- Why public colleges suck - Too much rote, not enough thinking. [Oct, 21 2003]
- Ack, police men think they're funny [Oct, 21 2003]
- Dyslexics get a type face - I never knew so much about dyslexia as what I found in this little article. Nice to know computers are evolving to all disabilities. [Oct, 21 2003]
- Cool idea, bad title - Yes I think we all need to walk more, suburbia doesn't promote walking. period. [Oct, 21 2003]
- Why didn't I go there? - I picked the wrong college. [Oct, 21 2003]
- Bitch. - And her son too [Oct, 21 2003]
- Canada has a surplus - Maybe its because they're not fighting an unwinable war. [Oct, 21 2003]
- Disgusting - I'm appalled, the government has gone way outside its bounds. [Oct, 21 2003]
- Get him some Prozac and a counselor - The guy who went over Niagara falls was depressed, who knew? [Oct, 22 2003]
- Walmart sucks - Small stores can't make it. Should we blame Amazon too? [Oct, 22 2003]
- Fun Ad - This is the most fun I've had with an ad. [Oct, 22 2003]
- Mummy Preservation - Scientists find how the Egyptians created the chemicals to mummify [Oct, 25 2003]
- GM continues their naming trials - At least it isn't as bad as naming a vehicle "Nova" as they did in Spanish speaking countries. [Oct, 25 2003]
- Finally - Google IPOs [Oct, 25 2003]
- New proposals to fight Spam - Essentially securing SMTP [Oct, 25 2003]
- WTF????? - Shoe Fetishes are strange. [Oct, 26 2003]
- One Reason Not to Like Bush - Very nicely argued. [Oct, 28 2003]
- Useful - Else for MT Plugins [Oct, 29 2003]
- MIT gives the finger to RIAA - Copyright law is getting screwy [Oct, 29 2003]
- World Rock Paper Scissors Society - No, it isn't a hoax, people play Rock, Paper, Scissors competitively [Nov, 2 2003]
- Brevity is good - Kids are getting headaches from Harry Potter. Geez, write less lady. [Nov, 2 2003]
- Ick - Naked people singing [Nov, 2 2003]
- Sometimes Halloween, is just fun - When will these christian assholes just drop it an acknowledge that halloween has grown beyond any "satanic" influences into something different [Nov, 2 2003]
- Why too much security is a problem - People who want to be absolutely safe from accidental death should go live in Russia or some other highly regulated regime. To paraphrase George Carlin, terrorism is exciting, or at least the possibility of it. If there isn't any chance of dying, then there is no reason to live. [Nov, 2 2003]
- Walmart keeps going :-( - "A local pastor said a prayer." This line caught my eye. Is it just me or is Wal-Mart politically conservative? I like my businesses to be religiously agnostic. I broke down and made a purchase at a Wal-Mart the other day. I still feel dirty. [Nov, 2 2003]
- This would be comicial if it wasn't so serious - The W3C and the whole software industry running to Microsoft's defense. Who would've thought? [Nov, 2 2003]
- The How of the 9/11 Hijackers - An intriguing look into how the 9/11 hijackers methods worked and/or if they were semi-brainwashed. [Nov, 2 2003]
- Stupid - Prisons need to put the security on the proper spot on their balance sheet, not charging families for it, but instead the taxpayers/government who have decided that they should be locked up. [Nov, 2 2003]
- The record labels are being megalomaniacal assholes once again - Can someone tell me how this service is different than a request call in radio show? The record labels need to get out of this being scared shitless over new delivery mechanisms habit. [Nov, 2 2003]
- I want to comment too!!!! - I'm not sure what I think about Dean's comment in and of itself. It was perhaps badly phrased. But what I think is idiotic how all the other candidates groped for something to say about it even if it wasn't actually related to his comment. [Nov, 2 2003]
- Read the last paragraph - People are again focusing on an act and not the person. Bigots. [Nov, 2 2003]
- Crappy spot to put your hand - I've ridden Metro North, I didn't notice the bathrooms. [Nov, 4 2003]
- Hmm is it a trick or treat? - Guess its a trick for me.. [Nov, 4 2003]
- WTF? - Crazy [Nov, 4 2003]
- Open source voting - This is the way to do it. Put everything out in the open and let people look into everything. I mean this is only our democracy, not our email. [Nov, 4 2003]
- Oily Draft? - The Pentagon is getting the draft machine fixed up a bit. Best line of the whole article? Bush has no balls to institute a draft. Wow thats a surprise. [Nov, 4 2003]
- Man gives fish mouth-to-mouth - Umm, don't fish get their O2 from water? [Nov, 4 2003]
- A la carte cable - Why hasn't this happened yet? [Nov, 5 2003]
- Zamboni! - Can someone buy it for me so I can ride it?? Please? Please?? [Nov, 5 2003]
- My computer did it? - Tricky new ethical problems in the world of computers. It is going to be an intriguing fight to watch what happens. [Nov, 5 2003]
- What would gay life look like if we were spiders? - Given that "Some incorporate cannibalism into mating. In some, the females are actually eating the male while he is inserting sperm." This could result in some very strange scenes of two male spiders each eating each other? Or maybe thats something you'd put on your Yahoo! Personal ad. "Like to eat mates after sex." Could make dating even tricker. [Nov, 5 2003]
- An important figure - Someone I once dated (and still miss a little little bit) makes a very important point about Iraq. [Nov, 5 2003]
- Forgotten EU countries - Now can we pull that, and forget about Texas? [Nov, 6 2003]
- Poetical Laws - The governor recall election isn't the only thing strange in California. [Nov, 6 2003]
- Bewildered - I'm so amazingly angered by this story. It shows so many different facets of American pigheadedness and misunderstanding, that even if half of its true I think there is reason to impeach Bush. No there is not one, there are at least 254. Probably more. [Nov, 6 2003]
- Homer Simpson: Bioengineer - Someone actually makes tomacco, the tomato tobacco hybrid from the Simpsons [Nov, 8 2003]
- Queer - When will people get by the words and start worrying about the asshole (or ally) that uses the word? [Nov, 10 2003]
- Steven Johnson on Presidential Thinking - A very good entry on why we've got the problems we do in Iraq. [Nov, 12 2003]
- Internet Protocol Overhaul - Finally I see some talk about what we really need to start thinking about, protocol overhaul [Nov, 14 2003]
- Dear Vampires... - I don't get it... Start dialoguing with vampires? Who's crazy now? [Nov, 16 2003]
- Kiss Me! - The Greek find an interesting way to protest. Kiss me! [Nov, 16 2003]
- Loons in Alabama - I thought we had figured this stuff out about church and state. But Moore is going to get his 49 minutes of fame anyway he can [Nov, 16 2003]
- Tax Refunds Up - Wait a minute, I thought it was illegal to buy votes? [Nov, 16 2003]
- The DMCA says... you can open your garage door - Its amazing what it now takes a court of law to declare.. [Nov, 16 2003]
- Buy Nothing Day - I plan not to shop, but they miss one point. Its easier on the budget! [Nov, 17 2003]
- "Hoarded knowledge just stagnates." - ibiblio finally gets it due on Wired [Nov, 17 2003]
- Jessica Lynch could have been a hooker - Even if she was we still would've praised her. Oh, since when does the military employ marketing professionals? [Nov, 17 2003]
- Pseudo Science - sigh, another reason not to like the Bush administration [Nov, 17 2003]
- Full Screen Quicktime VR - Quite a cool use of a (surprisingly) older technology! [Nov, 17 2003]
- Discussion on OS X - Steven Johnson has an interesting discussion going on about OS X on his weblog [Nov, 18 2003]
- Finally some intelligence in electronic voting - paper [Nov, 20 2003]
- Science Research - The next battleground for Open Source. [Nov, 20 2003]
- Memorials - We're rushing to memorialize everything, but does it mean anything [Nov, 20 2003]
- Dan Savage on Gay Marriage [Nov, 21 2003]
- TiVo article - If they could just figure out how to market the dang thing... [Nov, 21 2003]
- Is he human? - I just cannot resist. Dang lay off the plastic. [Nov, 21 2003]
- Its only spam - Some people need to relax [Nov, 23 2003]
- Singapore: Cleanest Toilets in the World - Aren't you stretching it when you start looking to toilets to boast your country? [Nov, 23 2003]
- Bush gets tough - At least he has a better idea about Israel, push the child to stand on its own and make decisions that it can follow through on without us, even though $290 million is only a drop in the bucket. [Nov, 28 2003]
- Cash Scanning Engines - ATM machines run windows, and get a Worm. HOW??? ATMs should not be connected to the internet in any way shape or form and should be on a private network. [Nov, 28 2003]
- Spam Turkey - At least someone realizes opt-out is not a way to stem spam [Nov, 28 2003]
- Good we can join our pets - RFID for you. But the problem is it still depends on a central database, which can be compromised. [Nov, 28 2003]
- Dean, the candidate I still like - Yes, there is the Civil Unions thing. But honestly I'm attracted to his campaign for other reasons. [Nov, 28 2003]
- 40/40 - Politics in the past 40 years in 40 sentences. Note my witty comment! [Nov, 28 2003]
- GWB needs to learn how to speak - This time he insults Nevada [Nov, 29 2003]
- An Iraqi on the Governing Council puts it best - Check the second to last paragraph. Bush didn't really visit Iraq. [Nov, 29 2003]
- Some people will do anything to save their life - Including changing which sports team they're a fan of [Nov, 29 2003]
- Amazing Response - of a man detained After 9/11 [Nov, 29 2003]
- Hazardous Shopping - Consumerism at its worst. Getting knocked out while shopping. [Nov, 29 2003]
- Treatise on VoIP - Reed Hundt's eloquent and well argued speech on Voice over IP [Nov, 30 2003]
- Lessig Shits a Brick - Lessig just got pissed off about the whole SCO/Linux issue. Very nice [Dec, 5 2003]
- Steven Johnson on Airplane Safety - He makes some good points about that spiel that they always give. Make sure to check out the links in the comments they're interesting. [Dec, 5 2003]
- Back to the Moon? - Should we go back to the moon? I'm not sure, but if anything it should come out of the Defense Department's budget [Dec, 5 2003]
- Blue laws are falling - Whee!! Blue laws are annoying recognitions of religion. I love the Reverend's comment: "We saw the remaining liquor laws as a last vestige [of Sunday rest]. We see an unfortunate slippage into every day being the same." Can't keep control of the flock so you want the government to do ti for you? [Dec, 5 2003]
- Flat tax.. Again. - Is it just me or does The Heritage Foundation's analysis, sound like trickle down economics, that was tried and failed? [Dec, 5 2003]
