August 2008
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147xxxx
I have become enamored of 147xxxx’s tumblr. I love it not just because of her writing style or wittiness (of which there is plenty to go around) but rather because of the very cold reality of her experiences, and the almost cynically nonchalant way she absorbs them.
My girlfriend unit is a Starbucks employee herself, and I often find myself reading 147xxxx as a way to better understand how...
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I Got Your Limit Right Here
Comcast is officially limiting residential users to 250 GB of bandwidth per month. I for one am not concerned. I currently use less than 1 GB a day, but my porn/commercial shit music intake is likely well below the national average. Like speed increases and flat rates before it, bandwidth caps will be the new measuring stick for ISPs. I can see it now.
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Let's Play That Game
There are few things in life as satisfying as seeing someone else fail at something stupid. It is almost as satisfying as seeing someone succeed in a worthwhile cause. I don’t claim to be the final judge on what is worthy and unworthy, but I think the distinctions are typically clear on a moral level. Apparently remedial social education is in order more these days than we care to admit.
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Mint
There really is nothing like having a truly modern web application tell you that you drink too much and spend too much money on things you don’t need.
I was analysing my less than frugal ways on Mint and it occurred to me that what this application was in fact doing was assembling all of the complaints anyone with financial guidance over me has had in the past and put it in pie chart form.
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