Author Archives: Jeff Porten

Just realized: what first names *aside* from Barack is Barry short for? How did it become an English first name?

  • Chris Breen:
    The phishers spewing the many LinkedIn emails seems to now have moved to Dropbox invites. They’re phony. Don’t bite.
  • Dan Moren:
    But now I have 6PB of Dropbox storage.

Damn shame that 1PB ? storage necessary to upload a peanut butter sandwich.

  • John Scalzi:
    MINUTE TWENTY FIVE OF THE MEMPHIS POWER OUTAGE: Just realized if I leave room I have to take stairs. TEN STORIES OF STAIRS, NOOOOOOOO.

Better to do it now while the gravity is still working.

Technically, goto is “allowed” in BASIC because it doesn’t have subroutines. (At least for AppleSoft, the One True BASIC.)

Attn Eszter Hargittai and other academic sociologists: looking for academic research on smartphone usage in public situations. Much prefer online links; don’t need *that* much data, abstracts are fine.

  • Melody Joy Kramer:
    All of my ideas for startups are becoming startups run by other people because I don’t know how to start a startup. <end>

I wrote a book about that once. Old, but if you want it I’ll send you a PDF.

Actually, you should probably read it for the amusement value?social networking tips for 1995.

  • Adam C. Engst:
    Why does this HTML snippet cause EPUB validation errors? What’s wrong with 1Password as an id? “<h4 id=”1Password”>1Password</h4>”

Guessing: validation code might not be ready for numerals in 1st position after =

On this morning’s infinite repeat mental playlist: Frank’s 2,000-Inch TV. Curious to know what the hell I was dreaming that put THAT into rotation.

  • Glenn Fleishman:
    So independent tax experts say IRS flagged good candidates for denying (c)(4) recognition, just by bad filters.

I wish I had blogged about this?this was my presumption when I first heard the story.

  • Rebecca Watson:
    Also, this is the 2nd episode in the 1st season to do with a Holodeck screwup that nearly kills people. Maybe just get rid of it?

Getting rid of the Holodeck would cause an instant mutiny on any ship.

  • Josh Centers:
    Back from a weekend trip to Memphis. Time for cold martinis, Arrested Development, and a distinct lack of pants.

I reserve the right to picture you with pants by the time you’re editing my article.

  • Josh Centers:
    I never wear pants while editing.

Ironically, if I had a TARDIS right now, the first thing I would do is jump ahead to the November episode.

  • John Scalzi:
    Awwww. The gremlin on the wing just held up a sign saying “HOPE YOU MAKE YOUR CONNECTION” to me. And then chewed on the fuel line.

Does that make you Shatner or Lithgow?