- Italians Against mafia ad - PC, PC, PC.. I've seen this short, its funny. Its a humorous portrayal of the ITALIAN mafia, if they speak with an italian accent, should that be a surprise? [Dec, 5 2003]
- Putting Reagan on the Dime - Lets follow the usual process and wait till he's dead, okay? Oh, and get over the dang miniseries! [Dec, 5 2003]
- Flamin Hair - This must've been a sight! [Dec, 5 2003]
- Driver registers car during traffic stop - The Internet is an amazing thing, just an example of a simple "Wow" moment [Dec, 5 2003]
- Yahoo's good idea to fight spam - Another cryptographic system, but it looks good.. Hmm. I'll give Spam 3-4 years. [Dec, 6 2003]
- Bush "Action Figure" - Is it considered illegal to assault the toy? [Dec, 6 2003]
- Fiscal conservatives frustrated by Bush - The federal now spends $20,000 per household, there has been spending increases around the board (depending on who you believe) [Dec, 6 2003]
- Resarchers want mondern nursery rhymes - WTF????? [Dec, 11 2003]
- Turkey Tax - Why not just give people the cash? [Dec, 14 2003]
- Windows 98 no longer supported - Its sad Microsoft's last semi-efficient operating system is going out of official support. So all that is left is big bloated OSs. Thank god I run Mac OS X, where it gets faster as time goes on. [Dec, 14 2003]
- Contactless credit cards - These are like the badges we have at work. But one major question. What happens when you have two in your wallet and you swipe your whole wallet? Which one does it get? [Dec, 14 2003]
- Art is awesome - Its amazing it can communicate so much so quickly [Dec, 14 2003]
- Whitehouse's unethical legerdemain - The change in the title doesn't frustrate me as much as the robot.txt file does. We own those documents, not the Whitehouse, they're just the caretakers of them. [Dec, 15 2003]
- A look at Gore - An interesting look at Gore from a technologist's standpoint [Dec, 15 2003]
- Businesses not filing their fair share - Business strikes yet again with another plan to steal from taxpayers. Why doesn't anyone value the spirit of the law anymore? Yeah, the letters good, but well.. you know. [Dec, 15 2003]
- http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200312/msg00070.html [Dec, 17 2003]
- Boredom leads to strange things - Although if they got bored with my credit cards they wouldn't get very far. [Dec, 17 2003]
- Rudolf the blue nose reindeer - Cute, but it worries me that they don't know what date or time it was.. What use are security cameras without a date or time? [Dec, 17 2003]
- Monetary Civics Lesson - An idea to put the constitution on the back of the dollar bill. I like it, but one important problem, how to fit it? [Dec, 18 2003]
- Bush's comments on Saddam - Okay, yeah its the Brits reporting, but read these carefully. It seems like the verdict is being handed out before the trial. Bush is not the prosecutor putting Saddam on trial, but he's acting like it [Dec, 18 2003]
- A speculation on Saddam's trial - Okay, its defiantly liberal, but a view of what Saddam could bring up in a War Crimes trial. Intriguing. [Dec, 18 2003]
- Can Spam - Okay, I'ven't read the bill itself. (Okay I will read it soon.) But a good analysis on why the "Can" Spam bill will do just about nothing. [Dec, 18 2003]
- Worm's affect on Infrastructure
- I'll let this one speak for itself:
- Ten years ago our critical infrastructure was run by a series of specialized systems, both computerized and manual, on dedicated networks. Today, many of these computers have been replaced with standard mass-market computers connected via the Internet.
- The computer systems we use on our desktops are not reliable enough for critical applications.
- Neither is the Internet.
- Dean gets chided for direct talk - A man in a hole does not a threat to security make. [Dec, 18 2003]
- No child left behind.. - from military recruiters. Why doesn't the military just get the names the same way colleges do? [Dec, 21 2003]
- Floating Images - This looks like something out of Minority Report.. Strange [Dec, 22 2003]
- McDonald's pays customers - Having worked for McDonald's I would've kept it and called later probably.. Don't want to get the manager in trouble, but if you hand me the money, did I do anything wrong? [Dec, 22 2003]
- Death takes a holiday - a man gets really drunk and lives, and dog survives euthanization. Death must be getting a bit sloppy with his work. [Dec, 22 2003]
- Another reason not to shop Walmart - While the whole entry is excellent, (read all the comments!) This comment is a reason why I dislike Walmart, they try to impose their moral values upon others, instead of offering the consumer actual choice. Excuse me, I'm an adult. I can think for myself. Thank you. [Dec, 23 2003]
- Cute Logos - Google is one of my favorite places for logos.. They are so open with their logo they're willing to play with it.. Its cool. [Dec, 24 2003]
- Polite robber - In the town I was born in... [Dec, 25 2003]
- Next up, the Easter Bunny - The reindeer are getting feisty [Dec, 25 2003]
- Original Gay Porn: The Bible - I dunno.. you read the passage. [Dec, 29 2003]
- Citi gets sued over late fees - My take from this $0.03 the lawyer's take? Over $7 million. This is to get whiners who can't figure out how to pay ontime. [Jan, 1 2004]
- Age in the Gay Community - Savage astutely answers two interesting questions concerning age in the gay community [Jan, 3 2004]
- I could've written this... - except I'm not 34. Someones at the same spot as me... [Jan, 4 2004]
- Prayer cures all - yeah right. [Jan, 4 2004]
- A way to spice up your life - some people are so queer [Jan, 6 2004]
- Sadaam's Ally: USA - Simple, from US government documents. [Jan, 6 2004]
- Foiled - Hmm.. Someone can do this to my room. If they clean it. [Jan, 8 2004]
- Farewell printer! - Why couldn't he have used a printer that I actually owned??? [Jan, 8 2004]
- Terror's blind spot - Statistical chance of a major terrorist being from the Middle East: .20 Where can you find the other .80? Right here at home [Jan, 10 2004]
- Religion in European and United States Politics - Why is religion still in US politics??? [Jan, 14 2004]
- Burns from a Chemical on a Toilet Seat - Hmmm this would be an amazing way to terrorize.. It would just be too labor intensive... [Jan, 14 2004]
- Coffee Steak - It was bound to happen.. but probably good [Jan, 14 2004]
- Fucking Awesome - HP and Apple mate, and come out with a HP iPod. Maybe Jobs is right, its going to be an awesome year. Also I like The Motley Fool's take on the matter, and the S&M reference... Its gonna be a fun year! [Jan, 14 2004]
- Someone did not pass kindergarden - Okay, I love a growing space program as much as the next guy, but why do we have to pull out of the International Space Station??? While its nothing new Bush is completely unqualified to be president as he did not pass kindergarden. He's shown he can't share which is the requirement to get out of kindergarden, or so I've been told [Jan, 14 2004]
- Puzzle of Life - Simple but just ... okay I get warm fuzzies, I can't put it into words.. [Jan, 15 2004]
- The Woodcutter - A poem about the strength of kids. Why do we grow up and then want to forsake this strength? [Jan, 15 2004]
- Red Asphalt, Part XXXII - Who else remembers those movies? [Jan, 15 2004]
- Steve Jobs and Apple - Interesting look at Apple and Steve Jobs through the years... [Jan, 19 2004]
- Microsoft hissy fits over Mikerowesoft - The kids name is Mike Rowe. Will someone please remove the stick from Microsoft's ass? [Jan, 19 2004]
- Zipdecode - A fun little tool to play with Zip codes.. too dang addicting. [Jan, 24 2004]
- Old Fart Bank Robber - At least he has a descent reason for robbing banks [Jan, 24 2004]
- Reasonable WMD theory - This is the best theory I've heard on Iraq's WMD's yet. [Jan, 26 2004]
- Shit happens - or whales explode, one of the two. [Jan, 31 2004]
- Slouching toward Big Brother - Excellent commentary.. This is what I tried to say.. [Jan, 31 2004]
- Eisner shows his true colors... - He's a prick! "ESPN cut deals on Thursday with Comcast rivals Cox Communications Inc. and Charter Communications Inc., and Eisner said he would like to charge Comcast more. 'Just because I feel that way,' he said." [Feb, 21 2004]
- Yet another reason why I dislike cops - A contest to see who can write the most tickets.... [Feb, 29 2004]
- Google's Off? - I've been getting this feeling of late with Google, but its starting to sway. I don't think we've crowned the search king yet.... [Mar, 3 2004]
- The Bush administration continues its great record - Okay, besides fighting illegal wars, invading American's privacy, violating the Habeas Corpus, and scaring the shit out of everyone, they have one more item to add to their list: Kidnapping foreign leaders of state. [Mar, 6 2004]
- Why big companies suck - Okay not all of them but SprintPCS in this case. I've almost worked for Sprint so I know that this is the vein that Sprint goes about things... [Mar, 6 2004]
- The Fun of Cable Modems - This was the day when cable modems were the "new" thing and getting one was like being a cowboy in the Wild Wild West... [Mar, 8 2004]
- eBay History - eBay's history from a computer standpoint.. pretty good read [Mar, 11 2004]
- Placebos - An article exploring why sugar pills work... [Mar, 13 2004]
- An interview with Jef Raskin - okay I yanked it off boing boing but this is a really interesting interview.. I intend to read the book [Mar, 17 2004]
- Stupid Politicians - You gotta love dihydrogen monoxide... [Mar, 17 2004]
- International DNS - An intriguing discussion on the internationalization of the DNS space [Mar, 17 2004]
- Jury Duty.. - A good oped about jury duty... I must be strange because I actually want to serve on a jury sometime [Mar, 17 2004]
- Dayton, TN - Of course its a Dayton thats trying to ban homosexuals. Yeah! Another set of bigots.... [Mar, 20 2004]
- Brits are Weird - Nuff said [Mar, 21 2004]
- Spammer - I'm half tempted to look up her address and send her a bill.... [Mar, 21 2004]
- OS X Security - Wait, there was a doubt? [Mar, 22 2004]
- Idiots - Yes, dates are a bitch to deal with in a program. No, this is not acceptable professional programming. [Mar, 22 2004]
- LWDRM - Alphabet soup for fair rights for music buyers.... [Mar, 23 2004]
- This has to stop - I'm dismayed and appalled at the same time. (via Jason Seegert) [Mar, 26 2004]
- A la Carte Cable [Mar, 26 2004]
- Telecom Intelligence - No, its not an oxymoron. Cerf's got some good ideas.... [Mar, 27 2004]
- Militia Men - They're not in Montana, they're in Iraq.. [Mar, 27 2004]
- The Second Coming of IBM - Microsoft might've just been a fad... [Mar, 29 2004]
- Go, Apple go - But I'm not sure how I feel about this regarding intellectual property... [Mar, 29 2004]
- Google Redesigns - Is it just me or does Google look more and more c1997 all the time?? [Mar, 29 2004]
