This caused a traffic jam on the I-5 this weekend when I was visiting a friend in Portland OR.

Probably from the jerk who took the picture linked above.

Those “tag clouds” used by every “Web 2.0″ website are frigging annoying. Is a ranked list too logical and straightforward for people to use for 2.0 usage?

tag cloud annoying hatred stupid lame urge to kill

Okay, I’ve now been tagged twice, so I cave in to peer pressure.
1) My childhood nickname was “Teaspoon”
2) I sponsored the creation of the Totem Mozilla plugin to allow Linux users to view embedded movies in their browser.
3) The first computer I owned (not including ones my parents owned) was an original Pentium with the infamous floating point bug.  I still have the chip.
4) I have never eaten a brussel sprout.
5) When in Japan I stayed in a capsule hotel.
BONUS) I didn’t really learn how to navigate my car using North/South/West/East directions until I played GTA:San Andreas.

Woot is well known for their cleverly sarcastic product descriptions and rock bottom gadget prices.  But the description of today’s woot still managed to shock me:

We know we don’t want them. But you people are weird, so maybe you might.

But really, if we had any good ideas for what to do with these things, we wouldn’t be selling them ten at a time.

With that sales pitch, they managed to sell out in a few hours.  Incredible!

• qwantz.com, the finest internet comics bar none. And I mean it, none.
• zefrank.com/theshow, the only video blog I watch. Because it’s awesome.
• digg.com, where I find silly links to videos and pictures.
• slashdot.org, because I’m a nerd and like Linux and such.
• [redacted].com, because it’s a fun internet hangout not connected with my regular life.
• bbcnews.com, because US news is ad-infested crap that can’t be arsed to hide its own bias.
• cbc.ca, just in case something happens in Canada that the BBC doesn’t report.
• reader.google.com, where I catch up on the websites not listed here (gnome, friends, nintendo, politics)
• worsethanhitler.org, the most exciting place to surf the tubes

By popular demand:

• starbucks mug containing remnants of hot chocolate
• Dan Marino mug, empty
• Pamplemousse, still cold and half full
• Pamplemousse, empty
• Empty bottle of Kokanee
• Empty bottle of Tabasco
• Heinz ketchup “fridge door fit”
• Far side collection “Wildlife reserve”
• Netflix items: Capote, Monte Python’s Flying Circus, High Fidelity
• Vacuum cleaner attachment
• Lamp
• USB Mouse (Logitech)
• Nasal inhaler (Nasanex)
• Oral inhaler (Flovent)
• One American dollar bill, serial number J16984847M
• Another USB mouse (Logitech)
• A penny.
• Assorted “hair things” for my lovely wife

• heinz tomato ketchup (”fridge door fit”)
• brand name tobasco sauce
• 24 rolls of safeway select “softly” toilet paper

Last night I was looking for my netflix DVDs and searched much of the apartment unable to find them.

My lovely wife pointed out that the information about the in-apartment location of my netflix DVDs was readily available on the internet.

Part 2 in an ongoing series of adventures staring your hero: me.

• Nintendo DS Lite
• Tin of Penguin mints (cinnamon, mostly full)
• Tin of Penguin mints (regular, mostly empty)
• Micro tin of Penguin mints (chocolate, containing Mario 64 DS)
• Velcro
• USB cable
• Pay stubb
• Angry letter from bank
• Three netflix discs
• Camera battery charger
• Some change
• Civ4 Warlords box
• Leftover stickers from the Book of Zogg fiasco
• Wooden back massage tool
• New Super Mario Bros cover art
• DOL Letter sans tabs

• heinz tomato ketchup
• trader joe’s hot sauce
• cup of cold water
• empty starbucks mug
• empty dan marino mug
• empty glass
• two three empty cans of sparkling pamplemouse drink
• company hat
• bowl with cherry pie stains (plus fork)
• bowl with some uneaten macaroni (plus fork)
• civilization 4 warlords box (plus cd sleeve)
• letter from the washington state DOL sans tabs
• file folder containing the original version of the sapphire manifesto
• straps of velcro
• leftover stickers from the book of zogg