April 2006

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Two Thumbs Down

Netflix has recently undergone a website redesign, adding some functional and aesthetic changes. Among them, an annoying AJAXy way of adding movies to your queue, improved “friends” functionality, and better integration for buying DVD’s. I’m not sure if you could do this before, but now I’ve been shown you can see the top 25 movies […]

Queens Makes For Interesting Lists

Zervas emails to point out an interesting list of facts about Queen Elizabeth. The Queen turned 80 on April 21st. Interesting things pertaining to Queen Elizabeth: A statute from 1324, at the time of the reign of King Edward II, states that: β€œAlso the King shall have … whales and sturgeons taken in the sea […]

$12k Just for Smug? Nah.

The Hybrid Accord is in danger of being pulled from the Honda lineup since customers are not impressed with what little the car has to offer. The hybrid boasts MPG ratings of 25/34, nearly identical to the automatic version at 24/34 and actually less than the manual transmission model at 26/34. But but but, the […]

Not Blue

Colors that aren’t blue: Optimistic Red Happy Orange Great Gray Perfect Purple Fine Fuchia I’m good, how are you? Yellow