var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5989758-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (3.0; @astopy)http://12mtns.com/Yay, I can download podcasts on my iPod Touch now. Oh, what’s that? It doesn’t automatically update them? Useless.http://12mtns.com/post/60951662http://12mtns.com/post/60951662Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:54:09 +0000Just saw a car with an Obama ‘08 bumper sticker. I’m in the UK.http://12mtns.com/post/60864060http://12mtns.com/post/60864060Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:51:19 +0000When you tap a link to a file that MobileSafari can’t display, it should give you the option of bookmarking for later or emailing the file.http://12mtns.com/post/60858115http://12mtns.com/post/60858115Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:51:18 +0000Whoa, the Queen is visiting my university next month. She’s opening the new library.http://12mtns.com/post/60820905http://12mtns.com/post/60820905Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:51:06 +0000Fuck you Apple Mail. I don’t *want* an “Apple Mail To Do” folder on *every* IMAP account I have.http://12mtns.com/post/60627694http://12mtns.com/post/60627694Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:24:10 +0000Java Servlets make me want to puke. Not kidding.http://12mtns.com/post/60268740http://12mtns.com/post/60268740Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:18:58 +0000Best part was when some guy was singing along, he stopped. “You actually know the words?” The answer: “YouTube, mate. YouTube”.http://12mtns.com/post/59919240http://12mtns.com/post/59919240Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:16:43 +0000Just saw Rich Hall live. Was very good, and included unexpected country music, which is always a good thing.http://12mtns.com/post/59919242http://12mtns.com/post/59919242Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:16:43 +0000Waiting for the Shuttle launch. The only time I ever watch Fox News – shuttle launches are the one thing they do right.http://12mtns.com/post/59756759http://12mtns.com/post/59756759Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:16:01 +0000Why does my iPod list podcasts newest first (and play them in that order)? Why would I want to listen to them in reverse order?http://12mtns.com/post/59756752http://12mtns.com/post/59756752Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:15:59 +0000“It perhaps wasn’t the most well thought out escape. Police say a man handed over his license and registration at a sobriety checkpoint during the weekend, then peeled out and sped away, almost hitting an officer.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27676268/">Fleeing cops? Don’t give them your ID first - Criminal weirdness- msnbc.com</a></em>http://12mtns.com/post/59329242http://12mtns.com/post/59329242Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:04:57 +0000<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0M3YFK3sJ54"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0M3YFK3sJ54" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Mongolian Throat Singinghttp://12mtns.com/post/59000715http://12mtns.com/post/59000715Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:46:48 +0000<a href="http://benbert.com/wordpress/?p=49">Cowboy Adam</a>: I now have a drink named after me. Try it; it’s great.http://12mtns.com/post/58705647http://12mtns.com/post/58705647Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:06:00 +0000There’s something cool about seeing an embedded YouTube video on a .gov page: <a href="http://ping.fm/LP8VA">http://ping.fm/LP8VA</a>http://12mtns.com/post/58384630http://12mtns.com/post/58384630Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:07:17 +0000<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/waBz8MHopfz5du9yAtJswWVvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Taken at Uni. Good job these instructions were there; I’d have been stumped otherwise.http://12mtns.com/post/58328863http://12mtns.com/post/58328863Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:18:14 +0000Missile Command on iPod Touch. Possibly the best £2.99 I’ve ever spent.http://12mtns.com/post/58196932http://12mtns.com/post/58196932Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:03:18 +0000<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QbEwKcs-7Hc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QbEwKcs-7Hc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5idPXM6GDkOzIX-_At5WVYrBoJ6JQ">Quebec comedy duo talks porn and politics with oblivious Sarah Palin</a>.</p> <p>It apparently took them five days to set up this interview. Very much worth it.</p>http://12mtns.com/post/57624469http://12mtns.com/post/57624469Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:53:58 +0000“Elborno said even McCain supporters were among those being asked to leave. “I saw a couple that had been escorted out and they were confused as well, and the girl was crying, so I said ‘Why are you crying? and she said ‘I already voted for McCain, I’m a Republican, and they said we had to leave because we didn’t look right,’” Elborno said. “They were handpicking these people and they had nothing to go off of, besides the way the people looked.””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/2008/10/28/news/local_news/doc49068f6ccce49245010961.txt">Pre-emptive ejection: Audience members removed at McCain rally in Cedar Falls</a></em>http://12mtns.com/post/57263646http://12mtns.com/post/57263646Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:54:09 +0000<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rnN1gjmEars"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rnN1gjmEars" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>The “Bat Boy” is the best part. (Via <a href="https://twitter.com/danbenjamin/status/982422177">Dan Benjamin</a>)http://12mtns.com/post/57153404http://12mtns.com/post/57153404Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:22:00 +0000Spammers ask all the important political questions in their subject lines: “McCane or Obama? Who’s longer?”http://12mtns.com/post/56827058http://12mtns.com/post/56827058Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:55:56 +0000