Archive for August, 2007

How Radioactive Material Gets Transported

Last Friday some friends and I took the dumbest road trip ever. We drove 6 hours to Alpine Valley Music Theater near Milwaukee, Wisconsin to catch a 2 hour Rage Against The Machine show, and then drove 6 hours straight back. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and the show [...]

See My Big Green Egg Temp in Real-Time

I have this wicked cool device for my Big Green Egg (ceramic grill/smoker for you uninitiated people) that monitors and controls the pit and meat temperature for perfect low & slow cooks. I’m cooking a big fat pork butt for UFC 74 and I’ve got the Stoker hooked up. Check out the real-time [...]

On Paid Links

Yesterday I witnessed a pretty phenomenal panel at SES called “Are Paid Links Evil?” With a title like that, you know there is going to be some heat right off the bat. I wasn’t going to post at all, but I think I’ll throw my few cents in. First of all everyone [...]

Forbes.com Just Got Null Hosted

I was just reading some news before crashing, when I made the mistake of clicking a Forbes.com link. The next thing that happened in my mind was the antagonizing feeling of annoyance that I had forgotten that Forbes.com has those stupid god damn pre-site interstitial-type splash-screen ads. After clicking “Skip this ad” I [...]

You want to link exchange? You’ve got to be joking

Didn’t this cold-calling crap die in 2001? This is no better than viagra spam as far as I’m concerned.
The link-exchange wall-of-shame:
Hello,
I came across your website today while looking for sites related to my website’s general theme, namely internet marketing and search engine optimization.
I must say I really like your site and I wanted to [...]