Tom Raftery is surprised at freedom of speech advocate Cory Doctorow’s utter silence on O’Reilly suing a conference for daring to have the words “Web 2.0″ in the name of it. Apparently, like most corporate greedbags, O’Reilly trademarked the generic … Continue reading
I found this video on a tape in my camcorder… Tom and Jerry Playing on Vimeo I’m reasonably sure I took it the day before he died… I miss him every single time I go to my parents’ house. [tags]jerry, … Continue reading
I’m a big fan of American Idol. I’m a fan of Randy Jackson. Why in the name of God would a black man want to be on a package of Oreos? Honestly, I just don’t get it. The first thing … Continue reading
I wanted to keep today a politics-free day (honestly, the way I’d prefer to keep every day), but our idiotPresident has decided that he was going to shred the Constitution just a little bit more today. Via Yahoo! News: The … Continue reading
Today is a day especially devoted for soldiers who have died in the act of protecting our country. It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, … Continue reading
The British government is apparently about to start requiring the handover of private encryption keys… Why? Well because only terrorists and pedophiles use encryption, of course Some security experts are concerned that the plan could criminalise innocent people and drive … Continue reading
Trish, as she seems unfortunately gifted with the ability to do, ran into a couple of jerk kids on her trip home a week ago… Yesterday afternoon when I was leaving work, I witnessed some kids harassing a homeless man … Continue reading
William Donohue, who’s usually pretty spot on with his analysis of the institutionalized anti-Catholic bias in this country asks a great question in Wednesday’s New York Daily News: It may be that “The Da Vinci Code” is one of the … Continue reading
Another tragedy in Harlem: A toddler trying to find her mom ran into the path of a car in Harlem and later died – only 90 minutes into her second birthday, cops and family members said yesterday. Nayleen Tapia was … Continue reading
Morgan over at The Waterglass nails the Congresscritters in the midst of the “separation of powers” farce going on between Congress and the FBI: The FBI had recorded Rep. Jefferson on video taking payoff money then obtained a legal warrant … Continue reading
Yessiree, the Theater of My Mind is now open again. For the last few weeks, it has been pointing at my flickr photostream. Thanks to a buttload of help and a great new layout from Slobokan, Theater of My Mind … Continue reading
Fuddruckers at Foxwoods has the largest burger out there: MASHANTUCKET — Foxwoods Resort Casino has a burger battle on its hands. And the casino’s chefs won’t be backing down. Foxwoods Executive Sous Chef Scott Ferguson made the world’s largest commercially … Continue reading
Just for the record, would-be subway bomber Shahawar Matin Siraj was convicted this week. A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted a Pakistani immigrant yesterday in the plot to blow up the Herald Square subway station in 2004. The jurors rejected … Continue reading
On many subjects, Cory Doctorow is quite bright. Copyright issues, online freedom issues, etc. are his strength. On Digital Media, however, he’s an utter moron. Take for instance this piece of unbridled stupidity: iRiver makes several digital music players that … Continue reading
Maybe I’m missing something? NEW YORK, May 26 (Reuters) – CBS Corp. (CBSa.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and its former morning radio star Howard Stern have settled a bitter breach-of-contract lawsuit over the shock jock’s defection to a rival satellite radio … Continue reading
I don’t often find myself not liking something radio host Gregg Henson, but this time I think he’s not only wrong, he’s clueless… Have you been following the Dixie Chick saga? They are the country group who is STILL under … Continue reading
Whoopdeediddlydo. Digg is going to have regular news sections now. That means that the childish flamewars, gang mentality mobs, and overly hypersensitive children along with armchair revolutionaries will now have a forum to themselves. Of course that doesn’t mean the … Continue reading
What started out as a guy simply trying to rescue his whiny girlfriend from an angry ape twenty-six years ago has since grown into one of the most recognizable faces in video gaming to date. Mario’s been through a lot … Continue reading
Setup: Scumbag sells broken laptop on ebay. Followup: Scumbag takes weeks to ship said laptop… Followup #2: Scumbag leaves TONS of personal data on laptop… Result: Enterprising purchaser posts everything from said laptop on the internet. Lesson: Don’t f around … Continue reading
I watched this on So You Think You Can Dance last night. I swear I cringed and winced like I never have before. Just watch. It was worse live. I knew it was coming from the previews, but the shock … Continue reading