Here’s a great article on how to wake up a sleeping Mac (provided you’ve set it up correctly): Wake on LAN: don’t let sleeping Macs lie.

Date posted: January 20, 2011 | Filed under apple, geek, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

In The Studio – Interviews with rock’s finest musicians about their most classic albums. I can’t wait to listen to these.

Date posted: January 17, 2011 | Filed under music, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Sad Pirate.

Date posted: January 17, 2011 | Filed under humor, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

File this under Karma’s a Bitch: DeLay sentenced to three years for money laundering. He should have gotten more, but I’ll take three. Enjoy the golf course, Tom.

Date posted: January 10, 2011 | Filed under politics, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Dear AT&T: From what everybody says, Verizon is going to announce that they will be offering the iPhone tomorrow. And when they do, I’m going to ditch your shitty service as quickly as possible. And then I’m going to buy this phone cover.

Date posted: January 10, 2011 | Filed under apple, shopping, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

File this one under Right On: Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Beats Cancer. The new album should be out sometime this year.

Date posted: January 7, 2011 | Filed under music, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Here’s an awesome interview with W. Earl Brown, AKA Dan Dority from Deadwood, and Warren from There’s Something About Mary.

Date posted: January 6, 2011 | Filed under entertainment, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

File this under the 2011 to-do list:  How to Create (and Stick to) a Realistic Budget with Mint.

Date posted: January 5, 2011 | Filed under money, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Inside Kowloon’s Walled City. This is total awesome, and scratches my obsessive-compulsive itch completely. As a grade-school student, I used to draw obsessively detailed cross-sections of secret assembly lines in underground factories, so I love the cartographic aspect of these images. Even more incredible is the story behind the Walled City, which was torn down in 1993.

Date posted: January 4, 2011 | Filed under art/design, history, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

I’m thrilled that the 9/11 bill was passed, after years of inaction by the federal government. I find it ironic that Jon Stewart’s focus on the situation is being credited as the thing that made the difference.

Date posted: December 27, 2010 | Filed under politics, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »