I had a fun little time doing the 10-Second Interview app for my Facebook profile just now, and I thought I’d share the results here, too, for those of you who have yet to be assimilated by the book of the faces.
Plus, you’re getting the extended mix that doesn’t all show up on the main […]
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10-Second Interview
Posted by Ocelopotamus on November 20th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Tags: Meta · Journal · Internet · Software · Online Communities
Roundup: Flight of the Humpback Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on November 19th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Markos from Daily Kos has a new gig writing opinion pieces for Newsweek, and he’s been in rare form with his first couple of efforts. From this week’s column: “In his first Inaugural Address, Ronald Reagan remarked that ‘government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.’ While the quip has provided […]
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Comment Moderation Engaged
Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 14th, 2007 at 3:51 am
Ah, it’s come to this. I’ve had to turn on comment moderation because the evil hordes of the Cømm3nt-Sp@m Børg have found their way to Ocelopotomus.
So, if you comment, you may experience some lag time before your brilliance actually appears on the site, depending on whether I happen to be asleep/cleaning up Mr. Blue’s […]
Tags: Meta · Blogs · Cats · Internet · Software
Happy Fontiversary Helvetica, All About Arial, and Cooper Black: Behind the Typeface
Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 13th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Via an email from my friend Jorjet, I see that Helvetica is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Helvetica comes from Switzerland, which is fitting considering its essentially neutral personality.
We should all be so functional and wildly popular as Helvetica at our half-century mark. Of course, Helvetica has its detractors as well:
“When people choose Helvetica […]
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News Roundup: Indirect Role-Playing Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 16th, 2007 at 5:52 am
Gonzales is now helpfully explaining that he only had an “indirect” role in the firing of the U.S. attorneys. Yes, just like I had an indirect role in what happened to the passersby who got hit by those water balloons I dropped yesterday. I mean, all I did was let go! It was the water […]
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News Roundup: Dinosaur Dig Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 13th, 2007 at 4:13 am
The White House is claiming that oops, they managed to lose a whole bunch of critically important emails, but as any decent techie knows, deleted emails aren’t really deleted. Someone better sit poor Karl Rove down and explain to him about file recovery utilities.
Speaking of recovering things thought lost forever — scientists have recovered […]
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News: The Hidden Cost of Margarine
Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 27th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
• Orangutans may be extinct within five years, thanks to a soaring demand for palm oil leading to the destruction of their forest habitat. This situation needs to be addressed in product labeling somehow, so consumers can know that they’re buying sustainable, “orangutan and rainforest-safe” palm oil. Via this DKos diary.
• Here’s a fascinating look […]
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