- Oh guess I'm fine... [Apr, 9 2004]
- It takes a Brit to tell it like it is... - of course this is American politics.. Does anyone really understand it?? [Apr, 10 2004]
- Old Bullshit - Yeah I used to work for the company mentioned... [Apr, 10 2004]
- Damn Disturbing - Bush's speech in bad taste made to look in bad taste. Okay it did actually take effort... [Apr, 11 2004]
- The more people on the email list the less responses you'll get... - Amazon could have told you the same thing about seven years ago.. [Apr, 11 2004]
- Waste of time - Bloch cannot understand a clear order from his boss. Fire him, and be done with it. [Apr, 16 2004]
- A good idea... - If the ACLU complains well then they're idiots. (Yes I'm a card carrying member.) [Apr, 17 2004]
- Library Cuts - We might survive terrorism, but we'll be dumb... [Apr, 18 2004]
- A great legal story - Why read Grisham when you can read this? [Apr, 18 2004]
- Some sense - about religion... [Apr, 19 2004]
- Diebold's possible decertification in CA - "This doesn't solve the problems," said Tab Iredale, a Diebold developer. "It just sets a tone of confrontation at a time when we should be working together to address issues with the certification process." -- No shit, your company broke the law, of course you're going to get confrontation. Idiot. [Apr, 23 2004]
- Why isn't the Pope teaching this? - I wish more people looked up to the Dalai Lama than the Pope.... [Apr, 25 2004]
- Paper of Record? Nope. - Message: Don't criticize any paper for its bent, thats part of what you pay us for. [Apr, 25 2004]
- The newest annoying thing from the book of the month club.. - Books al la Netflix [Apr, 25 2004]
- Detaining US citizens - I don't live in a Battlefield. [Apr, 27 2004]
- Just one more reason - to vote the idiot out... [Apr, 28 2004]
- Whining - A Berkeley professor goes on and on that companies don't go through "true" standards organizations. Perhaps because they're not meritocracies and they're bureaucracies? [Apr, 28 2004]
- Google's Owner's Manual - I like. There is no business-speak BS in it, and they focus on fairness... What more could you want from a company? [Apr, 30 2004]
- Ahh, the smell of incompetence - Microsoft offers their customers a simple equation. Leave your important services off and patch the server, or turn them on, leave the server unpatched and have a security hole. Next up, I'm going to get cereal that is nutritious, but will kill me, or cereal that is nothing but junk, but won't kill me. What will they think of next, a computer that kills its users when it gets bored? [Apr, 30 2004]
- No responsibility.. - What worries me: A President that tries to avoid the fact that he ordered people to war, who died there. [Apr, 30 2004]
- Mission not accomplished - Translation: The administration didn't do its homework. [Apr, 30 2004]
- OS XP - Crikey, just get a Mac! [Apr, 30 2004]
- Great argument for checks and balances - He even argues that warrants are a security measure.. Awesome! [May, 16 2004]
- How to unredact a document - Not that I would've thought of it, but its a really simple thing, I would hope the government's smarty pants would've realized. [May, 16 2004]
- Cool - But I repeat, get a Mac. [May, 17 2004]
- Darwin Award Nominee - Medical science saves entirely too many lives.. [May, 18 2004]
- WTF??? - I was laughing my ass of at this one... [May, 21 2004]
- Pissy Gay Biggot - Not me silly.. the commenter... [May, 21 2004]
- Latest from Washington: Propaganda - I always knew Tommy Thompson shouldn't be trusted [May, 22 2004]
- A novel and cool idea... - about divorce! [May, 22 2004]
- This is a Link - This was filmed at my school... The auditions were actually the day I was putting on a large play next door... [May, 23 2004]
- Boing boing! - An entry I suggested got added to Boing Boing! COOL! [May, 23 2004]
- A disgusting piece of crap - And to think I didn't even try to ferret this page out, it just landed in my lap [May, 26 2004]
- Condom Flinging - Gotta love the Brits for innovative protests... [May, 26 2004]
- Childish - Nuff Said. [May, 31 2004]
- Air Marshals - Fish out of water. [May, 31 2004]
- A patriotic army? - A very good opinion piece [May, 31 2004]
- The Draft is Reinstated - Its just not called that... [Jun, 2 2004]
- Politically Easy... - But the right thing to do... [Jun, 5 2004]
- No BS - About HIV [Jun, 6 2004]
- Livin in an Airport - Hmm.. Yeah even I would go nuts. [Jun, 6 2004]
- Die FCC DIE!!! - Hey, it wasn't my idea, and no I'm not suggesting we kill Michael Powell... [Jun, 7 2004]
- I want one! - Please will someone get this for me?? Its Fuckin awesome... [Jun, 7 2004]
- Food Fight! - I wanna see pictures of this... [Jun, 11 2004]
- I was there - but far too young. I agree with this. Oh and add on that he couldn't say AIDS for the longest time. Yeah, gay people never existed to Reagan. [Jun, 14 2004]
- Far more than a modest accomplishment - I don't know how social workers do it. I call people every day with problems, and while I can't fix their larger problems, I do my best to fix the small corner of their fiscal problems that I can... [Jun, 15 2004]
- Zombies will take the power out.. - Even so, there is lots of interesting info in here... (via boing boing) [Jun, 16 2004]
- $50 Bank Robbery - If you're gonna do it will you at least do a descent job at it, so it is worth everyone's time? [Jun, 17 2004]
- A good take on bathhouses - I'm torn what to say about this. So here it goes. I believe strongly in sexual freedom and liberation. I also believe people who frequent bathhouses are practicing stupidity. Going to a bathhouse, hiring a hooker, or hooking up somewhere aren't smart things for far too many reasons to list here. [Jun, 17 2004]
- Vote for him.. - He's a friend of mine, and its a good essay... [Jun, 18 2004]
- HTML: The New API - Ooooh.. I so hope that this is true so we're free of the devil! [Jun, 18 2004]
- Idiot Photographer.. - Oh wait, most people are idiots... [Jun, 20 2004]
- A shame - Another small but important liberty gone... [Jun, 22 2004]
- Coffee! - From the one who got me hooked... (I want 1/2 her Starbucks commission....) [Jun, 22 2004]
- Dignity - Ah, yes. This comes from the "dignified" presidency. Disagree? Well go f--- yourself! [Jun, 25 2004]
- The Newest Risk to Homeland Security - Crap from this country.... [Jun, 30 2004]
- One of the best F9/11 reviews - He rightly criticizes Moore, but gives him the thumbs up for some important pieces. [Jul, 2 2004]
- A generous gift - The best gifts are anonymous... [Jul, 26 2004]
- The Day After...a plot - A great review of The Day After Tomorrow. I for one enjoyed the movie for what it was.. Although this review was better... (Thanks Dinah) [Aug, 1 2004]
- Great Stickers - Everyone, get them for your bumpers! [Aug, 3 2004]
- Free Speech - Simple, but true. What hurts one of us hurts all of us.. [Aug, 8 2004]
- The Idiot in Chief Strikes Again! - "Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." [Sep, 7 2004]
- A Birth - Quite intriguing [Sep, 7 2004]
- Damn I missed the market to sell piss.. - Who knew there was a market? [Sep, 13 2004]
- Help me get an iPod - Here.. Sign up and get yourself a free iPod too... [Sep, 13 2004]
- Parking ticket robbery... - There is no mention of the legal campus parking ticket industry.... [Sep, 15 2004]
- Dog celebrates hockey win, drives - My cats would've been smart enough not to get caught.... [Sep, 16 2004]
- Showtunes vs. Bible thumpers - Only one way to describe this... Fuckin awesome! [Sep, 20 2004]
- Terrorist customers - Yet another reason to provide excellent customer service... [Sep, 21 2004]
- MaxiCode - The info site for those little squares on the UPS packages. If you're not quite in the mood for all of the technical glory, at least take a look at the One MaxiCode sample and the Two MaxiCode sample.. Also make sure to find the word of the day, "boustrophedonic". [Oct, 3 2004]
- Renting vs. Buying - The argument for buying a home only when you're ready, and that homeownership at sometimes is a bad idea. Finally someone who is knowledgeable and willing to buff the trend. While I'm at it Suze Orman's columns at Yahoo! Finance are excellent. I've yet to check out her website though, but I expect more of the same great stuff.. Its Foolish, but not too foolish. [Oct, 4 2004]
- Free Lunch! Free Lunch! - The economists have finally figure out there actually can be a free lunch! Bush's current chief economist argues for higher gas taxes balanced out by lower income taxes. A pretty good argument, and even if you don't agree with him you have to love the term "monster urban-assault vehicle." Although I think it should be "monster urban-assault vehicle status symbol." [Oct, 9 2004]
- Identity kits - Homeless people's belongings. This makes me uncomfortable, which is a reason to visit it more. (via boingboing) [Oct, 11 2004]
- Yet another Mac emulator for Windows - CherryOS. If Apple is smart they'll buy the best Mac emulator (or program their own) and use it as a marketing tool... [Oct, 13 2004]
- FactCheck.org
- or if you're Dick Cheney you can try to go to factcheck.com, but you won't get there because even the
brainsBurns behind this administration doesn't know his .com from his .org, and socrates don't attempt to ask him what a .co.uk or a .lib.oh.us means. (for the record, British companies, and libraries in the State of Ohio.) But back to the point. Factcheck.org quite frankly I think its nearly the best dang site on the net. Well at least the best dang political site on the net. Less cutting through bullshit, so you can use the knife for more buttering, and less... err well we'll leave it at that. [Oct, 14 2004] - Definitely not Allstate - Poor incompetent hands all over elections.. [Oct, 18 2004]
- Ten Points to Live By - While Brent and I have disagreed on quite a bit, I really like this list. [Oct, 19 2004]
- Bush's comedic attempts at the Radio & Television Correspondent's Association Dinner
- Its traditional for the President to make
an asslight of himself at this annual dinner. While this is definitely a partisan hack, I believe it illuminates and illustrates an apparent and real disconnect, in that regards it's not really that extreme of a hack. A portion of the Washington establishment caught laughing at something that you really shouldn't laugh about. PEOPLE DIED While I agree that you can laugh at just about anything, (even rape is funny per Carlin the Sage) its not appropriate for the jokes that were made to be made by the person who made them. In other related news, after viewing this comparison of Bush's debates over ten years, I feel sorry for Bush that he's slid so far for whatever reason. I just want to know who is actually playing chess. [Oct, 20 2004] - FCC Chair wants to Regulate VoIP - Why doesn't he get his stinking nose back into where it belongs and force some fair competition out of the ILECs (Baby Bells) and get the CLECs (the Baby Bells' feisty competitors) back into telecom, because they're the real innovators in telecom. (yes VoIP is innovative too, but its a net technology, not a telecom technology.) Oh and make a structural separation between the operating and the marketing ends of the ILECs this time, so the costs to run the network are clear. [Oct, 20 2004]
