I had to. I’m overdue for a jean jacket, and this is the first piece of flare I’ll put on.

This has its moments. Man, he sure sniffles a lot.

Here’s a site that builds you a “realistic” Wii avatar, also known as a Mii, based on a photo you upload for $5.
Are you spending hours tweaking your Mii, trying to make it look right? Frustrated that, even with photo in hand, you just can’t create a likeness?
Have no fear, Make Mii is here! [...]

I like lists. Here’s a decent one: PC World’s 50 most influential people on the web.
And even though it’s the top 50 list of a publication called PC World, guess what black-turtlenecked, jeans-wearing, monomaniacal non-PC user nabs second place?
GO SEE

There’s a great piece in Slate about Ann Coulter’s latest tirade.
If you haven’t heard about it, she called John Edwards “a faggot” in front of a packed room of Republicans. There was a little gasp, then laughter and applause. She knew her audience. Michael Richards would have been jealous.
As the article points out [...]

Well, there goes your “Awesome seller A+++++!!!!” eBay rating…
WINNIPEG (CBC) - An errant shipment of human body parts from China, destined for a U.S. laboratory, went mistakenly to the doorstep of a horrified Michigan couple on Thursday as a result of a delivery slip-up.
Franck Larmande discovered the error when he plunged his hands into the [...]

I’m a pedant and a word nerd, so I thought I’d share this guy’s list of five grammatical and spelling errors that make you look dumb. He’s picked most of the same ones that drive me insane.
Read ‘em

I’m already good and sick of the hype around the iPhone. Your mileage may vary, but this article at least has the virtue of actually going through the historical development of the product, and it’s a pretty interesting story. Some of it still reads like it came straight from Jobs’ PR firm (and since we’re [...]

Not sure I fully understand the mechanism, but here’s a nifty Digg-like site that lets the community track Canadian political news — and lets people vote on the level of political spin associated with it.

CHECK IT

Sorry for the change in look again. Having some code problems with my other theme, so I had to revert to this one for the time being.