tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213567772012-04-19T07:50:42.034-06:00"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."<BR> - JRR TolkienThayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-10173356047051136442011-03-16T17:01:00.002-06:002011-03-16T17:23:38.999-06:00

My friend Aaron has made me aware that stock photography sites are suffering from either a lack of creativity in picture themes, or ridiculous demand for unusual items, such that the same type of picture keeps showing up repeatedly.When you see the picture together, you will see why it's amusing. Here's an example from another blog.Women laughing alone, with saladHere's another.This pile of

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-65269015983083861522011-03-10T06:00:00.000-07:002011-03-10T06:01:16.004-07:00

Once again, you've fallen for one of my classic pranks.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));try {var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6801433-1");pageTracker._trackPageview();} catch(err) {}http://instantbazinga.com/

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-47805703343131351822011-03-07T15:23:00.002-07:002011-03-07T16:06:49.880-07:00

My daughter thinks that I have some inexplicable talent for finding unusual and single-serving websites. She asked me to start a blog that showcased them. Then I remembered that I already bought this domain for just that purpose. So, today, I'm getting back on track. Comicbook Store Guy turns the table on his customers.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." :

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-17571832887020934542010-07-26T08:12:00.002-06:002010-07-26T08:28:03.556-06:00

How many of you have seen this picture before?Lots of fun, right? Well, you haven't really laughed until you have seen the rest of the pictures from that night.Thank you, GIS. You have once again made my life sweeter.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type=

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Those clever folks at Google have done it again, and this time in such an over the top way, that my head is swimming at how surreal the invention is. Check this out.Google has released an app for smartphones running the Google Android operating system. Big deal, you might say. Google has had a translation page thingy for years now.Fair enough. But this is on a phone.Big deal again, you might

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-57253335732164108962010-02-09T08:28:00.004-07:002010-02-09T08:58:17.887-07:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));I can't remember if I mentioned this site before, so I'm doing it now.I LOVE single-serving websites. I love seeing someone put a whole lot of creativity into something that might

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-23839207094088710682010-02-08T09:03:00.002-07:002010-02-08T09:36:02.634-07:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");>document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));Can someone explain to me why District 9 is nominated for an Oscar this year? (N.B. I'm writing this before the awards ceremony, but I'm pretty confident it won't win Best Picture.

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-82366124519754291512009-12-07T21:13:00.002-07:002009-12-07T22:06:54.986-07:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));So it's Monday again, and time for more thoughts about the iPhone. I had a whole post planned for this week, but two things happened. I decided I need to do a bit more research

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-8044984780263085292009-12-01T09:15:00.007-07:002009-12-02T14:44:47.917-07:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));Last week, I posted a couple of funny pictures and one awesome product called Bacon Pop. Bacon flavored popcorn. This week, I'll suffice with a couple simple pictures.Here is

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-11432973803932345612009-11-30T12:50:00.004-07:002009-11-30T13:22:31.518-07:00

If you dear readers can refrain from judging me, for a moment, I'll let you in on a little secret. I have switched two of my oldest loyalties in the last month. I have given up on LG and Verizon and bought an iPhone on the AT&T network. Hey. I said don't judge me.The truth is, I still love LG and Verizon, but I was not able to receive signal at my new home on the Verizon network, so I was forced

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-31114920082529927852009-11-24T08:47:00.004-07:002009-11-24T09:03:38.131-07:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));About a year ago, the biggest meme on the internet was a little thing called the Bacon Explosion. It was basically a bacon and sausage log, rolled up and barbecued. I even know

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-14235426528420509152009-08-04T13:11:00.002-06:002009-08-04T13:53:54.691-06:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));I've mentioned before that I read far too many blogs and am never caught up. This morning my dear spouse mentioned that same, but in a not too patient tone. Less of a 'how do you

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-26008523055871910482009-07-28T08:09:00.004-06:002009-07-29T20:47:39.738-06:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));Just now I surfed out to a link on a physics magazine (yes, a physics magazine, so sue me for being a geek) and was reading a story about a scientist who built some contraption to

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-13166980948783892372009-07-16T09:04:00.008-06:002009-07-16T09:34:30.730-06:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));It seems I find myself in one of those funks where nothing that I contemplate writing on seems worthy of putting on pixels. And yet, nearly all the feedback I get on my blog is

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-72795233942241987502009-05-03T22:04:00.002-06:002009-05-03T22:30:27.116-06:00

I have been collecting a LOT of RSS feeds, from my email client, which makes it a lot easier to keep track of a few blogs. Which is all well and good, until you start adding every cool blog that you see to your folder list. Yes, you can collect a lot of links but it doesn't take long before you are several hundred, and sometime a few thousand, entries behind current. In my case, this

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-79401199483002341012009-04-29T08:36:00.005-06:002009-04-29T09:17:51.466-06:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));I remember once having a conversation with my father and I don't even remember what we were talking about, but he said, in passing, that potatoes were natures perfect food.  I took

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-577759501519333632009-04-15T15:58:00.002-06:002009-04-15T16:01:30.599-06:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));Hey, I'm man enough to admit that I watch American Idol every week. And enjoy it. And I'm man enough to admit that I miss the Wednesday morning recaps I used to have with my boss,

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-85766925904152760362009-04-13T08:37:00.002-06:002009-04-13T09:43:51.839-06:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));I'm getting really sick of really big companies making really foreseeable mistakes and then pretending the whole thing was unavoidable. Why? Because the chasm between the

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-77658023644342170292009-03-31T12:28:00.002-06:002009-03-31T12:49:24.361-06:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));You wouldn't know it by watching my RSS feed, but I spend a lot of time composing, and later rejecting, blogishness in my head.  I worry about what's interesting enough, and what's

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-14084997105709438152009-03-16T23:12:00.003-06:002009-03-31T12:51:47.052-06:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));OK, you can go ahead and call me a blog whore if you want, and it would no doubt be true, but I just can't help myself.  I just love playing games with search engines.  A few months

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-22668755332709841792009-03-02T07:26:00.006-07:002009-03-02T08:04:38.057-07:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));This morning I woke up and this phrase was rolling, repeatedly through my nearly conscious brain.try {>var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6801433-1");pageTracker._trackPageview()

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-1612343842237603612009-02-24T21:03:00.002-07:002009-02-24T21:23:16.078-07:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));One of the smartest guys around, Robert Kirby, said this today.  “I consider myself one of the most intolerant people I know, but gays aren't even on my "Top 500 People Whose Guts I

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-60823390754010626592009-02-20T07:38:00.003-07:002009-02-20T08:59:29.070-07:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));If I recall correctly, it was my innagural blog post where I said that my life is never dull.  My professional life, in particular.  In that post I told how I was accidentally hired

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-22044502272058011072009-02-17T22:44:00.004-07:002009-02-17T23:19:04.906-07:00

I mentioned to a friend a while back that I was tracking a blog with an RSS feed, and he had no idea what that meant.  So I had to write a long email explaining it all.  Since it seems to be something that a lot of people don't get, I'm explaining it again here.  What the heck is RSS?If you think of your favorite blog or webpage as a newspaper or a magazine, then a RSS feed is the same thing as a

Thayne Forbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612285290314675598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21356777.post-35867797654149553842009-01-12T18:46:00.005-07:002009-01-12T22:17:51.334-07:00

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));So, the results of the expirement in shameless blog promotion are back.  It appears that selling out to corporate America is worth the occasional 77% bump in readership stats.  And

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