- Aww.. - I drive this bridge almost daily... [Oct, 24 2004]
- Intelligent Software - Yes, I'm going to live to be 213 years old. You know sometimes you need to say "fuck you" when writing software.. Like in this instance. [Oct, 24 2004]
- Whoever wins lets remember that we're all human - I hate our current political environment because its polarizing and makes it significantly harder for people to connect with and learn from each other, and understand our shared humanity. [Oct, 26 2004]
- DNA Solves a Crime - No, this is in a totally different way... Deer hunters take note, if you have a stalker with a death wish for you, make sure to smear your pants with deer guts. If you're a stalker who has a death wish for someone else, don't put the venison in your freezer. [Oct, 29 2004]
- Free iPod: Part Two
-
Okay so the Free iPod link didn't go far last time. Here is a simple revision. I'll pay $15 to anyone who follows the free iPod link, signs up and completes one offer via the site as instructed. (I am a personal advocate of eFax and Infone, although there are lots of other good offers there too.) Once you show up as having signed up and completed an offer, I'll send you the $15 via PayPal. (If you prefer a check, please send me your mailing address via the send a message link.) The Fine Print: This offer is only for people in the US (per the site). Additionally, I reserve the right to discontinue the offer; I will post a notice here if the offer is discontinued. I intend to continue the offer only for the first five successful referrals. In the event that multiple people have indistinguishable signup times, I will continue the offer for the first eight people. If it is impossible to distinguish the first eight, any ambiguity will be resolved via a drawing utilizing random numbers via random.org.- I have finally capitulated and bought an iPod mini. So this offer is void. [Oct, 29 2004] - Emigrating from the US - So, yeah moving to Canada isn't as easy as we'd all like it to be. The government is not only Big Brother, its also Big Mother. [Nov, 5 2004]
- Bullshit - like this makes me want to stop paying taxes and get the fuck out of here... [Dec, 11 2004]
- Wonderful Quote - The religion of reason, the misbegotten idea. [Dec, 27 2004]
- Tacky, crass and not very southern - The Bush administration refuses to pay for their inauguration [Jan, 12 2005]
- Minister Dies - You can view this in one of two ways. One: The way the article states. Or Two: figure he just said something that pissed off "God" and "God" took care of the problem. I prefer number two. Why can't this happen more often to control the minister population? [Jan, 12 2005]
- CIA's Plane
- So, the CIA rents a plane, flies people to other countries to
tortureinterrogate them, and somehow they think this is more legal than interrogating them in on land directly controlled by the US? [Jan, 12 2005] - What do do while on hold - Quite a entertaining little list.... [Jan, 13 2005]
- Cable Card - Gotta hand it for racketing down the cable company's power in your living room. I hate the fact that those dang boxes are branded in your living room. Thus why I don't have cable. [Jan, 16 2005]
- The Enigma of Kryptos - A great read of an encrypted sculpture on CIA grounds.. [Jan, 22 2005]
- Daily Show does Inauguration - You know, whoever this Lisa person is, she is saving me hoards of money on cable and a television. If she ever stops, I'll probably have to go out and procure a television and a programming pipe. [Jan, 22 2005]
- Church and State: On Campus - A good article, but make sure to read the last paragraph. Any set of beliefs worth having will stand up to any criticism, no matter how hard the criticism is lobbed. [Jan, 24 2005]
- Man Steals "male appendages" - Wow thats something new, who knew that they sold real male appendages at the store? Three thum... err appendages up for Reuter's excellent wording. [Jan, 24 2005]
- Republicans take up the Democrats old problem - Multiple groups with diverging goals, all under the same discontent tent. [Jan, 25 2005]
- High School Sexual Network - Of course I have to play Where's Waldo and find all the Male-Male "romantic relations." I found a total of four individuals, three of which were also involved with females.. ick. [Jan, 29 2005]
- So True - The snow only looks nice for so many days, then... [Feb, 4 2005]
- Wil Wheaton Blows a Gasket - Ahh.. Patriotism that overdone American sport. [Feb, 10 2005]
- Amazing Stuff - Can we foretell the future? Its apparently within the realm of reason. [Feb, 13 2005]
- I am such a Fucking Dork. - I devoured this. All of it. What can I say, Apple Store + Celebrities=Nick's Favorite type of gossip. And LeVar needs to get a grip for Christ's sake. [Feb, 14 2005]
- Why I miss theatre... - Wil Wheaton puts it really succinctly why I ending a show is a really bittersweet experience. Transportation almost cuts it. Almost, but its nothing like working on a show. [Feb, 20 2005]
- WTF? - Stealing an In Ground Pool? Who Knew it was possible? [Feb, 23 2005]
- Italian Mobile Phone Operator Runs out of Wiretaps - Now criminals in Italy know where to get their cell phones. [Feb, 26 2005]
- Guy crams a PC into a Mac mini case - Can't get all the components to make an average PC. [Feb, 27 2005]
- People bitch about credit cards.. - I've worked as a credit card debt collector, and I don't have much sympathy for this whining. If you're falling behind either do one of two things. One, call your creditor and offer to work it out. Ask for an interest rate of under 10% and offer to make a payment of 1% to 2% of your balance per month. Try to negotiate this for a year or more. They'll give it to you, but you have to keep up your end of the bargan. Or, two ask your creditors to cease and desist. (you likely will have to write a letter to do this) After that pay off the debt collector. [Mar, 6 2005]
- The IRS does something neat - Get your withholdings more in line with what you'll owe. This should mean I'll get $30.00 or so more a check. [Mar, 30 2005]
- Man catches the idiots using his credit cars - Moral of the story: Don't fuck with Ovid. [Mar, 30 2005]
- Lincoln was Biattracted (or Homoattracted) - Its there. Take a look at it for yourself and its plain as day. Non-heteroattracted people have been contributing positively to this country since it was a country. [Apr, 20 2005]
- Whos running for President? - A young political satirist, my cousin, (I learn after missing it and getting knocked over the head that its him.) puts up a bunch of signs for a fake class candidate. I happen to think its fucking brilliant. Having run for one too many office at a school I know they're bullshit in so many ways. I have no comment on the real elections for political office. [Apr, 25 2005]
- Ahhh I'm not the only one without a TV - I'm about ready to reach one year without a television... [Apr, 26 2005]
- Wheres the 757? - This has been hanging around my bookmarks for quite some time. If you look at the pictures its pretty hard to figure out where a 757 managed to hide itself in the Pentagon.. [May, 1 2005]
- Newspaper circulation goes down - Has anyone ever considered relevancy and the fact that all the Sunday papers are the length of your average novel? [May, 3 2005]
- A Military Recruiter is told to do something illegal - From the article: "...[The recruiter] has been ordered to conceal police records and minor medical conditions like attention deficit disorder, which usually disqualifies a candidate. When he and others resisted such orders, he said, superiors threatened to ruin their careers." Of course this won't happen to your bananas, but it'll happen to your Army.. Yeah we got values in this country, we just shipped them out so we don't have to deal with them anymore. [May, 3 2005]
- NPR gets a really fine tooth comb from the Bush Adminstration - Shit like this makes me want to get out of this country just about anyway possible... Any gay guys in Canada looking to get married? [May, 17 2005]
- Lets defend airliners against one of the least likely and successful attacks - I swear someone is trying to get me to move out of this country. What kind of idiots are wanting to spend $10 billion dollars on something that we won't really use, and the risk for is very unlikely? Sigh, if things keep going like this I'm getting my degree and getting the hell out. [May, 29 2005]
- Yet, people still use insecure systems - So we're making our airliners more secure (even if isn't a likely threat) but we're leaving ourselves open to cyber-terrorism. This is wonderful and dandy, it reminds me of telling pilots to allow hijackers into the cockpit, but then do what they want and try to get the plan on the ground. That worked wonderfully last I checked. [May, 29 2005]
- Conservatives: The Next Generation - I am in no way a fan of conservatives, but I think its BS that conservative thought is squashed on campuses. Ideas should live and die on their own, not because the institutional attitude does not support them. (I'm a libertarian, so oftentimes I'll bump up and agree with Republicans. In fact one of the professors I was closest to in college was a libertarian, and voted Republican. I learned quite a bit from him.) [Jun, 15 2005]
- Not facing reality - I feel sorry for Terri Schiavo's parents. They seem to be unable to accept what actually happened and begin to heal. Instead they seem comfortable to sue their way to resolution by hurting Terri's husband. Courts are made for resolving conflict, not inflicting wounds. [Jun, 15 2005]
- Team In Training - Make a donation, its good for you. I'm going to enjoy the next several months living vicariously through my friend Lanie. She's got an ambitious goal of $3,800 and also a marathon to train for. Come on get out and support her. [Jun, 15 2005]
- I doubt wiser words were every spoken - The logic of diverting from a dream goal, to do something realistic. [Jun, 16 2005]
- It takes two for terrorism - London does the right thing. It stated very clearly: we are not intimidated. [Jul, 8 2005]
- Good 'ol American Overreaction
- The subtext: We're scared. al Qaeda doesn't even have to attack Americans or on American soil to scare Americans.
