tumbleweed.net » Too Big for Twitter http://tumbleweed.net Putting the 'um' in tumbleweed since 1996... Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:48:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 In a More Just World… http://tumbleweed.net/2011/02/28/in-a-more-just-world/ http://tumbleweed.net/2011/02/28/in-a-more-just-world/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:11:37 +0000 tumbleweed http://tumbleweed.net/?p=94 These would have been the Academy Award winners:

Best Picture: Machete
Best Actor: Danny Trejo, Machete
Best Actress: Jessica Alba’s naked ass, Machete
Best Supporting Actor: Cheech Marin, Machete
Best Supporting Actress: Ellen Wong, Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Best Director: Ethan Maniquis & Robert Rodriguez, Machete
Best Original Screenplay: Robert Rodriguez & Álvaro Rodríguez, Machete
Best Adapted Screenplay: Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Visual Effects: Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Music (Original Score): Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Music (Original Song): Garbage Truck by Beck, Scott Pilgrim vs the World

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Facebook has my minimum amount of attention.

]]> http://tumbleweed.net/2010/12/16/facebook-sucks-less/feed/ 0 Some Wonderful, Magical Animal http://tumbleweed.net/2010/08/24/some-wonderful-magical-animal/ http://tumbleweed.net/2010/08/24/some-wonderful-magical-animal/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:12:18 +0000 tumbleweed http://tumbleweed.net/?p=65 Some people consider cows sacred, and will not eat beef, but I say that if we weren’t supposed to eat cows, they wouldn’t be so damned delicious. But this makes for a puzzle, for if the cow is holy, how can it be damned delicious? It’s like that saying, “It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” It’s a philosophical turducken!

]]> http://tumbleweed.net/2010/08/24/some-wonderful-magical-animal/feed/ 0 Twice a Day http://tumbleweed.net/2009/03/06/twice-a-day/ http://tumbleweed.net/2009/03/06/twice-a-day/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:28:25 +0000 tumbleweed http://tumbleweed.net/?p=45 Q: “Do you think PGMs sometimes ask stupid questions?”
A: “You have that inverted. The correction question is: ‘Do PGMs sometimes ask intelligent questions?’”
A: “The answer is ‘yes’.”
A: “Then again, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”


]]> http://tumbleweed.net/2009/03/06/twice-a-day/feed/ 0 How the Economy Affects Web Design http://tumbleweed.net/2009/03/04/how-the-economy-affects-web-design/ http://tumbleweed.net/2009/03/04/how-the-economy-affects-web-design/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:16:28 +0000 tumbleweed http://tumbleweed.net/?p=40 Okay, so with people buying lots of “NetBooks,” with screen resolutions of 1024×600, the average resolution for web users is gonna (or is already) go down. Of course, this effects web design.

I call this effect, “Pixel Downsizing.”

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