Monthly Archives: January 2008

A Slightly Better Systemwide ‘Word Count’ Service for OS X

I previously wrote about and praised John Gruber’s Word Count script, which uses Jesper’s ThisService to add a systemwide service to Mac OS X. I have one minor quibble with it, however. While a word count is invaluable for prose, … Continue reading

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‘The Savages’ Review

I think I’ve been really lucky lately, in that I’ve been seeing a bunch of great movies. I saw Juno two weeks ago, Cloverfield over the weekend, the The Mist (free, courtesy of Zach and the U.S. Navy) on Tuesday, … Continue reading

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UCSD Site Redesign, and Disasterous URLs

I just noticed the UCSD website has had a much-needed major redesign, which I think is it’s first real change in at least 10 years. It looks much better, and the information layout strikes me as more sensible as well. … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day

I just cant get over the fact that Manhattan was destroyed by a soft-shell crab. My cousin Rana June, in regards to Cloverfield. I love my family.

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Statistical Analysis of the Various Rambo films

John Mueller of the LA Times made a pretty fantastic chart of the number of bad guys killed by Rambo (with and without his shirt on) in the various films of the series, including the most recent one. That chart … Continue reading

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