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November 27, 2007

A Plug for Pandora

Filed under: Cartoons, Internet — Noah W. Smith @ 9:05 am

Apparently Gary Trudeau is also a fan of Pandora — that’s quite a shameless plug in today’s Doonesbury.

November 26, 2007

Ocean’s Eleven Redux

Filed under: Movies — Noah W. Smith @ 12:22 pm

We watched the 1960 film Ocean’s Eleven last night, and while the acting was a bit subpar the plot was actually quite decent. I found the ending, where the Rat Pack accidentally destroys all the money they stole, to be much more satisfying than the sappy ending to the 2001 remake. If the movie didn’t crawl at a snail’s pace I’d even suggest you go rent it…

November 20, 2007

A White Thanksgiving?

Filed under: Weather — Noah W. Smith @ 11:50 am

First snow in Medford started around 11am today, but most forecasts predict a return to rain/ice tomorrow and Wednesday — great driving weather…

A guide to vertical text spacing

Filed under: CSS, Internet — Noah W. Smith @ 11:32 am

A List Apart has a new how-to article up, explaining the tricksy ins and outs of allowing all the major browsers to resize text while maintaining a certain level of consistency between them. Written and illustrated very well.

November 15, 2007

Another Missing Manual

Filed under: Computer Science, Humorous — Noah W. Smith @ 9:35 am

This is the article that explains how and why nerds function. Required reading for all computer scientists and their significant others.

November 14, 2007

I think Comcast blew a fuse

Filed under: Internet — Noah W. Smith @ 12:06 pm

The internet has absolutely tanked this morning, at least on my Comcast Cable connection just north of Boston. First they cut off BitTorrent downloads, now this…

November 7, 2007

My Food Blog at Common Kitchen

Filed under: Blogging, Common Kitchen, Food — Noah W. Smith @ 1:29 pm

Now that we have Common Kitchen Food Blogs up and running, posts such as this one will appear at my new food blog “New Englandish Food.” First up? A review of Trader Joe’s Bohemian Lager.

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