On Sunday, while Shawn Powers and his family were at church their house burned down. While his family was safe; they lost all their pets to the fire. Shawn works for as the Technology Director for a school district in Michigan, sidelines as an Associate Editor at Linux Journal and is a pretty funny guy. The kind folks at Linux Journal have started a ChipIn fund to help Shawn and his family get back on their feet. If you’ve got some spare change in your PayPal account; please think about dropping some of it there. Thanks!

  • When you go to pour that first cup of coffee, find your preferred blend has already been brewed and you think “Looks like humanity is safe for another day” …
  • When 3 year olds hopped up on pixie sticks have a greater attention span than you …
  • When a single blink lasts for over an hour …
  • When you’ve had 4 cups of coffee plus a Mt. Dew and your brain still feels slugish …

… there’s your sign.

  • NPR, I love it. | Learn to speak Tea Bag. http://is.gd/5OfiZ (via @hidama) #
  • Speaking of WoT fanart, the best I’ve seen are here: http://bit.ly/4RtMFL (via @BrandonSandrson) #
  • The weekend. #DOWANT (via @hidama) #
  • All shall bow before the Super Admin! Ho Ho Ho! Look on my blogs ye mighty—and despair! (via @iandstewart) #
  • Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0, summed up in a picture: http://idek.net/vEc (via @nathansmith) #
  • I nominate @scalzi for a Shorty Award in #bacon because he is my bacon-master now! #
  • Breaking: Hulk Hogan admits that WWE is rigged! (via @jamietie) #StatingTheObvious #heh #
  • I say screw Leno AND Conan. Give Craig Ferguson the time slot. That guy is hilarious. #nbc (via @carlhancock) #