(The decision to move to Canada gets easier and easier everyday.) [Jul, 8 2005] - Do Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Stimulate Employment? - This is an impeccably argued article. The logic is clear, the tax cuts that have come are shifting the burdens to the people on the poorer end of the scale. (Don't forget that that $2 trillion increase in debt has likely been financed by the same people who got the tax cut, but in this case they get their money back with interest; Paid by those who pay more taxes.) [Jul, 8 2005]
- The Klan, right up the street - To be fair Hamilton is about 40 minutes from me but it is part of the Greater Cincinnati area. Its amazing how people can hate and continue to hate. For the most part it does more harm to the hater than the hated. [Jul, 11 2005]
- Skywalks' promise - I really enjoy the skywalks downtown, and I don't know why they want to get rid of the one they've got slated. I understand below it is dark and dingy, but that is because skywalks should go through buildings, not around them. Blame 5/3 for being cheap, every other building owner put them through the building but not 5/3. [Aug, 3 2005]
- Asshole [Aug, 4 2005]
- Sounds gay - to me too [Aug, 13 2005]
- Borrow a Person - Conversation -- the best way to combat prejudice. I think we could go for some borrowage. [Aug, 17 2005]
- Perception is Different by Cultures - A really interesting article. Turns out that Asians look at things differently than European-Americans do. [Aug, 25 2005]
- Somebody doesn't have a sense of humor - Why the hell would someone waste money on this? The Onion is a satire! [Oct, 24 2005]
- SHUT UP - Tech life gets too noisy. Tony puts it in perspective. He just didn't mention those danged Nextels! [Oct, 28 2005]
- Apparently God does not protect against electrocution - Water and electricity do not mix.. Use a wireless microphone next time. [Nov, 1 2005]
- Political Bullshit - Both sides make good points about the Iraq War, both sides hurl bullshit about the Iraq War. All I know is over 2,000 soldiers have died, and Kuwait wasn't about to be invaded again. [Nov, 12 2005]
- Idiotic - They forgot screen shots [Dec, 12 2005]
- Poop - Okay, so I shouldn't clicked "I'm Feeling Lucky" after typing "poop" into Google... [Jan, 2 2006]
- Bill O'Reily Gets it - Fucking awesome thrashing of O'Reily. via Wil Wheaton [Feb, 5 2006]
- Its Jaws! For Carrots! - A HUGE HARE! [Apr, 8 2006]
- A Malpractice suit - if I ever saw one. I mean the first doctor as well as everyone else must've been blind! [Apr, 21 2006]
- Butlers in the Buff - Ahhh.. just who I need for my birthday party.... [Jun, 5 2006]
- Different Ways to Board an Airplane - I'm such a geek for the airline industry its sad. [Jul, 9 2006]
- Where I've been in the US - Pretty cool link -- you can also make your own. [Jul, 9 2006]
- Where I've been in the world - Okay, I need to get out of the 1/4 hemisphere I've been confined in. Again, you can make your own. [Jul, 9 2006]
- Straight boyfriend - A new concept thats coming around in the gay community is the idea of a "straight boyfriend." I've got mine, but he's a few thousand miles away.. Bernard puts it very nicely here. [Jul, 16 2006]
- This Man is a Genus - for not cutting his grass.. But, I'm still convinced that grass is a weed. [Aug, 9 2006]
- Empty Nest - See, Why didn't my mom think about the empty nest this way? [Aug, 17 2006]
- Do the Math on Terrorism - or, Terrorism is as deadly as driving 11.2 miles on the safest highway stretches. Or to put it the other way around, if air travel were to be as deadly as driving we'd have to have a September 11th set of crashes every month. [Aug, 18 2006]
- A False Sense of Insecurity - Okay I'm on a terrorism reading spree, but this quite frankly is one of the most level headed analyses of terrorism I've read.. [Aug, 18 2006]
- Those who choose their own destiny are happier - One of the many sociological lessons we'll learn from Hurricane Katrina. [Aug, 27 2006]
- Darth Vader pretends to be John Williams - Sublimely superb Legos! [Sep, 9 2006]
- A renewed push to get rid of Don't Ask Don't Tell - Not sure this is exactly new news.. but I did get a kick out of the line "the Royal Navy has called on a gay rights group to help recruit gay sailors." [Sep, 15 2006]
- It takes longer for many to graduate - Ahh... what a wonderful case of the numbers not telling the whole story.. I fully understand this, I will have taken eight years to get my degree, spread between three different four year institutions, plus pickup classes at two other community colleges... Five schools, one degree. You should see what my transcript looks like... [Sep, 15 2006]
- Revenge is Poisonous - "I just wanted to see him go through something the way we did with our daughter." — I understand that this lady is hurting, but after two years some forgiveness is in order. [Sep, 22 2006]
- States I've been to in the US - I've updated it with info from my recent travels, and my mother. [Sep, 24 2006]
- Payphone Warriors - Sounds like a fun electronic meatspace game... [Sep, 25 2006]
- Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat - I'll let it speak for itself. [Sep, 25 2006]
- WTF!?! - Okay, I doubt I'm going to drive on that... (Yeah I'm procrastinating on homework..) [Oct, 12 2006]
- Diesel Fuel is Cleaner - But the real story is succinctly told by aligning two sentences from the article: "Like many regulations that took effect in the twilight of the Clinton administration, the diesel rule [...] was temporarily stayed by the Bush administration" and "... the environmental protection administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, said, 'Under President Bush’s leadership, the pumps are primed to deliver clean diesel and a cleaner future for America.'" Yes, there are a few terms for this, including psychopathic, idiotic and desperate. [Oct, 12 2006]
- BA Jet Seconds From Disaster - Eh. BA doesn't turn around.. Now can you imagine a transatlantic flight that you got off and had to say this "I'm off now to change my underwear." [Oct, 21 2006]
- The Starbucks Aesthetic - I am somehow obligated to link to this article. I'll let you figure out why, because I'm not quite sure. [Oct, 22 2006]
- Operational Inefficiencies in Iraq, plus the auditors will be stopped
- Two things:
- What the fuck does the Bush administration have against competent operations people? They cannot get competent operations people in Iraq, they cannot get competent operations people in FEMA, where else do they screw up getting competent operations people? I've not looked too hard, so I'm sure I've missed a few juicer examples.
- "Language included in the Defense Authorization Act, signed by President Bush last week, states that the inspector general’s office will halt its examination of those expenditures by October of next year." Government should never be without oversight. Yes, its a cost, but its a cost that taxpayers pay to know that their money is being used effectively.
