Ok, here’s my Top 5 albums of this year. I based this solely on immediate attraction and what I listened to over and over and over again. These would have to be my favorite albums of 2005

Matisyahu - Live At Stubb’s
Fischerspooner - Odyssey
Sinead O’Connor - Throw Down Your Arms
Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
INXS - […]

Here’s a great post from the point of view of developer’s girlfriend.
4. Profanity is his friend.
You have to learn to put on your earmuffs when it comes to watching him work. I know. You want to be supportive and sit in his office offering kind words of encouragement. Go right ahead! Just be prepared for […]

This year I learned…

How to hack a Tivo
How to broadcatch Tv shows using RSS feeds
That while the iPod Shuffle is cool and small, it’s no iPod
That I hate Biology
That WordPress kicks MovableType’s butt
AJAX
What an NZB file is
How to make plugins for Xbmc using Python
Python
That BlackBerrys are addictive
LISP
How to make a Dashboard Widget
BNF
That your wedding day […]

So what’s on O’Reilly’s radar at the moment? Apparently Ruby is the current star. Obviously due to Rails, Ruby book sales are up 1552% vs the same period last year. I think the great thing about Rails is that it is showing everyone, myself included, how intuitive and sophisticated Ruby actually is.
By conventions, Rails […]

I’ve been wanting to map out my network with OmniGraffle for a while, and this is the result.
Each switch pretty much represents a different room. See if you can guess the rooms.

newzbin
ytmnd
humanzee
maddox
xbmc

“Lance in my Pants” dropped to #20

I finally got a chance to use Position Is Everything’s sweet equal height column css hack this week. It saved my butt and allowed me to use divs instead of a table. The css is amazingly simple and gets us that much closer to ditching tables forever.
I ran into an issue with Safari on 10.4.3 […]

MacGyver’s Alotids kit. Everything you need, nothing you don’t. [via]

Here’s some of my favorite YTMNDs. Pointless yes, but if you have a smart sense of humor, you’ll enjoy them.

Tom Cruise Kills Oprah
Boil ‘em
What is NES love?
What Is Goth?
What is Tiger?!
Vader on Wheel of Fortune (refresh)
NOOOller Coaster (refresh)

I hear… there’s rumor on the internetss….

Arghh, it finally be talk like a pirate day laddies.
So, wave yer flags and sully yer pages. And don’t be at sea if yer neighbors be barkin’ at ya.