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Emoticons in Unicode 6.0

Kevin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

I don’t know why I’m excited about this, but I am. Unicode 6.0 now contains emoticons.

Here’s the list – http://www.unicode.org/Public/6.0.0/charts/versioned/U1F600.pdf

The Real Mac vs PC Commercial

Kevin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:51:40 +0000

This is the Internet

Kevin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:06:19 +0000

From The IT Crowd:

Lisa Simpson visits the "Mapple" store

Kevin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:05:04 +0000

“It’s so sterile!”

Old Geek Comics

Kevin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:00:38 +0000

I was cleaning out some old boxes today and found two geek comics that I had saved from the 1980s. They’re a bit yellowed and torn (and full of holes from hanging on multiple cork boards over the years), but still funny after all these years.

The Banana Junior 6000 ad from Bloom County, featuring a computer-less Gene Simmons from Kiss:

Nerd Care^TM Bleaching Lotion from Doonesbury:

Greatest Action Figure Ever?

Kevin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:08:28 +0000

This is the action figure that I’ve been waiting for!

Next I need a Robert Fripp action figure with adjustable stool…

You are TOTALLY GAY for Vista! Haaaaaaa HAAAAAAA!

Kevin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:24:33 +0000

Interesting insight into the results of Microsoft’s “Mojave Experiment” on Wil Shipley’s blog…

Microsoft took a bunch of “regular folks” XP users who were afraid of Vista, and told them Microsoft was going to show them a secret new operating system — which was actually Vista.

UNSURPRISINGLY, these people mostly said they liked Vista.

I hate bad science. Hate it. Hate. So let’s look at not one, not two, but FOUR, yes FOUR (ah-ah-ah!) key flaws in this experiment, any single one of which would render its results meaningless:

* The Placebo Effect
* The Pepsi Challenge Effect
* The Perfectly Controlled Environment Effect
* The Personal Tutor Effect

Microsoft has managed to prove that if you have a friendly expert on a controlled machine (with Vista pre-installed) showing a carefully selected subset of Vista features to an ignorant XP user for a few minutes, the XP user will often say he finds Vista acceptable. Wow.

This so-called experiment of Microsoft’s is an insult to science, and to our intelligence. And I am dying to see the out-takes from their shoot. I mean, how many people do you suppose like being told, “Hey, this giant, unpopular monopolistic software company just made an ass out of you! Ha ha! Our leading scienticians just PROVED that you LOVE VISTA and WANT TO MARRY IT. You are TOTALLY GAY for Vista! Haaaaaaa HAAAAAAA!”

Read the whole article.

Apple Time Capsule from 1987

Kevin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:26:38 +0000

Tongue in cheek Apple “Time Capsule” recorded in 1987, looking into the future of 1997.

Mac Vista…hehehehe, love it…

The Infamous Double Slit Experiment

Kevin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:04:36 +0000

I forgot just how strange and cool quantum physics can be…

Buy an iPhone 3G or be a Millionaire?

Kevin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:50:01 +0000

From Joy of Tech: