Category Archives: Kewel!

The future of payment processing

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Alaska

…is Square, and it’s now. I’m intimately aware with the hurdles involved with merchant accounts and bank payment processing (which were the root of GPal/Gpay’s well-publicized disaster spiral last year). For face-to-face retail sales, this is infinitely better. If it … Continue reading →

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She’s going for distance

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Phil Kadath

The woman in this story is on my “Someone I need to meet” list. The best man at a wedding was left battered and bloodied after he was hit in the head by a fast-moving dildo. The flying phallus left … Continue reading →

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RCOB II

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Alaska

This one had a happy ending, but that the kid had to go through all of it still makes my blood boil: We may be winning on a lot of fronts, but I fear it will require a generational change … Continue reading →

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Engage!

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Alaska

Since I first saw the bridge of the Next Generation Enterprise, I felt that of all the things they got right with that show, the chairs were the best improvement on the original series. Executive seating is rightly nothing if … Continue reading →

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Van Canto! (a cappella metal)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Alaska

TJIC’s been tweeting about a German a cappella metal band. A what? This: Not since I heard Apocalyptica for the first time have I been as jazzed as I am now. Tres cool. EDITED TO ADD: In the comments, I … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Wait for Tax Day

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Alaska

The wife and I are reading through the novel together. Her first time; my second. On Joe Huffman’s recommendation, we also have the audiobook version on our phones, which is nice for long drives. Now we have a deadline date … Continue reading →

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The Soundboard: Spliced Krispies Edition

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Phil Kadath

More mashups, bros Enjoy!

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O Happy Day!

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Alaska

We don’t yet own any vehicles new enough to have “black boxes,” although they all do have onboard computers of one sort or another. I’d always figured the privacy geek in me would want to do some shade-tree surgery on … Continue reading →

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Early Soundboard

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Alaska

To Be the One by Dash Berlin, featuring Idaho. Initially I disliked the vocalist on this one intensely, but the overall track’s grown on me. And a compare-and-contrast for you. Compare Dash Berlin’s “The End of Silence” with Motorcycle’s “When … Continue reading →

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Oregon Just Went Up a Notch

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Alaska

…in my estimation. I did not know that the Oregon Constitution specifically protects jury nullification. From a comment to the Radley Balko story linked in MadRock’s post below: #22 | Kyle | February 8th, 2011 at 6:32 pm Irving, That … Continue reading →

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