Last night, Eric (right), his new friend Kendal (left), and I (not pictured) all went to the Foo Fighters/Weezer show in Oakland. Eric has known Weezer's manager Karl for a while, and he was kind enough to get us VIP passes. I got to watch the whole show from the sound deck in the middle of the floor.

Big thanks to Eric and Karl...I had an awesome night!

Well this sure licks the llama's ass. Here lies the body of Mailblocks, a great email service. it was clean and standards-based. It used a simple and effective challenge/response system to ensure that SPAM never saw the inside of an inbox. It gave us, its users, the opportunity to reject future email from anyone who we had 'trusted' in the past.

Then AOL bought it, and we all began to sweat. "They're not to be trusted," people would say. "They're a dinosaur...they're completely proprietary...they tried to kill my grandparents..." But Mailblocks kept on uninterrupted, disproving our fears.

Now however, our fears have been realized. The Hawaiian traitor and his team have decided that we do not want our fabulous email service. Instead, we clearly want to transfer our account into the AOL universe. Obviously we would rather tie our AIM screen names and email addresses together, under one cute little umbrella of banner ad-riddled disposable teenage pop culture where 3vry 1 sp3k5 txt.

Well I say to fuck with that. Time to send out the vcard update...

So two news items here. First, I am now officially in the market for a new Bluetooth headset. Anyone with suggestions should feel free to send me a note. Second, if anyone is interested in purchasing a grey-market small dog, preferably before my mother returns home, please call!

One of the best Scarlett Johansson look-a-likes I know, Allie Cooper, is studying abroad in Thailand with her pixley friend Leina. They've finally updated their blog, so please go read up on protests and tropical islands!

My favorite mobile geek in S.F. has stumbled on a new car, even if he doesn't do anything with more than two wheels.

I'd buy it if they called it TT rolled in dog-doo.

I think Eric has hit the nail on the head with his interpretation of the new Audi TT hatchback concept.

Walking out of work today it hit me: I'm going to be really sad when this store finally opens and they take down that poster. Wouldn't they almost certainly do more business if they kept it up?

Last night on 60 Minutes, Andy Rooney unleashed his cortex on military spending. A bit of a departure from his usual grumpy old guy routine, and worth every second:

Andy Rooney has a posse

Om Malik broke the story on Friday about Google Confirms Free San Francisco WiFi Plans, and I hope to crap they get the bid. The sooner internet access moves away from a treat and towards a utility, the better off we're all going to be. Life here on the west coast is sometimes devoid of a rare harshness of attitue, so I'm glad to have people like Elliot Lebeouf, who got his hair cut recently, at a man-spa...
Ever wondered what sort of infrastructure the PRC has used to keep themselves dangerous all these years? Well so has Scott Lothes, who left for China to find the illusive steam trains. If you aren't at least periodically reading The Superficial, you really ought to. This piece, entitled Tara Reid wears deceptive clothing is a perfect example of why. Short, simple, and brilliant.

New flick coming from Elijah Wood trying to put some sense to the British:

Green Street Hooligans