August 2010

Heretic Clippy This script will check on pageload to see if the User is running IE6. If so, Heretic Clippy will appear and offer some browser alternatives. [bigboxcar note: I have not looked-at/tested/confirmed this code. But I think the concept is awesome.]

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“Special Lady Friend” t-shirt, on my Zazzle store Sales continue to improve – I sold another shirt yesterday, which makes it four sales total. Which amazes me. This was a joke between @justacoolcat and me, where I twittered that I was going to get my wife a mug for our “having known each other” anniversary

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minnpost: “Fun is making Republicans excited and leaving the [State Fair] booth with a smile,” said [GOP Deputy Chair Michael] Brodkorb. “Fun is within the bounds of acceptable political discourse.” MinnPost photo of Minnesota Republican Chair Tony Sutton, left, and Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb by Jay Weiner from “Is the tweeting GOP having more fun?

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[Rep. Michele] Bachmann was introduced as “Barack Obama’s worst nightmare!” One expects the introduction was written without awareness of the irony of taking a day famous for being one African-American man’s dream and turning it into a nightmare for another. Max Sparber, from “Michele Bachmann and Glenn Beck’s rally on ‘Dream’ speech anniversary” (via minnpost)

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ojezap: Crack Pioneer Press artist (and my pal) David Steinlicht goes crop art-crazy for the Minnesota State Fair every year, laboring on some pretty amazing creations, and documenting his work from start to finish on a blog. I really like his entry for this year’s State Fair. He won in his “natural colors, advanced” category! Great design.

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