P6 http://p6.com The Blog Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:54:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 P6 Blogger Moves To TechCrud http://p6.com/2008/10/p6-blogger-moves-to-techcrud/ http://p6.com/2008/10/p6-blogger-moves-to-techcrud/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:54:30 +0000 Editor http://p6.com/?p=80 The action here at P6 might be getting a little slow.  I’m moving my focus over to my new blog, TechCrud.

There I will be reviewing the worst that Web 2.0 has to offer.  Come join me and subscribe to the RSS feed.

Cheers.

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SCREW YOU, SILLY STRAWS.

You are a plague upon this planet.

First off, you lure us in with your appearance. My beverage of choice passing through loops and turns in route to my mouth?  Sounds like fun, right?

Wrong, suckers.   It takes probably 300% more suction power trying to suck a beverage through one of these.  The hole in a silly straw is about half the size of a normal straw, then the distance from end to end is multiplied by the “silly” loops making it an absolute chore to get a sip of our drink.   And it makes us look like a fish while trying to do so.

Even worse, you so called “silly” straws are hard and unforgiving.  One wrong move and it will put an eye out.   No bend, no give, no flexibility from you at all.  Just like my old boss.  Asshole.

I guess if there is anything redeeming about you god forsaken silly straws, it’s the lesson taught to the children who use you.  “Life is hard, and not always as fun as it looks.”

Put that in your straw and suck it.

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His argument seems sound.  As he says in the blog post, “While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 — we should not eliminate anyone’s fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.”

Full post at: Official Google Blog: Our position on California’s No on 8 campaign

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Make Millions and Make Change

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I like it.

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]]> http://p6.com/2008/09/mccain-rickrolled/feed/ 329 “Old” Movies My Kids Liked http://p6.com/2008/09/old-movies-my-kids-liked/ http://p6.com/2008/09/old-movies-my-kids-liked/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:47:45 +0000 Editor http://p6.com/?p=37 I have three kids, two sons ages seven and four, plus a daughter who is two-years-old.  Basically they’ve been raised watching Pixar movies their whole lives.  I don’t know if this is a good thing because it sometimes seems like they’ll snub most animated features that aren’t rendered by computer.  

Anyhow, I’ve been trying to introduce them to a variety of new films recently and have instituted a “family movie night”  which we now hold on a weekly basis to watch new movies together.  As part of this, I seek out films that we can all enjoy together and toss in some older films into the mix from time to time.  

I know they liked something when they request repeat viewings.  Here are a few “old” movies that they’ve enjoyed.  By “old” I mean more than 10 years old (which to a four year old is ancient.)  

Jurrassic Park, The Lost World, & Jurrassic Park III  - All three of these films were a hit with the whole family.  Even my daughter would request to watch them when she was home without her brothers.  It also piqued an interest in dinosaurs for them.  

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure – I loved this movie as a kid.  I’m glad they enjoyed it too.

Space Jam – Before watching they had little idea who Michael Jordan or Bugs Bunny was.  You don’t see either of them on television very much these days.

The Weird Al Show - Not a movie, but an old short-lived television show starting “Weird Al” Yankovic.  Perfectly wacky and well suited for their ages.  (Al’s movie, UHF, was not as big of a hit.  Maybe when they’re older.)

Stuart Little - This was popular with my two youngest ones.

Milo & Otis – Seems like a snoozer to me, but they liked it for a week or two.  

Two we tried that, surprisingly to me, didn’t stick too well: Ghostbusters and Batman.

Any suggestions out there of “old” movies for family movie night?

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about:memory – Very useful to see which tabs are hogging memory. Also compares Chrome with other browsers if you’re running them.

about:stats

about:network

about:internets – Cool! I didn’t know Ted Stevens was a Chrome developer.

about:histograms

about:dns

about:cache

about:plugins

about:version

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“Western Spaghetti” Written and Directed by PES
More at http://www.eatpes.com

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