This can’t be real
(Can you tell my workload has reached a form of critical mass while at the same time my sense of peace with it has peaked? The zen-like calm that results is allowing me time to wander the web in search of indicators of other’s people’s impending dooms).
This can’t be real: Sorry, You Forgot To Give [...]
The Vatican’s Astronomer
I’m pretty hard on religious fundamentalists on this blog, especially the dumb-asses who demand literal interpretations of the Bible, incite book-burning, and believe that everyone ought to follow their religion even if that conversion must be made at the end of a sword (perhaps buckshot rifle is more appropriate).
That’s mainly because it’s those imbeciles that [...]
An interview with Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino totally geeks out in the best movie interview in recent memory:
TM: I can’t remember the title, but there is a Hong Kong movie where Jimmy Wang Yu fights with 100 enemies. The fight in the House of Blue Leaves reminds me of it.
QT: That’s from Chinese Boxer (Jimmy Wang Yu, 1969, Hong Kong [...]
FA: OS X got a facelift!
Holy crap - Steve just finished the update on Forwarding Address: OS X and it looks great! Nice work Steve.
FA: OS X - now with comments.
I could heat my house with this thing
Damn, the expected minimum hardware requirements for Longhorn are insane:
Microsoft is expected to recommend that the “average” Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in, Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics [...]
Kill Flipper before he kills you
Like most kids growing up, I loved dolphins. Cute and smart, I bought into the whole Flipper lie. I say a lie because dolphins in fact are scary scary animals.
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So what do we do? We train them on explosives ordinance disposal. You would think we learned our lesson with the Mujahideen in Afghanistan - you [...]
Write file-sharing software, go to jail
Isamu Kaneko, a professor in Japan, has been arrested for writing file-sharing software:
Isamu Kaneko, a 33-year-old assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, was arrested on suspicion of developing and offering free downloads through his file-sharing software called Winny, Kyoto Prefectural police said.
Kaneko’s arrest is believed to be the first in Japan of a suspected [...]
Globe photo store
Toronto’s Globe and Mail has opened it’s Photo Store, providing the opportunity to purchase prints of some great past photos.
Public Service Announcement regarding email
If you send me an HTML-formatted email and it contains images I need to download from somewhere else, your message is now automatically marked as “Read” and routed straight into the trash.
If I could I’d also have elephants stomp on it until it was unrecognizable, then soak it in gasoline and set it ablaze.
Best use of a flak jacket goes to…
The police in Poland, pictured here, rescuing two baby ducks from a storm drain . Now that’s trusting your partner!
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