- Horrible Idea: TV at the Restaurant Table - The whole commentary is good, however the best line of the whole article is the tag line, "Table-top televisions at restaurants are the latest sign of America's impending culinary apocalypse." [Nov, 1 2006]
- Assassin Squirrel - Don't they realize that they don't want postal workers well, going postal on them? [Nov, 2 2006]
- I've been browsing pictures of airplanes around here - and I found all sorts of fun pictures: a British Airways 747 crossing the street, the same plane landing over a road at SeaTac, a Saudia Arabian Airlines 747 doing a nose plant, an Air Canada 747 doing a wheelie, and a 737 with lots of paperwork on the dash. Now who said flying wasn't any fun? [Nov, 4 2006]
- Church of England says right to life for newborns not absolute - Ahh.. Something tells me the worldwide Anglican Communion is going to rent.. I doubt it can take much more, especially with divergent beliefs such as this one.. [Nov, 12 2006]
- How do you get an aircraft across an ocean it wasn't designed for? - extra fuel tanks of course.. [Nov, 13 2006]
- Yes! Wireless power for the laptop - No more wires.. (okay its in the early early early theoretical stages.. but its still cool.) [Nov, 15 2006]
- The Science of Pricing - It's interesting to compare to The Long Tail of products. [Nov, 15 2006]
- What Does Someone Believe? One Man Has the Answer - No witty comment, its just a good article.. [Nov, 19 2006]
- Psychiatric Drugs in Children - As someone who took psychiatric drugs as a teenager, I don't want to dismiss them out of hand. However, I think that they can be over-prescribed. A quote from the article: "Fate Riske, 3, of Fond du Lac, Wis., takes two antipsychotics and a sleeping medicine to control what her mother, Elizabeth Klein-Riske, said were hours-long tantrums, a desire to watch the same movies repeatedly and an insistence on eating the meat, cheese and bread in her sandwiches separately." Um, that sounds like a normal three year old to me. Perhaps the tantrums are a bit long, but that should be taken care of behaviorally not pharmacologically. [Nov, 24 2006]
- Disgusting Capitalism - What does your soul look like if shopping matters this much to you? [Nov, 25 2006]
- Class-warfare - via the tax system. Ben Stein writes a compact and lucid commentary. [Nov, 25 2006]
- Peace Wreath - Why has peace become political all of the sudden? I don't get it. Last I checked "Peace on Earth" has long been a part of the holiday season themes. Plus the most insane quote I've seen "...some saw it as a symbol of Satan." Peace=Satan? WTF! What planet are these people from? [Nov, 28 2006]
- The Peace Dividend - Doing good pays off in many ways [Dec, 2 2006]
- Get The IRS Out of My Church - Bradley Whitford argues eloquently for both a loving, true Christianity, and for religious freedom from government. [Dec, 2 2006]
- Supporting Boys or Girls When the Line Isn’t Clear - Gender identity is quite tricky... The rough road for parents on what to do with a three year old who identifies as the opposite gender? An interesting read and definitely an interesting study in Doing Right by Children. [Dec, 2 2006]
- Anatomy of a Dot-Com Supply Chain - An interesting read on Kozmo.com's supply chain. [Dec, 7 2006]
- Verizon cannot do math - There is a difference between ".002 cents per KB." and ".002 dollars per KB". Try telling that to Verizon.. You can also go right to the YouTube version. [Dec, 9 2006]
- Oh Crike! - I'm doing operational analysis without getting paid.. [Dec, 17 2006]
- Verizon still cannot do math - Oy vey! They said they had this fixed. Okay honestly in the call center world expecting something to get out within a week is a bit fast.. If they're still misquoting come January someone should sue them. [Dec, 18 2006]
- The only theatre I'm not a fan of - Practiced by the Federal Government's misguided child, the TSA. [Dec, 18 2006]
- There is honor in Washington - even if it is only at the FCC... [Dec, 19 2006]
- Cousin Marriage in Iraq - An insightful description of one of the facets of the Iraq War that has been left out of the public eye. [Dec, 26 2006]
- Bendy Wings! - The plane I flew back to Seattle... If I had known this before hand I would've have expected for the plane to start flapping its wings on the takeoff roll! [Dec, 27 2006]
- Farmers and Conservationists Form a Rare Alliance - an excellent example of good ol' Washington State pragmatism. [Dec, 27 2006]
- A satisfying detective story about chocolate - and a parable for why you shouldn't trust the accountants. [Dec, 28 2006]
- How not to get a cheap flight - A guy jumps the fence at an airport then gets on a Delta plane.. Security is a wonderful thing is it not? (via Wil Wheaton) [Dec, 28 2006]
- Christmas is... - a wonderful Christmas entry from Wil Wheaton. [Dec, 28 2006]
- Coffee insanity... - Compared to this, your four dollar latte is a steal! [Jan, 3 2007]
- George W. wants to be King - well actually Cheney is probably the one running this show... [Jan, 4 2007]
- Why you shouldn't own a car in a metropolitan area - Oh, and seriously if you're yelling and getting all worked up at the parking control officers you need to have your head checked. [Jan, 6 2007]
- Saddam Hussein: Gardener - Just a reminder that the world sends that evil is not absolute, as much as it might look so at times. [Jan, 8 2007]
- Variable Rate Electricity - Supply and demand is everything. What amazes me (but shouldn't) is that by pushing real time information about electricity cost to individual users the total electricity usage on the grid becomes more normalized. [Jan, 9 2007]
- The Times on the iPhone - "Remember the fairy godmother in 'Cinderella'? ... Evidently, she lives in some back room at Apple." [Jan, 10 2007]
- The New, New Orleans: Smaller, Less Poor - So perhaps Hurricane Katrina wasn't as bad a thing overall as it was at first glance. Its quite possible that overall people in general will be better off and further out of poverty because of the catalyst provided by Katrina. [Jan, 21 2007]
- Death apparently took a vacation this week - A guy survives a 16 story fall, and a duck survives being shot, and refrigerated. [Jan, 21 2007]
- Birthdays Without Pressure - e.g. Lets not outdo the Joneses. Now, if we could just do this with televisions the world would be a better place. [Jan, 22 2007]
- I Blog, Therefore I am - Ah, this would be a fun shirt to have... [Jan, 28 2007]
- Principles in air travel - A great little article on standing on your principles. [Jan, 30 2007]
- Why airlines set their prices in the way they do - A clear and lucid explanation of airline ticket prices. [Feb, 1 2007]
- NōKA Chocolate, the economics lesson - While I already linked to the original DallasFood.org article, this is an interesting read. I also really understand this quote: "The economic term is 'signaling,' jargon for showing a person that you care at a very high cost to yourself." [Feb, 10 2007]
- Customer sends bailiffs in to seize bank's computers - Thats one way to get a fax machine.. Its also cool that he stuck it to them over those 20+ pound/dollar fees.. [Feb, 10 2007]
- Steven Johnson on the Wii - Having played the Wii for a few days around Thanksgiving I know exactly what he means. Its definitely a different way of thinking around videogames. [Feb, 10 2007]
- Check your knives in your luggage - Just don't do it in China.... I'm not sure I would've gone for the Roundtrip on the Baggage Carousel.... [Feb, 20 2007]
- No Nativity Scene for NYC Schools - Eh, huge loss. Although I do enjoy the implicit bias displayed by "...Robert Muise of the Thomas More Law Center ... 'Why is the menorah – a symbol of a miracle that is central to the Jewish faith – any more or less religious than a simple scene of the nativity, which is a historic event?' he asks in his brief." [Feb, 22 2007]
- go go gadget beatbox - Amazing... Who knew you could do that with a flute? [Mar, 3 2007]
- A Pitfall of Direct Deposit - This is an interesting article about spots where the law overlaps. But it really is interesting in its demonstration about the need for a new procedure.. [Mar, 11 2007]
- The Long Tail Strikes Again! - Since you can now make a profit with items that have less of a demand it has brought up a new copyright legal mayhem on old radio and television recordings. [Mar, 12 2007]
- Homeownership, not for everyone - Perhaps the market is trying to tell us this via subprime mortgage burst [Mar, 17 2007]
- A remarkable life story - balanced by amazing resilience and compassion. [Mar, 22 2007]
- Multitasking - Tips on how to do it better, and how it isn't always an improvement. [Mar, 25 2007]
- Something everything every subprime lendee knows - Don't piss off your Lender.. Even if you're the United States Government! [Apr, 15 2007]
- Sex and Nudity Aren't Good Reasons to Fire Someone - One would think this would be obvious, but I've learned managers aren't often that enlightened. [Apr, 16 2007]
- Monkey Prostitution - No comment. [Apr, 20 2007]
- A Night to Remember - I wasn't there, but this is an amazing act of intolerance and cowardice. While I'm not a christian, I'm quite sure that this is not something that Jesus would do. (regardless if he was a real person, or a myth.) Mike Daisy met this with an amazing level of class and tolerance. Kudos to him for his composure and insistence on dialogue. (via Glennlog) [Apr, 21 2007]
- Coffee Gets Competition - A novel idea to get your caffeine every morning! [Apr, 21 2007]
- Hamilton County Ohio judge frees man after Bible quiz - Its things like this that led me to leave Cincinnati! What right does any judge have affording a benefit based on the religious knowledge of one person? Quite frankly this is intolerant bullshit. [Apr, 26 2007]
- The 28 Hour Day - This brings a new meaning to the term creative scheduling... [May, 1 2007]
- The Iraq War (II) isn't Won or Lost - The most logical thing I've read about the Iraq War in such a long time. (via Jeff Carlson (.Thought)) [May, 7 2007]
- Ideas - I have too many of them.. Anyone want to make this one a reality? [May, 30 2007]
- Now this is what we call a fun Supply Chain - Perhaps we need to get some of the dabbawallas to revolutionize pieces of the supply chain here... [May, 31 2007]
