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Making sense of the London riots

If you're like me, you don't know what to make of it—and the conventional coverage hasn't helped. This on-the-ground letter (found on FB via KBR) goes a long way to explaining them.

"The fundamental truth is that while the riots were senseless, they were not insensible."

How not to pick a good password

I guess this is not surprising. It is also very funny (and once again cements my love of xkcd):

IE has a built-in Chrome blocker!

Well, probably not. But this was still a hilarious error message (right above "You're awesome!"), when I was trying to download Chrome using IE, on my virtual Windows 7 box:

Peanuts + Jaws!

(via Slog)

The GOP and the S&P downgrade

In S&P's eight-page downgrade report, this sentence is on page four, not that you'd have heard that anywhere: 

“We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues, a position we believe Congress reinforced by passing the act.”

A little fuzzy

Silas was visiting my mom this weekend, so it was 9pm dinner last night (at Pichet) and sleeping until 11 today. I cannot remember the last time I did either of those things—but they have left my brain like unto this:

(via TIH)

Game of Thrones of Muppets

Business card prototype

From TIH:

Sir Silas

Mike and Darlyn had a very fun wedding last month, and this was Silas' take on "creative semi-formal." Mike and Darlyn, being lovely people, formally knighted Silas as he was leaving the party for bedtime.

All hail our new corporate overlords!