May 2008
64 posts
“According to the posted policy, you’re simply out of luck if you don’t have a...”
– Returns And Exchanges: Target’s Super Secret Return Policy
Greek Islanders Want Legal Right To Be 'True...
Residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have launched a legal case against a lesbian group, insisting that only islanders had the right to call themselves lesbians. The inhabitants of the island said they were attempting to ban the Greek Gay and Lesbian Union (Olke) from bearing the name “lesbian” and claim residents of Lesbos now suffer “psychological and moral rape” from...
April 2008
70 posts
WatchAlcohol Makes Girls Sexy video
- Need to drink MORE!
“A “CD” that I cannot copy is of no use to me. I always travel with a...”
– Richard M. Stallman - Free Software Foundation
“Proprietary software keeps users divided and helpless. Its functioning is...”
– Can we rescue OLPC from Windows? - Free Software Foundation by Richard Stallman
Men's Health - Eat This, Not That! - Best & Worst... →
You will be surprised!
Peeve of the Week: Let's be Green
I know, I know. Earth Day was last week, but it really got me thinking about my own responsibilities concerning the environment.
It is just easier to be green (don’t think of Kermit!) at home. I can recycle there. I can turn out lights, change the thermostat, add insulation, and even pick different plants that need less water. My Pet Peeves today revolve around those annoyances at the...
Pet Peeves Rant of the Week
Peeve Meister here from Pet Peeves. Mail-in rebates seem to be offered on these days on everything from cars to chewing gum. But have you ever tried to redeem a mail-in rebate? Sure you have. Good luck. I spent nearly an hour and nearly worked up a sweat the other day trying to meet the elaborate requirements necessary to submit a lousy rebate offer for redemption: Fill out a lengthy form...
WatchTV Shark.com - The Day The Internet Stood Still On ‘South Park’ (Video)
Newsflash: Grannies Need Linux | Linux Journal →
Very apropos!
The News Vault - Outgoing Link - Researchers Find... →
- And they promptly ate him with some noodles.
“I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.”
– Steven Wright (via patlutz) (via xstevemurphy)
- I had to wipe coke off my monitor. Steven, you owe me a new monitor.
People Who Still Use The Internet Like It's 1998.
xstevemurphy:
So the internet has evolved a lot since the late 1990s, but for some reason there are people out there who are still using it like nothing’s changed. For instance, today I got an email, and attached to it was a BMP file (yes, that’s right, a BMP file) which looked like this: So someone has taken the time to take a Calvin and Hobbes image, open it in a photo editor, add a caption...
“If you see something that someone else has, like a bracelet, and you like it,...”
– From a list of instructions given to Masai Warriors who will be visiting Britain to run the London Marathon this year. More interesting nuggets from this list at Neatorama (via xstevemurphy)
“I was a good boy. I went to church and believed in God—what a relief for a...”
– My Argument with God - Best Life Magazine (via xstevemurphy)
"It’s Dangerous for Children To Know Atheism... →
xstevemurphy:
Because, really, atheism doesn’t exist.
As Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune puts it, “consider what the outcry would have been if a lawmaker had launched a similar attack on the beliefs of a religious person.”
Complaint #188
whitewhine:
“Why can’t they make a good, soft toilet tissue out of recycled paper? Being green shouldn’t be this painful.” -Whine by Eric Martin
Writing without typos is totally outdated →
gina: “If errors bother you a lot, consider that you might be a perfectionist, which is a disorder. Perfectionists are more likely to be depressed than other people because no amount of work seems like enough.” I love that this post totally has typos. (Whoops. Did I just say that?)
Complaint #190
whitewhine:
“Maybe I don’t want three different-colored bell peppers, Trader Joe’s; maybe I just want one red one! Now I’m gonna have to go to Whole Foods.” -Whine by Cara Romano
Just F'n Google It →
gina: “Google is your friend. All smart people use Google. It appears you are not one of them.”
“It is, absolutely inappropriate to tell a thin person “you could stand to gain a...”
– Love Puppy. I get this ALL the time. (via david)
- I have to disagree - it is TOTALLY appropriate.
“Somebody quote that so I can reblog it!”
– David Karp is officially too lazy to type. (via marco) (via david)
“The first time my grandfather used a computer, he reached the end of the...”
– Linux for Grandma - Part III, Finale
Linux for Grandma - Part III, Finale →
It makes for a great read, and makes you realize what you take for granted using computers since infancy (some even earlier).
A quote from the comments:
“She also claims the fan is too loud, and that is quieter when it is off. My pointing out that it is a FANLESS PC doesn’t help. :-) It has a DC power brick and no fans. It might be hard drive hum, but I purchased this hard drive...
“simple security rules appear to be beyond the depth of comprehension achieved by...”
– Chocolate-covered phish, anyone?
The Open Source Census →
The Open Source Census is the first collaborative, global project to count the number of installations for each open source software package. We realize that’s pretty ambitious, but we figure you have to think big. Of course, we know we can’t count every single installation of open source software in the world, but we believe it’s possible to obtain a sample large enough to be representative.
Print Your Own Monopoly Board Game - Inspired by... →
Googolopoly (Google+Monopoly) is a very creative monopoly board game inspired by Google. You can download the game sheet as a PDF and print on your home computer. Like your regular monopoly game, the goal at Google Monopoly is to acquire as many products and companies on the Internet as possible. The only difference is that dollars are replaced by Google Cash (you can print as many you like)...
Russian government enacts Byzantine WiFi...
America’s idiocracy has been outdumbed by a Russian government agency which has proposed one of the most breathtakingly inane policies that I have ever had the misfortune of witnessing: mandatory registration of all WiFi devices.
the government agency responsible for regulating mass media, communications, and cultural protection has stated that users will have to register every...
“Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn’t enough when a computer programmer...”
– The News Vault - Programmer Pops The Question on Girlfriend’s Video Game - Best Marriage Proposal Idea
The News Vault - Outgoing Link - Cubans Line Up... →
Lines stretched for blocks outside phone stores Monday as ordinary Cubans were allowed to sign up for cellular phone service for the first time.The contracts cost about US$120 (euro76) to activate _ half a year’s wages on the average state salary. And that doesn’t include a phone or credit to make and receive calls. Still, lines formed before the centers opened, and waits grew to more...
“California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake...”
– The News Vault - Outgoing Link - 99.7% Chance Big Quake Will Hit California By 2037