December 2011
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Incredible Things That Happen Every 60 Seconds On... →
As we were patching some code this morning to fix an error caused by various web bots’ brutally efficient polling of thingsthatnolongerexist, my friend Jonathan happened to share this cool pair of infrographics that illustrate just how noisy the internet is becoming:
Dec 28th
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 16th
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TextMate 2.0 Alpha →
I’ve been doing more coding on OS X lately, and have been happily reunited by my old friend TextMate, which has been my personal heir to BBEdit, which I used to love but is way too long in the tooth now. How happy was I to find out that after several years, they’re finally working on a major version update! It still looks a little ways off, but I’m glad to see movement here. In...
Dec 14th
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Devastating Explosions, at the Touch of a Button →
This is why the internet exists. (Yes, it’s a promoton for Old Spice, but it’s a good one)
Dec 13th
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Serious Eats' Halal Cart-Style Chicken and Rice... →
Dec 10th
This news brought to you by Zynga. →
Earlier this week, 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin was kicked off of a flight for refusing to stop playing the Scrabble-like “Words With Friends” on his cell phone while his delayed plane sat at the gate. Now, both American Airlines and Alec Baldwin have taken to the Internet to post their versions of the incident. 
Dec 8th
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On this day in 1933, America ended its silly dalliance with temperance, rolling back Prohibition with the 21st Amendment. Also, I just spoiled the end of Boardwalk Empire for you.
Dec 6th