JoeAlba.com

• The self-proclaimed greatest bottle opener in the world. Looks kinda weird. And, you can see it in action in this short clip of the drunken Diggnation podcast.

If Rush Limbaugh died today, I would do a little happy dance.

• Limburger’s vocal spew trashing Michael J. Fox
• Michael J. Fox interview with Katie Couric
• Keith Olbermann reporting

Closing day on the house is August 4th, which is rapidly approaching.

Check out the house page for new pics.

Otherwise, just enjoy the new JoeAlba.com page, courtesy of the Dan. Now that I’ve got a nice, slick design — and my mind is finally getting clear to think and write about more stuff, I’ll be making more entries.

I’m sick of my Web site design again. I’m going to see if I can bribe Dan with beer and non-fishy food to get a decent design.

• Strummin’ with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen

• Fold is just about the coolest Web “page” I’ve seen in a long time. It’s essentially a very cool Web desktop using Ruby, Ajax, and some fancy Javascript. If you are a Web developer and plan to still be a Web developer 2 years from now, you need to know these tricks. Amazing.
• Another Ruby site, Cats in Boxes is a pretty fun illustration of how Web development in Ruby seems to provide an elegance and simplicity that either gets out of the way of great design or facilitates it. I guess I won’t figure out which it is until I write my first RoR app.
• Sicilian Mafia head caught after “encryption” decoded. Hey guys, ever hear of a 2048-bit asymmetric cipher? C’mon now.