Nov 22, 2008  •  In Random

The End of Daylight Savings Time?

President-elect Obama is looking to axe the controversial daylight savings time (DST).

I’ve always had a great sense of time so I have never had a problem with DST. However, I do get a bit sad every spring as we lose an hour.
How about you? Do you think we should join the ranks of Arizona and the majority of the world by eliminating the practice?
Via Boing Boing.…

Nov 20, 2008  •  In Art/Design, Geek

Kickass Crochet Patterns

I love DYI projects and am a big proponent of small, one-man/mom-and-pop shops. However, I never caught the Etsy craze because there is just so much stuff on there!
Alas, I have no need to worry. Fellow bloggers often come to the rescue by sorting out the best and the most interesting, saving my lazy ass from doing the task myself.
Today, Geekologie combined two of my biggest passions, Star Wars and crafts, into a post called Yes!: Star Wars Arts And Crafts For Sale. Through it, I stumbled upon Etsy seller lafeecrochette, who sells crochet patters to some (if…

Nov 19, 2008  •  In Art/Design, Geek, Twitter

The Fail Caterpillar

Twitter has been a lot better with its uptime lately. However, it underwent an hour of downtime earlier today and bloggers everywhere rushed to report a big change.
Bye bye, Fail Whale…

Hello, Fail Caterpillar!

Cute, but I don’t think it has the visual impact of the Fail Whale. What do you think?
Via Mashable.
P.S. – For a neat history of the Twitter Fail Whale, check out ReadWriteWeb’s The Story of the Fail Whale.…

Nov 19, 2008  •  In Entertainment, Funny

Snoop Dogg on Martha Stewart

Can you believe Snoop Dogg was on the Martha Stewart Show today?
I couldn’t.
Then I watched the video.
And laughed and laughed.
Moments of particular note include:

Martha reads aloud some emails he’s sent her. He continually calls her “MS” and instructs her to “holla back boo”
Snoop tries to explain “Snoop-guistics” to Martha
Martha teaches Snoop how to make mashed potatoes and he addes cognac. After tasting the result, he says he wants some chicken wings.

Watch the hilarity ensue as my favorite rapper from the 90s meets my girl Martha!

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the…

Nov 19, 2008  •  In Apple, Gadgets, Geek

iPhone Numberpad App

As much as I *heart* my LG Voyager (especially its rockin’ Navigation system), I do get tempted to by the lusciousness that is the iPhone.
In particular, the Safari browser.
Although LG and Verizon like to tout the Voyager’s browser as a fully functioning HTML decoder, the fact remains that it doesn’t work too well with anything other than HTML. CSS rendering is unreliable and JavaScript is a hit or a miss.
My phone has also developed a nasty habit of automatically shutting off whenever it encounters a page heavy with JavaScript/AJAX.
*Throws tantrum*
So whenever I see yet another…