Neat: Guy build tool to build comic strips (ala XKCD)

Interesting premise. Maybe I'll look at it when I find the time....

Comic: XKCD 1/13/13

Cool: Take my love, take my land...

Ahhh, Serenity.

News: Pope to resign at the end of the month

Citing health and old age. Wasn't he already old? Was he hoping to have a short stint and take the long box out? Now it's gone on too long and feel guilty about having the job? Odd.

News: Pepsi to release 'Kick Start', Mountain Dew-fruit juice mix

...excellent. I will try this. Well played, Pepsi.

News: End of Saturday mail delivery set for August 5th

I was wondering when it would happen.

News: Consumer Electronics Show ditches CNET after CBS scandal

From the article: The once beloved and suddenly beleaguered tech-review site CNET will no longer select the official Best in Show awards at the Consumer Electronics Show because of its ethically questionable situation with parent company CBS, which censored CNET's top award at CES and subsequently invented a conflict-of-interest policy based solely on the interests of CBS.

News: Consumer Electronics Show ditches CNET after CBS scandal

From the article: The once beloved and suddenly beleaguered tech-review site CNET will no longer select the official Best in Show awards at the Consumer Electronics Show because of its ethically questionable situation with parent company CBS, which censored CNET's top award at CES and subsequently invented a conflict-of-interest policy based solely on the interests of CBS.

Comic: Penny Arcade 1/30/13

Vine, the newest internet short-life-publication thing, has an actually interesting overseer.

News: Retailers start passing credit card surcharge to consumers

Not sure why I care so much about the credit card process. But, I do.

Credit card retailers charge merchants a percentage of the transaction (plus a flat cent fee). Starting today, merchants can now pass this percentage fee on to the customers who use credit cards.

This is rather unfortunate, though somewhat inevitable. Maybe this will discourage some people from using credit cards and get them back to debt-free cash? Which is bad for me, since I would REALLY like to get to the cashless system.

When will the government start its own credit card processor, one that's fee-less? You decide to regulate everything else based on the commerce clause...how about you regulate ACTUAL commerce?

News: Man writes 4th amendment on chest, arrested, wins $250K

Comic: Indexed 1/25/13

Nope...that's not me.

News: JJ Abrams, new Star Trek director, to direct new Star Wars

Yeah. WTF.

I mean, it wasn't that good to begin with.

Having not seen the newest Star Trek (or, really, any of them), I can only go on what I've heard. And, I've heard that JJ is all about flashy action with no heart. That doesn't sound like Star Wars. The whole franchise is built on the story and personal relationships and fault lines between characters. Unless you count the Star Wars prequels I guess...which were bad. But, I guess if you want to repeat that 'success', he's the right guy.

News: Cisco sells Linksys, home networking unit to Belkin

Hmmm. Don't have confidence in the Belkin brand. This will be interesting.

News: TSA terminates contract with maker of body scanners

Good. Too late...but good.