- A sane way around copyrights - Much better than our current melee patchwork mess... [May, 31 2007]
- A Yardstick for Failure - Defining success and failure up front is really important.. Even if you're talking about Iraq... [Jun, 9 2007]
- Apple Keynote Bloopers - A fun compilation of bloopers from Steve Jobs and Company.... [Jun, 11 2007]
- The High Cost of Free Parking - I never really thought about what parking costs do to our cities.. An interesting video and article.. [Jun, 15 2007]
- What Does America owe Iraq? - Perhaps we owe the country nothing more, but we owe Iraqi's more than we've given them. [Jun, 29 2007]
- Vegetables were more healthful fifty years ago - Time to hunt down a farmers market... [Jul, 15 2007]
- Oscar the Cat - The Grim Reaper returns as a feline. [Jul, 26 2007]
- Its Walmart's fault - the Walmartesque culture is a key driving factor behind the China product safety debacle "The conditions that promote adulteration are clear: a rapidly expanding economy and lax government controls, combined with bargain-hungry consumers driving a market for cheap goods." [Aug, 2 2007]
- The Loudness War - Not that this is news to me, but yet another reason why the record companies suck. [Aug, 4 2007]
- ROTFLOL - Violence+Committee Meetings=Football. Who knew? [Aug, 11 2007]
- Clinton vs. Giuliani (vs. Bloomberg) - Oy Vey. [Aug, 13 2007]
- Needs vs. Wants - A quick little blog entry showing the difference. [Aug, 18 2007]
- Nonprofit Payday Loans - Better than the alternative, but still not good... [Sep, 2 2007]
- The God of the Magical Elixir has Died - Alfred H. Peet, died at 87. He's was the instigator of America's coffee revolution. [Sep, 3 2007]
- The foul march of marketing continues - to huge billboards for airline passengers... [Sep, 25 2007]
- I Hack at a NYTimes reporter - You know, I get annoyed at these writers who gripe about their travel experiences. Shit happens. I really don't like Delta but I support them here. For once I want a newspaper writer to write how their airline experience was above average. [Sep, 25 2007]
- Bill O'Reily needs to learn the open foot, insert mouth maneuver - But in all fairness someone with his position in the political spectrum could have a huge impact in this country. He's not off base, or wrong, it just packaged in a kinda bad way... [Sep, 26 2007]
- memorial - at Will Wheaton.Net: In Exile. [Sep, 26 2007]
- The Amish's graceful forgivness - is worth admiring, and emulating. [Oct, 2 2007]
- A proposal to shift to consumption taxes - Its an interesting proposal.. But one key point of his proposal, "the additional savings would stimulate investment, promoting growth" misses the likely fact that one of the reasons the subprime melee happened is there was too much capital chasing too few places to invest in.. [Oct, 11 2007]
- Some people should not breed, or at least they shouldn't talk - Seriously.. Take a look at this.. I'm kinda amazed it was actually on television... [Oct, 12 2007]
- A reminder - that even the person who appears successful has troubles. [Oct, 13 2007]
- Whats New in Baby - Shit. Err, Amazon screwed up a little bit.... [Oct, 16 2007]
- Why I quit: kernel developer Con Kolivas - A look into the internal workings of kernel development, and the design choices that are made. (They're not always in your best interest...) [Oct, 19 2007]
- Identified Flying Dirty Objects - aka United's airplanes.. [Oct, 19 2007]
- A Unitarian Universalist takes action - Although this action is more morally ambiguous than most. [Oct, 20 2007]
- Border Fence - A great idea for a border fence.. (via MetaGrrl) [Oct, 24 2007]
- Kaj Larsen has himself Water-Boarded - Disturbing, not as disturbing as I thought it was going to be, but still disturbing. (via MetaGrrrl) [Nov, 4 2007]
- Follow the Falafel to the Terrorist - An interesting way to track down terrorists. Oh and its probably illegal too, but don't tell the FBI that. [Nov, 9 2007]
- Discussion on Usability at Microsoft - This is probably the most enlightening thing I've read about usability at Microsoft in a long, long, long time. The entry is good, the comments are even better. [Nov, 9 2007]
- The Complexities of Airline Travel - No, you can't plan them on your iPhone. [Nov, 20 2007]
- Complete insanity - The military wants part of signing bonuses back for wounded solders who can no longer serve. Via Jeff Carlson and his comments: "Again, anyone who says the Bush administration supports the troops is deeply deluded, full of shit, or both. (And I know it's "the Military" doing this, but guess whose desk that falls on?)" [Nov, 24 2007]
- Dropout Factories - The most interesting line from the article is "They told us they would have stayed on track to graduate if school had been more relevant, challenging, and supportive of their needs." Which leads me to believe that kids are managing to set priorities in an information loaded world that make sense to them. For better or worse, school isn't wining the battle for attention. [Nov, 24 2007]
- The Christians and the Pagans - A wonderful little song. On my friend Alicia's blog.. [Nov, 26 2007]
- Chiquita's Commitment to Corporate Responsibility - What do you do when you're in a real pickle? [Nov, 28 2007]
- Dino Rimming - "It could have crawled up the back passage of the animal, went to get the guts and ended up stuck." what else could you call it? [Dec, 3 2007]
- Do the ends ever justify the means? - Steve Tobak examines that question.. Perhaps he should run for President? [Dec, 5 2007]
- Microsoft can't get Santa right - He's a dirty old man as far as Microsoft envisions him.. So why would we trust our OS to them if they can't get this moderately simple thing done? [Dec, 9 2007]
- Local food is greener right? - Perhaps not.. What seems obvious often isn't. So we'll have to go back around to rethink making things greener. [Dec, 9 2007]
- The best thing to happen to cereal since sliced bread - Yeah, what sliced bread has to do with cereal, I don't know. But this is a great idea, now only if it found me twenty years ago... [Dec, 24 2007]
- The Lottery Goes Nuts
- $50 ticket?!? Two Issues:
- Lotto revenue replaces, not supplants school funding. Lets be honest and just make the lotto profits go into the state coffers and hold the legislator's feet to the fire to fix education funding.
- The inequities of lotto players. Its a voluntary tax on the poor. Why invest or save when you can get the chance of hitting it rich by playing the lotto?
- Sensationlist BS - Or why we should get rid of local television news. [Dec, 27 2007]
- A University finally grows some cojones for the RIAA - University of Oregon makes the record labels run through the expensive court system. Yes! [Dec, 31 2007]
- Flexing Soft Power - Or, the way to prevent terrorism. Fuck all this intelligence work. Fix the root of the problem, not the symptoms.. [Dec, 31 2007]
- The 8 AM Tyranny is harmful - Actual Research! Having Upper School kids in the class room too early in the day is harmful to their learning.. (via Jeff Zabinski) [Jan, 15 2008]
- Waterbiking - Yet another creative way to make the commute more peaceful and greener... Why would people still want to drive? [Jan, 22 2008]
- Insanity under a plane wing - Everyone knows you can make a plane that is completely safe in any crash or under any attack, it just won't fly economically.. Economics is part of security folks, get used to it. [Jan, 22 2008]
- A product of the culture of fear - You either choose to feel safe, or you choose to be scared. Anecdotal evidence shouldn't change that. [Jan, 22 2008]
- A car that runs on air - It is quite an interesting spin on energy storage for vehicles.. [Feb, 15 2008]
- The Internet Saves Power - Okay, okay, so it actually uses a huge bunch of power, but the efficiency gains it drives saves more than what it uses. And its all about efficiency baby! [Feb, 15 2008]
- Accessory for a U.S. Border Fence - A Welcome Mat for Foreign Loans. Yup, We Americans like to spend other's money. [Feb, 16 2008]
- Homelessness - Some of it is about attitude. But this article doesn't touch the mental health aspects of homelessness. [Feb, 16 2008]
- Dance, Monkeys, Dance - an interesting take on huma.. err Monkeys.. (via my Brother..) [Feb, 17 2008]
- The Next Slum - the suburbs. I find this to be an interesting idea. Although I somehow doubt suburbia can support the higher density living that subdivisions and rentals bring out. (via Seattle Transit Blog) [Feb, 27 2008]
- Cooking Octopus - Why would anyone be scared of this? Uh, it looks big slimy and ... yeah. [Mar, 5 2008]
- Animator vs. Animation - Ahh,, this is wonderful! Sit back and enjoy! [Mar, 10 2008]
- Windows Vista Fizzles - Problems from the C-Suite at Microsoft.. [Mar, 10 2008]
- The Art of Intelligence Interviewing - Lets put some science behind obtaining information from our enemies. [Mar, 10 2008]
- Food Court Musical - Improv Everywhere outdoes themselves! [Mar, 10 2008]
- Auto Dependence Cost - Friday. [Mar, 12 2008]
- Do the Test - Yup, this is actually pretty good.. And it isn't just some stupid thing either... [Mar, 14 2008]
- Keeping an eye on web ads that keep an eye on you. - and not on the Excel file that the NYTimes just dropped in as an image. Talk about a blooper.. But honestly its a good ad. I for one am wholly in support of targeting. [Mar, 14 2008]
- The Ex-motorist - Arguments for giving up your car... [Mar, 14 2008]
- The Fed Bails out Bear Stearns - Let the bastards sink I say. They made their bed, they should lay in it. We have mechanisms to deal with poorly performing banks: forced mergers, receiverships, etc. Guaranteeing Bear Stears' loan when they have historically not helped others? Wonder how much they donated to GWB's campaign? [Mar, 15 2008]
- I'm all for illuminating hate - but I worry if we're invoking the Streisand effect. [Mar, 21 2008]
- What Pong is really about - and the meaning of the universe. [Mar, 23 2008]
- A lovely little ramble - by Wil Wheaton, with a great story at the end.. [Mar, 28 2008]
- Transformational leaders are not always better - but they're important, and should work with transactional leaders. [Mar, 29 2008]
- I get my own blog post - on my cousin's blog... [Mar, 31 2008]
