One nice thing about working alone...

is that I can start dancing during the workday if Justin Timberlake commands it.

When programs make you look dumb

I normally attempt to take responsibility for all my actions (or at least I like to fantasize that I do), but if a program allows me to make a single mistake, I consider it the failure of the program (and it's my failure if I wrote that program). I recently wrote on my own facebook wall accidentally, if your first instinct is to say, "wow, you're not that smart", your attitude is holding back progress in software.

Google maps for grocery stores

My dad wants Google Maps for grocery stores. You should be able to type in your shopping list and have the quickest route through the store printed out for you.

The dried sweetened hibiscus flowers...

from Trader Joe's are tasty

wtf?!

Slavery was legal in Saudi Arabia until 1962!

Diamonds for monogamy

From this entertaining and cutting blog post:

Virtual dinner at 6:00pm...my time

I wish I could eat a virtual dinner with friends and family around the country. I would pay $300 I think, for a specialized flat panel monitor with a built in quality webcam and speakers that could be put on the dinner table. Good videochat software to manage the webcam views would be critical. And you could have dinner with folks you met on Facebook from around the world, and dating with this system would be interesting as hell.