http://www.injestdigest.com Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:42:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/08/a-few-months-late-but-still-funny http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/08/a-few-months-late-but-still-funny#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:42:29 +0000 ejvd http://www.injestdigest.com/?p=50 gtvt_posts[50] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2F2008%2F10%2F08%2Fa-few-months-late-but-still-funny", title: "A%20few%20months%20late%20but%20still%20funny%26%238230%3B", category: "screenshots", desc: "%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2F57859914.gif%22%3E%3Cimg%20class%3D%22alignnone%20size-full%20wp-image-51%22%20title%3D%2257859914%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2F57859914.gif%22%20alt%3D%22%22%20width%3D%22240%22%20height%3D%22176%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E"}; Share ]]> http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/08/a-few-months-late-but-still-funny/feed 0 http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/03/grand-rapids-pillow-fight http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/03/grand-rapids-pillow-fight#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:34:55 +0000 ejvd http://www.injestdigest.com/?p=42 gtvt_posts[42] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2F2008%2F10%2F03%2Fgrand-rapids-pillow-fight", title: "Grand%20Rapids%20Pillow%20Fight", category: "grand%20rapids", desc: "%3Cobject%20classid%3D%22clsid%3Ad27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000%22%20width%3D%22425%22%20height%3D%22324%22%20codebase%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.macromedia.com%2Fpub%2Fshockwave%2Fcabs%2Fflash%2Fswflash.cab%23version%3D6%2C0%2C40%2C0%22%3E%3Cparam%20name%3D%22flashvars%22%20value%3D%22link%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Ecbsnews%252Ecom%252Fvideo%252Fwatch%252F%253Fid%253D4486828n%26amp%3Bpartner%3Dcbssports%26amp%3Bvert%3DNews%26amp%3BautoPlayVid%3Dfalse%26amp%3BreleaseURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Frelease.theplatform.com%2Fcontent.select%3Fpid%3D9lDPp8JTMmSx4sJxB1YeYQAoWFKEOAbr%26amp%3Bname%3DcbsPlayer%26amp%3BallowScriptAccess%3Dalways%26amp%3Bwmode%3Dtransparent%26amp%3Bembedded%3Dy%26amp%3Bscale%3Dnoscale%26amp%3Brv%3Dn%26amp%3Bsalign%3Dtl%22%20%2F%3E%3Cparam%20name%3D%22src%22%20value%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbs.com%2Fthunder%2Fswf30can10cbsnews%2FrcpHolderCbs-3-4x3.swf%22%20%2F%3E%3Cembed%20type%3D%22application%2Fx-shockwave-flash%22%20width%3D%22425%22%20height%3D%22324%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbs.com%2Fthunder%2Fswf30can10cbsnews%2FrcpHolderCbs-3-4x3.swf%22%20flashvars%3D%22link%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Ecbsnews%252Ecom%252Fvideo%252Fwatch%252F%253Fid%253D4486828n%26amp%3Bpartner%3Dcbssports%26amp%3Bvert%3DNews%26amp%3BautoPlayVid%3Dfalse%26amp%3BreleaseURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Frelease.theplatform.com%2Fcontent.select%3Fpid%3D9lDPp8JTMmSx4sJxB1YeYQAoWFKEOAbr%26amp%3Bname%3DcbsPlayer%26amp%3BallowScriptAccess%3Dalways%26amp%3Bwmode%3Dtransparent%26amp%3Bembedded%3Dy%26amp%3Bscale%3Dnoscale%26amp%3Brv%3Dn%26amp%3Bsalign%3Dtl%22%3E%3C%2Fembed%3E%3C%2Fobject%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bcaption%20id%3D%22attachment_47%22%20align%3D%22alignnone%22%20width%3D%22300%22%20caption%3D%22Press%20Photo%2FPaul%20L.%20Newby%20II%22%5D%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Flarge_pillow-wide.jpg%22%3E%3Cimg%20class%3D%22size-medium%20wp-image-47%22%20title%3D%22MASSIVE%20PILLOW%20FIGHT%20%40%20ROSA%20PARK%20CIRCLE%204%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Flarge_pillow-wide-300x151.jpg%22%20alt%3D%22Press%20Photo%2FPaul%20L.%20Newby%20II%22%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22151%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%5B%2Fcaption%5D"}; Press Photo/Paul L. Newby II Share ]]> http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/03/grand-rapids-pillow-fight/feed 0 http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/02/vuze-captcha http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/02/vuze-captcha#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:48:37 +0000 ejvd http://www.injestdigest.com/?p=15 gtvt_posts[15] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2Fvuze-captcha", title: "Vuze%20CAPTCHA", category: "screenshots", desc: "%3Cp%3EKind%20of%20makes%20you%20wonder%20what%20the%20other%20CAPTCHAs%20are%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bcaption%20id%3D%22attachment_16%22%20align%3D%22alignnone%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20caption%3D%22Funny%20CAPTCHA%20image%22%5D%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Fvuzebongs1.jpg%22%20title%3D%22VuzeBongs%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22502%22%20class%3D%22size-full%20wp-image-16%22%20%2F%3E%5B%2Fcaption%5D"}; Kind of makes you wonder what the other CAPTCHAs are: Funny CAPTCHA image Share ]]> http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/02/vuze-captcha/feed 0 http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/02/comdotwebnetmobitv-100000 http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/02/comdotwebnetmobitv-100000#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:56:31 +0000 ejvd http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/02/comdotwebnetmobitv-100000 gtvt_posts[12] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2F2008%2F10%2F02%2Fcomdotwebnetmobitv-100000", title: "comdotwebnetmobi.tv%20%28%24100%2C000%29", category: "posts", desc: 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This morning I received an offer to purchase one of the domain names that I own. Being a person with a million ideas coupled with relative inaction, I  tend to accumulate these things. So abodenode.com, ...]]> http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/10/02/comdotwebnetmobitv-100000/feed 1 http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/09/15/rip-dfw http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/09/15/rip-dfw#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:54:34 +0000 ejvd http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/09/15/rip-dfw gtvt_posts[11] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2F2008%2F09%2F15%2Frip-dfw", title: "RIP%20DFW", category: "posts", desc: "%3Cfont%20size%3D%223%22%3E%3Cfont%20color%3D%22%23000000%22%3E%3Cfont%20face%3D%22Times%20New%20Roman%22%3E%22What%20the%20really%20great%20artists%20do%2C%20and%20it%20sounds%20very%20trite%20to%20say%20it%20out%20loud%2C%20but%20what%20the%20really%20great%20artists%20do%20is%20that%20they%20are%20entirely%20themselves%2C%20they%26%2339%3Bve%20got%20their%20own%20vision%2C%20their%20own%20way%20of%20fracturing%20reality%2C%20and%20if%20it%26%2339%3Bs%20authentic%2C%20and%20true%2C%20you%20will%20feel%20it%20in%20your%20nerve%20endings.%22%C2%A0%20--%20David%20Foster%20Wallace%2C%20w%2Fr%2Ft%20David%20Lynch%26%2339%3Bs%20Blue%20Velvet%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cfont%20size%3D%223%22%3E%3Cfont%20color%3D%22%23000000%22%3E%3Cfont%20face%3D%22Times%20New%20Roman%22%3EAny%20attempt%20at%20a%20tribute%20here%20will%20sound%20trite%20itself%2C%20so%20let%20me%20just%20say%2C%20for%20a%20matter%20of%20record%3A%20The%20recent%20loss%20of%20David%20Foster%20Wallace%2C%20author%20of%20Infinite%20Jest%2C%20a%20book%20that%20I%20not%20only%20felt%20in%20my%20nerve%20endings%2C%20but%20seemed%20to%20pluck%20at%20them%20and%20make%20them%20resonate%20in%20a%20way%2C%20is%20one%20that%20I%20feel%20personally.%20He%20was%20an%20absolutely%20brilliant%20mind%2C%20to%20whom%20nothing%20could%20be%20properly%20condensed%2C%20nothing%20satisfactorily%20served%20justice%20or%20aptly%20described.%20He%20reveled%20in%20not%20the%20black%20and%20white%2C%20but%20maddening%20drizzle-gray%2C%20an%20area%20of%20endless%20possibility%20and%20zero%20answers%2C%20and%20an%20uncomfortable%2C%20lonely%20place.%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cfont%20size%3D%223%22%3E%3Cfont%20color%3D%22%23000000%22%3E%3Cfont%20face%3D%22Times%20New%20Roman%22%3EGone%20the%20way%20of%20James%20Incandenza%2C%20the%20noise%20silenced%2C%20the%20inner%20monologue%20ended%2C%20a%20horrible%20side-effect%20of%20terrifying%20genius.%0D%0A%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cfont%20size%3D%223%22%3E%3Cfont%20color%3D%22%23000000%22%3E%3Cfont%20face%3D%22Times%20New%20Roman%22%3EIn%20the%20last%20few%20weeks%20I%20have%20been%20revisiting%20%22Consider%20the%20Lobster%22%2C%20and%20in%20particular%20%22Up%2C%20Simba%22%20%28or%20at%20least%20that%26%2339%3Bs%20what%20it%20was%20called%20in%20this%20book%29%2C%20but%20the%20article%20he%20wrote%20for%20Rolling%20Stone%20about%20the%20McCain%202000%20campaign.%20I%20came%20home%20on%20Saturday%20to%20find%20the%20hard%20cover%20chewed%20completely%20off%20by%20my%20dog%2C%20who%20had%20never%20done%20anything%20like%20that%20before.%20Then%20back%20to%20the%20study%20to%20read%20the%20news.%20Then%20back%20out%20to%20the%20coffee%20table%2C%20to%20look%20at%20the%20crumpled%20front%20page%20and%20chew%20marks%20in%20the%20book%26%2339%3Bs%20spine.