I think CAPTCHAs are annoying…these are the little images with characters on them that are meant to prevent spammers from automating responses to blog posts, site registrations, etc. In order to prove you’re not a machine or spammer, you need to enter these random strings you see.
Word from CNN is that CMU is working on [...]

After viewing this slideshow on Slate, I created my own LolCat image (which will make absolutely NO sense if you don’t check out the slideshow yourself):

Go figure. I’ve resisted joining sites like LinkedIn and MySpace, and I’ve not gotten into Second Life. But if a cat’s involved, I’m there.
I don’t really want to think about [...]

One of my long held beliefs has been that I prefer smaller cities to the biggies. So, Boston over New York, San Fran over LA, DC over Chicago. That’s probably one of the reasons I haven’t been back to New York in something like 20 years, despite being a short flight or train ride away. [...]

So, I was doing my regular read of Salon, and came across today’s feature article about American soldiers fleeing to Canada.
The article was interesting, but what caught my eye was this picture:

and this caption underneath (emphasis mine):
Above: Kyle Snyder, a 23-year-old U.S. Army deserter who fled to Vancouver, in front of a map of [...]

Mike has the details, but nearly two-thirds of my former co-workers were “displaced” yesterday in a department reorganization. These folks will be able to apply for jobs in the re-org’d department, but a handful are unlikely to find a good fit and will be losing their jobs as of July 1.
This is sad on [...]