::digitaldefection::

just finished reading snow crash.  the story is great, and stephenson’s writing is as amazing as ever in this book.
unfortunately it is long as ever (well, not really, at ‘only’ a little more than 450 pages).  this guy writes some incredible stuff, but tends to write too much of it.  please mr stephenson, get a [...]

some mcdonald’s stores are using central call centers rather than cashiers in the restaurant to take orders from drive-thru customers.

(click for picture on flickr)
this is a site full of pictures of incredibly large meals. awesome, disgusting. rediculous.
can you take the ‘party sub challenge’?

but if youre a gamer with a significant other, you should check this out, from the band tripod

went to the brickskeller this weekend for darryl’s birthday.   had a great time. review follows:
the bar is located a couple of blocks from dupont circle, right near the rose park.  its in the bottom of an old hotel.  the carpet is really tattered and everything is really old.  i kind of like that.  the bar [...]

‘if your name’s not YKK, then get off my dick, bitch’
- wu-tang (think differentl music)

ben’s chili bowl was almost forced to close recently due to a huge rise in property assessments and, in turn, property taxes. good to hear that this awesome place won’t be torn down for another crappy ellington apartment building.

a funny article on slashdot discusses how computer science students are outsourcing their homework to india.

so last weekend i was feeling a little sick.  doesn’t happen often but at least i heal like the wolverine.  anyway.  so i decided not to go out and get all drunk and street-fight like i usually do, and that i’d rather spend some quality time with the lisa.  so we watched a couple movies.  [...]

for the love of god, please don’t poop in the woods