January 2010
5 posts
Broken: The USPTO →
Jan 1st
December 2009
27 posts
8 Things Every Geek Needs to Do Before 2010 →
Dec 31st
My advice for 2010
The best book I read in 2009 was Seth Godin’s “The Dip.“  If you haven’t read it, DO. In “The Dip,” Godin mentions the following passage from the Declaration of Independence: …all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. My...
Dec 30th
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
– Albert Einstein
Dec 30th
New Year's Eve Blue Moon Eclipse →
Dec 28th
Why Your Law Firm Should Use a Content-Management... →
Dec 27th
Why programmers are not paid in proportion to... →
Dec 24th
Lawyers & Legal Professionals Looking Ahead to... →
Dec 22nd
Heard from the other room
Josh: I inherited a lot from you and Dad, Mom. Jodi: I think you mean “everything.”
Dec 21st
Two of the hardest and most painful tests in life:... →
Dec 21st
River Country Waterpark beyond hope of repair →
Dec 20th
Friday food for thought: Did the Patent and... →
Dec 20th
The small calendar 2010 →
Dec 17th
“When your deodorant says “To use: Push up bottom”, it doesn’t...”
– @bitemeukb
Dec 17th
Whomever the genius is that designed my car & put the garage door opener button right next to the “open sunroof” button…I hate you and the rain.
Dec 17th
Good things come to those who wait, but better things came to those who picked first.
Dec 16th
“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
Dec 16th
On ATMs asking me what language I speak...
Every time I use my bank’s ATM it asks me what my preferred language is. Seriously? They can’t configure the ATM software to remember my language preference so I don’t have to make an extra selection EVERY TIME I use the ATM? Customer service FAIL.
Dec 16th
I wonder if @hodgman knows why the USPTO has a trademark design class (02.03.25) devoted to “Other women including hobos, women holding fans and women with weaponry”.  It seems like an odd grouping to me. Compare/contrast that with the “Misc” category for men marks:  ”02.01.32    Other men, including frogmen, men wearing space suits and men wearing monocles.”
Dec 15th
“First thing I learned in high school chemistry: hot glass looks just like cold...”
– Jodi
Dec 15th
I keep trying to use those stupid earphones that Apple gives you with your iPod. No matter how many times I try them again, psychotically thinking that magically my ears may have changed shape and they’ll fit now…they don’t. It is like Microsoft designed them. I hate you, white earphones.
Dec 14th
“Robot test #12. Go see Pixar’s UP. If your date doesn’t cry, robot.”
– Nathan Fillion
Dec 13th
“Never confuse “service” as in what bulls do for cows with...”
– @douglassorocco quoting Oklahoma wisdom
Dec 12th
“Thanks for “extending an offer to share this with [my] readers.” I...”
– Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies)
Dec 12th
“Scientific evidence suggests an asteroid didn’t kill the dinosaurs....”
– @ColinSamuels
Dec 12th
“I saw two old people walking hand in hand today and I thought “how...”
– @hsnipper
Dec 12th
“A lot of people don’t like bumper stickers. I don’t mind bumper stickers. To...”
– Demetri Martin
Dec 12th