Provocative isn’t it? Not really. Working at a company that hocks STD Testing, I am exposed (teehee) to a lot of news surrounding sex and STDs. I used to just share the ones I thought were interesting with coworkers but that hasn’t scaled very well. So I present to you:
This site isn’t changing or going away. My three readers needn’t worry 
So I’ve been on and off playing with some of the developer builds of Chromium on Mac. For folks who don’t know, Chromium is the name of the open source browser that Google builds Chrome from. There isn’t an official Chrome for Mac yet but the source for Chromium has been in a state such that you can build the browser for a few months now. Well I just found out that I’ve been wasting my time doing my own builds because there is a buildbot up now.
Trust me, the browser is still far from prime time. Things like plugins don’t work yet – so you won’t be watching any Single Ladies videos quite yet, but it is still fun to play around with and wonderful to see that even in it’s early stages it is QUITE snappy at rendering web pages!
To download a copy go to http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/sub-rel-mac/ and then select the most recent build number and download the zip. Enjoy!
Please take a moment and check out this article on std myths (and while you are at it, digg it!):
http://digg.com/health/Top_10_Myths_About_STD_Risks_You_ll_be_surprised
I’ve been assured that all participants will be handsomely rewarded! (With knowledge that they’ve helped to educate the public and reduce the spread of nasty under-the-pants disease!)
If you are wondering – Mr. Marsden to the left is completely unrelated to the other topic of this post. But he is damn hot to look at, I needed a picture, and wasn’t willing to post something gross!
It’s been over a month since my breakup with Google.
It wasn’t a an angry parting. My former employer was wonderful in many ways actually. This post isn’t about that though.
This post is about technology!
Those who knew me three years ago know that I went to work for Google in one of their more secretive groups. Secrecy will probably always remain important for Google’s data centers. After all, when you are serving up well over half of all the searches performed each day, infrastructure counts.
It was still quite frustrating for me when I couldn’t really talk about my job, especially since it felt so ridiculous. After all, I was not some research scientist for the latest top secret military operation (or was I) – I was fixing computers.
Google has gradually opened up about this particular area of expertise however, and the latest came as shock to me. And of all places, it came through a twitter post from a friend I used to work with in Hwops (that’s what you get when you shorten Hardware Operations, dummy.)
So here it is – the cnet article that tells more than I ever could tell my friends about the insides of a Google data center: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html.
And, fwiw, it was a really freaking cool job…
I really really do. If I think something is interesting I will most certainly send it to someone.
This guy seems to have the same obsession: http://skylor.me
Summary: Cute guys, funny memes, and Lady GaGa. <3
Face it, the gays like some IKEA. Where else can you dine Euro, redecorate your entire apartment, and maybe even pick up a boyfriend to go with the new area rug? Well, yes, Bloomingdales, but we aren’t all made of money, ya know?
One of the best things about IKEA products is being able to reinterpret those line drawing directions. Sure, it may just be an excuse for misunderstanding page four of the FJUS instructions (my ex had to reassemble the leaning tower of bookcase after I tried to lend a hand in construction) but sometimes these “hacks” lead to great, unintended uses for everyday IKEA furniture!
And that is exactly why IKEAHacker exists. This blog is a convenient forum for fellow hackers to share their latest innovations. Some of my favorites include gift tags from a biscuit box (I had to finish them all, the box was gone!), a handy dandy bike rack (which I will need if I ever replace my stolen bike), and this really nifty coffee table / fancy remote. RedEye readers know there is nothing “gayer than a Mini Cooper full of drag queens on a trip to IKEA” so the next time you need some swedish meatballs (and who doesn’t every once in a while) don your best wig, stuff your shirt, and rent a ZipCar for your day of shopping, and don’t forget to bring extra cash for home delivery because you know that isn’t going to fit in your coop…
