http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog “What people forget is a journey to nowhere starts with a single step, too.” Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:13:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'll admit to Googling around when doing NYT crosswords when something tickles my head. Today I was trying to remember the spelling of the sequel to Shogun (I was way off; only had the T right). The top Google hit for "shogun sequel" is currently this blog post, which has ... http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog/2008/07/13/weird-spam-blog/ I bought GTA IV, played it for a week and then stopped. Some of it is Rock Band's fault, but mainly the game doesn't do it for me anymore. GTA III was an amazing experience. Vice City was more of the same fun. By San Andreas, it just feels like ... http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog/2008/07/11/a-confession/ First Mike Lowell steals a cellphone, now this: http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog/2008/07/10/getting-ready-for-the-iphone-20/ For a senior writer at the Globe, you sure manage to anchor the Bell Curve on the weekly notes columns. Scattered amongst the feel-good crap about players he likes and the baseless trade rumors, he managed to throw in a testable hypothesis: "[Pat] Burrell always has been overpaid - he's ... http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog/2008/07/06/nick-cafardo/ If you continue to swallow important information from clients inside your fancy "- Show Quoted Text -" block, we aren't going to be friends much longer. I love how you overcome my scatterbrained nature, but when you cost me money that means I can pay for something else to watch ... http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog/2008/06/27/dearest-gmail/ But you knew that. One of the nice things about the Internet is the rise of what Charlie Stross calls the "lifelog", a searchable list of everything you ever thought and did, a permanent Friend Feed. I mention this because I was so damned right about the Celtics trade for ... http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog/2008/06/18/celtics-win-i-am-an-idiot/ Man I love Steve Wozniak. Kathy Griffin lost me somewhere around her millionth plastic surgery when it became hard to look at her. http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog/2008/06/13/mancrush-woz/ "I can't believe that ball didn't take one look at [Orsillo's] sport coat and take a right turn." http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog/2008/06/12/terry-francona-fashion-critic/ Quick demo of Google's new operating system for phones, shot by someone from the Alice Clancy School of Cinematography (i.e., you will get motion sickness). With the exception of the compass mode at the end, there's nothing jaw-dropping. What is cool is how quickly the iPhone interface has gone from ... http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog/2008/05/29/google-android-demo/ I have a theory. A rather dangerous theory. I believe Numbers Stations (the whole Yankee Hotel Foxtrot thing) are a blind to hide how governments really do secret communication. Archie & Jughead Double Digests in the grocery store. Have you ever seen anyone buy those things? Anything else that doesn't ... http://www.thosecleverkids.com/blog/2008/05/28/lone-watergunmen/