- Bring in the monkeys - Proof that monkeys could run Heathrow's Terminal 5 better than BA! Now I wonder what they could do with Northwest and United Airlines........ [Mar, 31 2008]
- The Streetcar Crashes Again - and the transitazzi have an insightful bitch fight in the comments... [Apr, 3 2008]
- Seattle's Authoritative Liberalism - I like it. Besides, why do you need to get more and more plastic bags? [Apr, 4 2008]
- I hate to say this - but McCain is right about Iraq. We'll be there for another 100 years or so. (Or at least 25) Might as well make it a state... [Apr, 6 2008]
- The True Cost of Affordable Housing - Suburbia isn't as cheap as you'd like to think.... [Apr, 11 2008]
- Gamers - Who you want in business. Just good luck in getting the leaders who will foster this. [Apr, 14 2008]
- Windows is Collapsing - But it isn't news.. Unfortunately, this is why Gartner analysts get the big bucks, to repackage the obvious. [Apr, 16 2008]
- How Ikea Designs their products - okay, perhaps a bit more detail would be nice, but I still like the overview. [Apr, 20 2008]
- Scary Hikes - Ack, I'd almost maybe could do this.. Until I get to the points the trail isn't there.. [Apr, 25 2008]
- Keep a Library and Gym for Antioch - And well I get mentioned by first name... [Apr, 25 2008]
- Let's start treating the world's 6 billion non-Americans as equals - A great idea about how we all must approach our fellow citizens of the world. [Apr, 25 2008]
- Unusual Bathroom Signs - Hey, it was good four a laugh! [May, 3 2008]
- How to save a species? - Eat it. This is a great example of counterintuitive thinking. [May, 4 2008]
- Should the Fed Crash the Party? - A look on how to approach the popping of the bubble. It's making me rethink my positions... [May, 11 2008]
- Making parole make sense - Finally, rehabilitation, and support... Oh and it reduces crime, and saves money.. Thats a win for everyone... [May, 19 2008]
- Civil Libertarian Parrot - This parrot wouldn't talk to the cops because he hadn't been read his rights... [May, 22 2008]
- Paying employees to Quit - This is wonderful stuff. Zappos pays newhires who don't think they'll fit to leave. This makes a huge amount of sense from so many perspectives... [May, 22 2008]
- Density Around the World - New York is the US's densest city, but there are thirty six cities in the world that are ahead of us in density. And people wonder why we use so much fracking oil. (via Orphan Road) [May, 26 2008]
- Not Just for Profit - Profit is not the end all and be all of business.. [May, 26 2008]
- Where I punch holes - in the Microsoft employee's pro-rail analysis. Honestly that was a cakewalk, so it is no wonder they've got issues shipping software with few bugs... [May, 30 2008]
- Seattlites don't know how to ride the bus - unfortunately it is kinda true.. [Jun, 5 2008]
- Apple and proprietary - They're a consumer electronics company, not a computer company. [Jun, 5 2008]
- This is sad for all involved - I know one of the women who was shot personally, but strangely I also feel for the defendant. Mental illness is nasty, and I personally understand how you might not be fully in control of your actions when confronted with mental illness. [Jun, 6 2008]
- The Car Era is Coming to an End - Read this and think about the reduction in the quality of life the over dependence on automobiles has brought. (via Seattle Transit Blog) [Jun, 6 2008]
- Fuck GM - A wonderful rant about everything that is wrong with the US car industry, specifically our good old friend General Motors.. [Jun, 12 2008]
- EBook piracy is not a given - Adam Engst deconstructs the potential for piracy and its not an issue. [Jun, 12 2008]
- Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit - Yup, they give you money to leave, and this is for their new hires... [Jun, 16 2008]
- A Different Plan for Health Care - Ben Woosley presents an alternate plan for healthcare... In other news I'm going to start insuring my lunch. [Jul, 18 2008]
- An Open Letter Regarding Your Unemployment - Ah the joy's of cat owneeship. I curse and praise the Egyptians that got us started on this crazy cat worship thing.. Now excuse me, I must go clean the litter pan. (via my brother!) [Jul, 26 2008]
- Critical Mass - This is a sad incident of the critical mass ride I observed on Friday. Yeah, it blocked cars, but as a biker and walker on streets, I find that cars have an inordinate amount leeway and space. [Jul, 27 2008]
- The New Yorker on Lawns: - I found this to be riveting reading. The two best quotes from the article are "Lawns are nature purged of sex and death. No wonder Americans like them so much." and Lawns are “...a nationwide chemical experiment with homeowners as the guinea pigs.” [Jul, 28 2008]
- A Meditation On Bravery - Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church's response to the shootings at their place of worship. [Aug, 16 2008]
- DC-9 vs. Tug - The saddest thing about this? "...the plane was scheduled to be retired within 6 weeks and it is totalled, but only worth ~200k. The super tug is totalled as well, but is worth a whopping 800k" Cheap plane. Can I get one please? [Aug, 16 2008]
- The 'war' on terror is a bad idea - Language is everything folks... [Aug, 18 2008]
- Gasoline is Cheap - Its all a matter of perspective [Aug, 18 2008]
- College isn't a must - Everyone can contribute and be fulfilled, but it has to be on a track that works for them. [Sep, 7 2008]
- Cats are the rulers - Look they're the ones who adopted us, not the other way around. [Sep, 21 2008]
- Red State Socialism - States that went democratic in 2004 tend to pay more to the feds than gets spent in their state... [Nov, 3 2008]
- I almost didn't post this - Because its Andrew Lloyd Webber.. But its quite funny! Hockey Moms for Obama! [Nov, 3 2008]
- Seattle - Our priorities might be a bit off, but they're off in a way I like! [Nov, 18 2008]
- The Brighter Side of a Horrible Airplane Accident - There is an upside to everything. A guy's flight crashed in his front yard, saving him the cab ride home. (via Cranky Flier) [Nov, 26 2008]
- That drug? It costs us all too much - A guy in Britan is gonna die six months earlier because he has cancer and its too expensive to buy him the drug that will give him six months more of life. Cruel? Maybe, but less cruel than underfunding schools because healthcare is overfunded.. [Dec, 4 2008]
- The Great Wall of Australia - Australia is putting throwing around putting up a content filter for illegal content. But Clive Hamilton, Professor, makes an extremely poor analogy: “The laws that mandate upper speed limits do not stop people from speeding, Does that mean that we should not have those laws?” Uh, no. It means you should put governors on cars preventing them from going any faster than the speed limit. This is that annoying puritanical attitude, that you shouldn't be allowed to do something wrong. You're allowed to kill someone, we just exact a pretty high price for doing so... [Dec, 14 2008]
- Seattle refuses to use salt; roads "snow packed" by design - Let me sum this up for you: Seattle is criminally incompetent in managing snow on roads.. [Dec, 24 2008]
- Wait for the bus or start walking? - In most cases you should wait, according to the eggheads.. But they didn't take MyBus.org into account..... [Jan, 5 2009]
- I live here too - A commentary on Seattle's snow response from someone with a similar history of living in worse climates, and a similiar number of years in Seattle as myself. [Jan, 17 2009]
- Screwed up Priorities - Another blogger said: "Let the free market decide who gets what' the pundits on right-wing radio and TV say. The US Government can use taxpayer funds to make already rich people richer (see Citi's new jet) and send billions of dollars and billions of dollars worth of weapons to Israel, while Americans freeze to death in their homes. This is a nation with a very screwed up set of priorities." Agreed.. No one should freeze to death due to owing money, especially not in this country. [Jan, 27 2009]
- Stingy Credit Card Machine - it doesn't accept penis.... I've been laughing at this multiple times over the past week or so. [Feb, 8 2009]
- Texting is expensive! - Even more so than getting data from the Hubble. [Mar, 31 2009]
- Scientists figure out how to erase memory - and we all sign up to play roles in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [Apr, 7 2009]
- Idiotic Entitlement Syndrome - I want to sue these people for wasting my tax dollars. Wait let me make sure I get this right, you own a house that is below sea level, next to a navigation channel that has known potential issues, in Hurricane Alley, you choose not to purchase government subsidized flood insurance, and you get $80,000 from the government because well I'm not sure why we gave you $80,000 but we did, and you WANT MORE MONEY? I'm sorry but FUCK YOU and your lawyer. [Apr, 21 2009]
- Wait, GM hasn't filed bankruptcy yet? - The more and more I read about GM the more and more I want every manager to have to reapply for and be rehired on their new job. Whoever thought of this: "In fact, G.M. became so big and successful in China that the company’s management stripped the subsidiary of its independence in early 2005 and put vehicle design, parts purchasing and other functions under more supervision from Detroit." needs to be given a Hummer with four gallons of gas, and dropped off in the middle of Death Valley. [Apr, 21 2009]
- GM has finally filed Bankruptcy - and not a moment too soon. [Jun, 1 2009]
- Community is Important - A wonderful story of bread, community, and a State Department official from Wisconsin. [Jun, 3 2009]
- Frankentree! - "If they register a tree with malicious intent, then they are liable" Hmm... The tree is going to get you! But seriously, its a nice article on systems being set up to share... [Jun, 10 2009]
- Best Banner Ad Ever! - Just don't forget to keep clicking.... [Jun, 29 2009]
- People Like this Piss me off - You know, those who have $5 million should be smart enough to follow rule number one of investing: diversify. [Jun, 29 2009]
- Cats 'exploit' other humans with inferior sleeping skills by purring - e.g. I'm usually a heavy sleeper, so a cat purring isn't going to do much for me. [Jul, 15 2009]
- A Good Ending - An inspiring way to have a Good Ending to one's life. [Aug, 29 2009]
