Jan
30
2009
Earlier this week Village Voice Media suspended publication of all its comic strips across its entire chain of alternative weekly papers in a cost-cutting move. For those who don’t know, Village Voice Media owns fifteen papers in key cities like New York and LA and is a huge component of the alternative comic strip lifeblood.
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/a0997_i)
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/a0997_TMkW7jYtHM8)
Comments Off on The End Of Alternative Comic Strips | posted in technical news
Jan
30
2009
Golfers who analyse their technique too much can end up playing worse.
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/8c814_i)
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/a0997_Erc5wvvIEqA)
Comments Off on Analysing golf shots ‘makes you worse’ | posted in technical news
Jan
30
2009
HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday reported a profit of .2 billion for 2008, breaking its own record for a U.S. company, even as its fourth-quarter earnings fell 33 percent from a year ago. The previous record for annual profit was .6 billion, which the world’s largest publicly traded oil company set in 2007..
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/8c814_i)
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/8c814_fFpd5Q2gL8k)
Comments Off on Exxon Mobil Sets Record with $45.2 Billion Profit. Nice! | posted in technical news
Jan
30
2009
As an engineer, and founder of a company where one of our core values is “quantify everything”, lack of numbers bothers me. How bad are things really? Answers like “really bad” or “worst since the Great Depression” just don’t do it for me. What does it mean in dollars and cents?
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/8c814_i)
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/8c814_dkN1mQcI1BI)
Comments Off on Quantify Everything: How Much Less Are Individuals Spending? | posted in technical news
Jan
30
2009
That rain is gloom and sunshine happiness is metaphorical rather than scientific, though it rings true because we humans are inherently sympathetic to our environment. But we are not its victims. Barring a mood disorder, our emotions are not casualties of the weather. The rain can be guilty by association, but not causation.
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/ca3c5_i)
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/ca3c5_R-o39MfEtOA)
Comments Off on Does Weather Really Affect Our Mood? | posted in technical news
Jan
30
2009
SHEYLA Hershey’s massive 38KKK breasts have been declared the world’s biggest boob job.
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/ca3c5_i)
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/ca3c5_ECscAiPHb1o)
Comments Off on I’ve got the world’s biggest boobs | posted in technical news
Jan
30
2009
This is a beautiful and spectacular shot of Oreamnos americanus (mountain goat), that rupicaprid extraordinaire, going to another part of the mountain by leaping over a gap at Comeau Pass located in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Photographer: Robb Rice
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/1a888_i)
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/1a888_NxDrHWdiWIY)
Comments Off on "I believe I walk on air…sorta…kinda…in my own way." | posted in technical news
Jan
30
2009
First it will become wireless and ubiquitous, crawling into the woodwork and perhaps even under our skin. Eventually, it will disappear.
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/1a888_i)
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/1a888_R_4E1JCUbiE)
Comments Off on What Will Replace The Internet? | posted in technical news
Jan
30
2009
Glider, a popular WoW bot, took another hit on Wednesday as a federal judge ruled that the product went beyond copyright infringement to being a circumvention device under the DMCA. The decision raises serious questions about the legal status of interoperability and competition in the software industry.
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/90297_i)
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/1a888_PKpZtlsjmEQ)
Comments Off on Judge’s ruling that WoW bot violates DMCA is troubling | posted in technical news
Jan
30
2009
Yes, getting to the Super Bowl is hard enough, but these five jocks take that notion to a whole new level. Also, Ronde Barber talks Tiki.
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/90297_i)
![](http://www.codytaylor.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/90297_u9-EuclPPxQ)
Comments Off on 5 Super Bowl Weeks They’d Rather Forget. | posted in technical news