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  • did beer cooler sous vide steaks today. Turned out deliciously perfect, although the cooler lost heat more rapidly than I would have liked #

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  • is cooking chicken breast tenders sous vide in a beer cooler #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-21

  • RT @FakeAPStylebook: Strunk & White sure were a couple of dicks, weren’t they? #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-12

  • Do you think Sookie Stackhouse has an e-mail account? #
  • @mrsnewman I once had hiccups for 3 straight days. Nothing is more terrifying than waking up and immediately hiccuping in reply to mrsnewman #
  • Metal bowls in the microwave—not a bad idea! Who knew? "On Food and Zapping" – http://nyti.ms/bApujU #

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  • New menu board, new sign, posted application to change ownership. Hope the food is the same (@ Rincon Sabroso) http://4sq.com/ajOMhD #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-07-27

  • poor, pathetic east coasters, reduced to laboriously re-creating In-N-Out Double Doubles, instead of eating them fresh http://is.gd/dKWqo #
  • @rnewman there is a fantastic solution to the baggage claim problem, but like flying first class, it's quite pricey: FedEx. in reply to rnewman #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-07-23

  • @rnewman forgot to change your one-click ship to address? I had stuff sent to Tellme after I got laid off that way. in reply to rnewman #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-07-20

  • Fogbugz—the bug tracking system where if you want to be sure someone sees your bug updates, you send them a separate e-mail. #
  • FYI, when Miss Manners says "I beg your pardon!" what she means is "That was very rude!". http://www.denverpost.com/books/ci_14650429 #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-07-19

  • What is the deal with people pushing around dogs in strollers? #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-07-09

  • I am quite certain if I died alone that once their food ran out that my cats would eat me. #
  • Yikes! Vet says Balthazar needs $1000 dental work. Am I a bad person for thinking I could get 10 new kitties for that kind of money? #

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  • "soccer"—is that the sporting contest with a ball shaped like a C60 molecule? #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-06-27

  • At the SJC open house—all the fun and excitement of going through airport security without any of the hassle of actually flying somewhere. #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-06-19

  • waited a long time for Sushi On The Run, but it was totally worth it #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-06-15

  • Quizno's has now officially joined Subway on my Do Not Eat list. FYI. #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-06-14

  • Portable A/C from Costco: $400. Custom cut window insert from TAP Plastics for exhaust: $40. Taking a nap on a hot day in a cool room… #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-06-12

  • it's nice having a foreigner around, so you can laugh at things like "fun size" again #
  • I just became the mayor of camille's sidewalk cafe on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/ctfwCQ #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-06-07

  • rt @ebertchicago "Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights." – John Wooden #
  • @mrsnewman we have a pool and you are welcome to it any time! in reply to mrsnewman #
  • attention voters in San Jose district 9: do not vote for homophobic fascist Larry Pegram, founder of hate group "Values Advocacy Council" #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-06-05

  • "marca global deportiva y de entretenimiento" is not "global brand sports and entertainment" but "global sports and entertainment brand" #
  • Google Translate has issues translating adjectival phrases from Spanish to English … #
  • when it comes to video recording and playback, I have to say that Android sucks. iPhone may be picky, but at least it's not just WRONG #
  • Finally got my USA-Spec iPod adapter installed in my car and now I can listen to Pandora while driving. #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-06-04

  • I <3 Cat Deeley. #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-05-30

  • aka IHOK (@ International Kabob House) http://4sq.com/aW1m6a #
  • What's the economic incentive to provide a senior citizens' discount? #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-05-15

  • @rnewman it's the same group that's never compiled anything on the command line and thinks that backslash should be the default separator in reply to rnewman #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-05-14

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The awful new Wikipedia logo

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So, apparently the Wikimedia foundation has deployed their new logo for Wikipedia. And I must say it looks horrible. While I am pleased that they’ve selected new characters for all the other pieces of the puzzle, and they’ve cleaned up those minor problems with the Devanagari and Japanese characters, overall the new logo is a total aesthetic failure.

It is too small. Why did they decrease the size of the logo? Is there a reason for this, or was it just done arbitrarily? I think the original size was just right, and in the new size the characters are just too small.

The anti-aliasing is crap. There is not enough contrast between the characters and the piece background. The characters should be black on a light gray background, not darkish medium gray on a lightish medium gray background.

The “shadow” of the back is too dark. It is very distracting in the new logo and makes it look almost like there is a small black piece on the front of the puzzle sphere. In the original logo, the shadow is a muted gray and doesn’t distract from the rest of the logo other than to enhance the sense of three-dimensionality.

Finally, and by far most importantly, the sense of texture from the engraved edges of the pieces, making it look it was constructed from actual puzzle pieces, is completely lost. Now it just looks like someone drew the idea of a puzzle onto a smooth sphere. The the three-dimensionality of the pieces in the old logo gave the logo a very satisfying sense of texture. I spent many hours getting the lighting and texture to look just right on the original logo, and in the new logo, it doesn’t appear anyone considered the aesthetics at all, and instead just focused on the “cool” factor of making the logo a “real” 3-D model and the “PC” factor of changing the character errors and selecting new characters for the hidden pieces.

Overall, the new logo is a total flop. I hope they revert back to the old logo until these major flaws can be addressed.


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