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Entries from December 2008

Governor Patterson Interrupts Amy Pohler’s Touching Goodbye

December 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I think the funniest part of this is that Gov. Patterson ordering “$50 worth of circus tickets” – ?! Fred Armisen is so spot-on with this impersonation, it reminds me of the all-time top rated digital short:

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Tags: Humor · Television

Happy First Birthday StationStops.com!

December 5th, 2008 · 5 Comments

StationStops.com Officially Launched on December 5, 2007. Happy First Birthday! Over the past year, we have had over 430 posts, 530 comments, and over a quarter of a million unique visitors to the site. Along the way, we also added Metro-North Schedule pages, and even launched our own iPhone application – StationStops for iPhone, which [...]

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Tags: StationStops.com

Obama Finally Drinks His Own Kool-Aid

December 4th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Presidential Election

If You’re Going To Play, Play It Safe!

December 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

It only takes a second… to watch this insurance safety video and laugh your butt off. See more funny videos at Funny or Die

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Tags: Safety and Accidents

Amazon: No Kindles For Christmas!

December 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Yesterday I roughed up jCrew.com for being down for HOURS on Cyber Monday, considered to be an important start to the online shopping season. Well, another major player has blundered as well – its only Dec. 2, but Amazon lists their Kindle E-Book reader as not shipping for 11-13 WEEKS. That’s not just ‘after Christmas’ [...]

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Tags: Amazon Kindle

JCrew.com Down For the Holidays

December 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

As someone who has been responsible for ‘getting up’ large commercial sites that have gone down (and usually bringing them down in the first place), I have to feel for the guy who is responsible for JCrew.com. Its one of the most tense firedrills in the IT world. In 2008, there isn’t much excuse for [...]

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Tags: Shopping

Draw My Thing – Today’s Internet Obsession

December 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I dare you to: Draw My Thing! This is the most addictive online game I have seen in a LONG time. Just jump on the site, no registration or signup required, and start playing this Pictionary-type game with random other people on the internet. However, you will want to signup almost immediately so you can [...]

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Tags: games