%20I%20found%20this%20much%20sadder%20than%20it%20should%20have%20been.%0D%0A%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cfont%20size%3D%223%22%3E%3Cfont%20color%3D%22%23000000%22%3E%3Cfont%20face%3D%22Times%20New%20Roman%22%3ERIP%20DFW.%20Eschaton%20forever.%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cfont%20color%3D%22%23000000%22%3E%3Cfont%20face%3D%22Times%20New%20Roman%22%3E%0D%0A%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Ffont%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Fdavid_foster_wallace.jpg%22%3E%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Fdavid_foster_wallace.jpg%22%20alt%3D%22%22%20title%3D%22david_foster_wallace%22%20class%3D%22alignright%20size-full%20wp-image-27%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E"}; “What the really great artists do, and it sounds very trite to say it out loud, but what the really great artists do is that they are entirely themselves, they’ve got their own vision, their ...]]> http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/09/15/rip-dfw/feed 0 http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/07/10/fire-away http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/07/10/fire-away#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:33:25 +0000 ejvd http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/07/10/fire-away gtvt_posts[10] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2F2008%2F07%2F10%2Ffire-away", title: "Fire%20Away", category: "posts", desc: "%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Fgolf.jpg%22%3E%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Fgolf-150x150.jpg%22%20alt%3D%22%22%20title%3D%22golf%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20class%3D%22alignright%20size-thumbnail%20wp-image-37%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3EOur%20golf%20league%20foursome%20was%20on%20the%20tee%20box%20of%20the%20ninth%20hole%20when%20our%20opposition%20began%20to%20discuss%20their%20tee%20shots%20in%20relation%20to%20the%20group%20ahead%20of%20us%20on%20the%20fairway.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22I%20dunno%2C%20what%20do%20you%20think%2C%20can%20I%20hit%20them%20from%20here%3F%22%20one%20asked%20the%20other%2C%20wanting%20to%20make%20sure%20they%20were%20out%20of%20range.%0D%0A%0D%0AEver%20a%20stickler%20for%20grammar%2C%20I%20chipped%20in%2C%20%22Correction%3A%20%3Cem%3EMay%3C%2Fem%3E%20you%20hit%20them...and%20yes%2C%20you%20may.%22"}; Our golf league foursome was on the tee box of the ninth hole when our opposition began to discuss their tee shots in relation to the group ahead of us on the fairway. “I dunno, what ...]]> http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/07/10/fire-away/feed 0 http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/03/26/dog-eat-dog http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/03/26/dog-eat-dog#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:34:07 +0000 ejvd http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/03/26/dog-eat-dog gtvt_posts[8] = {url: "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2F2008%2F03%2F26%2Fdog-eat-dog", title: "Dog%20Eat%20Dog.", category: "posts", desc: "%5Bcaption%20id%3D%22attachment_39%22%20align%3D%22alignright%22%20width%3D%22238%22%20caption%3D%22dogeater%22%5D%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Fl_bb75d43652ab2a80bc4c1bb132693d4b.jpg%22%3E%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.injestdigest.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Fl_bb75d43652ab2a80bc4c1bb132693d4b-238x300.jpg%22%20alt%3D%22dogeater%22%20title%3D%22l_bb75d43652ab2a80bc4c1bb132693d4b%22%20width%3D%22238%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20class%3D%22size-medium%20wp-image-39%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%5B%2Fcaption%5D%0D%0A%3Cp%3EOn%20our%20walk%20across%20the%20golf%20course%20today%2C%20Diego%20was%20gone%20for%20a%20moment%20and%20then%20bounded%20exuberantly%20up%20to%20me%20with%20what%20appeared%20to%20be%20another%20dog%26%2339%3Bs%20skull%20in%20his%20mouth.%20I%20told%20him%20to%20drop%20it%20and%20we%20moved%20on.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Cp%3EFor%20the%20rest%20of%20our%20walk%20he%20ambled%20along%20at%20my%20side%2C%20occasionally%20looking%20up%20at%20me%20like%20he%20was%20deeply%20concerned%20for%20his%20soul.%3C%2Fp%3E"}; dogeater On our walk across the golf course today, Diego was gone for a moment and then bounded exuberantly up to me with what appeared to be another dog’s skull in his mouth. I told him ...]]> http://www.injestdigest.com/2008/03/26/dog-eat-dog/feed 0