Feb 6
DANGER in the Chrome Web App Store
The new Google Chrome App Store contains a dangerous "gotcha" if you're not very, very careful about which apps you install in your Chrome browser.Initially I was pretty pumped about what I saw as a positive next step in streamlining access to web applications, until I saw this:
That damn NPAPI plugin is like thinking you're safe going in to the fitting room at Macy's, getting naked before putting on new clothes, only to discover later that there was a webcam in it broadcasting it the store TVs and on to the internet.
Just read through this page and see what potentially could be exposed unless you're extremely careful about which apps you install AND what they might sneak in to an update some day in the future.
Jan 26
On Sale Now! Congresswoman Michele Bachmann Clown Makeup Kit
You've seen her on Fox News, at Tea Party gatherings and giving that 'response' after January's State of the Union address. As you were watching her deliver that speech you might have wondered, "Gee...how could I have clown makeup just like Congresswoman Michele Bachmann?"
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To order, simply email us at IsThatAppliedWithaSpatula@michelebachmann.com and we'll rush the order to you...and it will be a miracle if it arrives.
Dec 17
Embarrassed in the Mall
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I know, I know...should probably just applaud that they're having fun. But it just looks so...goofy?
Dec 16
People on Hennepin Avenue in 1908
I downloaded the nearly 200MB, 980ppi .jpg photo from the Library of Congress' American Memory online exhibit of Hennepin Avenue near 7th street from 1908. Zooming in on the photo, I realized that it would be fun to post some portions of the image so you can get a taste of what it looks like zoomed in...and see the people of 1908.
(NOTE: After you click on a thumbnail to see a larger view, click on the larger picture to see all the detail):
