Archive for June, 2008

Overheard at Work Today

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

“You see those guys with all kinds of piercings riding bikes *against* traffic in San Francisco? I want to say to them, “you think you’re crazy? I’m raising kids in San Francisco.”

IP Blocking the World Over

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

When I lived in Vienna, I was frustrated that I couldn’t make use of services based in the States. Now it’s the other way around.

We don’t have cable TV at home and I’ve been hoping and praying that I could find some sort of online radio coverage. I found streaming services from BBC and Austria’s own ORF but they’re blocked to anyone outside of those respective markets. Of course I can’t find the game on any local FM or AM radio stations. Frustrating.

Where ma Persian web peeps at?

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

(Disclaimer for this post: if you don’t get the wordplay, no worries - it’s a bit out there. You have to know a little about Farsi and be a web geek to get it.)

Google as an RIA: Goosh.org. Not to be confused with Googoosh.com.

Wow, it’s not even in Flash.