Archive for March, 2010

Giving away two Google Voice invites

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Recently found out I can invite three people to Google Voice. If you want an invite, plead your case in the comments below, or hit me up on Twitter -- I'm twitter.com/dipps (@dipps). Fleshbags I know and like IRL will likely take precedence over even smoking hot strangers. ...

5 Second Films Dot Com

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

The Changeling from 5secondfilms.com There is nothing deceptive about http://5secondfilms.com. The site offers exactly what its URL says: films running five seconds long. There's a new one each weekday.  Many of the micro-shorts at 5secondfilms.com provide quite the chuckle.

Unknown iPhone icon

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

When asked if I knew what the hell this iPhone icon is, I answered: I haven't a clue.  Thought maybe it had something to do with a Bluetooth keyboard? Perhaps some kind of way to interface with those TDD things for communicating with equipment for the deaf?  I really have ...

‘Hooker Cookie’ Wi-Fi

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Picked up this little gem of a Wi-Fi network while traveling on Interstate 70, likely emanating from a trucker's rig.

What Dipps™ spewed on Twitter this past week — 2010-03-08

Monday, March 8th, 2010

WSJ: 2010 Census won't contact anyone via online means, including email. Ignore the scams online - even legit looking ones http://tr.im/QfYR # And it is an office cavalcade of keyboarding. Hooray! # Tailg8.com massive: this new Threadless Tshirt shows what looks a lot like our famed boombox http://bit.ly/bvXJ6b # Damn. Old man bent ...

Bad day on the Netertubes [Hacked twice]

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Not a good day for me on the Netertubes yesterday. My twitter account was compromised.  I got in long enough to delete the spam post, tweet an explanation and change my password, but made the mistake of logging out. I tried to log back in last night and got the screen ...

What Dipps™ spewed on Twitter this past week — 2010-03-01

Monday, March 1st, 2010

On chilly days like today I can't wait for 100 degree weather. . . so I too can complain (about crappy weather.) # Now hearing: Phish and Jay-Z -- “99 Problems”/”Big Pimpin” -- Jay-Z guests at a '04 Brooklyn Phish show. Only a tad odd. http://tr.im/Plm5 # FCC may "pay broadcasters 2 ...