Ben Michael Ward is a Web Developer in San Francisco. This is his blog. View the homepage, or follow him on Twitter.Tumblr (3.0; @benw)http://blog.benward.me/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7z723RPo01qbg80vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1>Scottamari</h1> <p>By <strong><a href="http://eatfun.deviantart.com/">Jemma Salume</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://dryponder.livejournal.com/">Dean Trippe</a></strong>. Via <a href="http://www.notcot.org/post/33930/">Notcot</a> via <a href="http://www.diskursdisko.de/2010/08/scottamari/">Diskurskisko</a> via <a href="http://albotas.com/post/1037652996">Albotas</a>.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/1043843544http://blog.benward.me/post/1043843544Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:08:00 -0700“We used to wait for it<br/> Now we’re screaming<br/> Sing the chorus again”<br/><br/> - <em>The penultimate refrain from Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait”. Quoted not for depth or meaning or lyrical intrigue or anything at all except that reading it will immediately pop that bit of the song into my head. Might be my favourite moment on the whole record.</em>http://blog.benward.me/post/1030004282http://blog.benward.me/post/1030004282Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:13:00 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7qofd99sG1qzt3x8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h1>Cheated</h1> <p>Not only did Foursquare not give me a ‘Godlike Comedy Genius’ badge for creating this venue, it fucked me over on points too. The love affair is over.</p> <blockquote> <p>OK! We’ve got you @ Pleasantly Mildocalypse San Francisco. Whoa, how’d you get to Pleasantly Mildocalypse San Francisco so quickly?</p> </blockquote> <p>The answer to this, of course, is in the words ‘San Francisco’, with its bipolar climate.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/1012189864http://blog.benward.me/post/1012189864Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:02:00 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7q3gecsjG1qzt3x8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><cite>—<a href="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/working_home">“Why working at home is both awesome and horrible” - The Oatmeal</a></cite></p> <p>Brutal.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/1010144967http://blog.benward.me/post/1010144967Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:29:01 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7q2lyx9mS1qzt3x8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I was starting to forget how <em>small</em> cars are back home. Christmas is going to be weird; like visiting a toy shop.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/08/face-2.html">Face Of The Day - The Daily Dish</a>.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/1010070365http://blog.benward.me/post/1010070365Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:10:46 -0700“We fully support Dove World Outreach Center and its efforts to put an end to the notion that Islam is a peaceful religion.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>“Says ‘Right Wing Extreme’ founder Shannon Carson” … whilst offering the services of his Christian militia to defend a book burning.</p> <p>What’s the catastrophic civilisational conflict equivalent of ‘<em>head-desk</em>’?</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/08/25/right-wing-extreme-group/">Think Progress » Right-Wing Christian Militia Vows To Protect Florida Church Burning Qurans On September 11</a>.</p></em>http://blog.benward.me/post/1010002565http://blog.benward.me/post/1010002565Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:54:07 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7oeqkjOSo1qzt3x8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://skitch.com/benward/duxyg/">Facebook Event Default Icon</a></p> <p>ARGH.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/1005270520http://blog.benward.me/post/1005270520Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:37:32 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5kpbnaGMB1qaholxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.utilityjournal.com/tip-sheet-tea">Utility Journal</a></strong> via <a href="http://blog.weareagoodcompany.com/post/812927672/utility-journal-tip-sheet-tea-now-this-is-an" class="tumblr_blog">tinydesigners</a>, <a href="http://ilovecharts.tumblr.com/post/815248489/bdotdub-tinydesigners-utility-journal-tip">ilovecharts</a>, <a href="http://missmaya.tumblr.com/post/817132510/via-ilovecharts" class="tumblr_blog">missmaya</a>.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/1004265599http://blog.benward.me/post/1004265599Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:30:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7nhf53yhx1qzt3x8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/mario-kart-symbols-appear-on-bike-lanes-in-portland-ore/">Mario Kart symbols appear on bike lanes in Portland, Ore. | Joystiq</a></p>http://blog.benward.me/post/1002742412http://blog.benward.me/post/1002742412Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:37:53 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7gl4sYm4b1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/20/facebook-throughout-history/">Facebook History</a></strong> via <a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/982916912/facebook-history">nevver</a> via <a href="http://thinkdrastic.tumblr.com/post/982960803/facebook-history-via-nevver" class="tumblr_blog">thinkdrastic</a>.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/983884695http://blog.benward.me/post/983884695Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:34:49 -0700“PLANS to build a state of the art library next to Republican catastrophe Sarah Palin are causing outrage across mainstream America.