March 2010
“[W]e now have people who are parenting, whose only cooking skills consist of...”
– Kids Belong in the Kitchen
Permute →
Sexy alternative to something like Handbrake:
Easy to use, Drag & Drop Video converting
Dead Sexy interface
Easy Presets for things like xbox, Apple TV, iPhone, etc.
Custom Presets or modify existing ones
64-bit all the way to the core.
Can take advantage of all the cores on your computer (may not apply for all presets).
Convert .dvdmedia & VIDEO_TS folders to ISO files for...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28) →
Hit the Lights (15)
Mayday Parade (11)
All Time Low (11)
The Maine (10)
Holiday Parade (9)
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“If Obama’s first legislative priority had been immigration or financial reform...”
– The Rage Is Not About Health Care — The rage is about bigotry.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21) →
Lady GaGa (126)
Junior Boys (75)
Ben Folds (62)
Ben Folds Five (50)
Passion Pit (42)
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“It’s hard to explain this divergence between perception and reality....”
– Ignorance Is Bliss for the Tea Party Crowd | Capital Gains and Games
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14) →
Hit the Lights (173)
Lady GaGa (80)
Katy Perry (42)
Taking Back Sunday (37)
Cartel (36)
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NPR: Why Clicking Isn't Enough: Unblock Reasonable... →
Ken’s op-ed on NPR’s All Things Considered. The audio should air sometime today and be available online around 7pm EST.
WatchWho is this sexy man?
HOW-TO: Whitelist Ars Technica in Ad Block Plus and NoScript on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Marco.org: News flash →
A rational and reasonable post from Marco. This is why Marco is one of the coolest dudes online:
A popular blog truncated its RSS feeds to boost site pageviews. It’s like last week, when The Atlantic changed to partial-content RSS feeds. And that was like every other week, when some publisher did something that some readers didn’t like to make a few more cents.
Google Maps Adds Directions for Cyclists →
On Wednesday, the company is answering the call, offering biking routes in 150 American cities in Google Maps. Google plans to unveil the service during the National Bike Summit in Washington. The event will be followed by a group ride at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex.
Nieman Journalism Lab: How Ars Technica’s... →
“What we weren’t expecting is so many people were blocking ads and didn’t even know it,” he said. “It left a lot of people very confused. They started digging around, wasting an hour trying to fix their broken computer.” There was nothing on the site to explain to readers why content had been blocked.
WSJ: To Block or Not to Block Online Ads →
An article about the shenanigans I pulled last Friday on WSJ.com:
A Conde Nast site’s attempt this weekend to block users who block ads presents yet another question about the painful transition from traditional to online media — what to do about anti-ad software.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7) →
Alkaline Trio (300)
Lady GaGa (101)
M83 (62)
Every Avenue (42)
Weezer (24)
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Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you... →
Did you know that blocking ads truly hurts the websites you visit? We recently learned that many of our readers did not know this, so I’m going to explain why.
From Ars. Also 1165 comments, all of which and a lot of which I have replied to x_x
Digg: 500+ comments and 1000+ diggs
Reddit: 284 upvotes + 706 comments and 102 upvotes + 455 comments
Hacker News: 132 points and 175...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28) →
Every Avenue (79)
Alkaline Trio (31)
The Starting Line (22)
Lady GaGa (22)
Taking Back Sunday (19)
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