http://www.jessecurry.net/blog uncensored thoughts about current events Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:24:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, my girlfriend Julie and I are having a baby girl in the next few months so we've started planning a baby shower. My entire life I thought that guys didn't go to these things, but I was told that I would have to attend. Since I have to attend ... http://www.jessecurry.net/blog/2007/04/24/invitations-baby-shower/ Yeah, I said it.... The Real World sucks... the little bubble that exists from 9 to 5(or 8 to 5 in my case) is horrible, unnatural, and wrong. No wonder there are so many depressed and psychotic people in the world today, the corporate world sucks all the interest, creativity, and ... http://www.jessecurry.net/blog/2007/01/06/the-real-world-sucks/ Hopefully this will be short and sweet. I always find it extremely interesting to watch the game that plays out between two people that want to have sex with each other... sometimes it's almost as if neither of them can see the outcome of their actions while everyone around them can. Am ... http://www.jessecurry.net/blog/2006/12/20/on-getting-laid/ The imminent implossion of Digg » Thinking Outloud It looks like my article on Digg's broken commenting system helped contribute a little to this new idea that the site is doomed and on its way out. I certainly didn't ... http://www.jessecurry.net/blog/2006/12/18/re-the-imminent-implossion-of-digg/ After my post "Why is Digg Filled with So Many Assholes?" spent some time on the Digg front page I got a ton of traffic, which is to be expected. What I didn't expect was that I would be referenced on Wikipedia, oh the power of the web. On Wikipedia's entry for ... http://www.jessecurry.net/blog/2006/12/15/im-a-reference-on-wikipedia/ For anyone who hasn't seen Lasse Gjertsen this guy is a genius. Below are a few of his videos all piled together in one big collection for your enjoyment. In the first two he basically combines stop motion video with DJing, the results are hilarious and extremely creative. The second ... http://www.jessecurry.net/blog/2006/12/15/great-videos-from-lasse-gjertsen/ Well, I just went through the Digg effect and was very pleased by how well my hosting provider, Dreamhost, was able to handle the traffic. I was a little worried about how quickly pages would be served because sometimes I'll get long load times when going to my pages, but during ... http://www.jessecurry.net/blog/2006/12/13/the-digg-effect/ For long time readers of the news site Slashdot the heavy volume of useless comments has become more or less a way of life. For every story there are the troll, the flame wars, and the crapfloods, but Slashdot's moderation system seems to do a pretty good job of filtering ... http://www.jessecurry.net/blog/2006/12/12/why-is-digg-filled-with-so-many-assholes/ I just got a chance to try out the alpha version of firefox, GranParadiso, and I have to say that it looks awesome so far. But I was really surprised that it failed the Acid2 test. I know that the layout engine is still being developed, but you'd think that a ... http://www.jessecurry.net/blog/2006/12/11/granparadiso-fails-the-acid2-test-on-os-x/ I was looking at stop motion videos on youtube today and this one caught my eye. Usually these things are just 10,000 pictures of people jumping in the air and fighting, but I hadn't seen one that actually timed everything to a beat. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82fxfLEfDMo] What'd you think? Let me know if there ... http://www.jessecurry.net/blog/2006/12/08/spasmodic-badass-stop-motion-video/