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><cite>—<a href="http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3017&Itemid=89">Outrage Over Plans To Build Library Next To Sarah Palin</a> — The Daily Mash</cite></p> <p>America: When British satirical websites get wind of your bullshit, you should know that you’ve probably gone too far into nutsville.</p></em>http://blog.benward.me/post/976498479http://blog.benward.me/post/976498479Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:19:22 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7dz3qTzpK1qzt3x8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1>Sad Ian meets an adorable kitten</h1> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timoni/4895499251/">Ian</a> by Timoni, on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jm2c/3677835375/">Kitten</a> by jm2c.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/975985575http://blog.benward.me/post/975985575Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:23:50 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7dxyyCWSw1qzt3x8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h1>Sad Ian</h1> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timoni/4895499251/comment72157624633148309/">I blame Karina</a>.</p> <p>Attribution: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timoni/4895499251/">Ian</a> by Timoni, on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalavinka/2826965006/">I will not eat animals</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalavinka/">Kalavinka</a>.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/975898492http://blog.benward.me/post/975898492Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:59:22 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7bfnbuDoJ1qzt3x8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h1>Would this really be so bad?</h1> <p>Checkboxes, bitches.</p> <ul> <li>When you create an app, it should declare which permissions it actually requires to function (disabled, ticked checkbox) and which it desires by default (ticked checkbox.)</li> <li>Everything not required is optional/user definable.</li> <li>Permission to posting a tweet is separate from other, private profile writing operations, since it’s so socially destructive.</li> <li>Apps would never be allowed to <em>require</em> posting permission (if denied, they fall back to generating a URL the user can use to manually post through the Twitter website.)</li> <li>I think this also makes the permissions/capabilities copy clearer. Bonus.</li> </ul> <p>Edit/Update: A little <a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/tantek/5YHAAmztLcD">discussion between OAuth contributors broke out on Buzz</a> in response to this.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/968515729http://blog.benward.me/post/968515729Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:28:00 -0700“Let me be clear: as a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are. The writ of our Founders must endure.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>— President Obama, who can still knock it out of the park with a speech when it counts.</p> <p>“OMG we told you he was a secret Muslim LOL OMFG” reaction in 3… 2… 1…</p> <p>Via <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/08/obama_offers_support_to_islamic_center_near_ground.php#more">Talking Points Memo</a>.</p></em>http://blog.benward.me/post/951879025http://blog.benward.me/post/951879025Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:25:00 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l73yvuDT1W1qzt3x8o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><h1>Contender for worst Twitter photoshop job ever</h1> <p><a href="http://twitterrific.com">Twitterrific</a>’s Ollie, with Steven Fry. Appearing on <em><a href="http://www.notcot.org/post/33467/">Notcot</a></em>, inexplicably.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/948858435http://blog.benward.me/post/948858435Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:43:06 -0700“A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>— George Orwell</p> <p>A rather fine quote, via <a href="http://adactio.com/journal/1684/">Jeremy Keith</a>’s rather fine post on HTML5 nomenclature.</p></em>http://blog.benward.me/post/948668993http://blog.benward.me/post/948668993Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:55:11 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l73umcKSOP1qz4czgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tom Scott’s <a href="http://www.tomscott.com/warnings/">Journalism Warning Labels</a>, via <a href="http://stumble.kapowaz.net/post/948499841/journalism-warning-labels">Ben Darlow</a> and <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/08/13/journalism-warning-labels">John Gruber</a>.</p> <p>For our American readers, Richard Littlejohn is responsible for the “speaking German” headline <a href="http://blog.benward.me/post/758839657">here</a>.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/948655925http://blog.benward.me/post/948655925Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:51:54 -0700<a href="http://captchart.tumblr.com/post/942644029/the-britisher-submitted-by-mrolek">The Britisher</a>: <p><a href="http://captchart.tumblr.com/post/942644029/">CAPTCHART</a> via <a href="http://toomuchnick.com/post/947720339/sade-captchart-cusack-department-submitted#note-container">Nick Douglas</a>.</p> <p>Some of these are rubbish. Many are rather better. Regardless, there goes my morning.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/948593857http://blog.benward.me/post/948593857Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:35:53 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l70ioygJYw1qzs7jlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://3tongallery.typepad.com/3_ton_gallery/2010/08/thirty-five-images-of-space-helmet-reflections.html">3tongallery</a></strong> via <a href="http://-clu-.tumblr.com/post/939397364/via-3tongallery" class="tumblr_blog">-clu-</a>.</p> <p>One of these things is not like the other.</p>http://blog.benward.me/post/948377559http://blog.benward.me/post/948377559Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:38:49 -0700