kirabug’s idea files

Thanks to an awesome tip from ideaphile wzartv, we just implementedreCAPTCHA on the registration page.

Akismet keeps us pretty spam-free around here, but the registration spam drives me batty. Usually I’m against captcha programs as obnoxious, but this one uses scans of old books, newspapers, etc. as the sources for the words… by typing them in, you help the folks at reCAPTCHA digitize those documents. They’re currently working on old editions of the New York Times.

Hopefully this will allow us to continue to communicate as humans, and still cut down on the garbage registrations (thus saving me time), and as an added bonus we’ll get to help the world save old books.

We continue today’s Night Fugues diversion on Wednesday and Saturday this week.

…it was supposed to be a post about nursery rhymes. Clearly, somewhere, something has gone awry.

This article on the traditional ways to letter a comic book is particularly useful.

This is awesome!.

(Warning, some parts of the rest of the site are NSFW.)

Public service announcement for people as dumb as I am: “maximum strength” doesn’t mean the same thing everywhere.

Maximum strength Sudafed is 30mg of pseudoephederine. I used to take 1 a day.

Maximum strength Mucinex D is 120mg of pseudoephederine. I’ve been taking 1 a day.

AND I WONDER WHY I’M NOT SLEEPING.

So, back to the drawing board…

Old Jews Telling Jokes(link goes to iTunes store) – This is the only podcast I’ve ever subscribed to that I actually keep up on.

Unhappy Meals was pointed out recently on a twitter diet thread I follow, and I think it’s the most intelligent thing about dieting and nutrition that I’ve read in years.

It also dovetails nicely with this – Living to 100: The 9 Wise Habits:

I want to live to be 126, so I’m going to try to combine them.

Cred vs. Influence (or Killing our Soul) applies to more than just game design, and is the first time I’ve heard folks talk about Steinbeck in a while.

In other news, this is a smart doohicky:

Boost your productivity with Hemingway’s Hack.

I think Chance would do this if he could figure out how.

Puppy Hates Snow – Watch more Funny Videos

OK, that’s enough blogging for today.