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Whoa, great news! Doug Bowman is moving to Google. Congratulations Doug! Great move by Google.

Ah, an oldie but a goodie. This morning I was reminded about this good piece of advice. Share it with your friends and family.

Here’s an excellent anecdote about throwing more resources at a problem. Any managers out there–please read this.

Via Gruber.

Someone has done a great machinima of Jonathan Coulton’s Code Monkey. I love Jonathan’s work.

Yes, I admit it—I’m in love. Check out Beth Thornley. Specifically “Mr. Lovely” on this page. The only thing it needs is a more Cow Bell! Insert the sound of me breathing heavy here. Oh yeah, I’m smitten.

OMG. They are made out of meat.

Arrrrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!! Yesterday, DJ asked me to scan one of her videos into our Delicious Library. I added it to my todo list and was about to do it when I realized that the library data was likely a victim of the recent trauma. I just checked, and yup, my suspicions have been confirmed. It looks like [...]

An interesting new blog search engine called Sphere just launched. I learned about it on TalkCrunch’s latest podcast. Specifically, check out their Sphere It! bookmarklet. This is going to be quite interesting. It looks like Technorati has a strong new competitor on its hands.

Raisins. Check! Cranberries. Check! My pockets are stocked, Daddy. I’m ready to rumble.

Kathryn loves her pockets for one particular reason — the ability to stock them with her favourite snacks — raisins and cranberries. Photo taken November 10, 2005.