not to hate

Posted in Random at 4:20 am by kenners

I really don’t like that I can hold anger in my heart for people. It’s just such a rare feeling for me to actually hate someone and have (if it’s even possible) rational reasons for hating them. They can be qualified and quantified.

I don’t like these people for reasons not limited to: their outlook on life, the things they take for granted, the way they choose to take the negative instead of the positive in places where it truly doesn’t matter (ON THE INTERNET), and so on.

I really hate these people, not so much that I would wish death upon them, but that I feel they don’t deserve to be happy, or something. And I feel terrible about myself when I realize it, or after long-winded confrontations when I look back on the position I’ve sided with.

So far, though, it’s 98% over the internet that I meet these people, so perhaps it’s the statistics of meeting more people in a public forum play a part.